From c2c2dddef6ebb6cc450b35bbdcae5690301c50db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alessandro Gagliardi <114491917+alexgag11@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2025 22:35:43 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Memory leakage issue plot

Adding `plt.clf` and `plt.close` fix the memory leakage
---
 ipart/utils/funcs.py             | 3 ++-
 ipart/utils/peak_prominence2d.py | 1 +
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ipart/utils/funcs.py b/ipart/utils/funcs.py
index ba4fbd4..1a3b821 100644
--- a/ipart/utils/funcs.py
+++ b/ipart/utils/funcs.py
@@ -1229,7 +1229,8 @@ def getBinContour(mask,lons=None,lats=None,return_largest=True):
         cont=conts[-1]
     else:
         cont=conts
-
+    plt.clf()
+    plt.close()
     return cont
 
 #-----------Find index of value in array-----------
diff --git a/ipart/utils/peak_prominence2d.py b/ipart/utils/peak_prominence2d.py
index 4c684a4..92002ae 100644
--- a/ipart/utils/peak_prominence2d.py
+++ b/ipart/utils/peak_prominence2d.py
@@ -494,6 +494,7 @@ def checkIn(cont1,cont2,lon1,lon2,lat1,lat2):
             result_map[yidx,xidx]=prokk
             parent_map[yidx,xidx]=parents[kk]
 
+    plt.clf()
     plt.close(fig)
 
     return result, id_map, result_map, parent_map