orphaned-claude-sessions-accumulate-ram-and-load

Stale Claude Code sessions parented to dead SSH connections remain as zombie processes consuming 400-640 MB RAM each and generating persistent load (10+ on 8-vCPU server). Sessions reparented to systemd (PID 1) are safe to kill — they have no live parent connection. Regular ps aux | grep claude checks should identify sessions older than a threshold for cleanup.

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