Protect your active work when memory gets tight

Active work is more than the foreground window

The application you can see is only one part of your work. An editor may have a language server, a terminal may be running a build, and a creative tool may still be exporting after its main window looks idle. A browser can contain an unsaved form or an ongoing transfer.

Closing the largest process first ignores these relationships. A safer review begins with what you would lose if the process stopped, rather than how much memory its entry currently reports.

Make a protection checklist

• Keep your foreground application and unsaved documents protected.
• Treat builds, shells, development tools and their working children as part of the same task.
• Keep browser work intact; do not assume a quiet tab is disposable.
• Check whether a helper is still doing CPU or I/O work.
• If ownership, activity or foreground information is missing, leave the process alone.

This is a review checklist, not a recommendation to force-stop anything. Finish or pause work through the application’s normal interface whenever possible.

Protection belongs on the device

AI Memory Guard’s local policy checks process identity, ownership, activity and protected application groups. The default monitor is advisory. A memory-heavy process does not become eligible simply because its number is large.

The native desktop can save explicit protected-application preferences. Some integration work, including continuing per-user monitoring after the window closes, remains part of release validation. Cross-platform source support is not the same as a signed, verified installer for every operating system.

What an adviser can and cannot decide

The remote adviser receives aggregate memory information only after consent. It does not receive the document you are writing, window titles, command lines or browser history. Its recommendations cannot name and terminate a particular process.

That separation matters when you are under pressure: a plausible recommendation still needs an appropriate local safety check. When the required evidence is missing, the safe state is to keep monitoring.

Choose a pause you can recover from

Save your current work, let important background tasks finish and consider postponing a task you intentionally started. After any change, observe the effect before acting again. There is no need to turn a crowded working session into a series of forced exits.

Our features and safety model explain these protections. If you need help interpreting a status, use the support form without including private documents or credentials.