Memory leaks in Go - Goroutines

hanging-goroutines.go

func runJobs(cancel <-chan struct{}) {
  for {
    go func() {
      // create a 1Gb slice
      bigSlice := make([]byte, 1_000_000_000)
      
      // do some work with the data
      _ = bigSlice
      
      // wait until a cancellation signal is received
      <-cancel
    }()
  
    time.Sleep(10 * time.Second)
  }
}