lib/fluent/plugin/out_newrelic.rb in fluent-plugin-newrelic-1.1.9 vs lib/fluent/plugin/out_newrelic.rb in fluent-plugin-newrelic-1.1.10

@@ -132,9 +132,11 @@
 
         if compressed_payload.bytesize <= MAX_PAYLOAD_SIZE
           return [compressed_payload]
         end
 
+        compressed_payload = nil # Free for GC
+
         if logs.length > 1 # we can split
           # let's split logs array by half, and try to create payloads again
           midpoint = logs.length / 2
           first_half = get_compressed_payloads(logs.slice(0, midpoint))
           second_half = get_compressed_payloads(logs.slice(midpoint, logs.length))