From f188afc25c6da0fd3422c9c2e404ea35a2c07771 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emil Lerch <emil@lerch.org>
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2025 14:05:54 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix memory leak when a non-existant exec process is specified

---
 src/main.zig | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index aaf4e8f..d06c524 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ const SpeechHandler = struct {
             // SAFETY: this is set 8 lines below before use
             .id = undefined,
         };
+        errdefer self.allocator.destroy(process.child.?);
         process.child.?.* = std.process.Child.init(&[_][]const u8{ program, text }, self.allocator);
         try self.child_processes.append(self.allocator, process);
-        errdefer _ = self.child_processes.pop();
+        errdefer {
+            _ = self.child_processes.pop();
+            self.child_processes.shrinkAndFree(self.allocator, self.child_processes.items.len);
+        }
         try process.child.?.spawn();
         try process.child.?.waitForSpawn();
         process.id = process.child.?.id;