From ec7dbfd6a589a35d9536f1c2c1890bd36d182015 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Adri=C3=A1n=20Chaves?= <adrian@chaves.io>
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2024 13:01:52 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Force garbage collection for PyPy support

---
 scrapy/core/downloader/__init__.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scrapy/core/downloader/__init__.py b/scrapy/core/downloader/__init__.py
index eac68e071..60ec957d9 100644
--- a/scrapy/core/downloader/__init__.py
+++ b/scrapy/core/downloader/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import gc
 import random
 import warnings
 from collections import deque
@@ -205,6 +206,9 @@ class Downloader:
                     f"request_backouts/response_max_active_size stat."
                 )
             self._count_backout("response_max_active_size")
+            # Force the garbage collection of response objects. Necessary for
+            # PyPy, which is lazier when it comes to garbage collection.
+            gc.collect()
             return True
         return False