h2. Procedure:
# Open the attached project.
# Load the Sample Scene.
# Enter playmode.
# Press C to instantiate a game object with a script machine.
# Press M to destroy the game object.
# Open the memory profiler under Window -> Analysis -> Memory Profiler and capture a new snapshot.
# Go to the tree map and filter for scriptmachine.

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h2. Outcome:

The scriptmachine is still in memory.

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Reproducible in VisualScripting {*}1.7.8{*}, *1.6.1,* *1.5.1* on Unity {*}2021.3.11f1{*}, *2020.3.35.f1*