diff --git a/crates/zed/src/reliability.rs b/crates/zed/src/reliability.rs
index 4e654aefa833a2..b4a06b2629dde1 100644
--- a/crates/zed/src/reliability.rs
+++ b/crates/zed/src/reliability.rs
@@ -12,14 +12,20 @@ use reqwest::{
 };
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use smol::stream::StreamExt;
-use std::{ffi::OsStr, fs, sync::Arc};
-use sysinfo::{MemoryRefreshKind, RefreshKind, System};
+use std::{
+    ffi::OsStr,
+    fs,
+    sync::Arc,
+    time::{Duration, Instant},
+};
+use sysinfo::{MemoryRefreshKind, ProcessRefreshKind, ProcessesToUpdate, RefreshKind, System};
 use util::ResultExt;
 
 mod hang_detection;
 
 pub fn init(client: Arc<Client>, cx: &mut App) {
     hang_detection::start(client.clone(), cx);
+    start_memory_usage_logging(cx);
 
     cx.on_flags_ready({
         let client = client.clone();
@@ -82,6 +88,62 @@ pub fn init(client: Arc<Client>, cx: &mut App) {
     .detach();
 }
 
+const MEMORY_USAGE_POLL_INTERVAL: Duration = Duration::from_secs(30);
+const MEMORY_USAGE_HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL: Duration = Duration::from_secs(10 * 60);
+const MEMORY_USAGE_MINIMUM_LOGGED_DELTA: u64 = 64 * 1024 * 1024;
+
+/// Periodically logs this process' memory usage, so that gradual memory growth can be
+///
+/// Logs on a fixed heartbeat, and additionally whenever resident memory changed
+/// significantly since the last logged value, so that bursts of growth are timestamped
+/// against the surrounding log entries.
+fn start_memory_usage_logging(cx: &App) {
+    let executor = cx.background_executor().clone();
+    cx.background_spawn(async move {
+        let Some(pid) = sysinfo::get_current_pid().log_err() else {
+            return;
+        };
+        let refresh_kind = ProcessRefreshKind::nothing().with_memory();
+        let mut system = System::new();
+        let mut last_logged_resident: Option<u64> = None;
+        let mut last_logged_at = Instant::now();
+        loop {
+            let refreshed = system.refresh_processes_specifics(
+                ProcessesToUpdate::Some(&[pid]),
+                false,
+                refresh_kind,
+            );
+            if refreshed == 1
+                && let Some(process) = system.process(pid)
+            {
+                let resident = process.memory();
+                let significant_change = last_logged_resident.is_none_or(|last| {
+                    resident.abs_diff(last) >= (last / 10).max(MEMORY_USAGE_MINIMUM_LOGGED_DELTA)
+                });
+                if significant_change || last_logged_at.elapsed() >= MEMORY_USAGE_HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL
+                {
+                    const MIB: u64 = 1024 * 1024;
+                    let delta = match last_logged_resident {
+                        Some(last) => {
+                            format!(" ({:+} MiB)", (resident as i64 - last as i64) / MIB as i64)
+                        }
+                        None => String::new(),
+                    };
+                    log::info!(
+                        "memory usage: resident {} MiB{delta}, virtual {} MiB",
+                        resident / MIB,
+                        process.virtual_memory() / MIB,
+                    );
+                    last_logged_resident = Some(resident);
+                    last_logged_at = Instant::now();
+                }
+            }
+            executor.timer(MEMORY_USAGE_POLL_INTERVAL).await;
+        }
+    })
+    .detach();
+}
+
 pub async fn upload_previous_minidumps(client: Arc<Client>) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let Some(minidump_endpoint) = MINIDUMP_ENDPOINT.as_ref() else {
         log::warn!("Minidump endpoint not set");