# Why does canister's memory get bigger?

**URL:** <https://forum.dfinity.org/t/why-does-canisters-memory-get-bigger/10739>\
**Category:** Developers\
**Created:** [February 7, 2022, 5:22am UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/why-does-canisters-memory-get-bigger/10739 "2022-02-07T05:22:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 5:38am UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/why-does-canisters-memory-get-bigger/10739/2 "2022-02-07T05:38:18Z")

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The memory size increase is explained [here](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/motoko-array-memory/5324/5).

No idea why the cycle balance is increasing though. You sure nobody is adding more cycles to it?

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