The computer memory, sometimes referred to as Random Access Memory (RAM), temporarily stores your application data for immediate use by the application only. This makes the device memory very crucial to application performance. But since it is used as a temporary storage only, when you shut down your device, the RAM is cleared and the information stored information is erased.

Each application you have running on your device consumes a portion of the RAM to store its data. So, the more applications you have open, the more memory you consume. At some point, the memory consumption hits a threshold after which your computer begins to slow down and your application response time gets longer. The threshold for memory utilization here is set to 95% of its capacity. When your device reaches or crosses the 95% threshold, you receive the following notification.

Notification Text	What it means	Suggested remediation
Your device has used 96% of available memory. This might impact application performance.	Your device is consuming over 95% of its total memory capacity. This could happen when there are too many applications running on your device or you have too many browser tabs open.	Close the applications that you are not currently using. If your browser has multiple tabs open, close the tabs that you may not currently need. If you still see application performance issues, try restarting your machine.

Clicking on the notification opens the Application Experience UI. It provides details about the notification along with some suggestions to fix the issue.

The Learn More link opens a time series historical chart displaying the status of the memory usage during the last 3 hours. A slider bar placed at the right end of the chart by default shows you the most recent status. Move your mouse sideways on the chart across various points in time, to understand the historical status of the active area. Depending on where you mouse over and click in the chart, you can view the status and recommendation that was indicated at that specific time within the 3-hour window. The red dots indicate that a notification appeared on your device at that time where the dot appears.