AngularJS: Memory Leak with ng-repeat using custom objects (w/simple PLUNKR)

Question

(simple plunkr demo here)

SUMMARY:

There is a leak using ng-repeat after the 2nd wave iterating over an \'array\' of custom objec

Answer 1

There is acknowledgement by the AngularJS folks that this is indeed a bug in the framework. A fix and pull request has been posted.

I have also asked what the timeframe is for a formal fix.