[rabbitmq-discuss] Memory leak in STOMP connector or federation?

Wed May 21 13:19:27 BST 2014

On May 21, 2014, at 12:31 PM, Michael Klishin <mklishin at gopivotal.com> wrote:

> On 21 May 2014 at 14:42:31, Michael Klishin (mklishin at gopivotal.com) wrote:
>>> Started looking into reproducing this issue. What box (OS,  
>> arch) do you use?
> 
> Ubuntu Precise 64 bit worked like a charm.

That’s whatI’m running - just the standard vagrant ubuntu precise :)

(My production is lucid, but)

> 
> So far I've been running the VM for 1 hour, with RAM use floating between 54
> and 70 or so MB. GC kicks in from time to time as expected, mgmt_db RAM usage
> (historically the most common source of leaks) also floats around 4-5 MB
> without growing monotonically. All of this at message rates between 200 and 250
> msg/s, published over 20-30 temporary STOMP connections.
> 
> Will leave the VM running for 6-8 hours and report what I find.  

I’d expect it to be at ~ 100Mb after 6-8 hours. It’s sloooow. :(

I’m seeing _much faster_ leak rates in production (probably due to the fact I have 400+ clients, not 10).

Cheers
Tom