"GC (Allocation Failure) PSYoungGen:" multiple messages in atlassian-jira-gc-xxx.log.0.current logs
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Summary
Multiple "GC (Allocation Failure) PSYoungGen:" messages are present in atlassian-jira-gc-xxx.log.0.current logs
Environment
Any Java application
Cause
This is simply an informative message in the logs that Young generation segment in JAVA heap has ran out of space and objects are being promoted into tenured generation
Solution
Most of the times these messages simply indicate that JAVA garbage collection process is performing garbage collections in the Young generation; This is normal as long as there is no performance or stability impact
If you experience performance or stability impact - please log a support case with Atlassian Support and we'll be happy to investigate!
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