ActiveMQ consumer runs out of memory when messages expire

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

Expiring messages cause ActiveMQ consumer to throw an OutOfMemoryError.


javax.jms.JMSException: Unexpected error occured at org.apache.activemq.util.JMSExceptionSupport.create(JMSExceptionSupport.java:49) at org.apache.activemq.ActiveMQConnection.onAsyncException(ActiveMQConnection.java:1784) at org.apache.activemq.ActiveMQConnection.onException(ActiveMQConnection.java:1801) at org.apache.activemq.transport.TransportFilter.onException(TransportFilter.java:99) at org.apache.activemq.transport.ResponseCorrelator.onException(ResponseCorrelator.java:119) at org.apache.activemq.transport.TransportFilter.onException(TransportFilter.java:99) at org.apache.activemq.transport.TransportFilter.onException(TransportFilter.java:99) at org.apache.activemq.transport.WireFormatNegotiator.onException(WireFormatNegotiator.java:160) at org.apache.activemq.transport.InactivityMonitor.onException(InactivityMonitor.java:248) at org.apache.activemq.transport.TransportSupport.onException(TransportSupport.java:96) at org.apache.activemq.transport.tcp.TcpTransport.run(TcpTransport.java:194) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595) Caused by: java.io.IOException: Unexpected error occured at org.apache.activemq.transport.tcp.TcpTransport.run(TcpTransport.java:192) ... 1 more Caused by: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space at org.apache.activemq.openwire.v5.BaseDataStreamMarshaller.tightUnmarshalByteSequence(BaseDataStreamMarshaller.java:440) at org.apache.activemq.openwire.v5.MessageMarshaller.tightUnmarshal(MessageMarshaller.java:72) at org.apache.activemq.openwire.v5.ActiveMQMessageMarshaller.tightUnmarshal(ActiveMQMessageMarshaller.java:66) at org.apache.activemq.openwire.v5.ActiveMQTextMessageMarshaller.tightUnmarshal(ActiveMQTextMessageMarshaller.java:66) at org.apache.activemq.openwire.OpenWireFormat.tightUnmarshalNestedObject(OpenWireFormat.java:459) at org.apache.activemq.openwire.v5.BaseDataStreamMarshaller.tightUnmarsalNestedObject(BaseDataStreamMarshaller.java:126) at org.apache.activemq.openwire.v5.MessageDispatchMarshaller.tightUnmarshal(MessageDispatchMarshaller.java:71) at org.apache.activemq.openwire.OpenWireFormat.doUnmarshal(OpenWireFormat.java:366) at org.apache.activemq.openwire.OpenWireFormat.unmarshal(OpenWireFormat.java:279) at org.apache.activemq.transport.tcp.TcpTransport.readCommand(TcpTransport.java:210) at org.apache.activemq.transport.tcp.TcpTransport.doRun(TcpTransport.java:202) at org.apache.activemq.transport.tcp.TcpTransport.run(TcpTransport.java:185)

Environment

  • Fuse Message Broker 5.3.0.1

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