Java Finalizer queue has many instances of sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • The application becomes unresponsive, and the following error is round in the JBoss server log:
java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: GC overhead limit exceeded
  • Inspection of the heap dump shows retention in a single instance of java.lang.ref.Finalizer with many instances of sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl in the queue.

Environment

  • JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 6

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