Metaspace leaks when hot deploying applications with spring framework to JBoss EAP 7

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Repeated hot deployment of Spring Boot war applications to JBoss EAP 7 throws java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Metaspace:

    12:44:36,178 WARN  [org.jboss.modules.define] (ServerService Thread Pool -- 2) Failed to define class org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinition in Module "deployment.app.war" from Service Module Loader: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Metaspace

Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
    • 7.3
    • 7.4
  • OpenJDK
    • 11
    • 17
  • Spring Framework
  • Spring Boot

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