goferd memory leak when Satellite/Capsule VM is paused

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • pausing the VM where Satellite or Capsule is running on (in such a way that TCP packets towards the Sat/Caps are dropped, but not rejected)
  • goferd katello agent running on client systems registered to that Sat/Caps is consuming more and more memory over time

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6
    • clients having python-qpid-proton / qpid-proton-c of either version 0.28.0-1, 0.28.0-2 or 0.30.0-2

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