JBoss - Java heap retention in FileCleaningTracker$Tracker

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Issue

  • We start to receive OutOfMemoryErrors under load.  The heap dump shows much of the heap at the time is consumed by many instances of org.apache.commons.io.FileCleaningTracker$Tracker.  These tracker objects are stored in FileCleaningTrackers Vector called "trackers".

Environment

  • JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
  • Apache commons IO

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