Clair memory consumption is growing

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • It is observed that the Clair process is using a lot of memory, exhausting the VM's memory and triggering the kernel's Out Of Memory, and killing the Clair process.
  • Why is Clair V4 using so much memory?

Environment

  • Red Hat Quay
    • 3.5.1
  • Clair
    • 4.0.5

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