The journal header limits reached their maximum limit

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Annoying "Data hash table of ..." messages seen on the console.
  • The system journal has a fill level of 75, which means 75% of the hash table space is being filled:
  systemd-journald[671]: Data hash table of /run/log/journal/f7d5509b13d84655ba1c31a69b407860/system.journal has a 
  fill level at 75.0(5979 of 4591616 items, 8388608 file size, 767 bytes per hash table item), suggesting rotation.
  systemd-journald[671]: /run/log/journal/f7d5509b13d84655ba1c31a69b407860/system.journal: : Journal header limits 
  reached or header out-of-date, rotating.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • systemd-journald 252

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