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ECO-CMP-JAVA-009

Name: Large heap allocation spikes

Category: CMP

Family: JAVA

Primary layer: architecture

System layers: architecture

Description

Heap spikes increase GC pauses and tail latency.

Impact

  • confidence: 0.7
  • notes: Common in parsing/serialization bursts.
  • type: latency

Detection

  • languages:
  • java
  • method: trace

Remediation

  • guidance: Reduce allocations; stream processing; tune GC when needed.
  • tradeoffs: Measurement required.

Pattern examples

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Remediation examples

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