ECO-CMP-JAVA-002 — Unbounded cache growth¶

Category: Computation (CMP)
Family: Java (JAVA)
Layer: Code
Tier: 2
Severity: error
Tags: java, cache, memory
Legacy ID: ECO-JAVA-002

Summary¶

Caches without limits grow until they become the problem.

Unbounded caches create memory bloat and instability.

{
  "confidence": 0.85,
  "notes": "High outage risk.",
  "type": "memory"
}

{
  "languages": [
    "java"
  ],
  "method": "config"
}

{
  "guidance": "Use bounded caches with eviction policies and TTL.",
  "tradeoffs": "Possible cache misses; tune properly."
}

{
  "system_layers": [
    "code"
  ]
}