Simulating and Diagnosing JVM Out-of-Memory Errors in Spring Boot
Reproducing Heap Exhaustion
Bootstrap a Spring Boot application and add the web starter dependancy:
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
</dependency>
Implement an endpoint that continuously reserves large blocks of memory:
import o ...
Posted on Wed, 27 May 2026 22:12:06 +0000 by tomtimms