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What is Spring Boot memory leak diagnosis strategy?

Updated May 17, 2026

Short answer

Memory leaks in Spring Boot are diagnosed using heap dumps, GC logs, and profiling tools.

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Common causes include unbounded caches, static collections, thread-local leaks, and misconfigured connection pools. Tools like VisualVM, Eclipse MAT, and JProfiler help analyze heap dumps to detect retained objects and reference chains causing leaks.

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