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What is Spring Boot memory pressure under high concurrency?
Updated May 17, 2026
Short answer
Memory pressure occurs when high request concurrency increases object allocation rate faster than GC can handle.
Deep explanation
Each request allocates objects in heap (DTOs, JSON parsing, DB entities). Under high concurrency, allocation rate spikes, causing frequent GC cycles. If GC cannot reclaim fast enough, memory usage grows leading to OOM or latency spikes.
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