How to Detect and Fix Memory Leaks in Spring Boot Applications
This guide explains the fundamentals of memory leaks in Java, outlines common causes in Spring Boot, and provides step‑by‑step techniques—including GC log analysis, JConsole, VisualVM, MAT, Actuator, custom endpoints, jstack, BTrace, and best‑practice recommendations—to identify, diagnose, and prevent memory leaks for stable long‑running services.
