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Nov 20, 2024 · Backend Development
Why Did Our Nginx‑Based Data Gateway Suddenly Consume 10 GB RAM and Crash?
A detailed post‑mortem explains how a special request caused an Nginx‑based data‑collection gateway to spike memory usage, trigger OOM‑killer termination, and crash, and walks through the debugging steps, core‑dump analysis, root‑cause discovery, and the eventual fix.
DebuggingNGINXcore dump
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