Just to clarify: I can only cause this to happen when using the complexphrase query parser. Lucene/dismax/edismax parsers are not affected.
2018-02-07 13:09 GMT+01:00 Bjarke Buur Mortensen <morten...@eluence.com>: > Hello list, > > Whenever I make a query for ** (two consecutive wildcards) it causes my > Solr to run out of memory. > > http://localhost:8983/solr/select?q=** > > Why is that? > > I realize that this is not a reasonable query to make, but the system > supports input from users, and they might by accident input this query, > causing Solr to crash. > > I should add that we use the complexphrase query parser as the default > parser on a Solr 7.1. > > Can anyone repro this or explain what causes the problem? > > Thanks in advance, > Bjarke Buur Mortensen > Senior Software Engineer > Eluence A/S > > > > > > >