> Shall I open a Jira issue for the issue?

Yes.

FYI - I sent an email to the Johnzon dev list [1] to inquire about getting
a 1.2.x release with this fix.


Justin

[1] https://lists.apache.org/thread/2mh53568t5wttzn86ytxyqm215yprqnc

On Thu, Oct 9, 2025 at 6:18 AM Thorsten Meinl <[email protected]>
wrote:

> I have re-implemented the three methods that extract the response data
> from from management messages using a different Json parser. The memory
> leak is gone now.
>
> Shall I open a Jira issue for the issue?
>
> Thorsten
>
> Am Mittwoch, dem 08.10.2025 um 11:30 -0500 schrieb Justin Bertram:
> > The fix for this issue is actually on the branch for 1.2.x [1], but
> > there
> > hasn't been a 1.2 release to include it.
> >
> > I was under the impression that the current javax branch (i.e. for
> > 1.2.x)
> > and the jakarta branch (i.e. for 2.x) would be maintained in
> > parallel. I'll
> > have to dig around and probably get in touch with the Johnzon
> > developers to
> > get to the bottom of this.
> >
> >
> > Justin
> >
> > [1]
> >
> https://github.com/apache/johnzon/commit/664cb73f629fd0190902a0f1080c420a509e66b0
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 8, 2025 at 9:59 AM Thorsten Meinl
> > <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I found it: it's https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JOHNZON-396
> > > It's fixed in version 2.0.1 but since Artemis is shading the old
> > > version 1.21 the bug is still present. It affects all responses
> > > from
> > > the broker that contain a string larger than ~200kB. In our case a
> > > list
> > > of around 4,400 addresses.
> > >
> > > Is there a way to access the value in the response without using
> > > the
> > > buggy JSON parser?
> > >
> > > Thorsten
> > >
> > > Am Dienstag, dem 07.10.2025 um 15:17 -0500 schrieb Justin Bertram:
> > > > Are you doing anything else with JMS and/or Artemis-specific code
> > > > in
> > > > your
> > > > application other than this snippet you pasted?
> > > >
> > > > Unfortunately I don't have any hunches about what the problem
> > > > might
> > > > be.
> > > > This code has been in place for years and this is the first time
> > > > I
> > > > can
> > > > recall ever seeing any kind of issue with it - memory or
> > > > otherwise. I
> > > > was
> > > > hoping to get some clues about the problem based on a more
> > > > detailed
> > > > description of your use-case. It would be helpful to understand
> > > > everything
> > > > your application is doing with JMS and any Artemis-specific
> > > > implementation
> > > > classes.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Justin
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Oct 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM Thorsten Meinl
> > > > <[email protected]>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Am Dienstag, dem 07.10.2025 um 11:12 -0500 schrieb Justin
> > > > > Bertram:
> > > > > > The image indicates there's accumulation related to JSON
> > > > > > parsing
> > > > > > which I
> > > > > > wouldn't expect during the normal process of consuming a
> > > > > > message.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Can you share any more details about your use-case?
> > > > > Not sure what details you need, but we access the message body
> > > > > with
> > > > > getBody(byte[].class) as well as some string properties. We
> > > > > also
> > > > > send
> > > > > very similar messages from the same application (also with a
> > > > > byte[]
> > > > > body) inside the same transaction. Afterwards the JMS context
> > > > > is
> > > > > committed. And then it repeats.
> > > > >
> > > > > > Do you have a reproducer?
> > > > > Not yet, I can work on one.
> > > > >
> > > > > >  Are the client and the broker in the same JVM?
> > > > > No.
> > > > >
> > > > > Do you have any suspicion where to look closer? I am happy to
> > > > > debug
> > > > > myself if I get some pointers. This might be easier than
> > > > > stripping
> > > > > everything down to a minimal reproducer.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > >
> > > > > Thorsten
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > On Tue, Oct 7, 2025 at 10:53 AM Thorsten Meinl
> > > > > > <[email protected]>
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Bummer. I hope this works:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > >
> > >
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U7wLYGDibiJi08_egHLnRxeEcDPSZgT9/view?usp=sharing
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Am Dienstag, dem 07.10.2025 um 10:47 -0500 schrieb Justin
> > > > > > > Bertram:
> > > > > > > > I believe your attachment was stripped by the mailing
> > > > > > > > list.
> > > > > > > > Could
> > > > > > > > you
> > > > > > > > provide a link to it?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Justin
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 7, 2025 at 10:38 AM Thorsten Meinl
> > > > > > > > <[email protected]>
> > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > We are using the Artemis JMS client 2.42.0 in an
> > > > > > > > > application
> > > > > > > > > with
> > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > following pattern:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > try (var context =
> > > > > > > > > connectionFactory.createContext(Session.SESSION_TRANSAC
> > > > > > > > > TED)
> > > > > > > > > ;
> > > > > > > > >     var consumer =
> > > > > > > > > context.createSharedDurableConsumer(topic,
> > > > > > > > > queueName, QUEUE_FILTER)) {
> > > > > > > > >      while (!Thread.currentThread().isInterrupted()) {
> > > > > > > > >         var message = consumer.receive();
> > > > > > > > >         if (message == null) {
> > > > > > > > >              break;
> > > > > > > > >         }
> > > > > > > > >         // do some stuff
> > > > > > > > >         context.commit();
> > > > > > > > >     }
> > > > > > > > > }
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > The service regularly runs out of memory after some
> > > > > > > > > time.
> > > > > > > > > We
> > > > > > > > > created a
> > > > > > > > > heap dump and found some data structures deep in the
> > > > > > > > > Artemis
> > > > > > > > > client
> > > > > > > > > of
> > > > > > > > > more than 500MB while our messages are are in almost
> > > > > > > > > all
> > > > > > > > > cases
> > > > > > > > > below
> > > > > > > > > 1MB in some exceptional cases up to 20MB. I have
> > > > > > > > > attached a
> > > > > > > > > snippet
> > > > > > > > > of
> > > > > > > > > the heap dump.
> > > > > > > > > Is this an issue in the client code or are we doing
> > > > > > > > > something
> > > > > > > > > wrong
> > > > > > > > > in
> > > > > > > > > our application code?
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Thorsten
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
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