# Gc - allocation failure

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/gc-allocation-failure/250495>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 30, 2020, 11:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/gc-allocation-failure/250495 "2020-09-30T11:33:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![zen.xen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e495f1/32.png) [@zen.xen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zen.xen)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 11:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/gc-allocation-failure/250495/1 "2020-09-30T11:33:21Z")

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Hello,  
I found something in gc.log. I try to find any info in the Internet what it means but I didn't. What should I do to fix it and where set proper value(s)?

```auto
Entering safepoint region: GenCollectForAllocation
GC(1) Pause Young (Allocation Failure)
GC(1) Using 1 workers of 1 for evacuation
GC(1) Desired survivor size 4358144 bytes, new threshold 1 (max threshold 6)
GC(1) Age table with threshold 1 (max threshold 6)
GC(1) - age 1: 6301880 bytes, 6301880 total
GC(1) ParNew: 68160K->6176K(76672K)
GC(1) CMS: 0K->0K(682816K)
GC(1) Metaspace: 22018K->22018K(1069056K)
GC(1) Pause Young (Allocation Failure) 66M->6M(741M) 15.043ms
GC(1) User=0.01s Sys=0.00s Real=0.02s
Leaving safepoint region

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 11:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/gc-allocation-failure/250495/2 "2020-10-28T11:33:24Z")

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