# Logstash Consuming too Much JVM

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-consuming-too-much-jvm/223860>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [March 17, 2020, 7:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-consuming-too-much-jvm/223860 "2020-03-17T07:39:36Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-consuming-too-much-jvm/223860/4 "2020-04-17T15:05:08Z")

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It's pretty obvious you have a memory leak. Ever higher heap utilization after GCs, long GC pauses once the heap fills until an OOM causes a restart. I suggest you read [this](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-heap-space/225496/2).

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