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Jaeger 1.55 GC Pauses Causing Latency Spikes on Arch Linux

Jaeger 1.55 is experiencing excessive garbage collection pauses. Response times spiking during GC cycles. P99 latency 10x normal.

Pattern
PERFORMANCE_DEGRADATION
Severity
MEDIUM
Confidence
51%
Remediation
Auto-Heal

Test Results

MetricExpectedActualResult
Pattern RecognitionPERFORMANCE_DEGRADATIONPERFORMANCE_DEGRADATION
Severity AssessmentHIGHMEDIUM
Incident CorrelationN/ANone
Cascade EscalationN/ANo
RemediationAuto-Heal — Corax resolves autonomously

Scenario Conditions

Arch Linux. Jaeger 1.55 GC pause time 202ms. GC frequency: every 5 seconds. Heap at 90%. Response time degraded 29x.

Injected Error Messages (1)

Jaeger 1.55 degraded performance on Arch Linux — garbage collection pauses 202ms, response time spike 29x normal, high latency during GC cycles, P99 latency critical

Neural Engine Root Cause Analysis

Performance degradation detected — response times are significantly above baseline, indicating resource pressure, increased load, or infrastructure issues.

Remediation Plan

Investigate server resource usage (CPU, memory, disk I/O). Check for background jobs or traffic spikes. Optimize slow queries or endpoints if specific to one service.

Improvements Applied

  • Severity: MEDIUM (expected HIGH)
Tested: 2026-04-02Monitors: 1 | Incidents: 1Test ID: cmnhnw01i038zlijggizcju8p
Jaeger 1.55 GC Pauses Causing Latency Spikes on Arch Linux — Corax Scenario Test | Corax