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Redis 7.2 Log File Growing Unbounded — Rotation Failed on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Redis 7.2 log file has grown to 36GB because log rotation is misconfigured. Disk pressure increasing.

Pattern
DISK_FULL
Severity
CRITICAL
Confidence
72%
Remediation
Auto-Heal

Test Results

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

Scenario Conditions

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Redis 7.2 writing to /var/log/redis-server/redis-server.log. logrotate config missing or broken. Log file at 36GB. Disk partition at 96%.

Injected Error Messages (1)

Redis 7.2 log file /var/log/redis-server/redis-server.log at 36GB on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS — logrotate broken, disk full imminent, partition at 96%, no space left warning, growing 7GB/day

Neural Engine Root Cause Analysis

Disk space exhaustion detected — the filesystem has reached capacity, preventing applications from writing data, logs, or temporary files. This can cause databases to crash, services to fail, and logging to stop (masking further issues). Inode exhaustion can also present as 'no space left' even when disk space appears available.

Remediation Plan

1. Identify the fullest filesystems with 'df -h' and check inode usage with 'df -i'. 2. Find and remove large unnecessary files: 'find / -type f -size +100M -exec ls -lh {} \;'. 3. Clear old log files, compress rotated logs, and verify logrotate is configured correctly. 4. Check for runaway log growth from verbose application logging. 5. Expand the volume or add additional storage if the data growth is legitimate.

Improvements Applied

  • Severity: CRITICAL (expected MEDIUM)
Tested: 2026-04-02Monitors: 1 | Incidents: 1Test ID: cmnhnq5v705fblig77pxsbtk4