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ZeroMQ 4.3 Thread Pool Exhausted — All Workers Busy on Fedora 40 Server
ZeroMQ 4.3 has exhausted its thread pool. All worker threads are blocked on slow operations. New requests queuing indefinitely.
Pattern
TIMEOUT
Severity
HIGH
Confidence
60%
Remediation
Auto-Heal
Test Results
| Metric | Expected | Actual | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pattern Recognition | TIMEOUT | TIMEOUT | |
| Severity Assessment | HIGH | HIGH | |
| Incident Correlation | N/A | None | |
| Cascade Escalation | N/A | No | |
| Remediation | — | Auto-Heal — Corax resolves autonomously |
Scenario Conditions
Fedora 40 Server. ZeroMQ 4.3 thread pool at 124/124. All threads blocked on I/O. Accept queue growing. New requests timeout after 30s.
Injected Error Messages (1)
ZeroMQ 4.3 on Fedora 40 Server — all worker threads busy, new requests ETIMEDOUT, timeout after 30s, thread pool 124/124 exhausted, accept queue overflow
Neural Engine Root Cause Analysis
Request timed out — service may be under heavy load, experiencing network issues, or behind a slow upstream.
Remediation Plan
Check server resource utilization (CPU/memory/disk). Investigate network path. Consider scaling if load-related.
Tested: 2026-04-02Monitors: 1 | Incidents: 1Test ID: cmnhnvch500wulijg0hdpr9ov