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MariaDB 11.4 GC Pauses Causing Latency Spikes on Debian 12 Bookworm

MariaDB 11.4 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

Debian 12 Bookworm. MariaDB 11.4 GC pause time 95ms. GC frequency: every 5 seconds. Heap at 90%. Response time degraded 15x.

Injected Error Messages (1)

MariaDB 11.4 degraded performance on Debian 12 Bookworm — garbage collection pauses 95ms, response time spike 15x 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: cmnhnvx2j02x4lijgab959rk0