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Production Incident, Too Many Open Files Error After Having Applied BP January 2024 (Doc ID 3033011.1)

Last updated on JULY 15, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle SOA Suite - Version 12.2.1.4.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

After applying the January 2024 BP, the below error occurs repeatedly:

<Apr 17, 2024 5:38:44,843 AM CEST> <Error> <HTTPClient.ssl.HTTPClientSSLSocketFactory> <BEA-000000> <Unable to create SSLSocketFactory due to: /usr/local/applications/svom/oracle/middleware/oracle_home/wlserver/server/lib/DemoTrust.jks (Too many open files)
java.io.FileNotFoundException: /usr/local/applications/svom/oracle/middleware/oracle_home/wlserver/server/lib/DemoTrust.jks (Too many open files)

During the incident were observed thousands of sockets blocked in CLOSE_WAIT status (12000 sockets).
Please note that the "too many open file error" are also happening for other files. And not only DemoTrust.jks.

Cause

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