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ALTER SYSTEM KILL SESSION does not Release Locks Killing a Thread on Windows NT (Doc ID 100859.1)

Last updated on MARCH 01, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine) - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Exadata Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Backup Service - Version N/A and later
Microsoft Windows (32-bit)

Purpose

Problem Description 

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Killing the session will not clear the locks.  The session on the remote
database will remain idle waiting for input until the network read times
out.  Only then the kill session is processed, and locks are released.

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