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Ora-00494: Enqueue [Cf] Held For Too Long Causing Database To Crash (Doc ID 1101862.1)

Last updated on JULY 05, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 10.1.0.2 and later
Oracle Database - Standard Edition - Version 11.2.0.2 to 11.2.0.2 [Release 11.2]
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Machine - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.



Symptoms

Database crashed after receiving error:
ORA-00494: enqueue [CF] held for too long (more than 900 seconds)

Cause

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