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OHS Hangs With Error "Server Reached MaxClients Setting" Reported In Logs (Doc ID 3073293.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Applies to:

Oracle E-Business Suite Technology Stack - Version 12.1.3 to 12.1.3 [Release 12.1]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Oracle HTTP Server hangs all of a sudden and users will not be able to access the application.  
Restarting OHS resolves the issue.

Apache error.log reports below error
Error:  "server reached MaxClients setting, consider raising the MaxClients setting"

File: error_log

[Thu Jan 16 10:40:52 2025] [error] server reached MaxClients setting, consider raising the MaxClients setting
[Thu Jan 16 10:40:53 2025] [warn] [client 10.175.2.145] read request line timed out

Cause

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