Apache Airflow runs out of memory

DevOps and infra2 posts from 2 people2d active+00 posts in the last 7 days, 1 the 7 days before (fading)Unverified

Posts per day2 posts, Oct 7 to Oct 21

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GitHub issuesOct 12 LocalExecutor: after an idle worker that holds the activity queue's read lock is killed, every new task stays queued### Under which category would you file this issue? Airflow Core ### Apache Airflow version 3.3.2 ### What happened and how to reproduce it? **Issue description** With the LocalExecutor, when the idle worker that currently holds the read lock of the executor's activity queue is...apache/airflow · andrei-gromov3 repliesOpen ↗GitHub issuesOct 7 Airflow api-server : high memory usage when calling /ui/structure/structure_data?dag_id=### Under which category would you file this issue? Airflow Core ### Apache Airflow version 3.3.1 ### What happened and how to reproduce it? I'm trying to debug a high memory usage from the api-server. Here is what seems to be the issue : This call takes always 15 to 17 secondes...apache/airflow · JeoffreybauvinOpen ↗

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2 posts from 2 people in 1 place, about 2 a week over 6 days. Mostly on apache/airflow. Tools named alongside: Docker, GitHub, Kubernetes.

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Posts that state a pain and match the "oom" rule about Apache Airflow. First post Oct 7, 2026, latest Oct 12, 2026. Unverified: fewer than 3 posts, or one person or place only. Method

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AddedOct 18, 2026Apache Airflow runs out of memory (2 posts)