Memory Leak in Salt Master due to EventPublisher process

Products

• VCF Operations/Automation (formerly VMware Aria Suite)

Issue/Introduction

• Memory Leak in Salt Master EventPublisher causing restart salt Master Everyday.

Environment

Aria Automation Config 8.17

Salt version 3006.x

Cause

Known issue on 3006.x .IPC clients that stop consuming can cause large amounts of memory to be used. Prevent 'leaking' memory by disconnecting clients that stop consuming. [BUG] Non consuming ipc clients · Issue #68114 · saltstack/salt

Resolution

Issue is resolved on Salt version 3006.13 Salt 3006.13 release notes