Heap Space Error in jenkins

Question

I'm facing below problem in my jenkins. How to get rid of this error?

Status Code: 500
Exception: org.apache.commons.jelly.JellyTagException: jar:file:/C:/Program Files (x86)/Jenkins/war/WEB-INF/lib/jenkins-core-1.478.jar!/lib/layout/layout.jelly:91:72: Java heap space

Stacktrace:

javax.servlet.ServletException: org.apache.commons.jelly.JellyTagException: jar:file:/C:/Program Files (x86)/Jenkins/war/WEB-INF/lib/jenkins-core-1.478.jar!/lib/layout/layout.jelly:91:72: <st:include> Java heap space
    at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.JellyClassTearOff.serveIndexJelly(JellyClassTearOff.java:112)
    at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.JellyFacet.handleIndexRequest(JellyFacet.java:127)
    at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.tryInvoke(Stapler.java:563)
    at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:659)
    at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:488)
    at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.service(Stapler.java:162)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:45)
    at winstone.ServletConfiguration.execute(ServletConfiguration.java:248)
    at winstone.RequestDispatcher.forward(RequestDispatcher.java:333)
    at winstone.RequestDispatcher.doFilter(RequestDispatcher.java:376)
    at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter$1.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:95)
    at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:87)
    at winstone.FilterConfiguration.execute(FilterConfiguration.java:194)
    at winstone.RequestDispatcher.doFilter(RequestDispatcher.java:366)
    at hudson.security.csrf.CrumbFilter.doFilter(CrumbFilter.java:47)
    at winstone.FilterConfiguration.execute(FilterConfiguration.java:194)
    at winstone.RequestDispatcher.doFilter(RequestDispatcher.java:366)
    at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:84)
    at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:76)
    at hudson.security.HudsonFilter.doFilter(HudsonFilter.java:164)
    at winstone.FilterConfiguration.execute(FilterConfiguration.java:194)
    at winstone.RequestDispatcher.doFilter(RequestDispatcher.java:366)
    at org.kohsuke.stapler.compression.CompressionFilter.doFilter(CompressionFilter.java:50)
    at winstone.FilterConfiguration.execute(FilterConfiguration.java:194)
    at winstone.RequestDispatcher.doFilter(RequestDispatcher.java:366)
    at hudson.util.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:81)
    at winstone.FilterConfiguration.execute(FilterConfiguration.java:194)
    at winstone.RequestDispatcher.doFilter(RequestDispatcher.java:366)
    at winstone.RequestDispatcher.forward(RequestDispatcher.java:331)
    at winstone.RequestHandlerThread.processRequest(RequestHandlerThread.java:215)
    at winstone.RequestHandlerThread.run(RequestHandlerThread.java:138)
    at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source)
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(Unknown Source)
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
    at winstone.BoundedExecutorService$1.run(BoundedExecutorService.java:77)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(Unknown Source)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: org.apache.commons.jelly.JellyTagException: jar:file:/C:/Program Files (x86)/Jenkins/war/WEB-INF/lib/jenkins-core-1.478.jar!/lib/layout/layout.jelly:91:72: <st:include> Java heap space
    at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.TagScript.handleException(TagScript.java:735)
    at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.TagScript.run(TagScript.java:290)
    at org.apache.commons.jelly.TagSupport.invokeBody(TagSupport.java:161)
    at org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.core.ForEachTag.doTag(ForEachTag.java:150)
    at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.TagScript.run(TagScript.java:270)
    at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.ScriptBlock.run(ScriptBlock.java:95)
    at org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.core.CoreTagLibrary$1.run(CoreTagLibrary.java:98)
    at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.ScriptBlock.run(ScriptBlock.java:95)
    at org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.core.CoreTagLibrary$2.run(CoreTagLibrary.java:105)
    at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.CallTagLibScript.run(CallTagLibScript.java:119)
    at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.ScriptBlock.run(ScriptBlock.java:95)
    at org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.core.CoreTagLibrary$2.run(CoreTagLibrary.java:105)
    at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.JellyViewScript.run(JellyViewScript.java:81)
    at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.DefaultScriptInvoker.invokeScript(DefaultScriptInvoker.java:63)
    at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.DefaultScriptInvoker.invokeScript(DefaultScriptInvoker.java:53)
    at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.JellyClassTearOff.serveIndexJelly(JellyClassTearOff.java:107)
    ... 37 more
Caused by: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:31

The default amount of memory allocated to JVM heap is not enough for the way you use Jenkins. Something causes a lot of memory to be used.

The easiest way to solve it is to make the heap larger and keep increasing it until you have found a heap size that works for you.

The path names in the stack trace look like Windows paths, so maybe you are running Jenkins on Windows? Possibly this other StackOverflow thread will tell you the details on how to increase the heap size.

Heap Space Error in jenkins

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