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Sidecar memory usage exceeds 85% of limit

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Resource ContentionUpdated Feb 24, 2026(via Exa)
How to detect:

Sidecar memory working set reaches above 85% of configured resource limit, indicating high risk of approaching OOM kill threshold.

Recommended action:

Investigate root causes (mesh size, connections, metrics, buffering). Reduce memory usage through configuration scoping, metric cardinality reduction, or increase memory limits based on actual usage patterns.