$ java -Xmx220m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -XX:HeapDumpPath=docs/output/heap.hprof -jar target/threadlocal-leak.jar threadlocal-leak: submitted=3017200 threadlocal-leak: submitted=3017600 threadlocal-leak: submitted=3018000 threadlocal-leak: submitted=3018400 threadlocal-leak: submitted=3018800 java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space Dumping heap to docs/output/heap.hprof ... Heap dump file created [300071460 bytes in 1.908 secs] Exception in thread "req-worker-1" java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space at com.ankurm.oomdemo.ThreadLocalLeakApplication.handleOneRequest(ThreadLocalLeakApplication.java:61) at com.ankurm.oomdemo.ThreadLocalLeakApplication.lambda$driveLeak$1(ThreadLocalLeakApplication.java:47) at com.ankurm.oomdemo.ThreadLocalLeakApplication$$Lambda/0x000000002d25dce8.run(Unknown Source) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1090) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:614) at java.base/java.lang.Thread.runWith(Thread.java:1487) at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1474)