fix(pm2): raise thesetdecorator max_memory_restart 1G->2G to stop boot-cache restart loop

d2e84d0a3ac884519519e41bbdb3adb65e78af4a · 2026-05-29 22:27:40 -0700 · SteveStudio2

Boot warms a 247K Met cache + 30K owned photos -> RSS ~1.1GB, which tripped the
1G max_memory_restart cap the instant caches loaded: graceful restart (exit 0),
reload, over cap again. 1257 restarts + stderr spam counted as CNCP failures.
2G gives headroom while still catching a real leak.

Files touched

M ecosystem.config.js

Diff

commit d2e84d0a3ac884519519e41bbdb3adb65e78af4a
Author: SteveStudio2 <stevestudio2@SteveStacStudio.lan>
Date:   Fri May 29 22:27:40 2026 -0700

    fix(pm2): raise thesetdecorator max_memory_restart 1G->2G to stop boot-cache restart loop
    
    Boot warms a 247K Met cache + 30K owned photos -> RSS ~1.1GB, which tripped the
    1G max_memory_restart cap the instant caches loaded: graceful restart (exit 0),
    reload, over cap again. 1257 restarts + stderr spam counted as CNCP failures.
    2G gives headroom while still catching a real leak.
---
 ecosystem.config.js | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ecosystem.config.js b/ecosystem.config.js
index 2b3fd70..cd1f059 100644
--- a/ecosystem.config.js
+++ b/ecosystem.config.js
@@ -4,7 +4,12 @@ module.exports = {
     script: 'server.js',
     cwd: __dirname,
     env: { NODE_ENV: 'production', PORT: 9716 },
-    max_memory_restart: '1G',
+    // The server warms a 247K-work Met cache + 30K owned photos into memory at
+    // boot, which lands RSS at ~1.1GB. A 1G cap tripped pm2 max_memory_restart
+    // the instant caches finished loading -> graceful restart (exit 0) -> reload
+    // -> over cap again: 1257 restarts. 2G gives real headroom while still
+    // catching an actual leak.
+    max_memory_restart: '2G',
     autorestart: true,
     watch: false,
   }],

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