After setting up bitbucket runner on hostet vm, memory is getting filled almost 90% of that VM

[amol_shinde]

After setting up bitbucket runner on hostet vm, memory is getting filled almost 90% of that VM

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1. Without running bitbucket service, not run any pipeline after reboot
[root@linux-build-vm1 ~]# free -h
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 31Gi 7.9Gi 22Gi 74Mi 877Mi 23Gi
Swap: 11Gi 0B 11Gi
[root@sneha-linux-C ~]# sudo systemctl status bitbucket-runner.service
○ bitbucket-runner.service - Atlassian Bitbucket Pipelines Runner
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/bitbucket-runner.service; disabled; preset: disabled)
Active: inactive (dead)
[root@sneha-linux-C ~]#
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2. Running bitbucket service for 1 day, and did not run any pipeline after reboot
[root@linux-build-vm2 ~]# free -h
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 33Gi 25Gi 6.7Gi 23Mi 1.9Gi 8.1Gi
Swap: 3.9Gi 0B 3.9Gi
[root@linux-build-vm2 ~]# sudo systemctl status bitbucket-runner
● bitbucket-runner.service - Atlassian Bitbucket Pipelines Runner
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/bitbucket-runner.service; disabled; preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Sun 2025-10-19 04:39:25 MDT; 16h ago
Main PID: 4718 (java)
Tasks: 41 (limit: 216540)
Memory: 375.4M
CPU: 2min 7.771s
CGroup: /system.slice/bitbucket-runner.service
└─4718 java -Xmx512m -Xms256m -XX:ActiveProcessorCount=2 -jar -Dbitbucket.pipelines.runner.account.uuid={45f27b11-d5b4-42b2-9e54-f35a389cd0d9} -Dbitbucket>

[Syahrul]

Hey @amol_shinde 

Welcome to the community!

To help us investigate this issue further, please raise a support ticket on our Support portal. Include your runner details, such as the runner type and your server OS.

Regards,
Syahrul