JavaScript heap out of memory

[floppyrom]

Hi

I get this error when running my Postman tests on Jenkins with Newman 3.9.3

Security context: 0x2a7f428cf781
1: SparseJoinWithSeparatorJS(aka SparseJoinWithSeparatorJS) [native array.js:~75] [pc=0x1f862cee9cc5] (this=0x2a7f42804381 ,w=0x264fcb504739 <JS Array[8896703]>,F=0x1eb5b5f73599 <JS Array[8896703]>,x=8896703,I=0x2a7f428b7931 <JS Function ConvertToString (SharedFunctionInfo 0x2a7f428526e1)>,J=0x264fcb504201 <String[16]: ,\n >)
2: DoJoin(aka DoJoin) [native array....

FATAL ERROR: CALL_AND_RETRY_LAST Allocation failed - JavaScript heap out of memory
1: node::Abort() [node]
2: 0xdf1e8c [node]
3: v8::Utils::ReportApiFailure(char const*, char const*) [node]
4: v8::internal::V8::FatalProcessOutOfMemory(char const*, bool) [node]
5: v8::internal::Factory::NewRawOneByteString(int, v8::internal::PretenureFlag) [node]
6: v8::internal::Runtime_SparseJoinWithSeparator(int, v8::internal::Object**, v8::internal::Isolate*) [node]
7: 0x1f862bd092a7

[kunagpal]

@floppyrom Could you share how exactly Newman is being used? (CLI/script)

[floppyrom]

Hi

I have a job which is executing tests on a docker container which holds a Wildfly 10.

I have some tests that check GETs, PUT and POST calls. A few of these GETs retrieve >20K records in JSON format.

This is how I call the newman from Jenkins

newman run test_collection.postman_collection.json --timeout-script 300000 --environment DEV.postman_environment.json --insecure --disable-unicode --reporters json,cli,junit --suppress-exit-code

[kunagpal]

Could you try the following command and let me know how it goes?

NODE_OPTIONS="--max-old-space-size=2048" newman run test_collection.postman_collection.json --timeout-script 300000 --environment DEV.postman_environment.json --insecure --disable-unicode --reporters json,cli,junit --suppress-exit-code

Note that the value of --max-old-space-size above is in megabytes, you may have to increase this value to get things working again.

[floppyrom]

Hm. The build fails with this now

• NODE_OPTIONS=--max-old-space-size=2048
• newman run test_collection.postman_collection.json --timeout-script 300000 --environment DEV.postman_environment.json --insecure --disable-unicode --reporters json,cli,junit --suppress-exit-code
  node: --max-old-space-size=2048 is not allowed in NODE_OPTIONS

[kunagpal]

@floppyrom Which version of Node are you using?

[floppyrom]

I have node v6.12.0

[kunagpal]

Could you retry this with: --max_old_space_size=2048? (underscore separators instead of hyphens)

v6.12.0 has a bug that was fixed in nodejs/node#14093. Versions of Node beyond this one should accept both forms.

[floppyrom]

Awesome. I will update and let you know on wednesday. Thanks for the help so far :D

[kunagpal]

@floppyrom Marking this issue as closed, feel free to revert if you're having difficulties 😄