OOM
Out of Memory — what happens when a process exceeds its allocated RAM and the OS kills it.
Definition
An Out-Of-Memory event occurs when a process requests memory the system cannot satisfy. On Linux the OOM killer terminates the worst offender to free RAM. Common triggers in automation: an n8n workflow loading a huge dataset into memory, a Node process leaking, a container hitting its cgroup limit. Mitigations: stream data, raise limits, paginate.
When to use
See also
- Docker — The dominant container runtime — packages an app with its dependencies into an image that runs the same anywhere.