Thread wait blocked time accounting is not supported on this JDK – How to solve this Elasticsearch exception

Opster Team

August-23, Version: 7.16-8.9

Briefly, this error occurs when Elasticsearch is running on a Java Development Kit (JDK) version that does not support thread wait/blocked time accounting. This feature is used by Elasticsearch to monitor and manage thread usage. To resolve this issue, you can either upgrade to a JDK version that supports this feature or disable the thread wait/blocked time accounting in Elasticsearch settings. Alternatively, you can switch to a different JDK distribution that supports this feature.

This guide will help you check for common problems that cause the log ” thread wait/blocked time accounting is not supported on this JDK ” to appear. To understand the issues related to this log, read the explanation below about the following Elasticsearch concepts: thread, monitor.

Log Context

Log “thread wait/blocked time accounting is not supported on this JDK” class name is HotThreads.java. We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :

 }  // Enabling thread contention monitoring is required for capturing JVM thread wait/blocked times. If we weren't
 // able to enable this functionality during bootstrap; we should not produce HotThreads reports.
 if (isThreadWaitBlockTimeMonitoringEnabled(threadBean) == false) {
 throw new ElasticsearchException("thread wait/blocked time accounting is not supported on this JDK");
 }  StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder().append("Hot threads at ")
 .append(DATE_TIME_FORMATTER.format(LocalDateTime.now(Clock.systemUTC())))
 .append("; interval=")

 

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