How to view memory allocation stacktrace in Java VisualVM

java, memory-leaks, visualvm

Solution

Enable Memory profiling in Sampler tab, then press a Heap Dump button.

Problem

This article describes how to view memory allocation stacktrace in Java VisualVM: http://rejeev.blogspot.de/2009/04/analyzing-memory-leak-in-java.html In short, define a custom preset in the Java VisualVM options and check the "record allocations stack traces" checkbox in the memory settings tab. Now, when I select that custom preset and start memory profiling, I still cannot view the memory allocation stacktrace. There is no right-click-on-item action "Take snapshot and show allocation stack traces" as described in the article, nor a anything like that. I am using VisualVM 1.7. How can I view these allocation stack traces?

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