# Hippo CMS 12.6.8 uses too much RAM suddenly what could cause it?

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**Created:** [July 2, 2025, 1:12pm UTC](https://community.bloomreach.com/t/hippo-cms-12-6-8-uses-too-much-ram-suddenly-what-could-cause-it/4763 "2025-07-02T13:12:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![B\_A](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.bloomreach.com/b_a/32/1693_2.png) [@B\_A](https://community.bloomreach.com/u/B_A)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 1:12pm UTC](https://community.bloomreach.com/t/hippo-cms-12-6-8-uses-too-much-ram-suddenly-what-could-cause-it/4763/1 "2025-07-02T13:12:12Z")

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Hi all, i’m running Hippo CMS 12.6.8 for a small project  
Sometimes memory usage suddenly spikes close to 8 GB even though

What could cause this?  
Could it be indexing or something internal?  
Also, is there a way to monitor what’s going on during these spikes?  
Maybe some JVM flags I can enable when launching on my VPS server to help diagnose the issue?

Thanks very much

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**Author:** ![Rajesh\_Sailada](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.bloomreach.com/rajesh_sailada/32/1374_2.png) [@Rajesh\_Sailada](https://community.bloomreach.com/u/Rajesh_Sailada)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2025, 5:58am UTC](https://community.bloomreach.com/t/hippo-cms-12-6-8-uses-too-much-ram-suddenly-what-could-cause-it/4763/3 "2025-10-23T05:58:05Z")

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> [@B\_A](#):
>
> i’m running Hippo CMS 12.6.8 for a small project  
> Sometimes memory usage suddenly spikes close to 8 GB even though
> 
> What could cause this?  
> Could it be indexing or something internal?  
> Also, is there a way to monitor what’s going on during these spikes?  
> Maybe some JVM flags I can enable when launching on my VPS server to help diagnose the issue?

- Hi @B_A ,

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Best Regards,  
Rajesh S