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ApplicationInsights-agent-3.4.12 generate otel-agentXXX/agent.jar files in windows/Temp which consumes all memory

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
java, spring-boot
Domain
backend, observability

Research direction

No source file or test is named. Start by reproducing the issue with a Spring Boot batch process using ApplicationInsights-agent 3.4.12 on Windows 10, then inspect how agent.jar is created and cleaned up in windows/Temp. Done means temporary otel-agent directories and agent.jar files are removed automatically without an administrator-maintained batch process.

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Description

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Expected behavior

temp generated agent.jar file in windows/Temp folder should be removed automatically because the programmer did not write or program to create the jar file.

Actual behavior

The file agent.jar in windows/Temp/otel-agentXXXXXXXXXX/agent.jar is not getting deleted. It creates an out-of-memory issue on the server. Admin is not supposed to write batch process to write windows based another batch script to delete these files

To Reproduce

any spring boot-based batch process using application-insights lib 3.4.12 will reproduce the same issue

System information

Please provide the following information:

  • SDK Version: java 1.8-351
  • OS type and version: windows 10
  • Application Server type and version (if applicable):
  • Using spring-boot? yes
  • Additional relevant libraries (with version, if applicable):
Logs

logs are just file but in windows/Temp/otel-agentXXXXXXXX/agent.jar files are creating pollution. there is a well-known issue of Windows OS java can not delete jar file bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8219681. but using RandomAccessFile class of standard jdk lib it must be possible to delete the file. RunTime.getRuntime.addShutdownHook() or deleteonExit() definitely should work. Or ApplicationInsights-agent lib has to manage this without creating an agent.jar file

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