Issue related to delay in respond of SonarQube WEB UI on 10.8.1 version

SonarQube Server / Community Build
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Base Information:

  • SonarQube Server Version: 10.8.1

  • Deployment Method: Helm

  • Cluster: EKS (v1.30)

  • Goal: Achieve stability and fast Web UI response without delays

  • Actions Taken: Tested various CPU/Memory configurations and adjusted SonarCE/SonarWEB parameters

Description of issue:

Hi,

I have a SonarQube setup running in an EKS cluster (v1.30), deployed using Helm with custom resource configurations. Recently, I upgraded SonarQube from 10.7.0 to 10.8.1 and noticed a significant increase in resource demands.

In SonarQube 10.7.0, the following resource parameters provided stable performance:

resources:
  limits:
    cpu: 2000m
    memory: 8Gi
  requests:
    cpu: 1000m
    memory: 6Gi

sonarProperties:
  sonar.web.javaOpts: -Xmx1024m
  sonar.ce.javaOpts: -Xmx4096m

However, after upgrading to 10.8.1, I had to extend these parameters to maintain some level of stability:

resources:
  limits:
    cpu: 8000m
    memory: 26Gi
  requests:
    cpu: 6000m
    memory: 24Gi

sonarProperties:
  sonar.ce.javaOpts: "-Xms6g -Xmx10g"  
  sonar.web.javaOpts: "-Xms8g -Xmx10g" 
  sonar.search.javaOpts: "-Xms4g -Xmx4g" 
  sonar.web.javaAdditionalOpts: "-XX:+UseG1GC -XX:+ExplicitGCInvokesConcurrent -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -XX:InitiatingHeapOccupancyPercent=35"

Despite these changes, I’m still experiencing delays in the SonarQube Web UI — especially when accessing Merge Request dashboards via URLs like:

https://<our-domain-name-for-sonar>/dashboard?id=<our-project-id>&pullRequest=310

Questions:

Resource Configuration:

  • Are the current resource parameters aligned with the recommended settings for deploying SonarQube 10.8.1 on an EKS cluster?
  • Given the apparent over-provisioning, is there a more optimal configuration that balances stability and performance?

Web UI Delay:

  • What could be causing the response delay in the SonarQube Web UI — especially for Merge Request dashboards?
  • Is this a known bug in version 10.8.1, or are there specific configurations or fixes I should apply?

Thanks

2

Hey there.

Please upgrade to SonarQube Server v2025.1 LTA and see if the issue persists. We fixed some pretty serious performance issues in this version (SONAR-24057, among others).

3

Hi Colin,

Okay, but what resource parameters like CPU/memory requests, CPU/memory limits, and important sonarProperties like sonar.ce.javaOpts, sonar.web.javaOpts, sonar.search.javaOpts, and sonar.web.javaAdditionalOpts are required for correctly provisioning the SonarQube Server v2025.1 LTA version via Helm chart with further deployment on EKS?

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It’s highly specific to your setup, but we have some general guidelines here: