FIX: Memory leak on the AlwaysOn secondary replica when change tracking is enabled in SQL Server

Symptoms

Assume that you use the AlwaysOn Availability Groups feature in Microsoft SQL Server. If you enable change tracking for a database that's in the availability group, a memory leak may occur on the secondary replica.

The memory leak is reported under MEMORYCLERK_SQLSTORENG memory clerk and the MEMOBJ_PERDATABASE memory object. You can query these values from the DMV sys.dm_os_memory_clerks and sys.dm_os_memory_objects.

Resolution

The issue was first fixed in the following cumulative updates of SQL Server:

Recommendation: Install the latest cumulative update for SQL Server

Each new cumulative update for SQL Server contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous cumulative update. We recommend that you download and install the latest cumulative updates for SQL Server:

Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

References

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Properties

Article ID: 3154226 - Last Review: Aug 25, 2016 - Revision: 1

Applies to

Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Developer, Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Enterprise, Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Enterprise Core, Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Standard, Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Developer, Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Developer, Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Enterprise, Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Enterprise, Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Standard, Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Standard, Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Web, Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Web, Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Developer, Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Enterprise, Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Standard

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