Symptoms
You may experience non-yielding scheduler in Microsoft SQL Server that's the primary replica of the Always On availability group (AG) when the SQL Server instance is under low memory. Additionally, the following entry is logged in the SQL Server error log:
DateTime Server Process 0:0:0 (0x1fa4) Worker 0x000001024B232160 appears to be non-yielding on Scheduler 3. Thread creation time: 13215777539641. Approx Thread CPU Used: kernel 4932703 ms, user 5961140 ms. Process Utilization 15%. System Idle 81%. Interval: 10902277 ms.
Status
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
Resolution
This problem is fixed in the following cumulative updates for SQL Server:
About cumulative updates 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. Check out the latest cumulative updates for SQL Server:
Service pack information for SQL Server 2016
This problem is fixed in the following service pack for SQL Server:
Service packs are cumulative. Each new service pack contains all the fixes that are in previous service packs, together with any new fixes. We recommend that you apply the latest service pack and the latest cumulative update for that service pack. You do not have to install a previous service pack before you install the latest service pack. Use Table 1 in the following article to find more information about the latest service pack and latest cumulative update.
Determine the version, edition, and update level of SQL Server and its components
References
Learn about the terminology that Microsoft uses to describe software updates.
