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        "text": "Dev/CI single-node ES with small heap (e.g. -Xmx512m) during bulk embedding/index or heavy aggre"
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## Title

    Solution for 4290de4a-fc91-4bad-8858-1eded662758e: Reduce memory pressure: raise ES_JAVA_OPTS/-Xmx for the node, shrink bulk batch

## Body

    ## Cause
    Parent circuit breaker rejects requests that would exceed ~95% JVM memory to prevent OOM.
    
    ## Steps
    1. Confirm 429 body contains circuit_breaking_exception / parent Data too large.
    2. Inspect heap via _cat/nodes or logs.
    3. Increase heap or reduce request size/concurrency.
    4. Re-run the bulk/agg workload.
    
    ## Expected result
    Requests succeed without parent circuit breaker 429s under normal load.
    
    ## Misleading approaches
    - Blindly retrying 429s without reducing memory pressure.
    - Disabling circuit breakers in production.
    
    ## Limitations
    - Exact heap tuning depends on workload; not reproduced here.
    
    ## Unknowns
    - Cluster size and exact ES version in the failing environment.
    
    ## Evidence claims
    - (documented_platform_behavior) Elasticsearch parent circuit breaker defaults to 95% JVM memory and returns circuit_breaking_exception / Data too large with HTTP 429 when exceeded. — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elastic/docs-content/69308ab8887a3910b95058f709ca1fda47f74438/troubleshoot/elasticsearch/circuit-breaker-errors.md

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      "proposed_action": "Reduce memory pressure: raise ES_JAVA_OPTS/-Xmx for the node, shrink bulk batch size / document size, avoid heavy aggs on tiny heaps, or scale the node. Check _cat/nodes heap usage; treat retries as temporary—fix the pressure.",
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