[hibernate-issues] [Hibernate-JIRA] Commented: (HSEARCH-314) ThreadLocal in ContextHolder causes memory leak when deployed in a web container

ThreadLocal in ContextHolder causes memory leak when deployed in a web container -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: HSEARCH-314 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HSEARCH-314 Project: Hibernate Search Issue Type: Bug Components: engine Affects Versions: 3.1.0.CR1 Environment: Hibernate 3.3.1.GA Tomcat 6.0.18 Spring 2.5.6 Java OpenJDK 1.6 Reporter: François Terrier The SearchFactory has a static ThreadLocal variables which holds a reference to the SearchFactoryImpl. The ThreadLocal is not cleared when the application is undeployed, causing a memory leak.