Thread CPU time is not supported on this JDK – How to solve this Elasticsearch error

Opster Team

March-22, Version: 1.7-8.0

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This guide will help you check for common problems that cause the log ” thread CPU time is not supported on this JDK ” to appear. To understand the issues related to this log, read the explanation below about the following Elasticsearch concepts: monitor, thread.

Log Context

Log “thread CPU time is not supported on this JDK”classname  is HotThreads.java We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :

} 
 String innerDetect(ThreadMXBean threadBean; SunThreadInfo sunThreadInfo; long currentThreadId; SleepFunction threadSleep)
 throws Exception {
 if (threadBean.isThreadCpuTimeSupported() == false) {
 throw new ElasticsearchException("thread CPU time is not supported on this JDK");
 } 
 if (type == ReportType.MEM && sunThreadInfo.isThreadAllocatedMemorySupported() == false) {
 throw new ElasticsearchException("thread allocated memory is not supported on this JDK");
 }

 

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