[Bug]: Sometimes build the project got an `Out of Memory`

[Jaehwa-Noh]

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What happened?

Some times build the project got an Out of Memory

Relevant logcat output

> Task :feature:topic:mergeExtDexDemoDebugAndroidTest
> Task :feature:topic:mergeExtDexDemoDebugAndroidTest FAILED
AGPBI: {"kind":"error","text":"java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space","sources":[{}],"tool":"D8"}
com.android.builder.dexing.DexArchiveMergerException: Error while merging dex archives: 
	at com.android.builder.dexing.D8DexArchiveMerger.getMergingExceptionToRethrow(D8DexArchiveMerger.java:220)
	at com.android.builder.dexing.D8DexArchiveMerger.mergeDexArchives(D8DexArchiveMerger.java:208)
	at com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.DexMergingWorkAction.merge(DexMergingTask.kt:894)
	at com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.DexMergingWorkAction.run(DexMergingTask.kt:846)
	at com.android.build.gradle.internal.profile.ProfileAwareWorkAction.execute(ProfileAwareWorkAction.kt:74)
	at org.gradle.workers.internal.DefaultWorkerServer.execute(DefaultWorkerServer.java:63)
	at org.gradle.workers.internal.NoIsolationWorkerFactory$1$1.create(NoIsolationWorkerFactory.java:66)
	at org.gradle.workers.internal.NoIsolationWorkerFactory$1$1.create(NoIsolationWorkerFactory.java:62)
	at org.gradle.internal.classloader.ClassLoaderUtils.executeInClassloader(ClassLoaderUtils.java:100)
	at org.gradle.workers.internal.NoIsolationWorkerFactory$1.lambda$execute$0(NoIsolationWorkerFactory.java:62)
	at org.gradle.workers.internal.AbstractWorker$1.call(AbstractWorker.java:44)
	at org.gradle.workers.internal.AbstractWorker$1.call(AbstractWorker.java:41)
	at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationRunner$CallableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationRunner.java:209)
	at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationRunner$CallableBuildOperationWorker.execute(DefaultBuildOperationRunner.java:204)
	at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationRunner$2.execute(DefaultBuildOperationRunner.java:66)
	at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationRunner$2.execute(DefaultBuildOperationRunner.java:59)
	at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationRunner.execute(DefaultBuildOperationRunner.java:166)
	at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationRunner.execute(DefaultBuildOperationRunner.java:59)
	at org.gradle.internal.operations.DefaultBuildOperationRunner.call(DefaultBuildOperationRunner.java:53)
	at org.gradle.workers.internal.AbstractWorker.executeWrappedInBuildOperation(AbstractWorker.java:41)
	at org.gradle.workers.internal.NoIsolationWorkerFactory$1.execute(NoIsolationWorkerFactory.java:59)
	at org.gradle.workers.internal.DefaultWorkerExecutor.lambda$submitWork$0(DefaultWorkerExecutor.java:174)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
	at org.gradle.internal.work.DefaultConditionalExecutionQueue$ExecutionRunner.runExecution(DefaultConditionalExecutionQueue.java:194)
	at org.gradle.internal.work.DefaultConditionalExecutionQueue$ExecutionRunner.access$700(DefaultConditionalExecutionQueue.java:127)
	at org.gradle.internal.work.DefaultConditionalExecutionQueue$ExecutionRunner$1.run(DefaultConditionalExecutionQueue.java:169)
	at org.gradle.internal.Factories$1.create(Factories.java:31)
	at org.gradle.internal.work.DefaultWorkerLeaseService.withLocks(DefaultWorkerLeaseService.java:263)
	at org.gradle.internal.work.DefaultWorkerLeaseService.runAsWorkerThread(DefaultWorkerLeaseService.java:127)
	at org.gradle.internal.work.DefaultWorkerLeaseService.runAsWorkerThread(DefaultWorkerLeaseService.java:132)
	at org.gradle.internal.work.DefaultConditionalExecutionQueue$ExecutionRunner.runBatch(DefaultConditionalExecutionQueue.java:164)
	at org.gradle.internal.work.DefaultConditionalExecutionQueue$ExecutionRunner.run(DefaultConditionalExecutionQueue.java:133)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
	at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.ExecutorPolicy$CatchAndRecordFailures.onExecute(ExecutorPolicy.java:64)
	at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.AbstractManagedExecutor$1.run(AbstractManagedExecutor.java:48)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: com.android.tools.r8.CompilationFailedException: Compilation failed to complete
	at Version.fakeStackEntry(Version_8.6.27.java:0)
	at com.android.tools.r8.T.a(R8_8.6.27_2b483f4303115918edda7132c8ba63c4d9e6cffd055ccfc732f40ca61c0029fd:5)
	at com.android.tools.r8.internal.wo.a(R8_8.6.27_2b483f4303115918edda7132c8ba63c4d9e6cffd055ccfc732f40ca61c0029fd:82)
	at com.android.tools.r8.internal.wo.a(R8_8.6.27_2b483f4303115918edda7132c8ba63c4d9e6cffd055ccfc732f40ca61c0029fd:32)
	at com.android.tools.r8.internal.wo.a(R8_8.6.27_2b483f4303115918edda7132c8ba63c4d9e6cffd055ccfc732f40ca61c0029fd:31)
	at com.android.tools.r8.internal.wo.b(R8_8.6.27_2b483f4303115918edda7132c8ba63c4d9e6cffd055ccfc732f40ca61c0029fd:2)
	at com.android.tools.r8.D8.run(R8_8.6.27_2b483f4303115918edda7132c8ba63c4d9e6cffd055ccfc732f40ca61c0029fd:11)
	at com.android.builder.dexing.D8DexArchiveMerger.mergeDexArchives(D8DexArchiveMerger.java:206)
	... 37 more
Caused by: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space

java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space

Caused by: com.android.tools.r8.CompilationFailedException: Compilation failed to complete

Caused by: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space

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[anhtuannd]

I get OOM all the time when trying to run ./gradlew connectedDemoDebugAndroidTest on my Macbook Pro M1 16GB RAM.

[bogomazov-std]

I get OOM all the time when trying to run ./gradlew connectedDemoDebugAndroidTest on my Macbook Pro M1 16GB RAM.

Hello there! Have you tried increasing the allocated memory in gradle.properties, for example, org.gradle.jvmargs = -Xmx6g?