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Jordi EnricandClaude Opus 4.8 f5358fda86 docs: document swap as a series in the memory usage chart DEBUG-127 (#46874)
## Problem

The Memory usage chart now includes a Swap series, but the telemetry
reports docs do not mention it. Swap is shown alongside Used, Cache +
buffers, and Free in the same chart, not as a standalone chart.

## Fix

- Add **Swap** to the Memory usage component table
- Add a short note that the Swap series only appears when the system is
swapping, with a brief explanation of what swap means for performance
- Add a swap-activity row to the Memory usage "How it helps debug
issues" table

No standalone Swap section and no separate entry in the charts summary
table, since swap is part of the Memory usage chart.

## How to test

- Run the docs site and open the Reports guide
(`/docs/guides/telemetry/reports`)
- Confirm the Memory usage section lists Swap as a component and the
tables render correctly

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## Summary by CodeRabbit

* **Documentation**
* Updated Advanced Telemetry (Database) to include "Swap" in the
memory-usage breakdown, explain what swap is, and note its impact when
RAM is exhausted.
* Added "Swap activity monitoring" to troubleshooting guidance as a
signal of sustained paging to disk and its effect on database
performance, plus recommended mitigation actions.

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-15 09:57:31 +02:00
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