Hi Ted, sure.
Here's the stack strace with .distinct() with the Exception in the 'SortMerger Reading Thread': [1] Here's the stack strace without .distinct() and the 'Requested array size exceeds VM limit' error: [2] If you need anything else, I can more or less reliably reproduce the issue. The best, Sebastian [1] http://paste.gehaxelt.in/?2757c33ed3a3733b#jHQPPQNKKrE2wq4o9KCR48m+/V91S55kWH3dwEuyAkc= [2] http://paste.gehaxelt.in/?b106990deccecf1a#y22HgySqCYEOaP2wN6xxApGk/r4YICRkLCH2HBNN9yQ=