World and tick crashes

Server thread has not responded — Watchdog shut the server down

What the log looks like

has (?:stopped responding|not responded)[^\n]{0,60}watchdog
serverhangwatchdog
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How to fix it

  1. The trace printed by the watchdog shows what the tick was busy doing
  2. Raise max-tick-time in server.properties only to get back in and fix the cause
SeverityStops the game
CategoryWorld and tick crashes

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