Continuing with the same example as described in the previous section, the first question that arises is, what is wrong with these threads? Taking a deeper look into the threads and breaking down the state, it was discerned that these threads (approximately 242 out of 250) were looking out for the server's CompoundClassLoader. These threads were stacking extra objects and that's what they were looking out for the class loader. Because of the high number of threads endeavoring to get to that common asset—the class loader—most threads got stuck in pause.