It seem a bit different then, the "crash" we experienced occurred immediately after reloads.
The leftover processes seem to prevent it from completing properly and websites aren't accessible even if the Apache status reports the service as running.
I didn't find someone with this exact issue but every similar case I found pointed toward the mpm & php modules.
I tried migrating from mpm_prefork to mpm_event, disabled mod_php and switched to php-fpm.
So far, the issue seems solved. I'll keep an eye on it and report back if it happens again.
Thanks a lot for the reply.
It seem a bit different then, the "crash" we experienced occurred immediately after reloads.
The leftover processes seem to prevent it from completing properly and websites aren't accessible even if the Apache status reports the service as running.
I didn't find someone with this exact issue but every similar case I found pointed toward the mpm & php modules.
I tried migrating from mpm_prefork to mpm_event, disabled mod_php and switched to php-fpm.
So far, the issue seems solved. I'll keep an eye on it and report back if it happens again.