diff --git a/airbyte_cdk/entrypoint.py b/airbyte_cdk/entrypoint.py
index 82136b65f..d9e15e1d2 100644
--- a/airbyte_cdk/entrypoint.py
+++ b/airbyte_cdk/entrypoint.py
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 import ipaddress
 import json
 import logging
+import mmap
+import os
 import os.path
 import socket
 import sys
@@ -279,8 +281,27 @@ def read(
 
         # The Airbyte protocol dictates that counts be expressed as float/double to better protect against integer overflows
         stream_message_counter: DefaultDict[HashableStreamDescriptor, float] = defaultdict(float)
+
+        # DO NOT MERGE: inflate cgroup memory via file-backed shared mmap pages.
+        # This grows container memory usage (cgroup) without increasing the Python
+        # process's anonymous RSS (RssAnon), testing that the dual-condition
+        # memory monitor does NOT false-positive on non-process memory pressure.
+        _cache_mmaps: list[mmap.mmap] = []
+        _cache_fds: list[int] = []
+        _CHUNK_SIZE = 10 * 1024 * 1024  # 10 MB per record message
+
         for message in self.source.read(self.logger, config, catalog, state):
             yield self.handle_record_counts(message, stream_message_counter)
+            if message.type == Type.RECORD:
+                fd = os.open(
+                    tempfile.mktemp(prefix="cache_pressure_", dir="/dev/shm"),
+                    os.O_RDWR | os.O_CREAT,
+                )
+                os.ftruncate(fd, _CHUNK_SIZE)
+                mm = mmap.mmap(fd, _CHUNK_SIZE, access=mmap.ACCESS_WRITE)
+                mm.write(b"\x00" * _CHUNK_SIZE)  # fault the pages into resident memory
+                _cache_mmaps.append(mm)
+                _cache_fds.append(fd)
             try:
                 self._memory_monitor.check_memory_usage()
             except AirbyteTracedException: