3205641 - Many spids in MAINTENANCE TOKEN after Audit Process hits error 1204 - SAP ASE

• In an ASE system with auditing enabled and 'suspend audit when device full' is on (which is DEFAULT setting)
• User logins hang
• Many processes show MAINTENANCE TOKEN in cmd column in sp_who / sysprocesses output 
• The Audit Process hit error 1204 'out of locks':
  
  Error: 1204, Severity: 17, State: 1
  ASE has run out of LOCKS.
  Re-run your command when there are fewer active users, or contact a user with System Administrator (SA) role to reconfigure ASE with more LOCKS.
  
  
• The ASE errorlog may show an message that shows there was an Audit Process Exception

SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE)

MAINTENANCE TOKEN, maintenance token, 1204, error 1204, Error: 1204, logins hang, logins hung, sysaudit, sybsecurity , sp_who . sysprocesses , KBA , BC-SYB-ASE , Sybase ASE Database Platform (non Business Suite) , Problem