Sometimes development groups change default parameter settings because it fits well for a specific feature. This has happened with _cursor_obsolete_threshold in Oracle Database 12.2. But there’s now an official recommendation for Oracle 12.2 and higher: Set _cursor_obsolete_threshold to old default.
What is _cursor_obsolete_threshold?
First of all, this is obviously an underscore parameter. And usually the policy is: Don’t change underscore parameters unless either you clearly understand what you are changing. Or unless Oracle Support (or another Oracle authority) advises you to do.

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We introduced this parameter in Oracle 11.2.0.3 for an issue of growing …
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