Hi, I searched around the mailing list and forums for my specific clarifications. I got partial answers via below discussion https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/akka-user/network$20partition$20auto$20down|sort:relevance/akka-user/9SR1vyVqChM/619tpI2XAAAJ
But, in my case, its a full partition and healing (think of it more like the switch connecting nodes of cluster is deliberately rebooted and communication blackout among akka nodes can last in order of minutes - minimum 5 minutes). In that context, I have following *Context : * Akka version - 2.4.7 Usage - Basic clustering - no sharding / singleton usage Cluster size - 3 nodes (separate VMs) Scenario - communications between all nodes to be broken and restored after 4 minutes by a deliberate network partition No JVM restarts involved Not using special features like SBR *Clarifications :* a) When communications is broken all nodes will obviously go into suspicion about their peers and report UNREACHABILITY - this is understandable. But, will eventually nodes start marking each other as DOWN locally even if auto-downing is off for above scenario because of very long duration of network blackout in my case ? b) if above is not true is then I assume cluster will start functionaing normally after 4 minutes when the communications are restored without any nodes being quarantined / downed- is this correct ? Thanks in advance Regards Muthu -- >>>>>>>>>> Read the docs: http://akka.io/docs/ >>>>>>>>>> Check the FAQ: >>>>>>>>>> http://doc.akka.io/docs/akka/current/additional/faq.html >>>>>>>>>> Search the archives: https://groups.google.com/group/akka-user --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Akka User List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to akka-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to akka-user@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/akka-user. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.