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Brandon Williams commented on CASSANDRA-3554: --------------------------------------------- I'm not sure how exactly, but obviously the keys being passed here are not quite what we think they are: {noformat} DEBUG 11:57:03,907 Started scheduleAllDeliveries DEBUG 11:57:03,907 deliverHints to /7fff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:fffe DEBUG 11:57:03,908 deliverHints to /5555:5555:5555:5555:5555:5555:5555:5554 DEBUG 11:57:03,908 Checking remote(/7fff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:fffe) schema before delivering hints DEBUG 11:57:03,908 Finished scheduleAllDeliveries ERROR 11:57:03,909 Fatal exception in thread Thread[HintedHandoff:3,1,main] java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.cassandra.db.HintedHandOffManager.waitForSchemaAgreement(HintedHandOffManager.java:206) at org.apache.cassandra.db.HintedHandOffManager.deliverHintsToEndpoint(HintedHandOffManager.java:238) at org.apache.cassandra.db.HintedHandOffManager.access$200(HintedHandOffManager.java:84) at org.apache.cassandra.db.HintedHandOffManager$3.runMayThrow(HintedHandOffManager.java:383) at org.apache.cassandra.utils.WrappedRunnable.run(WrappedRunnable.java:30) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662) {noformat} > Hints are not replayed unless node was marked down > -------------------------------------------------- > > Key: CASSANDRA-3554 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-3554 > Project: Cassandra > Issue Type: Bug > Affects Versions: 1.0.0 > Reporter: Jonathan Ellis > Assignee: Jonathan Ellis > Labels: hintedhandoff, jmx > Fix For: 1.0.7 > > Attachments: 0001-cleanup.patch, 0002-deliver.patch, 3554-1.0.txt > > > If B drops a write from A because it is overwhelmed (but not dead), A will > hint the write. But it will never get notified that B is back up (since it > was never down), so it will never attempt hint delivery. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira