They will not. Please refer to the code here https://github.com/apache/storm/blob/master/storm-client/src/jvm/org/apache/storm/daemon/GrouperFactory.java#L85-L88 <https://github.com/apache/storm/blob/master/storm-client/src/jvm/org/apache/storm/daemon/GrouperFactory.java#L85-L88>
The targetTasks will be the tasks on the same worker, unless there is none, then localOrShuffle will be just like normal shuffle grouping > On Feb 19, 2020, at 3:35 AM, Tarun Chabarwal <tarun.chabar...@paytm.com> > wrote: > > Consider following configuration for a topology: > #spouts: 2 > #bolt: 8 > #workers: 3 > > [attached pic] > > With this configuration one of the workers won't have spout and If we apply > localorshuffle grouping between spout and bolt, does worker3 bolts receive > any tuple ? > > Regards > Tarun Chabarwal > <Screenshot 2020-02-19 at 12.50.39 PM.png>