Hi Ah yes thats a bug. I have logged a ticket https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CAMEL-10430
We should get the exception from the command which then also has exception for other kind of failures such as rejected etc On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 3:44 PM, Maxime Tremblay <maximetremb...@acprail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > In the Camel-Hystrix component, what motivated the choice the execute the > Fallback only when an Exception is raised ? > > Why not to let the end user choose if they want to execute the fallback or > not when no Exception is raised ? > > To put in context: > > The getFallback() is called by Hystrix in all the cases documented in > Hystrix doc: > "Hystrix will execute this fallback for all types of failure such as run() > failure, timeout, thread pool or semaphore rejection, and circuit-breaker > short-circuiting. " > > Cf: https://github.com/Netflix/Hystrix/wiki/How-To-Use#Fallback > > However, Camel-Hystrix sometimes does not execute the fallback, eg. on > thread pool or semaphore rejection, because no Exception is raised those > cases. > > Cf line 50 of: > https://github.com/apache/camel/blob/master/components/camel-hystrix/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/hystrix/processor/HystrixProcessorCommand.java > > Best Regards, > > Max -- Claus Ibsen ----------------- http://davsclaus.com @davsclaus Camel in Action 2: https://www.manning.com/ibsen2