Dear all, after successfully battling the load balancing and installing Version 1.13.2 again in our 3 node production environment, we experienced another failure in the cluster resulting in a complete cut-off of the flow just 1,5h after the update. We noticed it just by trying to access the webinterface, which immediately after login showed something like:
"Cannot replicate request to Node nifiHost1.contoso.com:8443 because the node is not connected" There was nothing we could do through the webinterface aside from staring at this message and when looking at the live logs, there was nothing suspicious. The log moved on as if nothing happened. After a restart of the cluster everything was working fine again, but we saw, that the entire flow wasn't working for some period of time. This alone is really uncool, as we running a cluster for exactly that reason: The flow should keep working, even if some node decides to malfunction for whatever reason. Digging a little deeper into the logs showed two noticable problems: 1. The Zookeeper is restarting every few minutes. Which in the log always looks like this: ------------------------------------(nifiHost1.contoso.com) nifi-app.log------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2021-08-11 12:02:39,187 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Shutting down 2021-08-11 12:02:39,187 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer shutting down 2021-08-11 12:02:39,194 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.z.server.FinalRequestProcessor shutdown of request processor complete 2021-08-11 12:02:39,196 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.z.server.SyncRequestProcessor Shutting down 2021-08-11 12:02:39,196 INFO [SyncThread:1] o.a.z.server.SyncRequestProcessor SyncRequestProcessor exited! 2021-08-11 12:02:39,199 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer minSessionTimeout set to 4000 2021-08-11 12:02:39,200 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer maxSessionTimeout set to 40000 2021-08-11 12:02:39,200 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Created server with tickTime 2000 minSessionTimeout 4000 maxSessionTimeout 40000 datadir /opt/nifi/logs/zookeeper/version-2 snapdir /opt/nifi/state/zookeeper/version-2 2021-08-11 12:02:39,276 ERROR [Timer-Driven Process Thread-27-EventThread] org.apache.zookeeper.ClientCnxn Error while calling watcher java.lang.NullPointerException: null at org.apache.zookeeper.ClientCnxn$EventThread.processEvent(ClientCnxn.java:535) at org.apache.zookeeper.ClientCnxn$EventThread.run(ClientCnxn.java:510) 2021-08-11 12:02:39,277 INFO [main-EventThread] o.a.c.f.state.ConnectionStateManager State change: SUSPENDED 2021-08-11 12:02:40,001 INFO [main-EventThread] o.a.c.f.state.ConnectionStateManager State change: RECONNECTED 2021-08-11 12:02:40,006 INFO [Curator-ConnectionStateManager-0] o.a.n.c.l.e.CuratorLeaderElectionManager org.apache.nifi.controller.leader.election.CuratorLeaderElectionManager$ElectionListener@1d37e350 Connection State changed to SUSPENDED 2021-08-11 12:02:40,006 INFO [Curator-ConnectionStateManager-0] o.a.n.c.l.e.CuratorLeaderElectionManager org.apache.nifi.controller.leader.election.CuratorLeaderElectionManager$ElectionListener@1908642e Connection State changed to SUSPENDED 2021-08-11 12:02:40,006 INFO [Curator-ConnectionStateManager-0] o.a.n.c.l.e.CuratorLeaderElectionManager org.apache.nifi.controller.leader.election.CuratorLeaderElectionManager$ElectionListener@1d37e350 Connection State changed to RECONNECTED 2021-08-11 12:02:40,006 INFO [Curator-ConnectionStateManager-0] o.a.n.c.l.e.CuratorLeaderElectionManager org.apache.nifi.controller.leader.election.CuratorLeaderElectionManager$ElectionListener@1908642e Connection State changed to RECONNECTED 2021-08-11 12:02:40,014 INFO [main-EventThread] o.a.c.framework.imps.EnsembleTracker New config event received: {} 2021-08-11 12:02:40,127 INFO [Clustering Tasks Thread-2] o.a.n.c.c.ClusterProtocolHeartbeater Heartbeat created at 2021-08-11 12:02:39,176 and sent to nifiHost3.contoso.com:54321 at 2021-08-11 12:02:40,127; send took 951 millis 2021-08-11 12:02:40,186 ERROR [Timer-Driven Process Thread-27-EventThread] org.apache.zookeeper.ClientCnxn Error while calling watcher java.lang.NullPointerException: null at org.apache.zookeeper.ClientCnxn$EventThread.processEvent(ClientCnxn.java:535) at org.apache.zookeeper.ClientCnxn$EventThread.run(ClientCnxn.java:510) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This happens, as mentioned, every few minutes and looks like this when condensed through grep: ------------------------------------(nifiHost1.contoso.com) nifi-app.log | grep "ZooKeeperServer Shutting down"--------------------------------------------- ./nifi-app.log:4237:2021-08-11 12:02:39,187 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Shutting down ./nifi-app.log:4378:2021-08-11 12:03:22,084 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Shutting down ./nifi-app.log:4447:2021-08-11 12:03:57,639 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Shutting down ./nifi-app.log:4563:2021-08-11 12:04:18,921 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Shutting down ./nifi-app.log:4629:2021-08-11 12:04:33,199 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Shutting down ./nifi-app.log:4650:2021-08-11 12:05:03,939 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Shutting down ./nifi-app.log:4801:2021-08-11 12:05:39,348 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Shutting down ./nifi-app.log:5327:2021-08-11 12:06:56,736 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Shutting down ./nifi-app.log:7250:2021-08-11 12:21:41,464 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Shutting down ./nifi-app.log:7703:2021-08-11 12:24:54,244 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Shutting down ./nifi-app.log:8148:2021-08-11 12:27:21,093 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Shutting down ./nifi-app.log:8190:2021-08-11 12:27:37,820 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Shutting down ./nifi-app.log:8350:2021-08-11 12:28:37,417 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Shutting down ./nifi-app.log:8797:2021-08-11 12:33:25,184 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Shutting down ./nifi-app.log:8813:2021-08-11 12:33:39,672 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Shutting down ./nifi-app.log:8971:2021-08-11 12:34:22,003 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Shutting down ./nifi-app.log:8984:2021-08-11 12:34:36,511 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Shutting down ./nifi-app.log:9349:2021-08-11 12:36:29,802 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Shutting down ./nifi-app.log:9376:2021-08-11 12:36:41,541 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Shutting down ./nifi-app.log:9491:2021-08-11 12:37:12,390 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Shutting down ./nifi-app.log:9504:2021-08-11 12:37:25,888 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Shutting down ./nifi-app.log:9676:2021-08-11 12:39:22,775 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Shutting down ./nifi-app.log:9842:2021-08-11 12:40:49,396 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Shutting down ./nifi-app.log:10251:2021-08-11 12:43:38,807 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Shutting down ./nifi-app.log:10397:2021-08-11 12:44:36,326 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Shutting down ./nifi-app.log:11405:2021-08-11 12:52:26,384 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Shutting down ./nifi-app.log:11629:2021-08-11 12:53:33,054 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Shutting down ./nifi-app.log:11827:2021-08-11 12:54:43,783 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Shutting down ./nifi-app.log:11990:2021-08-11 12:56:23,389 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Shutting down ./nifi-app.log:12085:2021-08-11 12:57:21,410 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Shutting down ./nifi-app.log:12823:2021-08-11 13:01:23,674 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Shutting down ./nifi-app.log:13087:2021-08-11 13:04:44,524 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Shutting down ./nifi-app.log:14610:2021-08-11 13:16:15,432 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Shutting down ./nifi-app.log:14635:2021-08-11 13:16:37,724 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Shutting down ./nifi-app.log:14751:2021-08-11 13:17:38,169 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Shutting down ./nifi-app.log:15136:2021-08-11 13:17:59,547 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Shutting down ./nifi-app.log:15203:2021-08-11 13:18:30,695 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Shutting down ./nifi-app.log:15516:2021-08-11 13:21:43,631 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Shutting down ./nifi-app.log:15743:2021-08-11 13:22:49,630 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Shutting down ./nifi-app.log:15950:2021-08-11 13:23:50,574 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Shutting down ./nifi-app.log:16035:2021-08-11 13:24:30,913 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Shutting down ./nifi-app.log:16396:2021-08-11 13:28:01,873 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Shutting down ./nifi-app.log:16470:2021-08-11 13:29:12,550 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Shutting down ./nifi-app.log:16541:2021-08-11 13:29:38,490 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Shutting down ./nifi-app.log:16568:2021-08-11 13:29:53,554 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Shutting down ./nifi-app.log:16678:2021-08-11 13:31:13,437 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Shutting down ./nifi-app.log:16705:2021-08-11 13:31:28,195 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Shutting down ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ So my first question is: Is this behaviour of zookeeper normal? Well it is just an INFO, but I would love to here that this is a completely normal phenomenon. :D 2. After all these zookeeper restarts, nifi finally throws the following error along with the "last" zookeeper restart: ------------------------------------(nifiHost1.contoso.com) nifi-app.log------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2021-08-11 13:31:13,083 INFO [main-EventThread] o.a.c.f.state.ConnectionStateManager State change: SUSPENDED 2021-08-11 13:31:13,437 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Shutting down 2021-08-11 13:31:13,437 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer shutting down 2021-08-11 13:31:13,439 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.z.server.FinalRequestProcessor shutdown of request processor complete 2021-08-11 13:31:13,440 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.z.server.SyncRequestProcessor Shutting down 2021-08-11 13:31:13,440 INFO [SyncThread:1] o.a.z.server.SyncRequestProcessor SyncRequestProcessor exited! 2021-08-11 13:31:13,450 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer minSessionTimeout set to 4000 2021-08-11 13:31:13,450 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer maxSessionTimeout set to 40000 2021-08-11 13:31:13,450 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Created server with tickTime 2000 minSessionTimeout 4000 maxSessionTimeout 40000 datadir /opt/nifi/logs/zookeeper/version-2 snapdir /opt/nifi/state/zookeeper/version-2 2021-08-11 13:31:13,462 ERROR [Load-Balance Server Thread-5] o.a.n.c.q.c.s.ConnectionLoadBalanceServer Failed to communicate with Peer nifiHost2.contoso.com/192.168.1.11:19500 java.io.EOFException: Expected to receive a Transaction Completion Indicator from Peer nifiHost2.contoso.com but encountered EOF at org.apache.nifi.controller.queue.clustered.server.StandardLoadBalanceProtocol.completeTransaction(StandardLoadBalanceProtocol.java:299) at org.apache.nifi.controller.queue.clustered.server.StandardLoadBalanceProtocol.receiveFlowFiles(StandardLoadBalanceProtocol.java:275) at org.apache.nifi.controller.queue.clustered.server.StandardLoadBalanceProtocol.receiveFlowFiles(StandardLoadBalanceProtocol.java:133) at org.apache.nifi.controller.queue.clustered.server.ConnectionLoadBalanceServer$CommunicateAction.run(ConnectionLoadBalanceServer.java:162) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) 2021-08-11 13:31:13,464 ERROR [Load-Balance Server Thread-6] o.a.n.c.q.c.s.ConnectionLoadBalanceServer Failed to communicate with Peer nifiHost2.contoso.com/192.168.1.11:19502 java.io.EOFException: Expected to receive a Transaction Completion Indicator from Peer nifiHost2.contoso.com but encountered EOF at org.apache.nifi.controller.queue.clustered.server.StandardLoadBalanceProtocol.completeTransaction(StandardLoadBalanceProtocol.java:299) at org.apache.nifi.controller.queue.clustered.server.StandardLoadBalanceProtocol.receiveFlowFiles(StandardLoadBalanceProtocol.java:275) at org.apache.nifi.controller.queue.clustered.server.StandardLoadBalanceProtocol.receiveFlowFiles(StandardLoadBalanceProtocol.java:133) at org.apache.nifi.controller.queue.clustered.server.ConnectionLoadBalanceServer$CommunicateAction.run(ConnectionLoadBalanceServer.java:162) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) 2021-08-11 13:31:13,589 INFO [Process Cluster Protocol Request-1] o.a.n.c.c.node.NodeClusterCoordinator Status of nifiHost1.contoso.com:8443 changed from NodeConnectionStatus[nodeId=nifiHost1.contoso.com:8443, state=CONNECTED, updateId=16] to NodeConnectionStatus[nodeId=nifiHost1.contoso.com:8443, state=CONNECTING, updateId=16] 2021-08-11 13:31:13,793 INFO [Process Cluster Protocol Request-7] o.a.n.c.p.impl.SocketProtocolListener Finished processing request 88980d85-b956-4713-9686-50d76a407871 (type=RECONNECTION_REQUEST, length=2209040 bytes) from nifiHost1.contoso.com:8443 in 142 millis 2021-08-11 13:31:13,794 INFO [Reconnect to Cluster] o.a.nifi.controller.StandardFlowService Processing reconnection request from cluster coordinator. 2021-08-11 13:31:13,794 INFO [Reconnect to Cluster] o.a.n.c.l.e.CuratorLeaderElectionManager Election Listener for Role Primary Node disabled 2021-08-11 13:31:13,802 INFO [main-EventThread] o.a.c.f.state.ConnectionStateManager State change: RECONNECTED 2021-08-11 13:31:28,195 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Shutting down 2021-08-11 13:31:28,196 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer shutting down 2021-08-11 13:31:28,198 INFO [pool-22-thread-1] o.a.n.c.r.WriteAheadFlowFileRepository Initiating checkpoint of FlowFile Repository 2021-08-11 13:31:28,202 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.z.server.FinalRequestProcessor shutdown of request processor complete 2021-08-11 13:31:28,203 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.z.server.SyncRequestProcessor Shutting down 2021-08-11 13:31:28,203 INFO [SyncThread:1] o.a.z.server.SyncRequestProcessor SyncRequestProcessor exited! 2021-08-11 13:31:28,204 INFO [Timer-Driven Process Thread-21] o.a.n.p.store.WriteAheadStorePartition Successfully rolled over Event Writer for Provenance Event Store Partition[directory=/opt/pr] due to MAX_TIME_REACHED. Event File was 6.7 MB and contained 1626 events. 2021-08-11 13:31:28,208 INFO [pool-22-thread-1] o.a.n.wali.SequentialAccessWriteAheadLog Checkpointed Write-Ahead Log with 10 Records and 0 Swap Files in 8 milliseconds (Stop-the-world time = 1 milliseconds), max Transaction ID 27772177643 2021-08-11 13:31:28,208 INFO [pool-22-thread-1] o.a.n.c.r.WriteAheadFlowFileRepository Successfully checkpointed FlowFile Repository with 10 records in 8 milliseconds 2021-08-11 13:31:28,295 INFO [main-EventThread] o.a.c.f.state.ConnectionStateManager State change: SUSPENDED 2021-08-11 13:31:29,808 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer minSessionTimeout set to 4000 2021-08-11 13:31:29,809 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer maxSessionTimeout set to 40000 2021-08-11 13:31:29,809 INFO [QuorumPeer[myid=1](plain=/0.0.0.0:2181)(secure=disabled)] o.a.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer Created server with tickTime 2000 minSessionTimeout 4000 maxSessionTimeout 40000 datadir /opt/nifi/logs/zookeeper/version-2 snapdir /opt/nifi/state/zookeeper/version-2 2021-08-11 13:31:32,291 INFO [main-EventThread] o.a.c.f.state.ConnectionStateManager State change: RECONNECTED ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ After that, the log continues with normal messages about heartbeats and provenance events but no error occurs anymore. That exactly was the time, the whole flow cut-off. I've got to add, that we've never experienced that flow cut-off behaviour with version 1.12.1, but the zookeeper restarts occur there as well and as often as seen above. But when first updating to version 1.13.2 back in June, we experienced this flow cut-off multiple times beside the not working load balancing. Back then I thought this was connected to each other, but now we had a fully functional load balancing and the cut-off happened nevertheless. I'm thankful for any hint. :)