[BEAM-9269] Set shorter Commit Deadline and handle with backoff/retry

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: P2
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.16.0, 2.17.0, 2.18.0, 2.19.0
• Fix Version/s: 2.23.0
• Component/s: io-java-gcp
• Labels: google-cloud-spanner
• Assignee: Niel Markwick
• Reporter: Niel Markwick
• Due: 07/Feb/20
• Created: 07/Feb/20 14:38
• Updated: 24/Jul/20 20:00
• Resolved: 28/Jun/20 08:12

Description

Default commit deadline in Spanner is 1hr, which can lead to a variety of issues including database overload and session expiry.

Shorter deadline should be set with backoff/retry when deadline expires, so that the Spanner database does not become overloaded.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #10752
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #12011