[CASSANDRA-15216] Cross node message creation times are disabled by default

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Normal
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 4.0-alpha3, 4.0
• Component/s: Messaging/Internode
• Bug Category: Degradation - Performance Bug/Regression
• Severity: Normal
• Complexity: Low Hanging Fruit
• Discovered By: Code Inspection
• Platform: All
• Impacts: Docs
• Since Version: 4.0

Source Control Link

https://github.com/apache/cassandra/commit/9d2ffad6b6d09761a03aeb1a207e9780d1174046

Test and Documentation Plan

Documented in NEWS.txt

• Assignee: Ekaterina Dimitrova
• Reporter: Benedict Elliott Smith

Authors

Ekaterina Dimitrova

Reviewers

Brandon Williams

• Created: 16/Jul/19 09:37
• Updated: 15/May/20 08:54
• Resolved: 15/Jan/20 22:39

Description

This can cause a lot of wasted work for messages that have timed out on the coordinator. We should generally assume that our users have setup NTP on their clusters, and that clocks are modestly in sync, since it’s a requirement for general correctness of last write wins.