[CASSANDRA-15263] LegacyLayout RangeTombstoneList throws java.lang.NullPointerException: null

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Normal
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Component/s: Cluster/Schema
• Labels: 2.1.16 3.11.4
• Bug Category: Availability - Response Crash
• Severity: Normal
• Complexity: Challenging
• Discovered By: User Report
• Assignee: Benedict Elliott Smith
• Reporter: feroz shaik

Authors

Benedict Elliott Smith

• Created: 07/Aug/19 06:06
• Updated: 24/Jan/20 11:45

Description

We have  hit a problem today while upgrading from 2.1.16 to 3.11.4.

we encountered this as soon as the first node started up with 3.11.4 

The full error stack is attached - stack_trace.txt 

 

The below errors continued in the log file as long as the process was up.

ERROR [Native-Transport-Requests-12] 2019-08-06 03:00:47,135 ErrorMessage.java:384 - Unexpected exception during request
java.lang.NullPointerException: null
ERROR [Native-Transport-Requests-8] 2019-08-06 03:00:48,778 ErrorMessage.java:384 - Unexpected exception during request
java.lang.NullPointerException: null
ERROR [Native-Transport-Requests-13] 2019-08-06 03:00:57,454 

 

The nodetool version says 3.11.4 and the no of connections on native por t- 9042 was similar to other nodes. The exceptions were scary that we had to call off the change. Any help and insights to this problem from the community is appreciated.

Issue Links

• relates to: CASSANDRA-15172 LegacyLayout RangeTombstoneList throws IndexOutOfBoundsException