[CASSANDRA-6980] Non-droppable verbs shouldn't be dropped from OTC

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Normal
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.2.17, 2.0.7
• Severity: Normal
• Since Version: 1.1.12
• Assignee: Jason Brown Assign to me
• Reporter: Richard Low

Authors

Jason Brown

• Created: 03/Apr/14 17:44
• Updated: 16/Apr/19 09:31
• Resolved: 08/Apr/14 23:31

Description

In CASSANDRA-5393, a retry was added if there was an exception sending a non-droppable verb. However, the message can still be dropped if it has been in the queue longer than rpc timeout. When this happens for e.g. Merkle trees, the repair hangs. The message should not be dropped.