[CASSANDRA-9943] nodetool repair error: "nodetool failed, check server logs"

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Low
• Resolution: Cannot Reproduce

Environment

Ubuntu 14.04
AWS m3.xlarge
Cassandra 2.1.8

• Severity: Low
• Since Version: 2.1.8
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Blake Atkinson
• Created: 30/Jul/15 19:47
• Updated: 16/Apr/19 09:31
• Resolved: 20/Oct/15 15:35

Description

Rolling a "nodetool repair -pr" through a 5 node cluster and got the following error at the end of the repair:

[2015-07-30 19:04:46,136] Repair session d7bd3ac0-36ed-11e5-b5e9-fbf3677ba4be for range (7944740144028661,11828837077287116] finished
[2015-07-30 19:04:46,136] Repair session d7c09620-36ed-11e5-b5e9-fbf3677ba4be for range (1732339538045103946,1747616566950087006] finished
[2015-07-30 19:04:46,136] Repair session d7c502f1-36ed-11e5-b5e9-fbf3677ba4be for range (-6749979629629406618,-6744383949129926802] finished
[2015-07-30 19:04:46,137] Repair session d7c8fa90-36ed-11e5-b5e9-fbf3677ba4be for range (4123273621202200825,4151984034998723255] finished
[2015-07-30 19:04:46,137] Repair command #8 finished
error: nodetool failed, check server logs
-- StackTrace --
java.lang.RuntimeException: nodetool failed, check server logs
        at org.apache.cassandra.tools.NodeTool$NodeToolCmd.run(NodeTool.java:290)
        at org.apache.cassandra.tools.NodeTool.main(NodeTool.java:202)

I've seen it before with repairs on previous versions of 2.1, but can't repro it consistently. Right after the repair "finishes", it spits out many "LEAK DETECTED", but not sure if it's related.