[HBASE-13326] Disabled table can't be enabled after HBase is restarted

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.0.0, 1.1.0, 0.98.12
• Fix Version/s: 1.0.1, 1.1.0, 0.98.12, 2.0.0
• Assignee: Andrey Stepachev
• Reporter: Dima Spivak
• Created: 24/Mar/15 18:16
• Updated: 06/Apr/18 04:33
• Resolved: 25/Mar/15 23:00

Description

The folks at Intel discovered a pretty nasty bug in 1.0 and 1.1 (but not master). Steps to reproduce:
1. Create a table, any table.
2. Disable the table.
3. Restart HBase.
4. Try enabling the table.
The table won't become enabled and the master web UI will indicate a never-ending region in transition. Also worth noting is that Matteo Bertozzi dug in and noted that this isn't happening in the master branch.