[HBASE-28500] Rest Java client library assumes stateless servers

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.6.0, 2.4.18, 4.0.0-alpha-1, 2.7.0, 3.0.0-beta-2, 2.5.9
• Component/s: REST
• Labels: pull-request-available
• Assignee: Istvan Toth
• Reporter: Istvan Toth
• Created: 08/Apr/24 08:26
• Updated: 18/Apr/24 19:29
• Resolved: 17/Apr/24 13:10

Description

The Rest Java client library accepts a list of rest servers, and does random load balancing between them for each request.
This does not work for scans, which do have state on the rest server instance.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #5804
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #5831