[IMPALA-2348] The Catalog does not close the connection to the HMS after table invalidation

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Impala 2.2.4
• Fix Version/s: Impala 2.3.0, Impala 2.2.8
• Labels: catalog-server hive
• Target Version: Impala 2.3.0, Impala 2.2.8
• Assignee: Dimitris Tsirogiannis
• Reporter: Dimitris Tsirogiannis
• Created: 15/Sep/15 22:25
• Updated: 10/Nov/15 20:12
• Resolved: 27/Sep/15 04:55

Description

The catalog does not explicitly close the connection to the HMS after a call to CatalogServiceCatalog.invalidateTable(). That could potentially cause subsequent metadata operations to fail if no new connections can be established to HMS.