[IMPALA-4888] TestDdlStatements.test_alter_table can fail with "AlreadyExistsException: Table table_many_part already exists"

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Affects Version/s: Impala 2.9.0
• Component/s: Catalog
• Labels: broken-build flaky
• Target Version: Impala 2.9.0
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Jim Apple
• Created: 05/Feb/17 22:11
• Updated: 01/May/17 21:52
• Resolved: 01/May/17 21:52

Description

Seen in S3 testing, but it's not clear to me that s3 is an issue. It first showed up somewhere between

e3566ac048a122a8c6c88ac696a3cb1f9f31b2fc

and

1d933919ee964d8766ba028623d66ec20cd123ac

inclusive.

 TestDdlStatements.test_alter_table[exec_option: {'batch_size': 0, 'num_nodes': 0, 'sync_ddl': 0, 'disable_codegen': False, 'abort_on_error': 1, 'exec_single_node_rows_threshold': 0} | table_format: text/none-unique_database0] 
[gw3] linux2 -- Python 2.6.6 /data/jenkins/workspace/impala-umbrella-build-and-test-s3/repos/Impala/bin/../infra/python/env/bin/python
metadata/test_ddl.py:255: in test_alter_table
    multiple_impalad=self._use_multiple_impalad(vector))
common/impala_test_suite.py:324: in run_test_case
    result = self.__execute_query(target_impalad_client, query, user=user)
common/impala_test_suite.py:532: in __execute_query
    return impalad_client.execute(query, user=user)
common/impala_connection.py:160: in execute
    return self.__beeswax_client.execute(sql_stmt, user=user)
beeswax/impala_beeswax.py:173: in execute
    handle = self.__execute_query(query_string.strip(), user=user)
beeswax/impala_beeswax.py:337: in __execute_query
    handle = self.execute_query_async(query_string, user=user)
beeswax/impala_beeswax.py:333: in execute_query_async
    return self.__do_rpc(lambda: self.imp_service.query(query,))
beeswax/impala_beeswax.py:458: in __do_rpc
    raise ImpalaBeeswaxException(self.__build_error_message(b), b)
E   ImpalaBeeswaxException: ImpalaBeeswaxException:
E    INNER EXCEPTION: <class 'beeswaxd.ttypes.BeeswaxException'>
E    MESSAGE: 
E   ImpalaRuntimeException: Error making 'createTable' RPC to Hive Metastore: 
E   CAUSED BY: AlreadyExistsException: Table table_many_part already exists