[IMPALA-5177] Error making alter_table rpc, job failure

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Impala 2.8.0
• Fix Version/s: Impala 2.9.0
• Component/s: Catalog
• Labels: broken-build
• Epic Color: ghx-label-8
• Assignee: Dimitris Tsirogiannis
• Reporter: Matthew Jacobs
• Created: 06/Apr/17 21:11
• Updated: 26/Jun/17 19:52
• Resolved: 26/Jun/17 19:52

Description

20:54:13 FAIL data_errors/test_data_errors.py::TestTimestampErrors::()::test_timestamp_scan_agg_errors[exec_option: {'disable_codegen': False, 'abort_on_error': 1, 'exec_single_node_rows_threshold': 0, 'batch_size': 1, 'num_nodes': 0} | table_format: text/none]
20:54:13 =================================== FAILURES ===================================
20:54:13  TestTimestampErrors.test_timestamp_scan_agg_errors[exec_option: {'disable_codegen': False, 'abort_on_error': 1, 'exec_single_node_rows_threshold': 0, 'batch_size': 1, 'num_nodes': 0} | table_format: text/none] 
20:54:13 [gw1] linux2 -- Python 2.6.6 /data/jenkins/workspace/impala-umbrella-build-and-test/repos/Impala/bin/../infra/python/env/bin/python
20:54:13 data_errors/test_data_errors.py:152: in test_timestamp_scan_agg_errors
20:54:13     self._setup_test_table(FQ_TBL_NAME)
20:54:13 data_errors/test_data_errors.py:148: in _setup_test_table
20:54:13     self.client.execute(alter_stmt)
20:54:13 common/impala_connection.py:160: in execute
20:54:13     return self.__beeswax_client.execute(sql_stmt, user=user)
20:54:13 beeswax/impala_beeswax.py:173: in execute
20:54:13     handle = self.__execute_query(query_string.strip(), user=user)
20:54:13 beeswax/impala_beeswax.py:337: in __execute_query
20:54:13     handle = self.execute_query_async(query_string, user=user)
20:54:13 beeswax/impala_beeswax.py:333: in execute_query_async
20:54:13     return self.__do_rpc(lambda: self.imp_service.query(query,))
20:54:13 beeswax/impala_beeswax.py:458: in __do_rpc
20:54:13     raise ImpalaBeeswaxException(self.__build_error_message(b), b)
20:54:13 E   ImpalaBeeswaxException: ImpalaBeeswaxException:
20:54:13 E    INNER EXCEPTION: <class 'beeswaxd.ttypes.BeeswaxException'>
20:54:13 E    MESSAGE: 
20:54:13 E   ImpalaRuntimeException: Error making 'alter_table' RPC to Hive Metastore: 
20:54:13 E   CAUSED BY: MetaException: Exception thrown when executing query

Looks like there is something failing in the Hive rpc.

Issue Links

• Blocked: HIVE-16450 Some metastore operations are not retried even with desired underlining exceptions