[MAPREDUCE-6014] New task status field in task attempts table can lead to an empty web page

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.5.0
• Fix Version/s: 2.6.0
• Target Version/s: 2.5.0
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Mit Desai
• Reporter: Mit Desai
• Created: 30/Jul/14 23:06
• Updated: 01/Dec/14 03:08
• Resolved: 05/Aug/14 22:00

Description

MAPREDUCE-5550 added a new task attempts field but didn't Javascript-escape the contents. Tasks with status messages that have newlines or other characters can then break the parsing of the web page and leave the user with a blank page.

Issue Links

• relates to: MAPREDUCE-5550 Task Status message (reporter.setStatus) not shown in UI with Hadoop 2.0