Index: metastore/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/RetryingHMSHandler.java =================================================================== --- metastore/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/RetryingHMSHandler.java (revision 1402712) +++ metastore/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/RetryingHMSHandler.java (working copy) @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import java.lang.reflect.Proxy; import java.lang.reflect.UndeclaredThrowableException; +import org.apache.commons.lang.exception.ExceptionUtils; import org.apache.commons.logging.Log; import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory; import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration; @@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ } if (retryCount >= retryLimit) { - throw caughtException; + throw new MetaException(ExceptionUtils.getStackTrace(caughtException)); } assert (retryInterval >= 0);