[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] (WFLY-13438) Database Timers: instances sporadically hang up when starting in a cluster

Marcos Scholtz (Jira) issues at jboss.org
Thu May 7 12:21:00 EDT 2020


Marcos Scholtz created WFLY-13438:
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             Summary: Database Timers: instances sporadically hang up when starting in a cluster
                 Key: WFLY-13438
                 URL: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/WFLY-13438
             Project: WildFly
          Issue Type: Bug
    Affects Versions: 19.1.0.Final
            Reporter: Marcos Scholtz
            Assignee: Brian Stansberry


We use a postgresql database for persistent timers, to control the execution of scheduled tasks in a cluster. It mainly works, but when operating in a cluster and when a server-group is restarted, sometimes individual instances in the cluster fail to start because of an error when reinstating persistent timers.

Configuration of the Datasource:
{code}
<xa-datasource jndi-name="java:/datasources/MonitoringDS" pool-name="MonitoringDS" enabled="true">
    <xa-datasource-property name="ServerName">
        appserver.local
    </xa-datasource-property>
    <xa-datasource-property name="PortNumber">
        5432
    </xa-datasource-property>
    <xa-datasource-property name="DatabaseName">
        monitoringdb
    </xa-datasource-property>
    <xa-datasource-class>org.postgresql.xa.PGXADataSource</xa-datasource-class>
    <driver>postgresql</driver>
    <security>
        <user-name>xxx</user-name>
        <password>xxx</password>
    </security>
</xa-datasource>
{code}

Configuration of the timer service:
{code}
<timer-service thread-pool-name="default" default-data-store="batch-clustered-store">
    <data-stores>
        <file-data-store name="default-file-store" path="timer-service-data" relative-to="jboss.server.data.dir"/>
        <database-data-store name="batch-clustered-store" datasource-jndi-name="java:/datasources/MonitoringDS" database="'postgresql'" partition="${batch.partition}" refresh-interval="60000" allow-execution="true"/>
    </data-stores>
</timer-service>
{code}

Note we use a system-property on the server-group to determine the partition name.

Also, we made NO changes to the SQL statements in "timer-sql.properties".

The timer is generated by a `@Schedule` annotation in an EJB like this:
{code}
    @Schedule(
            dayOfMonth = "${manual.scheduler.dayofmonth:*}",
            dayOfWeek = "${manual.scheduler.dayofweek:*}",
            hour = "${manual.scheduler.hour:2/6}",
            minute = "${manual.scheduler.minute:2}"
    )
    @TransactionAttribute(TransactionAttributeType.NEVER)
    void doPostboxImport() {
        log.info("Starting Postbox Import");
        BatchRuntime.getJobOperator().start("PostboxImportBatchlet", null);
    }
{code}

The error we sporadically get when starting more than one instance at the same time (when all instances try to reinstate timers) is like this:

{code}
14:48:28,117 WARN  [com.arjuna.ats.arjuna] (ServerService Thread Pool -- 69) {"tenant": "", "clientId": ""} ARJUNA012078: Abort called illegaly on atomic action 0:ffff7f000001:-27f2652e:5eb2b20f:f
14:48:28,118 WARN  [org.jboss.as.ejb3.timer] (ServerService Thread Pool -- 69) {"tenant": "", "clientId": ""} WFLYEJB0161: Failed to reinstate timer 'postbox-integration-service.postbox-integration-service.PostboxImport' (id=unavailable) from its persistent state: javax.transaction.NotSupportedException: WFTXN0001: A transaction is already in progress
        at org.wildfly.transaction.client at 1.1.9.Final//org.wildfly.transaction.client.ContextTransactionManager.begin(ContextTransactionManager.java:60)
        at org.wildfly.transaction.client at 1.1.9.Final//org.wildfly.transaction.client.ContextTransactionManager.begin(ContextTransactionManager.java:54)
        at org.jboss.as.ejb3 at 19.1.0.Final//org.jboss.as.ejb3.timerservice.TimerServiceImpl.getActivePersistentTimers(TimerServiceImpl.java:984)
        at org.jboss.as.ejb3 at 19.1.0.Final//org.jboss.as.ejb3.timerservice.TimerServiceImpl.restoreTimers(TimerServiceImpl.java:712)
        at org.jboss.as.ejb3 at 19.1.0.Final//org.jboss.as.ejb3.timerservice.TimerServiceImpl.activate(TimerServiceImpl.java:223)
        at org.jboss.as.ejb3 at 19.1.0.Final//org.jboss.as.ejb3.component.EJBComponent.init(EJBComponent.java:595)
        at org.jboss.as.ejb3 at 19.1.0.Final//org.jboss.as.ejb3.component.stateless.StatelessSessionComponent.init(StatelessSessionComponent.java:110)
        at org.jboss.as.ee at 19.1.0.Final//org.jboss.as.ee.component.BasicComponent.start(BasicComponent.java:222)
        at org.jboss.as.ee at 19.1.0.Final//org.jboss.as.ee.component.ComponentStartService$1.run(ComponentStartService.java:54)
        at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:515)
        at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264)
        at org.jboss.threads at 2.3.3.Final//org.jboss.threads.ContextClassLoaderSavingRunnable.run(ContextClassLoaderSavingRunnable.java:35)
        at org.jboss.threads at 2.3.3.Final//org.jboss.threads.EnhancedQueueExecutor.safeRun(EnhancedQueueExecutor.java:1982)
        at org.jboss.threads at 2.3.3.Final//org.jboss.threads.EnhancedQueueExecutor$ThreadBody.doRunTask(EnhancedQueueExecutor.java:1486)
        at org.jboss.threads at 2.3.3.Final//org.jboss.threads.EnhancedQueueExecutor$ThreadBody.run(EnhancedQueueExecutor.java:1377)
        at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:834)
        at org.jboss.threads at 2.3.3.Final//org.jboss.threads.JBossThread.run(JBossThread.java:485)

14:48:28,153 ERROR [org.jboss.msc.service.fail] (ServerService Thread Pool -- 69) {"tenant": "", "clientId": ""} MSC000001: Failed to start service jboss.deployment.unit."postbox-integration-service-E-SNAPSHOT.war".component.PostboxImport.START: org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.deployment.unit."postbox-integration-service-E-SNAPSHOT.war".component.PostboxImport.START: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.NullPointerException
        at org.jboss.as.ee at 19.1.0.Final//org.jboss.as.ee.component.ComponentStartService$1.run(ComponentStartService.java:57)
        at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:515)
        at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264)
        at org.jboss.threads at 2.3.3.Final//org.jboss.threads.ContextClassLoaderSavingRunnable.run(ContextClassLoaderSavingRunnable.java:35)
        at org.jboss.threads at 2.3.3.Final//org.jboss.threads.EnhancedQueueExecutor.safeRun(EnhancedQueueExecutor.java:1982)
        at org.jboss.threads at 2.3.3.Final//org.jboss.threads.EnhancedQueueExecutor$ThreadBody.doRunTask(EnhancedQueueExecutor.java:1486)
        at org.jboss.threads at 2.3.3.Final//org.jboss.threads.EnhancedQueueExecutor$ThreadBody.run(EnhancedQueueExecutor.java:1377)
        at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:834)
        at org.jboss.threads at 2.3.3.Final//org.jboss.threads.JBossThread.run(JBossThread.java:485)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.NullPointerException
        at org.jboss.as.ejb3 at 19.1.0.Final//org.jboss.as.ejb3.timerservice.TimerServiceImpl.persistTimer(TimerServiceImpl.java:626)
        at org.jboss.as.ejb3 at 19.1.0.Final//org.jboss.as.ejb3.timerservice.TimerServiceImpl.createCalendarTimer(TimerServiceImpl.java:537)
        at org.jboss.as.ejb3 at 19.1.0.Final//org.jboss.as.ejb3.timerservice.TimerServiceImpl.loadAutoTimer(TimerServiceImpl.java:388)
        at org.jboss.as.ejb3 at 19.1.0.Final//org.jboss.as.ejb3.timerservice.TimerServiceImpl.restoreTimers(TimerServiceImpl.java:774)
        at org.jboss.as.ejb3 at 19.1.0.Final//org.jboss.as.ejb3.timerservice.TimerServiceImpl.activate(TimerServiceImpl.java:223)
        at org.jboss.as.ejb3 at 19.1.0.Final//org.jboss.as.ejb3.component.EJBComponent.init(EJBComponent.java:595)
        at org.jboss.as.ejb3 at 19.1.0.Final//org.jboss.as.ejb3.component.stateless.StatelessSessionComponent.init(StatelessSessionComponent.java:110)
        at org.jboss.as.ee at 19.1.0.Final//org.jboss.as.ee.component.BasicComponent.start(BasicComponent.java:222)
        at org.jboss.as.ee at 19.1.0.Final//org.jboss.as.ee.component.ComponentStartService$1.run(ComponentStartService.java:54)
        ... 8 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
        at org.jboss.as.ejb3 at 19.1.0.Final//org.jboss.as.ejb3.timerservice.persistence.database.DatabaseTimerPersistence.addTimer(DatabaseTimerPersistence.java:336)
        at org.jboss.as.ejb3 at 19.1.0.Final//org.jboss.as.ejb3.timerservice.TimerServiceImpl.persistTimer(TimerServiceImpl.java:607)
        ... 16 more
{code}

The error seems similar to the one described in WFLY-13386, but the stack trace and the steps to reproduce it seem different to me, so I'm not sure if it's the same problem. The problem also existed in Wildfly 14 , we just updated to 19.1 (also hoping that his error would be corrected).



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