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  1. HBase
  2. HBASE-20554

"WALs outstanding" message from CleanerChore is noisy

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    • Bug
    • Status: Resolved
    • Trivial
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • None
    • 3.0.0-alpha-1, 2.1.0, 1.3.3, 2.0.1, 1.4.5
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    Description

      WARN level "WALs outstanding" from CleanerChore should be DEBUG and are not always correct.

      I left a cluster configured for ITBLL (retaining all WALs for post hoc analysis) and in the morning found the master log full of "WALs outstanding" warnings from CleanerChore.

      Should this really be a warning?

      2018-05-09 16:42:03,893 WARN [node-1.cluster,16000,1525851521469_ChoreService_2] cleaner.CleanerChore: WALs outstanding under hdfs://node-1.cluster/hbase/oldWALs

      If someone has configured really long WAL retention then having WALs in oldWALs will be normal.

      Also, it seems the warning is sometimes incorrect.

      2018-05-09 16:42:24,751 WARN [node-1.cluster,16000,1525851521469_ChoreService_1] cleaner.CleanerChore: WALs outstanding under hdfs://node-1.cluster/hbase/archive

      There are no WALs under archive/.

      Even at DEBUG level, if it is not correct, then it can lead an operator to be concerned about nothing, so better to just remove it.

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        1. HBASE-20554.patch
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          Andrew Kyle Purtell

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