Github user NicoK commented on the issue: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/4416 A simple asynchronous call as in `TaskExecutor#onFatalErrorAsync()` is not enough though because this is what is actually already done and led to me finding this error in the first place. Please see the stack traces of the incriminating processes below: ``` "flink-akka.actor.default-dispatcher-8" #31 prio=5 os_prio=0 tid=0x00007ffa00efe800 nid=0xb8c waiting for monitor entry [0x00007ff9ee540000] java.lang.Thread.State: BLOCKED (on object monitor) at org.apache.flink.runtime.minicluster.MiniCluster$TerminatingFatalErrorHandler.onFatalError(MiniCluster.java:652) - waiting to lock <0x00000000aad1d2d8> (a java.lang.Object) at org.apache.flink.runtime.taskexecutor.TaskExecutor.onFatalError(TaskExecutor.java:1129) at org.apache.flink.runtime.taskexecutor.TaskExecutor$7.run(TaskExecutor.java:1116) at org.apache.flink.runtime.rpc.akka.AkkaRpcActor.handleRunAsync(AkkaRpcActor.java:278) at org.apache.flink.runtime.rpc.akka.AkkaRpcActor.handleMessage(AkkaRpcActor.java:132) at org.apache.flink.runtime.rpc.akka.AkkaRpcActor.access$000(AkkaRpcActor.java:73) at org.apache.flink.runtime.rpc.akka.AkkaRpcActor$1.apply(AkkaRpcActor.java:111) at akka.actor.ActorCell$$anonfun$become$1.applyOrElse(ActorCell.scala:534) at akka.actor.Actor$class.aroundReceive(Actor.scala:467) at akka.actor.UntypedActor.aroundReceive(UntypedActor.scala:97) at akka.actor.ActorCell.receiveMessage(ActorCell.scala:516) at akka.actor.ActorCell.invoke(ActorCell.scala:487) at akka.dispatch.Mailbox.processMailbox(Mailbox.scala:238) at akka.dispatch.Mailbox.run(Mailbox.scala:220) at akka.dispatch.ForkJoinExecutorConfigurator$AkkaForkJoinTask.exec(AbstractDispatcher.scala:397) at scala.concurrent.forkjoin.ForkJoinTask.doExec(ForkJoinTask.java:260) at scala.concurrent.forkjoin.ForkJoinPool$WorkQueue.runTask(ForkJoinPool.java:1339) at scala.concurrent.forkjoin.ForkJoinPool.runWorker(ForkJoinPool.java:1979) at scala.concurrent.forkjoin.ForkJoinWorkerThread.run(ForkJoinWorkerThread.java:107) "main" #1 prio=5 os_prio=0 tid=0x00007ffa0000a000 nid=0xb56 waiting on condition [0x00007ffa07fa1000] java.lang.Thread.State: WAITING (parking) at sun.misc.Unsafe.park(Native Method) - parking to wait for <0x00000000ab269c30> (a java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch$Sync) at java.util.concurrent.locks.LockSupport.park(LockSupport.java:175) at java.util.concurrent.locks.AbstractQueuedSynchronizer.parkAndCheckInterrupt(AbstractQueuedSynchronizer.java:836) at java.util.concurrent.locks.AbstractQueuedSynchronizer.doAcquireSharedInterruptibly(AbstractQueuedSynchronizer.java:997) at java.util.concurrent.locks.AbstractQueuedSynchronizer.acquireSharedInterruptibly(AbstractQueuedSynchronizer.java:1304) at java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch.await(CountDownLatch.java:231) at akka.actor.ActorSystemImpl$TerminationCallbacks.ready(ActorSystem.scala:819) at akka.actor.ActorSystemImpl$TerminationCallbacks.ready(ActorSystem.scala:788) at scala.concurrent.Await$$anonfun$ready$1.apply(package.scala:169) at scala.concurrent.Await$$anonfun$ready$1.apply(package.scala:169) at scala.concurrent.BlockContext$DefaultBlockContext$.blockOn(BlockContext.scala:53) at scala.concurrent.Await$.ready(package.scala:169) at akka.actor.ActorSystemImpl.awaitTermination(ActorSystem.scala:644) at akka.actor.ActorSystemImpl.awaitTermination(ActorSystem.scala:645) at org.apache.flink.runtime.rpc.akka.AkkaRpcService.stopService(AkkaRpcService.java:282) at org.apache.flink.runtime.minicluster.MiniCluster.shutDownRpc(MiniCluster.java:596) at org.apache.flink.runtime.minicluster.MiniCluster.shutdownInternally(MiniCluster.java:364) at org.apache.flink.runtime.minicluster.MiniCluster.shutdown(MiniCluster.java:309) - locked <0x00000000aad1d2d8> (a java.lang.Object) at org.apache.flink.runtime.minicluster.MiniClusterITCase.runJobWithMultipleJobManagers(MiniClusterITCase.java:87) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod$1.runReflectiveCall(FrameworkMethod.java:50) at org.junit.internal.runners.model.ReflectiveCallable.run(ReflectiveCallable.java:12) at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod.invokeExplosively(FrameworkMethod.java:47) at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.InvokeMethod.evaluate(InvokeMethod.java:17) at org.junit.rules.TestWatcher$1.evaluate(TestWatcher.java:55) at org.junit.rules.RunRules.evaluate(RunRules.java:20) at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runLeaf(ParentRunner.java:325) at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:78) at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:57) at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$3.run(ParentRunner.java:290) at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$1.schedule(ParentRunner.java:71) at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runChildren(ParentRunner.java:288) at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.access$000(ParentRunner.java:58) at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$2.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:268) at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.run(ParentRunner.java:363) at org.apache.maven.surefire.junit4.JUnit4Provider.execute(JUnit4Provider.java:283) at org.apache.maven.surefire.junit4.JUnit4Provider.executeWithRerun(JUnit4Provider.java:173) at org.apache.maven.surefire.junit4.JUnit4Provider.executeTestSet(JUnit4Provider.java:153) at org.apache.maven.surefire.junit4.JUnit4Provider.invoke(JUnit4Provider.java:128) at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ForkedBooter.invokeProviderInSameClassLoader(ForkedBooter.java:203) at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ForkedBooter.runSuitesInProcess(ForkedBooter.java:155) at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ForkedBooter.main(ForkedBooter.java:103) ```
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