Hi Jiri,

Thank you for taking a look at this issue. But I'm sorry, I don't really understand your message. Can you please elaborate?

Cheers,
Bowen

On 05/11/2024 12:34, Jiri Steuer (EIT) wrote:

Hi all,

It is possible easy to check the moment/milestone, when the data cross more data centers will by synch (in case that other applications and user access will be disabled)? I think about monitoring of throughput or …? Thx for feedback

   J. Steuer

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Hi all,

We have a cluster running Cassandra 4.1.1. We are seeing the memtable flush randomly getting stuck. This has happened twice in the last 10 days, to two different nodes in the same cluster. This started to happen after we enabled CDC, and each time it got stuck, there was at least one repair running involving the affected node.

The signs of the stuck memtable flush is most obvious from the "StatusLogger" logs.

At the beginning, the MemtablePostFlush and MemtableFlushWriter got stuck, they have 1 and 2 active tasks each, and a small number of pending tasks.

INFO [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 03:50:15,224 StatusLogger.java:65 - Pool Name Active   Pending      Completed   Blocked  All Time Blocked INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 03:50:15,224 StatusLogger.java:69 - ReadStage                            0         0 34052333         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 03:50:15,224 StatusLogger.java:69 - CompactionExecutor                   0         0 1019777         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 03:50:15,224 StatusLogger.java:69 - MutationStage                        0         0 14930764         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 03:50:15,224 StatusLogger.java:69 - MemtableReclaimMemory                0         0 21877         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 03:50:15,224 StatusLogger.java:69 - PendingRangeCalculator               0 0            177         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 03:50:15,224 StatusLogger.java:69 - Repair#61                            0         0 1344         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 03:50:15,224 StatusLogger.java:69 - GossipStage                          0         0 889452         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 03:50:15,224 StatusLogger.java:69 - SecondaryIndexManagement             0 0              1         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 03:50:15,224 StatusLogger.java:69 - HintsDispatcher                      0 0             19         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 03:50:15,224 StatusLogger.java:69 - Repair-Task                          0 0             65         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 03:50:15,224 StatusLogger.java:69 - RequestResponseStage                 0         0 44447834         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 03:50:15,224 StatusLogger.java:69 - Native-Transport-Requests            0         0 8967921         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 03:50:15,224 StatusLogger.java:69 - MigrationStage                       0 0              5         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 03:50:15,224 StatusLogger.java:69 - MemtableFlushWriter                  2        10 21781         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 03:50:15,224 StatusLogger.java:69 - MemtablePostFlush                    1        11 47856         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 03:50:15,224 StatusLogger.java:69 - PerDiskMemtableFlushWriter_0         0         0 21769         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 03:50:15,224 StatusLogger.java:69 - Sampler                              0 0              0         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 03:50:15,224 StatusLogger.java:69 - ValidationExecutor                   0         0 36651         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 03:50:15,224 StatusLogger.java:69 - ViewBuildExecutor                    0 0              0         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 03:50:15,224 StatusLogger.java:69 - InternalResponseStage                0 0            240         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 03:50:15,224 StatusLogger.java:69 - AntiEntropyStage                     1      1773 120067         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 03:50:15,224 StatusLogger.java:69 - CacheCleanupExecutor                 0 0              0         0                 0

The number of pending tasks slowly grows larger over time, and the number of completed tasks do not increase at all.

INFO [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 16:33:05,941 StatusLogger.java:65 - Pool Name Active   Pending      Completed   Blocked  All Time Blocked INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 16:33:05,941 StatusLogger.java:69 - ReadStage                            0         0 39905462         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 16:33:05,941 StatusLogger.java:69 - CompactionExecutor                   0         0 1170100         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 16:33:05,941 StatusLogger.java:69 - MutationStage                        0         0 16976992         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 16:33:05,941 StatusLogger.java:69 - Repair#76                            0 0              0         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 16:33:05,941 StatusLogger.java:69 - Repair#74                            0 0              0         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 16:33:05,941 StatusLogger.java:69 - Repair#72                            0 0              0         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 16:33:05,941 StatusLogger.java:69 - GossipStage                          0         0 1026877         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 16:33:05,941 StatusLogger.java:69 - Repair-Task                          0 0             83         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 16:33:05,941 StatusLogger.java:69 - RequestResponseStage                 0         0 51122191         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 16:33:05,941 StatusLogger.java:69 - ValidationExecutor                   0         0 36651         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 16:33:05,941 StatusLogger.java:69 - MemtablePostFlush                    1        54 47856         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 16:33:05,941 StatusLogger.java:69 - MemtableFlushWriter                  2        53 21781         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 16:33:05,941 StatusLogger.java:69 - CacheCleanupExecutor                 0 0              0         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 16:33:05,941 StatusLogger.java:69 - Repair#67                            0 0              0         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 16:33:05,941 StatusLogger.java:69 - MemtableReclaimMemory                0         0 21877         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 16:33:05,941 StatusLogger.java:69 - PendingRangeCalculator               0 0            177         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 16:33:05,941 StatusLogger.java:69 - Repair#82                            0 0              0         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 16:33:05,941 StatusLogger.java:69 - Repair#61                            0         0 1344         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 16:33:05,941 StatusLogger.java:69 - SecondaryIndexManagement             0 0              1         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 16:33:05,941 StatusLogger.java:69 - HintsDispatcher                      0 0             20         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 16:33:05,941 StatusLogger.java:69 - Native-Transport-Requests            0         0 10145020         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 16:33:05,941 StatusLogger.java:69 - MigrationStage                       0 0              5         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 16:33:05,941 StatusLogger.java:69 - Sampler                              0 0              0         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 16:33:05,941 StatusLogger.java:69 - PerDiskMemtableFlushWriter_0         0         0 21769         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 16:33:05,942 StatusLogger.java:69 - ViewBuildExecutor                    0 0              0         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 16:33:05,942 StatusLogger.java:69 - InternalResponseStage                0 0            996         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 16:33:05,942 StatusLogger.java:69 - AntiEntropyStage                     1      9694 120067         0                 0

Then, things start to get worse, the MutationStage also got stuck.

INFO [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 17:05:40,974 StatusLogger.java:65 - Pool Name Active   Pending      Completed   Blocked  All Time Blocked INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 17:05:40,974 StatusLogger.java:69 - ReadStage                            0         0 40186426         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 17:05:40,974 StatusLogger.java:69 - CompactionExecutor                   0         0 1171479         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 17:05:40,974 StatusLogger.java:69 - MutationStage 128    201414       16988212         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 17:05:40,974 StatusLogger.java:69 - Repair#76                            0 0              0         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 17:05:40,974 StatusLogger.java:69 - Repair#74                            0 0              0         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 17:05:40,974 StatusLogger.java:69 - Repair#72                            0 0              0         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 17:05:40,974 StatusLogger.java:69 - GossipStage                          0         0 1032988         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 17:05:40,974 StatusLogger.java:69 - Repair-Task                          0 0             85         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 17:05:40,974 StatusLogger.java:69 - RequestResponseStage                 0         0 51307497         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 17:05:40,974 StatusLogger.java:69 - ValidationExecutor                   0         0 36651         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 17:05:40,974 StatusLogger.java:69 - MemtablePostFlush                    1        54 47856         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 17:05:40,974 StatusLogger.java:69 - MemtableFlushWriter                  2        53 21781         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 17:05:40,974 StatusLogger.java:69 - CacheCleanupExecutor                 0 0              0         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 17:05:40,974 StatusLogger.java:69 - Repair#67                            0 0              0         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 17:05:40,974 StatusLogger.java:69 - MemtableReclaimMemory                0         0 21877         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 17:05:40,974 StatusLogger.java:69 - Repair#84                            0 0              0         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 17:05:40,974 StatusLogger.java:69 - PendingRangeCalculator               0 0            177         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 17:05:40,974 StatusLogger.java:69 - Repair#82                            0 0              0         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 17:05:40,974 StatusLogger.java:69 - Repair#61                            0         0 1344         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 17:05:40,974 StatusLogger.java:69 - SecondaryIndexManagement             0 0              1         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 17:05:40,974 StatusLogger.java:69 - HintsDispatcher                      0 0             20         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 17:05:40,974 StatusLogger.java:69 - Native-Transport-Requests            0         0 10194549         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 17:05:40,974 StatusLogger.java:69 - MigrationStage                       0 0              5         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 17:05:40,974 StatusLogger.java:69 - Sampler                              0 0              0         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 17:05:40,974 StatusLogger.java:69 - PerDiskMemtableFlushWriter_0         0         0 21769         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 17:05:40,974 StatusLogger.java:69 - ViewBuildExecutor                    0 0              0         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 17:05:40,974 StatusLogger.java:69 - InternalResponseStage                0         0 1087         0                 0 INFO  [ScheduledTasks:1] 2024-11-03 17:05:40,974 StatusLogger.java:69 - AntiEntropyStage                     1     10364 120067         0                 0

Writes on this node starts to timeout and fail. But if left untouched, it's only gonna get worse, and eventually lead to JVM OOM and crash.

By inspecting the heap dump created at OOM, we can see that both of the MemtableFlushWriter threads are stuck on line 1190 <https://github.com/apache/cassandra/blob/8d91b469afd3fcafef7ef85c10c8acc11703ba2d/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/ColumnFamilyStore.java#L1190> in the ColumnFamilyStore.java:

// mark writes older than the barrier as blocking progress, permitting them to exceed our memory limit             // if they are stuck waiting on it, then wait for them all to complete
            writeBarrier.markBlocking();
            writeBarrier.await();   // <----------- stuck here

And the MemtablePostFlush thread is stuck on line 1094 <https://github.com/apache/cassandra/blob/8d91b469afd3fcafef7ef85c10c8acc11703ba2d/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/ColumnFamilyStore.java#L1094> in the same file.

try
            {
                // we wait on the latch for the commitLogUpperBound to be set, and so that waiters                 // on this task can rely on all prior flushes being complete
                latch.await();   // <----------- stuck here
}
Our top suspect is CDC interacting with repair, since this started to happen shortly after we enabled CDC on the nodes, and each time repair was running. But we have not been able to reproduce this in a testing cluster, and don't know what's the next step to troubleshoot this issue. So I'm posting it in the mailing lists and hoping someone may know something about it or point me to the right direction.

p.s.: sorry about posting this to both the user & dev mailing lists. It's an end-user related issue but involves Cassandra internals, so I can't decide which one is best suited.

Cheers,
Bowen

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