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Christoph Schnepf updated CASSANDRA-20725: ------------------------------------------ Description: Hi, we did the update from Cassandra 4.1.8 to Cassandra 4.1.9 on a 30-node cluster in a rolling fashion, however, on 1 node, 1 single SSTable was showing a NullPointerException. {code:java} INFO [main] 2025-06-23 10:41:38,576 UTC ColumnFamilyStore.java:484 - Initializing mykeyspace.MyTWCSTable INFO [SSTableBatchOpen:2] 2025-06-23 10:41:38,583 UTC SSTableReaderBuilder.java:354 - Opening /var/opt/cassandra/mykeyspace/MyTWCSTable-ed2fa920c27411eabe8a17a890aa6eb4/nb-1008071-big (8.141GiB) ... ... more "Opening" lines ... INFO [SSTableBatchOpen:32] 2025-06-23 10:41:38,586 UTC SSTableReaderBuilder.java:354 - Opening /var/opt/cassandra/mykeyspace/MyTWCSTable-ed2fa920c27411eabe8a17a890aa6eb4/nb-997878-big (7.357GiB) ERROR [SSTableBatchOpen:27] 2025-06-23 10:41:38,586 UTC JVMStabilityInspector.java:68 - Exception in thread Thread[SSTableBatchOpen:27,5,SSTableBatchOpen] java.lang.NullPointerException: null at org.apache.cassandra.io.sstable.format.SSTableReader.open(SSTableReader.java:510) at org.apache.cassandra.io.sstable.format.SSTableReader.open(SSTableReader.java:381) at org.apache.cassandra.io.sstable.format.SSTableReader$2.run(SSTableReader.java:551) at org.apache.cassandra.concurrent.FutureTask$2.call(FutureTask.java:124) at org.apache.cassandra.concurrent.FutureTask.call(FutureTask.java:61) at org.apache.cassandra.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:71) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) at io.netty.util.concurrent.FastThreadLocalRunnable.run(FastThreadLocalRunnable.java:30) at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) INFO [SSTableBatchOpen:13] 2025-06-23 10:41:38,594 UTC SSTableReaderBuilder.java:354 - Opening /var/opt/cassandra/mykeyspace/MyTWCSTable-ed2fa920c27411eabe8a17a890aa6eb4/nb-1013913-big (307.642MiB) INFO [SSTableBatchOpen:27] 2025-06-23 10:41:38,629 UTC SSTableReaderBuilder.java:354 - Opening /var/opt/cassandra/mykeyspace/MyTWCSTable-ed2fa920c27411eabe8a17a890aa6eb4/nb-1001329-big (7.481GiB) INFO [SSTableBatchOpen:26] 2025-06-23 10:41:38,679 UTC SSTableReaderBuilder.java:354 - Opening /var/opt/cassandra/mykeyspace/MyTWCSTable-ed2fa920c27411eabe8a17a890aa6eb4/nb-1005032-big (8.213GiB) DEBUG [main] 2025-06-23 10:41:39,228 UTC DiskBoundaryManager.java:54 - Refreshing disk boundary cache for mykeyspace.MyTWCSTable DEBUG [main] 2025-06-23 10:41:39,235 UTC DiskBoundaryManager.java:93 - Got local ranges [<removed-for-readability>] (ringVersion = 30) DEBUG [main] 2025-06-23 10:41:39,235 UTC DiskBoundaryManager.java:57 - Updating boundaries from null to DiskBoundaries{directories=[DataDirectory{location=/var/opt/cassandra}], positions=[max(9223372036854775807)], ringVersion=30, directoriesVersion=0} for mykeyspace.MyTWCSTable DEBUG [main] 2025-06-23 10:41:39,236 UTC TimeWindowCompactionStrategy.java:68 - Enabling tombstone compactions for TWCS DEBUG [main] 2025-06-23 10:41:39,236 UTC TimeWindowCompactionStrategy.java:68 - Enabling tombstone compactions for TWCS INFO [main] 2025-06-23 10:41:39,242 UTC ColumnFamilyStore.java:484 - Initializing mykeyspace.MyTWCSTable2 {code} The SSTable is present on disk and at first glance I can not see a problem. {code:java} [ec2-user@ip-1-2-3-4 log]$ sudo ls -la /var/opt/cassandra/mykeyspace/MyTWCSTable-ed2fa920c27411eabe8a17a890aa6eb4/ | grep nb-9978 -rw-r--r-- 1 user user 5711584 May 28 00:35 nb-997878-big-CompressionInfo.db -rw-r--r-- 1 user user 7899003536 May 28 00:35 nb-997878-big-Data.db -rw-r--r-- 1 user user 9 May 28 00:35 nb-997878-big-Digest.crc32 -rw-r--r-- 1 user user 6440 May 28 00:35 nb-997878-big-Filter.db -rw-r--r-- 1 user user 36811583 May 28 00:35 nb-997878-big-Index.db -rw-r--r-- 1 user user 17827 May 28 00:35 nb-997878-big-Statistics.db -rw-r--r-- 1 user user 1197 May 28 00:35 nb-997878-big-Summary.db -rw-r--r-- 1 user user 92 May 28 00:35 nb-997878-big-TOC.txt [ec2-user@ip-1-2-3-4 log]$ {code} Also the Cassandra startup just continues and Cassandra is running fine. I see no further issues on various metrics or in the logs. was: Hi, we did the update from Cassandra 4.1.8 to Cassandra 4.1.9 on a 30-node cluster in a rolling fashion, however, on 1 node, 1 single SSTable was showing a NullPointerException. {code:java} INFO [main] 2025-06-23 10:41:38,576 UTC ColumnFamilyStore.java:484 - Initializing mykeyspace.MyTWCSTable INFO [SSTableBatchOpen:2] 2025-06-23 10:41:38,583 UTC SSTableReaderBuilder.java:354 - Opening /var/opt/cassandra/mykeyspace/MyTWCSTable-ed2fa920c27411eabe8a17a890aa6eb4/nb-1008071-big (8.141GiB) ... ... more "Opening" lines ... INFO [SSTableBatchOpen:32] 2025-06-23 10:41:38,586 UTC SSTableReaderBuilder.java:354 - Opening /var/opt/cassandra/mykeyspace/MyTWCSTable-ed2fa920c27411eabe8a17a890aa6eb4/nb-997878-big (7.357GiB) ERROR [SSTableBatchOpen:27] 2025-06-23 10:41:38,586 UTC JVMStabilityInspector.java:68 - Exception in thread Thread[SSTableBatchOpen:27,5,SSTableBatchOpen] java.lang.NullPointerException: null at org.apache.cassandra.io.sstable.format.SSTableReader.open(SSTableReader.java:510) at org.apache.cassandra.io.sstable.format.SSTableReader.open(SSTableReader.java:381) at org.apache.cassandra.io.sstable.format.SSTableReader$2.run(SSTableReader.java:551) at org.apache.cassandra.concurrent.FutureTask$2.call(FutureTask.java:124) at org.apache.cassandra.concurrent.FutureTask.call(FutureTask.java:61) at org.apache.cassandra.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:71) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) at io.netty.util.concurrent.FastThreadLocalRunnable.run(FastThreadLocalRunnable.java:30) at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) INFO [SSTableBatchOpen:13] 2025-06-23 10:41:38,594 UTC SSTableReaderBuilder.java:354 - Opening /var/opt/cassandra/mykeyspace/MyTWCSTable-ed2fa920c27411eabe8a17a890aa6eb4/nb-1013913-big (307.642MiB) INFO [SSTableBatchOpen:27] 2025-06-23 10:41:38,629 UTC SSTableReaderBuilder.java:354 - Opening /var/opt/cassandra/mykeyspace/MyTWCSTable-ed2fa920c27411eabe8a17a890aa6eb4/nb-1001329-big (7.481GiB) INFO [SSTableBatchOpen:26] 2025-06-23 10:41:38,679 UTC SSTableReaderBuilder.java:354 - Opening /var/opt/cassandra/mykeyspace/MyTWCSTable-ed2fa920c27411eabe8a17a890aa6eb4/nb-1005032-big (8.213GiB) DEBUG [main] 2025-06-23 10:41:39,228 UTC DiskBoundaryManager.java:54 - Refreshing disk boundary cache for mykeyspace.MyTWCSTable DEBUG [main] 2025-06-23 10:41:39,235 UTC DiskBoundaryManager.java:93 - Got local ranges [<removed-for-readability>] (ringVersion = 30) DEBUG [main] 2025-06-23 10:41:39,235 UTC DiskBoundaryManager.java:57 - Updating boundaries from null to DiskBoundaries{directories=[DataDirectory{location=/var/opt/cassandra}], positions=[max(9223372036854775807)], ringVersion=30, directoriesVersion=0} for mykeyspace.MyTWCSTable DEBUG [main] 2025-06-23 10:41:39,236 UTC TimeWindowCompactionStrategy.java:68 - Enabling tombstone compactions for TWCS DEBUG [main] 2025-06-23 10:41:39,236 UTC TimeWindowCompactionStrategy.java:68 - Enabling tombstone compactions for TWCS INFO [main] 2025-06-23 10:41:39,242 UTC ColumnFamilyStore.java:484 - Initializing mykeyspace.MyTWCSTable2 {code} The SSTable is present on disk and at first glance I can not see a problem. {code:java} [ec2-user@ip-1-2-3-4 log]$ sudo ls -la /var/opt/cassandra/mykeyspace/MyTWCSTable-ed2fa920c27411eabe8a17a890aa6eb4/ | grep nb-9978 -rw-r--r-- 1 user user 5711584 May 28 00:35 nb-997878-big-CompressionInfo.db -rw-r--r-- 1 user user 7899003536 May 28 00:35 nb-997878-big-Data.db -rw-r--r-- 1 user user 9 May 28 00:35 nb-997878-big-Digest.crc32 -rw-r--r-- 1 user user 6440 May 28 00:35 nb-997878-big-Filter.db -rw-r--r-- 1 user user 36811583 May 28 00:35 nb-997878-big-Index.db -rw-r--r-- 1 user user 17827 May 28 00:35 nb-997878-big-Statistics.db -rw-r--r-- 1 user user 1197 May 28 00:35 nb-997878-big-Summary.db -rw-r--r-- 1 user user 92 May 28 00:35 nb-997878-big-TOC.txt [ec2-user@ip-1-2-3-4 log]$ {code} Also it looks like Cassandra is running fine. I see no further issues on various metrics or in the logs. > NullPointerException on opening SSTables > ---------------------------------------- > > Key: CASSANDRA-20725 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-20725 > Project: Apache Cassandra > Issue Type: Bug > Reporter: Christoph Schnepf > Priority: Normal > > Hi, > we did the update from Cassandra 4.1.8 to Cassandra 4.1.9 on a 30-node > cluster in a rolling fashion, however, on 1 node, 1 single SSTable was > showing a NullPointerException. > {code:java} > INFO [main] 2025-06-23 10:41:38,576 UTC ColumnFamilyStore.java:484 - > Initializing mykeyspace.MyTWCSTable > INFO [SSTableBatchOpen:2] 2025-06-23 10:41:38,583 UTC > SSTableReaderBuilder.java:354 - Opening > /var/opt/cassandra/mykeyspace/MyTWCSTable-ed2fa920c27411eabe8a17a890aa6eb4/nb-1008071-big > (8.141GiB) > ... > ... more "Opening" lines > ... > INFO [SSTableBatchOpen:32] 2025-06-23 10:41:38,586 UTC > SSTableReaderBuilder.java:354 - Opening > /var/opt/cassandra/mykeyspace/MyTWCSTable-ed2fa920c27411eabe8a17a890aa6eb4/nb-997878-big > (7.357GiB) > ERROR [SSTableBatchOpen:27] 2025-06-23 10:41:38,586 UTC > JVMStabilityInspector.java:68 - Exception in thread > Thread[SSTableBatchOpen:27,5,SSTableBatchOpen] > java.lang.NullPointerException: null > at > org.apache.cassandra.io.sstable.format.SSTableReader.open(SSTableReader.java:510) > at > org.apache.cassandra.io.sstable.format.SSTableReader.open(SSTableReader.java:381) > at > org.apache.cassandra.io.sstable.format.SSTableReader$2.run(SSTableReader.java:551) > at > org.apache.cassandra.concurrent.FutureTask$2.call(FutureTask.java:124) > at org.apache.cassandra.concurrent.FutureTask.call(FutureTask.java:61) > at org.apache.cassandra.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:71) > at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown > Source) > at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown > Source) > at > io.netty.util.concurrent.FastThreadLocalRunnable.run(FastThreadLocalRunnable.java:30) > at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) > INFO [SSTableBatchOpen:13] 2025-06-23 10:41:38,594 UTC > SSTableReaderBuilder.java:354 - Opening > /var/opt/cassandra/mykeyspace/MyTWCSTable-ed2fa920c27411eabe8a17a890aa6eb4/nb-1013913-big > (307.642MiB) > INFO [SSTableBatchOpen:27] 2025-06-23 10:41:38,629 UTC > SSTableReaderBuilder.java:354 - Opening > /var/opt/cassandra/mykeyspace/MyTWCSTable-ed2fa920c27411eabe8a17a890aa6eb4/nb-1001329-big > (7.481GiB) > INFO [SSTableBatchOpen:26] 2025-06-23 10:41:38,679 UTC > SSTableReaderBuilder.java:354 - Opening > /var/opt/cassandra/mykeyspace/MyTWCSTable-ed2fa920c27411eabe8a17a890aa6eb4/nb-1005032-big > (8.213GiB) > DEBUG [main] 2025-06-23 10:41:39,228 UTC DiskBoundaryManager.java:54 - > Refreshing disk boundary cache for mykeyspace.MyTWCSTable > DEBUG [main] 2025-06-23 10:41:39,235 UTC DiskBoundaryManager.java:93 - Got > local ranges [<removed-for-readability>] (ringVersion = 30) > DEBUG [main] 2025-06-23 10:41:39,235 UTC DiskBoundaryManager.java:57 - > Updating boundaries from null to > DiskBoundaries{directories=[DataDirectory{location=/var/opt/cassandra}], > positions=[max(9223372036854775807)], ringVersion=30, directoriesVersion=0} > for mykeyspace.MyTWCSTable > DEBUG [main] 2025-06-23 10:41:39,236 UTC TimeWindowCompactionStrategy.java:68 > - Enabling tombstone compactions for TWCS > DEBUG [main] 2025-06-23 10:41:39,236 UTC TimeWindowCompactionStrategy.java:68 > - Enabling tombstone compactions for TWCS > INFO [main] 2025-06-23 10:41:39,242 UTC ColumnFamilyStore.java:484 - > Initializing mykeyspace.MyTWCSTable2 > {code} > The SSTable is present on disk and at first glance I can not see a problem. > {code:java} > [ec2-user@ip-1-2-3-4 log]$ sudo ls -la > /var/opt/cassandra/mykeyspace/MyTWCSTable-ed2fa920c27411eabe8a17a890aa6eb4/ | > grep nb-9978 > -rw-r--r-- 1 user user 5711584 May 28 00:35 > nb-997878-big-CompressionInfo.db > -rw-r--r-- 1 user user 7899003536 May 28 00:35 nb-997878-big-Data.db > -rw-r--r-- 1 user user 9 May 28 00:35 nb-997878-big-Digest.crc32 > -rw-r--r-- 1 user user 6440 May 28 00:35 nb-997878-big-Filter.db > -rw-r--r-- 1 user user 36811583 May 28 00:35 nb-997878-big-Index.db > -rw-r--r-- 1 user user 17827 May 28 00:35 nb-997878-big-Statistics.db > -rw-r--r-- 1 user user 1197 May 28 00:35 nb-997878-big-Summary.db > -rw-r--r-- 1 user user 92 May 28 00:35 nb-997878-big-TOC.txt > [ec2-user@ip-1-2-3-4 log]$ > {code} > Also the Cassandra startup just continues and Cassandra is running fine. I > see no further issues on various metrics or in the logs. -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.20.10#820010) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: commits-unsubscr...@cassandra.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: commits-h...@cassandra.apache.org