I would disagree. Its important to avoid 'information overload'. Since you can drill down by following the link, you can see the task's state. Whether it was killed or it failed.
So it is currently possible to see this in the JT UI. -Mike -----Original Message----- From: Subramaniam Krishnan (JIRA) [mailto:j...@apache.org] Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 4:30 AM To: common-dev@hadoop.apache.org Subject: [jira] Created: (HADOOP-6720) 'Killed' jobs and 'Failed' jobs should be displayed seperately in JT UI 'Killed' jobs and 'Failed' jobs should be displayed seperately in JT UI ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Key: HADOOP-6720 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-6720 Project: Hadoop Common Issue Type: New Feature Environment: all Reporter: Subramaniam Krishnan Assignee: Subramaniam Krishnan Priority: Critical Fix For: 0.19.0 It is not possible, via APIs, to know if a job has been killed, only that has not been successful. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online. The information contained in this communication may be CONFIDENTIAL and is intended only for the use of the recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication, or any of its contents, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender and delete/destroy the original message and any copy of it from your computer or paper files.