Hi,
in the light of broader community involvement I would like to bring attentions to the https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-8596 I open with proposed patch. It's stuck for almost 1.5 years. I would like to help with Cassandra development and improvement, and I have several other fixes, some has JIRA, some not. Best regards, Vladimir Yudovin, Winguzone - Cloud Cassandra Hosting