Hi,

I have filed the issue https://github.com/apache/polaris/issues/5777 and
prepared the according PR https://github.com/apache/polaris/pull/5779.

Regards,
Toby

Am Di., 13. Okt. 2026 um 13:29 Uhr schrieb Robert Stupp <[email protected]>:

> Hi,
>
> Tobias' observation is correct.
> RetryConfig was always meant to be configurable, it already has the
> necessary annotations, but it effectively is not, as
> PersistenceParams.retryConfig() is a Java default function, which SmallRye
> config "ignores."
>
> I wouldn't mind seeing the PersistenceParams interface changed (aka
> retryConfig() not being a default function, while
> BuildablePersistenceParams.retryConfig() can stay a default function).
> I'm happy to review a change for that.
>
> Robert
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 13, 2026 at 9:28 AM Jean-Baptiste Onofré <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Tobias,
> >
> > Great analysis and thanks for the reproducer in TestRetryLoopImpl.
> >
> > It seems you found some kind of inconsistency :)
> >
> > I don't see an intentional reason for the NoSQL retry config to be fixed
> > (I'm sure Robert has some insights about that). JDBC already exposes
> > max-retries, max-duration and initial-delay, so exposing the same in
> NoSQL
> > would be consistent. I think a PR would make sense for that.
> >
> > Having 30s for read-timeout and server-selection-timeout with 15s retry
> > budget means we can have a stalled attempts without retry (as you
> > described). I would treat that as a doc "issue" :) Once the budget is
> > configurable, we can align the defaults and document.
> >
> > I'm not sure we should change the per-attempt deadline: it basically
> > changes the retry logic, it's not just a configuration update. I believe
> > the Mongo driver already has its own timeouts (bound to an attempt). I
> > would suggest to keep it out of the config PR and discuss it
> > separately. @Robert, as you know better than me the NoSQL retry design,
> > could you weigh in on whether the total-budget-only model was
> intentional?
> >
> > Anyway, I'm happy your clients retry successfully and nothing is lost :)
> >
> > Regards
> > JB
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 12, 2026 at 1:01 PM Tobias Riemenschneider <
> > [email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > We run Polaris 1.8.0 with the NoSQL (MongoDB) persistence and saw the
> > > pattern below on 1.7.0; the relevant code is unchanged in 1.8.0 and
> main.
> > > I'd like to check it against the intended design before filing an
> issue.
> > >
> > > *What we see:* when MongoDB stalls for about 15 s (for example
> w:majority
> > > writes behind a lagging secondary), table commits fail with
> > >
> > > RetryTimeoutException: Retry timeout after PT15.002S, 0 retries
> > >
> > > and clients get a 500. The commits are retried by our client and no
> data
> > is
> > > lost, so this is low impact for us.
> > >
> > > *Why, as far as I can tell:* RetryLoopImpl checks the total budget (
> > > RetryConfig.timeout, default PT15S) only after an attempt has ended,
> and
> > > nothing bounds a single attempt. A stalled first attempt therefore
> leaves
> > > no budget for a second one. I reproduced this with a unit test in
> > > TestRetryLoopImpl on main (simulated clock, default config). The
> > relational
> > > JDBC withRetries has the same single-attempt behaviour, so I assume
> that
> > > part is by design. I checked this comparison and the config reference
> > > against both main and the 1.8.0 tag.
> > >
> > > *Two things look inconsistent to me:*
> > >
> > >    1. The NoSQL retry config cannot be changed. I found no
> > >    polaris.persistence.retry* property in the config reference, and
> > >    PersistenceParams.retryConfig() returns the constant default, while
> > the
> > >    JDBC persistence exposes max-retries, max-duration-in-ms and
> > >    initial-delay-in-ms.
> > >    2. The helm docs recommend quarkus.mongodb.read-timeout: 30S and
> > > server-selection-timeout:
> > >    30S. Both are longer than the 15 s budget, so with the documented
> > >    settings a stalled attempt can only end after the budget is gone.
> > >
> > >
> > > *Questions:*
> > >
> > >    - Is the retry config intentionally not configurable?
> > >    - Is the 30 s driver timeout recommendation meant to go together
> with
> > >    the 15 s budget, or should one of them change?
> > >    - Would a per-attempt deadline (a fraction of the total budget) be
> > >    welcome, or is the total-budget-only model intended?
> > >
> > >
> > > If exposing the retry config as properties (like JDBC) is acceptable,
> I'm
> > > happy to send a PR.
> > >
> > > I used AI assistance to analyse the code and draft this message; I have
> > > reviewed it.
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > >
> > > *Tobias Riemenschneider*
> > >
> > > Sr. Lead Software Engineer
> > >
> > > [email protected]
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