Github user abhishekagarwal87 commented on the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/storm/pull/1443#issuecomment-221488492
MessageSizeTooLarge exception will kill the worker JVM (since it is
RuntimeException). When worker is re-launched again, the jvm will again be
killed when spout reaches the faulty offset. This behavior may not be desired
for many users who don't want to stall the worker because of one large message.
Can you instead log an Error, ignore the message and proceed further?
Also I didn't fully understand the side effect of not throwing an
exception. what do you mean by "topology will fetch no data but still be
running"? Will it stop fetching data at all?
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