Issue #18302 has been updated by eric sorenson. Tracker changed from Bug to Feature Subject changed from Response from /production/status/no_key does not change with ENC failure. to '/production/status/any_string' REST path is not a reliable indicator of master's status Status changed from Unreviewed to Needs Decision Assignee set to eric sorenson Keywords set to backlog
Hi Gerard, thanks for the bug report. Looking at the code in `lib/puppet/status.rb`, this REST path does not actually do any introspection of the master's state. The [documentation for this endpoint](http://docs.puppetlabs.com/guides/rest_api.html#status) says cryptically "Just used for testing" so I don't think there's an "API promise" that this was a reliable indicator for health checks. That said, I agree that it _should be_ would like to see us provide better introspection around the master's current state. I've updated the bug's description to reflect what I think you're really asking for and added it to our backlog. Please feel free to update this with more detail about your use-case and desired implementation. ---------------------------------------- Feature #18302: '/production/status/any_string' REST path is not a reliable indicator of master's status https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/18302#change-80083 Author: Gerard Hickey Status: Needs Decision Priority: Normal Assignee: eric sorenson Category: Target version: Affected Puppet version: 3.0.1 Keywords: backlog Branch: When the ENC stops responding to requests, the puppet master continues to respond to /production/status/no_key with the string "is_alive". As a result the puppet master can not be automatically marked down in a load balancer when it starts handing out bad data. -- You have received this notification because you have either subscribed to it, or are involved in it. To change your notification preferences, please click here: http://projects.puppetlabs.com/my/account -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Bugs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs?hl=en.
