Hi Frank,

One of our customers has reported a problem with SNMPv3. The version of our application that they use is using SNMP4J 2.0.1. For the particular SNMP request that has the problem, the agent is known to respond very slowly, so the timeout model for that particular request has been set to:
- a first timeout after 30 seconds, then a retransmission
- a second timeout after 60 seconds (so 90 seconds after the original request), then a retransmission
- a third timeout after 120 seconds (210 seconds after the original request)

Now, we observe the following behavior (you can also see that in the logs that I'm pasting below):

2014-10-22 10:42:33,428 => Original request
2014-10-22 10:43:03,430 => 1st retransmission
2014-10-22 10:43:37,444 => Response to original request (rejected)
2014-10-22 10:44:03,440 => 2nd retransmission
2014-10-22 10:44:41,466 => Response to 1st retransmission (rejected)
2014-10-22 10:45:45,539 => Response to 2nd retransmission (accepted)

So the problem that we see is that the first response (the response to the original request) is not accepted for some reason. This looks similar to the problem SFJ-43, but that was fixed in SNMP4J 2.0.0 according to the change log. We are in the process of trying to reproduce it on SNMP4J 2.3.0, but I see no relevant change in the change log, so I guess there will be no difference.

The logs are the following (with some sensitive information removed):

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2014-10-22 10:42:33,426 DEBUG [http-0.0.0.0-8080-30]-[org.snmp4j.security.UsmUserTable] Adding user <removed> = UsmUser [secName=<removed>,authProtocol=1.3.6.1.6.3.10.1.1.3,authPassphrase=<removed>,privProtocol=1.3.6.1.6.3.10.1.2.2,privPassphrase=<removed>,localizationEngineID=null] 2014-10-22 10:42:33,427 DEBUG [http-0.0.0.0-8080-30]-[org.snmp4j.mp.MPv3] Context engine ID of scoped PDU is empty! Setting it to authoritative engine ID: 80:00:02:7d:03:00:0e:86:1e:5f:9b 2014-10-22 10:42:33,427 DEBUG [http-0.0.0.0-8080-30]-[org.snmp4j.security.USM] getUser (engineID=80:00:02:7d:03:00:0e:86:1e:5f:9b, securityName=<removed>) 2014-10-22 10:42:33,427 DEBUG [http-0.0.0.0-8080-30]-[org.snmp4j.security.USM] RFC3414 §3.1.4.a Outgoing message needs to be encrypted 2014-10-22 10:42:33,427 DEBUG [http-0.0.0.0-8080-30]-[org.snmp4j.security.PrivDES] Preparing decrypt_params. 2014-10-22 10:42:33,427 DEBUG [http-0.0.0.0-8080-30]-[org.snmp4j.security.PrivDES] Preparing iv for encryption. 2014-10-22 10:42:33,427 DEBUG [http-0.0.0.0-8080-30]-[org.snmp4j.security.PrivDES] Using padding. 2014-10-22 10:42:33,427 DEBUG [http-0.0.0.0-8080-30]-[org.snmp4j.security.PrivDES] Encryption finished. 2014-10-22 10:42:33,427 DEBUG [http-0.0.0.0-8080-30]-[org.snmp4j.mp.MPv3] Adding cache entry: StateReference[msgID=1547681362,pduHandle=PduHandle[1912160112],securityEngineID=80:00:02:7d:03:00:0e:86:1e:5f:9b,securityModel=org.snmp4j.security.USM@897ec81,securityName=<removed>,securityLevel=3,contextEngineID=80:00:02:7d:03:00:0e:86:1e:5f:9b,contextName=nt,retryMsgIDs=null] 2014-10-22 10:42:33,428 DEBUG [http-0.0.0.0-8080-30]-[org.snmp4j.Snmp] Running pending sync request with handle PduHandle[1912160112] and retry count left 2 2014-10-22 10:42:33,428 DEBUG [http-0.0.0.0-8080-30]-[org.snmp4j.transport.DefaultUdpTransportMapping] Sending message to 124.150.10.52/161 with length 143: 30:81:8c:02:01:03:30:11:02:04:5c:3f:be:52:02:03:00:ff:ff:04:01:07:02:01:03:04:3a:30:38:04:0b:80:00:02:7d:03:
00:0e:86:1e:5f:9b:02:01:05:02:03:00:f6:1c:04:09:31:40:72:61:6c:65:69:67:68:04:0c:aa:82:4f:0d:79:70:ab:03:54:1d:8d:07:04:08:
00:00:00:05:1a:64:0a:89:04:38:56:b3:24:74:26:e8:bc:d0:be:5c:f4:6e:59:d6:ac:2e:35:2d:01:fd:91:3f:be:0e:75:31:aa:96:4d:9b:36:ab:27:e7:65:e6:e3:18:55:
a6:1a:fc:be:cc:22:3c:92:47:6a:06:3b:e7:30:1a:16:2c


2014-10-22 10:43:03,430 DEBUG [Timer-30]-[org.snmp4j.mp.MPv3] Adding cache entry: StateReference[msgID=1547681458,pduHandle=PduHandle[1912160112],securityEngineID=80:00:02:7d:03:00:0e:86:1e:5f:9b,securityModel=org.snmp4j.security.USM@897ec81,securityName=<removed>,securityLevel=3,contextEngineID=80:00:02:7d:03:00:0e:86:1e:5f:9b,contextName=nt,retryMsgIDs=null] 2014-10-22 10:43:03,430 DEBUG [Timer-30]-[org.snmp4j.Snmp] Running pending sync request with handle PduHandle[1912160112] and retry count left 1 2014-10-22 10:43:03,430 DEBUG [Timer-30]-[org.snmp4j.transport.DefaultUdpTransportMapping] Sending message to 124.150.10.52/161 with length 143: 30:81:8c:02:01:03:30:11:02:04:5c:3f:be:b2:02:03:00:ff:ff:04:01:07:02:01:03:04:3a:30:38:04:0b:80:00:02:7d:03:00:0e:86:1e:5f:9b:
02:01:05:02:03:00:f6:3a:04:09:31:40:72:61:6c:65:69:67:68:04:0c:01:bd:0d:b8:20:96:05:00:f8:52:26:ac:04:08:00:00:00:05:1a:64:0a:
e6:04:38:76:37:c0:dd:e9:97:38:33:11:2d:3e:76:31:a8:67:2e:bb:dd:8b:cd:cc:5a:33:28:ec:53:6c:a2:ab:da:f7:5b:88:9d:98:59:f3:e9:ae:
2b:d5:12:16:2f:dd:4d:33:5d:c7:6e:19:14:65:f4:2c:60


2014-10-22 10:43:37,444 DEBUG [DefaultUDPTransportMapping_124.150.10.20/0]-[org.snmp4j.transport.DefaultUdpTransportMapping] Received message from /124.150.10.52/161 with length 152:
30:82:00:94:02:01:03:30:11:02:04:5c:3f:be:52:02:03:00:ff:ff:04:01:07:02:01:03:04:3a:30:38:04:0b:80:00:02:7d:03:00:0e:86:1e:5f:
9b:02:01:05:02:03:00:f6:5d:04:09:31:40:72:61:6c:65:69:67:68:04:0c:e0:81:9d:7f:48:f7:12:2b:72:28:33:0c:04:08:08:35:08:35:08:35:
08:35:04:40:16:f0:c4:fd:8a:3a:e6:01:89:de:17:22:d3:75:95:69:9d:81:d6:f8:44:47:97:91:bf:d9:8c:cc:f1:fc:04:5e:47:84:1b:04:ae:37:
b0:3a:58:ec:2b:6f:c9:8f:5d:08:0c:e3:33:f1:7f:5b:ca:95:cf:c0:43:72:c6:9c:79:6c
2014-10-22 10:43:37,444 DEBUG [DefaultUDPTransportMapping_124.150.10.20/0]-[org.snmp4j.mp.MPv3] SNMPv3 header decoded: msgId=1547681362, msgMaxSize=65535, msgFlags=07, secModel=3 2014-10-22 10:43:37,444 DEBUG [DefaultUDPTransportMapping_124.150.10.20/0]-[org.snmp4j.security.USM] getUser(engineID=80:00:02:7d:03:00:0e:86:1e:5f:9b, securityName=<removed>) 2014-10-22 10:43:37,444 DEBUG [DefaultUDPTransportMapping_124.150.10.20/0]-[org.snmp4j.security.UsmTimeTable] CheckTime: time ok (non authoritative) 2014-10-22 10:43:37,444 DEBUG [DefaultUDPTransportMapping_124.150.10.20/0]-[org.snmp4j.mp.MPv3] RFC3412 §7.2.10 - Received PDU (msgID=1547681362) is a response or internal class message, but cached information for the msgID could not be found 2014-10-22 10:43:37,444 WARN [DefaultUDPTransportMapping_124.150.10.20/0]-[org.snmp4j.MessageDispatcherImpl] statusInfo=noError, status=-1409


2014-10-22 10:44:03,439 DEBUG [Timer-30]-[org.snmp4j.security.USM] getUser(engineID=80:00:02:7d:03:00:0e:86:1e:5f:9b, securityName=<removed>) 2014-10-22 10:44:03,439 DEBUG [Timer-30]-[org.snmp4j.security.USM] RFC3414 §3.1.4.a Outgoing message needs to be encrypted 2014-10-22 10:44:03,439 DEBUG [Timer-30]-[org.snmp4j.security.PrivDES] Preparing decrypt_params. 2014-10-22 10:44:03,439 DEBUG [Timer-30]-[org.snmp4j.security.PrivDES] Preparing iv for encryption. 2014-10-22 10:44:03,440 DEBUG [Timer-30]-[org.snmp4j.security.PrivDES] Using padding. 2014-10-22 10:44:03,440 DEBUG [Timer-30]-[org.snmp4j.security.PrivDES] Encryption finished. 2014-10-22 10:44:03,440 DEBUG [Timer-30]-[org.snmp4j.mp.MPv3] Adding cache entry: StateReference[msgID=1547681650,pduHandle=PduHandle[1912160112],securityEngineID=80:00:02:7d:03:00:0e:86:1e:5f:9b,securityModel=org.snmp4j.security.USM@897ec81,securityName=<removed>,securityLevel=3,contextEngineID=80:00:02:7d:03:00:0e:86:1e:5f:9b,contextName=nt,retryMsgIDs=null] 2014-10-22 10:44:03,440 DEBUG [Timer-30]-[org.snmp4j.Snmp] Running pending sync request with handle PduHandle[1912160112] and retry count left 0 2014-10-22 10:44:03,440 DEBUG [Timer-30]-[org.snmp4j.transport.DefaultUdpTransportMapping] Sending message to 124.150.10.52/161 with length 143:
30:81:8c:02:01:03:30:11:02:04:5c:3f:bf:72:02:03:00:ff:ff:04:01:07:02:01:03:04:3a:30:38:04:0b:80:00:02:7d:03:00:0e:86:1e:5f:9b:
02:01:05:02:03:00:f6:77:04:09:31:40:72:61:6c:65:69:67:68:04:0c:a7:9a:4e:c6:14:1f:c3:59:6d:7c:50:8d:04:08:00:00:00:05:1a:64:0b:
9d:04:38:da:3a:05:13:5d:80:b0:9c:fe:41:c5:92:f7:72:9c:9b:fc:01:d0:c3:85:40:b5:93:e2:ab:9c:a0:ca:3a:0a:cf:91:1b:73:e6:89:a3:11:
f2:59:c1:00:3c:ee:a7:07:aa:7d:9f:1e:7f:2e:07:7f:04
2014-10-22 10:44:04,109 DEBUG [Timer-30]-[org.snmp4j.Snmp] PendingRequest canceled key=null, pdu=null, target=null, transport=null, listener=null 2014-10-22 10:44:04,129 DEBUG [Timer-30]-[org.snmp4j.Snmp] PendingRequest canceled key=null, pdu=null, target=null, transport=null, listener=null 2014-10-22 10:44:04,129 DEBUG [Timer-30]-[org.snmp4j.Snmp] PendingRequest canceled key=null, pdu=null, target=null, transport=null, listener=null


2014-10-22 10:44:41,466 DEBUG [DefaultUDPTransportMapping_124.150.10.20/0]-[org.snmp4j.transport.DefaultUdpTransportMapping] Received message from /124.150.10.52/161 with length 152:
30:82:00:94:02:01:03:30:11:02:04:5c:3f:be:b2:02:03:00:ff:ff:04:01:07:02:01:03:04:3a:30:38:04:0b:80:00:02:7d:03:00:0e:86:1e:5f:
9b:02:01:05:02:03:00:f6:9d:04:09:31:40:72:61:6c:65:69:67:68:04:0c:1a:d1:a1:f1:89:56:c8:cb:60:58:05:2d:04:08:54:4a:54:4a:54:4a:
54:4a:04:40:b1:0c:a4:55:56:4c:13:c6:73:a2:f5:70:19:68:83:e8:03:ac:b0:40:0c:c8:8d:c0:fc:7c:b6:b6:0f:81:d8:97:35:ea:d6:7e:6b:47:
0f:f7:c2:7d:f7:62:1e:14:c0:81:58:9e:22:ba:1d:4a:f2:cd:74:b6:18:b9:1e:93:9f:23
2014-10-22 10:44:41,466 DEBUG [DefaultUDPTransportMapping_124.150.10.20/0]-[org.snmp4j.mp.MPv3] SNMPv3 header decoded: msgId=1547681458, msgMaxSize=65535, msgFlags=07, secModel=3 2014-10-22 10:44:41,466 DEBUG [DefaultUDPTransportMapping_124.150.10.20/0]-[org.snmp4j.security.USM] getUser(engineID=80:00:02:7d:03:00:0e:86:1e:5f:9b, securityName=<removed>) 2014-10-22 10:44:41,466 DEBUG [DefaultUDPTransportMapping_124.150.10.20/0]-[org.snmp4j.security.UsmTimeTable] CheckTime: time ok (non authoritative) 2014-10-22 10:44:41,466 DEBUG [DefaultUDPTransportMapping_124.150.10.20/0]-[org.snmp4j.mp.MPv3] RFC3412 §7.2.10 - Received PDU (msgID=1547681458) is a response or internal class message, but cached information for the msgID could not be found 2014-10-22 10:44:41,467 WARN [DefaultUDPTransportMapping_124.150.10.20/0]-[org.snmp4j.MessageDispatcherImpl] statusInfo=noError, status=-1409


2014-10-22 10:45:45,539 DEBUG [DefaultUDPTransportMapping_124.150.10.20/0]-[org.snmp4j.transport.DefaultUdpTransportMapping] Received message from /124.150.10.52/161 with length 152:
30:82:00:94:02:01:03:30:11:02:04:5c:3f:bf:72:02:03:00:ff:ff:04:01:07:02:01:03:04:3a:30:38:04:0b:80:00:02:7d:03:00:0e:86:1e:5f:
9b:02:01:05:02:03:00:f6:dd:04:09:31:40:72:61:6c:65:69:67:68:04:0c:63:92:b3:32:2d:43:06:89:11:1b:bf:41:04:08:79:1a:79:1a:79:1a:
79:1a:04:40:3e:29:b5:5b:77:09:68:17:85:b1:9a:dc:22:75:cd:6d:f6:d7:3d:6f:a0:0c:6e:85:c5:9c:78:92:97:52:08:e6:83:59:5c:e9:70:44:
3c:5a:94:6e:f2:3a:f3:19:3e:fa:ba:6c:4f:3e:ed:32:2f:02:de:ce:c3:95:46:0c:79:c4
2014-10-22 10:45:45,539 DEBUG [DefaultUDPTransportMapping_124.150.10.20/0]-[org.snmp4j.mp.MPv3] SNMPv3 header decoded: msgId=1547681650, msgMaxSize=65535, msgFlags=07, secModel=3 2014-10-22 10:45:45,540 DEBUG [DefaultUDPTransportMapping_124.150.10.20/0]-[org.snmp4j.security.USM] getUser(engineID=80:00:02:7d:03:00:0e:86:1e:5f:9b, securityName=<removed>) 2014-10-22 10:45:45,540 DEBUG [DefaultUDPTransportMapping_124.150.10.20/0]-[org.snmp4j.security.UsmTimeTable] CheckTime: time ok (non authoritative) 2014-10-22 10:45:45,540 DEBUG [DefaultUDPTransportMapping_124.150.10.20/0]-[org.snmp4j.mp.MPv3] Removed cache entry: StateReference[msgID=1547681650,pduHandle=PduHandle[1912160112],securityEngineID=80:00:02:7d:03:00:0e:86:1e:5f:9b,securityModel=org.snmp4j.security.USM@897ec81,securityName=<removed>,securityLevel=3,contextEngineID=80:00:02:7d:03:00:0e:86:1e:5f:9b,contextName=nt,retryMsgIDs=null] 2014-10-22 10:45:45,540 DEBUG [DefaultUDPTransportMapping_124.150.10.20/0]-[org.snmp4j.mp.MPv3] RFC3412 §7.2.10 - Received PDU (msgID=1547681650) is a response or an internal class message. PduHandle.transactionID = 1912160112 2014-10-22 10:45:45,540 DEBUG [DefaultUDPTransportMapping_124.150.10.20/0]-[org.snmp4j.mp.MPv3] MPv3 finished 2014-10-22 10:45:45,540 DEBUG [DefaultUDPTransportMapping_124.150.10.20/0]-[org.snmp4j.Snmp] Looking up pending request with handle PduHandle[1912160112] 2014-10-22 10:45:45,540 DEBUG [http-0.0.0.0-8080-30]-[org.snmp4j.Snmp] Removed pending request with handle: PduHandle[1912160112]
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As you can see, the first response is rejected with:
2014-10-22 10:43:37,444 DEBUG [DefaultUDPTransportMapping_124.150.10.20/0]-[org.snmp4j.mp.MPv3] RFC3412 §7.2.10 - Received PDU (msgID=1547681362) is a response or internal class message, but cached information for the msgID could not be found

However, I don't see a logging line telling that the entry for PDUHandle 1912160112 has been removed from the MPv3 cache before that line. I would expect:
- either the logging line from Cache.popEntry ("Removed cache entry: ...")
- or the error line from Snmp.run, where Cache.deleteEntry is eventually called ("Failed to send SNMP message to ...")

The entry is only explicitly removed at the very end, after the response to the second retransmission.

The only thing I can see (but I could be completely wrong about this) is that the MPv3 Cache uses a WeakHashMap, so if there would be no other references to those PduHandles, the GC could remove this. The longer the timeout is, the bigger the chance that a GC will step in and remove the entry. But I don't have a view on the overall design: maybe there are references elsewhere.

Could you investigate this issue?

Thanks,
Peter.

--
Peter Verthez
Systems Engineer Network Mgt.
Alcatel-Lucent Bell NV

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