This seems like a bug to me. Please file a JIRA ticket and I'll sync with Neil regarding what the behavior should be with dynamic/implicit roles in mind.
Thanks! MPark. On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 1:32 PM Vinod Kone <[email protected]> wrote: > > 1. If the role specified in the reserve/unreserve operation doesn't exist >> in --roles on the master, it should reject the reservation on the /reserve >> endpoint. Why allow the reservation of roles if you can't use them if they >> are specified >> >> 2. If the role doesn't exist in --roles, and a reservation comes through, >> it should be added dynamically. This seems to make more sense to me. I.e. >> adding roles doesn't require a master restart. >> > > There is currently work in progress to add support for implicit roles > (roles not specified via --roles). But, I agree that until we add that > feature the /reserve endpoint should reject reservations for unknown roles. > Not sure what the rationale was to allow this. @mpark? > >

