The answer by Abhishek Agarwal looks correct. And in newer versions, there is also automatic back-pressure: The wait strategy can be called if the executor is being told to slow down (throttled).
https://github.com/apache/storm/blob/e7e9eb9492ecd7ff909037561a6e7649f2aa7dc7/storm-core/src/clj/org/apache/storm/daemon/executor.clj#L638-L641 -- Derek ________________________________ From: Muhammad Bilal <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2016 6:39 AM Subject: Apache Storm SleepSpoutWaitStrategy Behaviour Hi Folks, I have posted this question on Stack overflow and now I am linking it here as well. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34859548/apache-storm-sleepspoutwaitstrategy-behaviour Can someone clarify the reason behind this behaviour that I am seeing? Thank you for your time. Regards, Muhammad Bilal
