Updated on 2022-09-22 GMT+08:00

Why Is "RejectedExecutionException" Displayed When I Exit Spark SQL?

Question

After successfully running Spark tasks with large data volume, for example, 2-TB TPCDS test suite, why is the abnormal stack information "RejectedExecutionException" displayed sometimes? The log is as follows:

16/07/16 10:19:56 ERROR TransportResponseHandler: Still have 2 requests outstanding when connection from linux-192/10.1.1.5:59250 is closed
java.util.concurrent.RejectedExecutionException: Task scala.concurrent.impl.CallbackRunnable@5fc1ab rejected from java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor@52fa7e19[Terminated, pool size = 0, active threads = 0, queued tasks = 0, completed tasks = 3025]

Answer

When Spark SQL is closed, the application and the message channel are closed. If there are unprocessed messages, the connection should be closed to rectify the exception. If the thread pool inside Scala is closed, the abnormal stack information "RejectedExecutionException" is displayed. This abnormal stack information will not be displayed if the thread pool inside Scala is not closed.

The error occurs when the application is successfully run and closed. Therefore, the error will not affect the services.