HDP-2.3.6 Release Notes
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Fixed Issues

Fixed issues represents selected issues previously logged by Hortonworks Support and addressed in the current release. These issues might have been reported in previous versions within the Known Issues section, meaning that they were reported by customers or identified by Hortonworks Quality Engineering team.

Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP) 2.3.6 is the first maintenance release that aligns the 2.3.x core with the 2.4.x core; see New Features for details.

Potential Data Loss

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BUG-52962HDFS-9289HDFSMake DataStreamer#block thread safe and verify genStamp in commitBlock.2.3.6
BUG-52963HDFS-9289HDFSMake DataStreamer#block thread safe and verify genStamp in commitBlock.2.4.2
BUG-55474HDFS-10178HDFSPermanent write failures can happen if pipeline recoveries occur for the first packet.2.3.6

Security

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BUG-46092HIVE-7193HiveWe need to filter users who can connect on our HiveServer2 to those in a particular LDAP group (with nested groups).2.3.6
BUG-46910 HueRequest to add HUE-1663 to fix LDAP referral handling for authentication.2.4.0
BUG-48092RANGER-746RangerRanger Admin: For validating plugins SSL certs - Add wildcard, multiple CN & SAN support.2.4.2
BUG-50350HBASE-14471HBaseThrift - HTTP Error 413 full HEAD if using Kerberos authentication.2.4.0
BUG-51013TEZ-3025TezInputInitializer creation should use the dag UGI.2.4.0
BUG-51298HBASE-15145HBaseDefault hbase-env.sh breaks add peer command that writes to /hbase-secure/replication znode for kerberized clusters.2.4.2
BUG-52193RANGER-798RangerRanger "Access > Audit" not showing anything with Source "Solr" due to Time filter Issue (GMT).2.4.2
BUG-52636STORM-1521StormKerberos login from keytab with multiple bolts/executors ticket is not renewed for HBase Bolt.2.4.2
BUG-53766STORM-1535StormStorm-HDFS - When using keytab, Kerberos ticket is not renewed with multiple bolts/executors.2.4.2
BUG-55917STORM-1711StormHiveUtils.authenticate reuses current UGI, mixes up principles in use.2.3.6
BUG-57857STORM-721StormStorm UI server should support SSL.2.3.6

Incorrect Results

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BUG-50338 HiveNULL table comparison within CASE does not work as previous Hive versions.2.3.6
BUG-52194RANGER-798RangerRanger "Access > Audit" not showing anything with Source "Solr" due to Time filter Issue (GMT).2.3.6
BUG-53374HADOOP-12716HDFSKerberosAuthenticator#doSpnegoSequence use incorrect class to determine isKeyTab in JDK8.2.3.6
BUG-53777PIG-4690PigPig on TEZ creates wrong result with replicated join.2.4.2
BUG-53918PHOENIX-2601PhoenixQuery result is incorrect when both index hint and limit are used.2.4.2
BUG-53927HIVE-13330HiveVectorization returns NULL for empty values for varchar/string data type.2.4.2
BUG-54492HIVE-12165HiveWrong result when hive.optimize.sampling.orderby=true with some aggregate functions.2.3.6
BUG-55552HIVE-13200HiveAggregation functions returning empty rows on partitioned columns.2.3.6
BUG-55811HIVE-13242HiveDISTINCT keyword is dropped by the parser for windowing.2.3.6
BUG-56283HIVE-12768HiveTez various wrong results with map <- (map , reduce) join on decimal query.2.3.6
BUG-56434MAPREDUCE-6680MapReduceJHS directory scan issues on AzureFileSystem due to time inaccurate.2.3.6
BUG-57030PHOENIX-2876PhoenixPhoenix ORDER BY clause does not work if the ORDER BY column is not present in the Select clause.2.3.6
BUG-57038RANGER-893RangerRanger ugsync with LDAP is not able to fetch group information.2.3.6
BUG-58985HIVE-13602HiveTPCH q16 return wrong result when CBO is on.2.3.6
BUG-59049 RangerRanger UI : policy status search is not working on policy listing page.2.3.6

Stability

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BUG-18218YARN-3846YARNScheduler queue filter failed to work because index of queue column changed.2.3.6
BUG-41224 HueWorkaround Hiveserver2 memory Leak.2.4.0
BUG-41311HDFS-9917HDFSNameNode quickly runs out of memory at start due to queued incremental block reports.2.3.6
BUG-43129 HiveACID update/delete query fails with ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException when there is null struct.2.3.6
BUG-46394 HiveHiveserver2 error seen after upgrade.2.3.6
BUG-47626 HBase, Hive, PhoenixCreating Hive table on HBase fails in HDP 2.3.x with Phoenix Dependencies.2.3.6
BUG-48217YARN-4325YARNAfter restarting Yarn services, applications stays in ACCEPTED state.2.3.6
BUG-49345 HiveTez queries stopped running - ApplicationNotFoundException.2.3.6
BUG-49788HBASE-14968PhoenixAltering session consistency blocks SYSTEM.CATALOG table.2.3.6
BUG-49898HIVE-12684HiveAutoquerygen tests failing in secure runs.2.3.6
BUG-50148HIVE-12660HiveHS2 memory leak with .hiverc file use.2.3.6
BUG-50215FALCON-1595FalconIn secure cluster, Falcon server loses ability to communicate with HDFS over time.2.4.0
BUG-50410HBASE-14987HBaseCompaction marker whose region name doesn't match current region's needs to be handled.2.3.6
BUG-51034HIVE-11097HiveMR mode query fails if one table path string starts with another's.2.3.6
BUG-51454HBASE-14471HBaseThrift - HTTP Error 413 full HEAD if using Kerberos authentication.2.3.6
BUG-51829YARN-4820YARNResourceManager JMX Redirects in HA Mode Drops the Query Parameters.2.4.2
BUG-52310HBASE-14347HBaseAdd a switch to DynamicClassLoader to disable it.2.3.6
BUG-52418YARN-4680YARNTimerTasks leak in ATS V1.5 Writer.2.3.6
BUG-52479

PHOENIX-1968

PHOENIX-2036

PHOENIX-2088

PHOENIX-2112

PHOENIX-2196

PHOENIX-2287

PHOENIX-2288

PHOENIX-2328

PHOENIX-2426

PHOENIX-2469

PHOENIX-2503

PHOENIX-2567

PHOENIX-2568

PHOENIX-2599

PHOENIX-2638

PhoenixPhoenix-Spark integration inoperative in HDP 2.3.4.2.4.2
BUG-52780PHOENIX-2667PhoenixRace condition between IndexBuilder and Split for region lock.2.3.6
BUG-52957PHOENIX-2295PhoenixNullPointerException when parsing a query with hints in UNION ALL.2.4.2
BUG-53482PIG-4814PigAvroStorage does not take NameNode HA as part of schema file URL.2.4.2
BUG-53499PIG-4790PigCannot use values iterator on the previous K-V pair after moveToNext has been invoked to move to the next K-V.2.4.2
BUG-54199PHOENIX-2616PhoenixIndexes over immutable tables not marked as immutable.2.4.2
BUG-54603TEZ-3114Tez.Shuffle OOM due to EventMetaData flood.2.3.6
BUG-54650KNOX-695KnoxIntermittent java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out between Knox server and Hiveserver2.2.4.2
BUG-54713STORM-1689StormLarge request header causes 413 ERROR when accessing Storm Logviewer.2.4.2
BUG-55235HIVE-10729HiveQuery failed when select complex columns from joined table (Tez map join only).2.3.6
BUG-55895PIG-4873PigPig job fails with Backend error : java.lang.NullPointerException.2.3.6
BUG-56083HIVE-13394HiveAnalyze table fails in Tez on empty partitions/files/tables.2.3.6
BUG-56423HDFS-10312HDFSNameNode is stuck at SafeMode due to not all data blocks validated.2.3.6
BUG-56577

HADOOP-12559

HADOOP-12682

HADOOP-12716

HADOOP-12787

HADOOP-12878

Accumulo, HDFSKMS SPNEGO sequence does not work with WEBHDFS and KMS connection failures should trigger TGT renewal.2.3.6
BUG-56919YARN-2910YARNFSLeafQueue can throw ConcurrentModificationException.2.3.6
BUG-57460

HBASE-15837

PHOENIX-2883

HBase, PhoenixInvalid MemStore state during close of region for Phoenix table.2.3.6
BUG-57513

HDFS-9198

HDFS-9958

HDFSBlockManager#createLocatedBlocks can throw NPE for corruptBlocks on failed storages.2.3.6
BUG-57653HIVE-13051Hive, Hive2Deadline class has numerous issues.2.3.6
BUG-57732

HBASE-14712

HBASE-15100

HBaseMasterProcWALs never clean up.2.3.6
BUG-57814HBASE-13318HBaseRpcServer.getListenerAddress should handle when the accept channel is closed.2.3.6
BUG-57906HBASE-14460HBaseRegression for CheckAndPut and Increment updates.2.3.6
BUG-57907PHOENIX-2892HBaseScan for pre-warming the block cache for 2ndary index should be removed.2.3.6
BUG-58254HBASE-15811HBaseBatch Get after batch Put does not fetch all Cells.2.3.6
BUG-59089HIVE-13592HiveMetastore calls map is not thread safe.2.3.6

Query Failure

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BUG-54388

BUG-51701

BUG-53494

MAPREDUCE-6635MapReduce, Tezjava.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException running select count(*) query on table with skip.header.line.count.2.4.2

Upgrade

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BUG-53878 KafkaRunning bin/kafka-console-consumer.sh outputs "No brokers found in ZK". Script modified to address this issue.2.4.2
BUG-54155RANGER-882RangerRanger policy engine initialization failure caused NameNode startup to fail.2.4.2
BUG-55263 StormStorm Nimbus error: "Could not find leader nimbus from seed hosts".2.3.6

Usability

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BUG-47662RANGER-218RangerUserSync - group sync is marked as INTERNAL even if the group is synced from LDAP.2.4.2
BUG-48573OOZIE-2322OozieOozie Web UI doesn't work with Kerberos in Internet Explorer 10 or 11 and curl.2.4.2
BUG-49428HBASE-13153HBaseBulk Loaded HFile Replication.2.3.6
BUG-50576SQOOP-2779SqoopSqoop Metastore doesn't seem to recognize --schema option.2.3.6
BUG-52257FALCON-1315FalconFalcon UI Hive mirroring : Unable to provide security credentials.2.4.2
BUG-52260SQOOP-2737SqoopCannot import table from Oracle with column with spaces in name.2.4.2
BUG-52702SQOOP-2779SqoopSqoop Metastore doesn't seem to recognize --schema option.2.4.2
BUG-52951FALCON-1647FalconUnable to create feed : FilePermission error under cluster staging directory.2.4.2
BUG-54681RANGER-889RangerCreate new method for partners to use for integration.2.4.2
BUG-55216FALCON-748FalconFalcon webUI return 413 error when SSL is enabled.2.4.2
BUG-58351OOZIE-2112Hive, Oozie, TezEmpty ‘ExternalChildID’ returned when using Hive Action in Oozie.2.3.6
BUG-58450PHOENIX-2568Flume, Hive, PhoenixFlume dependency of Phoenix is bringing in an old version of Thrift (0.7.0).2.3.6

Performance

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BUG-42479HBASE-14575HBaseRelax region read lock for compactions.2.4.0
BUG-49426HBASE-14606HBaseTestSecureLoadIncrementalHFiles tests timed out in trunk build on Apache.2.3.6
BUG-49427HBASE-14604HBaseImprove MoveCostFunction in StochasticLoadBalancer.2.3.6
BUG-50147HBASE-15014HBaseFix slow filterCellByStore in WALsplitter.2.3.6
BUG-52708RANGER-809RangerRemove reference to getLocalHost() call from Audit code to avoid performance impact.2.4.2
BUG-52729RANGER-821RangerNameNode shutdown hangs due to Ranger HDFS plugin.2.4.2
BUG-53028

RANGER-794

RANGER-836

RANGER-844

RangerPolicy download optimizations.2.4.2
BUG-53657HDFS-9710HDFSChange DN to send block receipt IBRs in batches.2.3.6
BUG-53757

HIVE-11424

HIVE-13233

Hive, Hive2Stats are not properly accounted for when multiple COUNT(DISTINCT) are in the query.2.3.6
BUG-55291HDFS-10223HDFSpeerFromSocketAndKey performs SASL exchange before setting connection timeouts.2.3.6
BUG-56776

MAPREDUCE-6514

MAPREDUCE-6689

MapReduceMR job can infinitely increase number of reducer resource requests and job hangs as ask is not updated after ramping down of all reducers.2.3.6
BUG-56869HDFS-9902HDFSSupport different values of dfs.datanode.du.reserved per storage-type.2.3.6

Other

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BUG-50101 Hadoop CommonRemove ivy jar from hadoop-lzo source code.2.4.0
BUG-51738HBASE-15147HBaseBackport HBASE-15147: Shell should use Admin.listTableNames() instead of Admin.listTables().2.4.2
BUG-53095HADOOP-12825Hadoop CommonLog slow name resolutions.2.4.2
BUG-53390HADOOP-12794Hadoop CommonSupport additional compression levels for GzipCodec 2.3.6
BUG-53871HBASE-15128HBaseDisable region splits and merges switch in master.2.4.2
BUG-54764MAPREDUCE-6436MapReduceJobHistoryServer cache issues.2.4.2
BUG-56772

HADOOP-12950

HADOOP-12993

RANGER-891

HDFS, RangerNameNode went down on the production cluster.2.3.6
BUG-57450HUE-2880HueFailure when uploading large files to a kerberized HTTPFS.2.3.6