[rabbitmq-discuss] rabbitmq_status_web crashed on daylight savings time switchover, took down RabbitMQ

Mon Mar 29 14:21:38 BST 2010

It hasn't fixed, I've got this error with erlang R13B04.

On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 6:45 AM, Greg Campbell <gtcampbell at gmail.com> wrote:
> ** Generic server rabbit_status_web terminating
> ** Last message in was get_context
> ** When Server state == {state,1268531993140,"Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:59:53
> GMT",
>
> ... a bunch of queue status data...
>
> ** Reason for termination ==
> ** {{case_clause,[]},
>     [{httpd_util,rfc1123_date,1},
>      {rabbit_status_web,internal_update,1},
>      {rabbit_status_web,handle_call,3},
>      {gen_server,handle_msg,5},
>      {proc_lib,init_p_do_apply,3}]}
>
>
> The server was running Pacific time, so it looks like it crashed just after
> the switchover to Daylight Savings Time on the West Coast of the United
> States, which occurred Sunday Morning at 10:00:00 GMT.  This occurred on
> multiple machines (not clustered) simultaneously.
>
> The underlying issue in httpd_util:rfc1123_date appears to be an Erlang bug,
> which I believe has been fixed in R13B04 (we're still running R13B03 on the
> server, though):
> http://www.erlang.org/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?2:mss:1681:201001:jffdfifdokimdicjnpcp.
>
> However, it might be worth ensuring that a crash in a plugin doesn't cause
> the entire system to shut down.
>
> Thanks,
> Greg Campbell
>
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