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After tests end, an extra check is performed, looking into node logs for crashes, aborts and similar issues. The test directory is also scanned for coredumps. If any of the above are found, the test will fail with an error. The following checks are made: - Any log line matching `Assertion.*failed` or containing `AddressSanitizer` is marked as a critical error - Lines matching `Aborting on shard` will only be marked as a critical error if the paterns in `manager.ignore_cores_log_patterns` are not found in that log - If any critical error is found, the log is also scanned for backtraces - Any backtraces found are decoded and saved - If the test is marked with `@pytest.mark.check_nodes_for_errors`, the logs are checked for any `ERROR` lines - Any pattern in `manager.ignore_log_patterns` and `manager.ignore_cores_log_patterns` will cause above check to ignore that line - The `expected_error` value that many methods, like `manager.decommission_node`, have will be automatically appended to `manager.ignore_log_patterns` refs: https://github.com/scylladb/qa-tasks/issues/1804 --- [Examples](https://jenkins.scylladb.com/job/scylla-staging/job/cezar/job/byo_build_tests_dtest/46/testReport/): Following examples are run on a separate branch where changes have been made to enable these failures. `test_unfinished_writes_during_shutdown` - Errors are found in logs and are not ignored ``` failed on teardown with "Failed: Server 2096: found 1 error(s) (log: scylla-2096.log) ERROR 2025-12-15 14:20:06,563 [shard 0: gms] raft_topology - raft_topology_cmd barrier_and_drain failed with: std::runtime_error (raft topology: command::barrier_and_drain, the version has changed, version 11, current_version 12, the topology change coordinator had probably migrated to another node) Server 2101: found 4 error(s) (log: scylla-2101.log) ERROR 2025-12-15 14:20:04,674 [shard 0:strm] repair - repair[c434c0c0-68da-472c-ba3e-ed80960ce0d5]: Repair 1 out of 4 ranges, keyspace=system_distributed, table=view_build_status, range=(minimum token,maximum token), peers=[27c027a6-603d-49d0-8766-1b085d8c7d29, b549cb36-fae8-490b-a19e-86d42e7aa07a, f7049967-81ff-4296-9be7-9d6a4d33a29e], live_peers=[b549cb36-fae8-490b-a19e-86d42e7aa07a, f7049967-81ff-4296-9be7-9d6a4d33a29e], status=failed: mandatory neighbor=27c027a6-603d-49d0-8766-1b085d8c7d29 is not alive ERROR 2025-12-15 14:20:04,674 [shard 1:strm] repair - repair[c434c0c0-68da-472c-ba3e-ed80960ce0d5]: Repair 1 out of 4 ranges, keyspace=system_distributed, table=view_build_status, range=(minimum token,maximum token), peers=[27c027a6-603d-49d0-8766-1b085d8c7d29, b549cb36-fae8-490b-a19e-86d42e7aa07a, f7049967-81ff-4296-9be7-9d6a4d33a29e], live_peers=[b549cb36-fae8-490b-a19e-86d42e7aa07a, f7049967-81ff-4296-9be7-9d6a4d33a29e], status=failed: mandatory neighbor=27c027a6-603d-49d0-8766-1b085d8c7d29 is not alive ERROR 2025-12-15 14:20:04,675 [shard 0: gms] raft_topology - raft_topology_cmd stream_ranges failed with: std::runtime_error (["shard 0: std::runtime_error (repair[c434c0c0-68da-472c-ba3e-ed80960ce0d5]: 1 out of 4 ranges failed, keyspace=system_distributed, tables=[\"view_build_status\", \"cdc_generation_timestamps\", \"service_levels\", \"cdc_streams_descriptions_v2\"], repair_reason=bootstrap, nodes_down_during_repair={27c027a6-603d-49d0-8766-1b085d8c7d29}, aborted_by_user=false, failed_because=std::runtime_error (Repair mandatory neighbor=27c027a6-603d-49d0-8766-1b085d8c7d29 is not alive, keyspace=system_distributed, mandatory_neighbors=[27c027a6-603d-49d0-8766-1b085d8c7d29, b549cb36-fae8-490b-a19e-86d42e7aa07a, f7049967-81ff-4296-9be7-9d6a4d33a29e]))", "shard 1: std::runtime_error (repair[c434c0c0-68da-472c-ba3e-ed80960ce0d5]: 1 out of 4 ranges failed, keyspace=system_distributed, tables=[\"view_build_status\", \"cdc_generation_timestamps\", \"service_levels\", \"cdc_streams_descriptions_v2\"], repair_reason=bootstrap, nodes_down_during_repair={27c027a6-603d-49d0-8766-1b085d8c7d29}, aborted_by_user=false, failed_because=std::runtime_error (Repair mandatory neighbor=27c027a6-603d-49d0-8766-1b085d8c7d29 is not alive, keyspace=system_distributed, mandatory_neighbors=[27c027a6-603d-49d0-8766-1b085d8c7d29, b549cb36-fae8-490b-a19e-86d42e7aa07a, f7049967-81ff-4296-9be7-9d6a4d33a29e]))"]) ERROR 2025-12-15 14:20:06,812 [shard 0:main] init - Startup failed: std::runtime_error (Bootstrap failed. See earlier errors (Rolled back: Failed stream ranges: std::runtime_error (failed status returned from 9dd942aa-acec-4105-9719-9bda403e8e94))) Server 2094: found 1 error(s) (log: scylla-2094.log) ERROR 2025-12-15 14:20:04,675 [shard 0: gms] raft_topology - send_raft_topology_cmd(stream_ranges) failed with exception (node state is bootstrapping): std::runtime_error (failed status returned from 9dd942aa-acec-4105-9719-9bda403e8e94)" ``` `test_kill_coordinator_during_op` - aborts caused by injection - `ignore_cores_log_patterns` is not set - while there are errors in logs and `ignore_log_patterns` is not set, they are ignored automatically due to the `expected_error` parameter, such as in `await manager.decommission_node(server_id=other_nodes[-1].server_id, expected_error="Decommission failed. See earlier errors")` ``` failed on teardown with "Failed: Server 1105: found 1 critical error(s), 1 backtrace(s) (log: scylla-1105.log) Aborting on shard 0, in scheduling group gossip. 1 backtrace(s) saved in scylla-1105-backtraces.txt Server 1106: found 1 critical error(s), 1 backtrace(s) (log: scylla-1106.log) Aborting on shard 0, in scheduling group gossip. 1 backtrace(s) saved in scylla-1106-backtraces.txt Server 1113: found 1 critical error(s), 1 backtrace(s) (log: scylla-1113.log) Aborting on shard 0, in scheduling group gossip. 1 backtrace(s) saved in scylla-1113-backtraces.txt Server 1148: found 1 critical error(s), 1 backtrace(s) (log: scylla-1148.log) Aborting on shard 0, in scheduling group gossip. 1 backtrace(s) saved in scylla-1148-backtraces.txt" ``` Decoded backtrace can be found in [failed_test_logs](https://jenkins.scylladb.com/job/scylla-staging/job/cezar/job/byo_build_tests_dtest/46/artifact/testlog/x86_64/dev/failed_test/test_kill_coordinator_during_op.dev.1) Closes scylladb/scylladb#26177 * github.com:scylladb/scylladb: test: add logging to crash_coordinator_before_stream injection test: add crash detection during tests test.py: add pid to ServerInfo
Scylla
What is Scylla?
Scylla is the real-time big data database that is API-compatible with Apache Cassandra and Amazon DynamoDB. Scylla embraces a shared-nothing approach that increases throughput and storage capacity to realize order-of-magnitude performance improvements and reduce hardware costs.
For more information, please see the ScyllaDB web site.
Build Prerequisites
Scylla is fairly fussy about its build environment, requiring very recent versions of the C++23 compiler and of many libraries to build. The document HACKING.md includes detailed information on building and developing Scylla, but to get Scylla building quickly on (almost) any build machine, Scylla offers a frozen toolchain. This is a pre-configured Docker image which includes recent versions of all the required compilers, libraries and build tools. Using the frozen toolchain allows you to avoid changing anything in your build machine to meet Scylla's requirements - you just need to meet the frozen toolchain's prerequisites (mostly, Docker or Podman being available).
Building Scylla
Building Scylla with the frozen toolchain dbuild is as easy as:
$ git submodule update --init --force --recursive
$ ./tools/toolchain/dbuild ./configure.py
$ ./tools/toolchain/dbuild ninja build/release/scylla
For further information, please see:
- Developer documentation for more information on building Scylla.
- Build documentation on how to build Scylla binaries, tests, and packages.
- Docker image build documentation for information on how to build Docker images.
Running Scylla
To start Scylla server, run:
$ ./tools/toolchain/dbuild ./build/release/scylla --workdir tmp --smp 1 --developer-mode 1
This will start a Scylla node with one CPU core allocated to it and data files stored in the tmp directory.
The --developer-mode is needed to disable the various checks Scylla performs at startup to ensure the machine is configured for maximum performance (not relevant on development workstations).
Please note that you need to run Scylla with dbuild if you built it with the frozen toolchain.
For more run options, run:
$ ./tools/toolchain/dbuild ./build/release/scylla --help
Testing
See test.py manual.
Scylla APIs and compatibility
By default, Scylla is compatible with Apache Cassandra and its API - CQL. There is also support for the API of Amazon DynamoDB™, which needs to be enabled and configured in order to be used. For more information on how to enable the DynamoDB™ API in Scylla, and the current compatibility of this feature as well as Scylla-specific extensions, see Alternator and Getting started with Alternator.
Documentation
Documentation can be found here. Seastar documentation can be found here. User documentation can be found here.
Training
Training material and online courses can be found at Scylla University. The courses are free, self-paced and include hands-on examples. They cover a variety of topics including Scylla data modeling, administration, architecture, basic NoSQL concepts, using drivers for application development, Scylla setup, failover, compactions, multi-datacenters and how Scylla integrates with third-party applications.
Contributing to Scylla
If you want to report a bug or submit a pull request or a patch, please read the contribution guidelines.
If you are a developer working on Scylla, please read the developer guidelines.
Contact
- The community forum and Slack channel are for users to discuss configuration, management, and operations of ScyllaDB.
- The developers mailing list is for developers and people interested in following the development of ScyllaDB to discuss technical topics.