apache/hadoop · error · RuntimeException

Failed to set delegation key id in SQL secret manager

Error message

Failed to set delegation key id in SQL secret manager

What it means

Error "Failed to set delegation key id in SQL secret manager" thrown in apache/hadoop.

Source

Thrown at hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/token/delegation/SQLDelegationTokenSecretManager.java:437

  public int getCurrentKeyId() {
    try {
      return selectKeyId();
    } catch (SQLException e) {
      throw new RuntimeException(
          "Failed to get delegation key id in SQL secret manager", e);
    }
  }

  /**
   * Updates the value of the last delegation key id.
   * @param keyId Value to update the delegation key id to.
   */
  @Override
  public void setCurrentKeyId(int keyId) {
    try {
      updateKeyId(keyId);
    } catch (SQLException e) {
      throw new RuntimeException(
          "Failed to set delegation key id in SQL secret manager", e);
    }
  }

  /**
   * Obtains the next available delegation key id that can be allocated to a DelegationKey.
   * Delegation key id need to be reserved using the shared delegationKeyIdCounter,
   * which handles keyId allocation concurrently with other secret managers.
   * @return Next available delegation key id.
   */
  @Override
  public int incrementCurrentKeyId() {
    try {
      return incrementKeyId(1) + 1;
    } catch (SQLException e) {
      throw new RuntimeException(
          "Failed to increment delegation key id in SQL secret manager", e);
    }

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Solutions

1. Setting the delegation key id in SQL failed. Verify write access to the counter table; see the chained SQLException.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/token/delegation/SQLDelegationTokenSecretManager.java:437 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of apache/hadoop@2add963021 (2026-08-22). Data as JSON: /api/errors/0ab7a4f115f991f5. Report an issue: GitHub.