{"record":{"id":"00bdd0929c3041db","repo":"apache/seatunnel","slug":"error-sink-failed-for-stage-s-plugin-s","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Error sink failed for stage [%s], plugin [%s]","messagePattern":"Error sink failed for stage \\[(.+?)\\], plugin \\[(.+?)\\]","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"RowErrorHandlingFatalException","httpStatus":null,"severity":"critical","filePath":"seatunnel-engine/seatunnel-engine-server/src/main/java/org/apache/seatunnel/engine/server/task/error/ErrorHandler.java","lineNumber":175,"sourceCode":"        if (config.getMode() == ErrorHandlerMode.ROUTE && errorSinkWriter != null) {\n            try {\n                log.debug(\n                        \"Writing error row to sink. stage={}, plugin={}, tableId={}\",\n                        ctx.getStage(),\n                        ctx.getPluginName(),\n                        ctx.getTableId());\n                boolean accepted = errorSinkWriter.writeAndCheckAccepted(ctx, row, t);\n                result =\n                        accepted\n                                ? ErrorHandleResult.ROUTED_TO_ERROR_SINK\n                                : ErrorHandleResult.DROPPED;\n            } catch (Exception sinkEx) {\n                log.error(\n                        \"Error sink failed for stage [{}], plugin [{}], failing the job\",\n                        ctx.getStage(),\n                        ctx.getPluginName(),\n                        sinkEx);\n                throw new RowErrorHandlingFatalException(\n                        String.format(\n                                \"Error sink failed for stage [%s], plugin [%s]\",\n                                ctx.getStage(), ctx.getPluginName()),\n                        sinkEx);\n            }\n        }\n\n        maybeThrowOnThreshold(ctx, currentErrorCount);\n        return result;\n    }\n\n    private void maybeThrowOnThreshold(RowErrorContext ctx, long currentErrorCount) {\n        if (config.getMaxErrorRecords() > 0 && currentErrorCount > config.getMaxErrorRecords()) {\n            throw new RowErrorHandlingFatalException(\n                    String.format(\n                            \"Too many row-level errors in stage [%s], plugin [%s]: %d records exceeded max_error_records=%d\",\n                            stageName(ctx),\n                            pluginName(ctx),","sourceCodeStart":157,"sourceCodeEnd":193,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/apache/seatunnel/blob/cf67b549a7a6c35fa0beb12d83c62892427ea919/seatunnel-engine/seatunnel-engine-server/src/main/java/org/apache/seatunnel/engine/server/task/error/ErrorHandler.java#L157-L193","documentation":"Thrown as RowErrorHandlingFatalException from ErrorHandler.onError when the error-sink writer itself fails while trying to persist a bad row. Since the error sink is the last line of defense for row-level errors, its failure fails the whole job. The message includes the stage and plugin name to locate the failing pipeline component.","triggerScenarios":"A row-level error occurs with error-handler mode ROUTE; the error sink write (or its initialization) throws; ErrorHandler.onError catches the sink exception and rethrows fatal.","commonSituations":"Error-sink target unavailable (DB down, file unwritable) at the moment a bad row arrives; error-sink schema mismatch with captured error record; queue overflow combined with sink write failure.","solutions":["Check the log's 'Error sink failed for stage [..], plugin [..]' entry for the root sinkEx cause.","Fix or restore the error-sink target and resubmit the job.","Temporarily switch error-handler mode from ROUTE to IGNORE/FAIL to unblock the job while the sink is repaired.","Validate the error-sink plugin config (plugin_name, credentials, schema) before enabling ROUTE mode."],"exampleFix":"// before (broken sink config)\nenv { error-handler { mode = ROUTE } }\n// after\nenv { error-handler { mode = ROUTE\n  sink { plugin_name = \"Console\" } } }","handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":"// before submit: verify error-sink config when mode=ROUTE\nif (mode == \"ROUTE\" && !errorHandlerConfig.hasPath(\"sink.plugin_name\")) throw new ConfigValidationError(\"ROUTE requires sink.plugin_name\");","typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"try { runJob(); } catch (RowErrorHandlingFatalException e) { if (e.getMessage().startsWith(\"Error sink failed\")) { restoreSinkTarget(); resubmit(); } }","preventionTips":["Pre-validate error-sink connectivity/credentials before enabling ROUTE mode","Keep error-sink schema aligned with captured error record fields","Start with mode=FAIL to surface data issues before relying on ROUTE"],"tags":["error-sink","row-level-error","job-fatal"],"backgroundTag":"database-write-failed","analyzedSha":"cf67b549a7a6c35fa0beb12d83c62892427ea919","analyzedAt":"2026-09-10T21:44:55.265Z","contentChangedAt":"2026-09-10T21:44:55.265Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-23T08:17:48.524Z"}