Does the default retry policy in the Datastax java driver ensures that retry should not happen for non-idempotent operations(for example updating a count)?
Does the default retry policy ensure non-idempotent operations are not retried?
Yes.
This is covered in the manual.
Thanks Alexandre, the documentation says
What to do when a request failed on a node: retry (same or other node), rethrow, or ignore.
advanced.retry-policyin the configuration. Default policy retries at most once, in cases that have a high chance of success; you can also write your own.- can have per-profile policies.
- only kicks in if the query is idempotent.
So, this means the retry will kick in only for idempotent queries irrespective of what retry policy we have(includes custom retry policy also)
Thanks
Yes, the retry policy is not even consulted if the statement isn't idempotent. You can have a look at the code if you are unsure; e.g. here is what happens if a write timeout occurs.
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