IllegalAccessError for RequestHedgingRMFailoverProxyProvider while launching Apache Twill Application in hadoop cluster after HDP upgrade

Question

I'm trying to launch Apache Twill application from hadoop cluster, the cluster is recently upgraded from HDP 2.2 to HDP 2.5 but I'm getting llegalAccessError for RequestHedgingRMFailoverProxyProvider class . This class is part of org.apache.hadoop.yarn.client package. I'm getting this error in the Application Master. The job status goes directy to 'not running state' right after 'accepted state'.

Exception in thread "Hadoop22YarnAMClient STARTING" Exception in thread "YarnAMClientService STARTING" java.lang.IllegalAccessError: tried to access method org.apache.hadoop.yarn.client.ConfiguredRMFailoverProxyProvider.getProxyInternal()Ljava/lang/Object; from class org.apache.hadoop.yarn.client.RequestHedgingRMFailoverProxyProvider
at org.apache.hadoop.yarn.client.RequestHedgingRMFailoverProxyProvider.init(RequestHedgingRMFailoverProxyProvider.java:75)
at org.apache.hadoop.yarn.client.RMProxy.createRMFailoverProxyProvider(RMProxy.java:163)
at org.apache.hadoop.yarn.client.RMProxy.createRMProxy(RMProxy.java:93)
at org.apache.hadoop.yarn.client.ClientRMProxy.createRMProxy(ClientRMProxy.java:72)
at org.apache.hadoop.yarn.client.api.impl.AMRMClientImpl.serviceStart(AMRMClientImpl.java:186)
at org.apache.hadoop.service.AbstractService.start(AbstractService.java:193)
at org.apache.twill.internal.yarn.Hadoop21YarnAMClient.startUp(Hadoop21YarnAMClient.java:77)
at com.google.common.util.concurrent.AbstractIdleService$1$1.run(AbstractIdleService.java:43)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
com.google.common.util.concurrent.ExecutionError: java.lang.IllegalAccessError: tried to access method org.apache.hadoop.yarn.client.ConfiguredRMFailoverProxyProvider.getProxyInternal()Ljava/lang/Object; from class org.apache.hadoop.yarn.client.RequestHedgingRMFailoverProxyProvider
at com.google.common.util.concurrent.Futures.wrapAndThrowUnchecked(Futures.java:1008)
at com.google.common.util.concurrent.Futures.getUnchecked(Futures.java:1001)
at com.google.common.util.concurrent.AbstractService.startAndWait(AbstractService.java:220)
at com.google.common.util.concurrent.AbstractIdleService.startAndWait(AbstractIdleService.java:106)
at org.apache.twill.internal.appmaster.ApplicationMasterMain$YarnAMClientService.startUp(ApplicationMasterMain.java:221)
at com.google.common.util.concurrent.AbstractIdleService$1$1.run(AbstractIdleService.java:43)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalAccessError: tried to access method org.apache.hadoop.yarn.client.ConfiguredRMFailoverProxyProvider.getProxyInternal()Ljava/lang/Object; from class org.apache.hadoop.yarn.client.RequestHedgingRMFailoverProxyProvider
at org.apache.hadoop.yarn.client.RequestHedgingRMFailoverProxyProvider.init(RequestHedgingRMFailoverProxyProvider.java:75)
at org.apache.hadoop.yarn.client.RMProxy.createRMFailoverProxyProvider(RMProxy.java:163)
at org.apache.hadoop.yarn.client.RMProxy.createRMProxy(RMProxy.java:93)
at org.apache.hadoop.yarn.client.ClientRMProxy.createRMProxy(ClientRMProxy.java:72)
at org.apache.hadoop.yarn.client.api.impl.AMRMClientImpl.serviceStart(AMRMClientImpl.java:186)
at org.apache.hadoop.service.AbstractService.start(AbstractService.java:193)
at org.apache.twill.internal.yarn.Hadoop21YarnAMClient.startUp(Hadoop21YarnAMClient.java:77)
... 2 more

Answer 1

In general when you see IllegalAccessError this means you have a runtime incompatibility between compiled and runtime code. In this case, the getProxyInternal() method of ConfiguredRMFailoverProxyProvider is now private. You need to recompile your client code and/or use updated hadoop client libraries to connect to your cluster.