[openstack-dev] [oslo.db] oslo_db "max_retries" option

Ben Nemec openstack at nemebean.com
Wed Mar 7 16:21:05 UTC 2018



On 02/27/2018 11:55 PM, Vitalii Solodilov wrote:
> Hi folks!
> 
> I have a question about oslo_db "max_retries" option.
> https://github.com/openstack/oslo.db/blob/master/oslo_db/sqlalchemy/engines.py#L381
> Why only DBConnectionError is considered as a reason for reconnecting here?
> Wouldn't it be a good idea to check for more general DBError?
> For example, DB host is down at the time of engine creation, but will become running some time later.

That sounds like it would result in a DBConnectionError since we would 
be unable to connect.  Is that not the case, and if so what exception is 
raised instead?



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