Error handling

Errors are handled at two levels.

Handler recovery

A HandlerRecoveryStrategyHandlerRecoveryStrategy can be defined for the Projection to specify what to do when processing of an envelope fails. The alternatives are:

• fail - If the first attempt to invoke the handler fails it will immediately give up and the projection will be restarted.
• skip - If the first attempt to invoke the handler fails it will immediately give up, discard the element and continue with next.
• retryAndFail(retries, delay) - If the first attempt to invoke the handler fails it will retry invoking the handler with the same envelope a number of retries with the delay between each attempt. It will give up and restart the projection if all attempts fail.
• retryAndSkip(retries, delay) - If the first attempt to invoke the handler fails it will retry invoking the handler with the same envelope a number of retries with the delay between each attempt. It will give up, discard the element and continue with next if all attempts fail.

The following example is using the CassandraProjection but the same can be used with any other Projection type.

The HandlerRecoveryStrategy can be defined withRecoveryStrategy:

Scala

copysourceimport akka.projection.HandlerRecoveryStrategy

val projection =
  CassandraProjection
    .atLeastOnce(
      projectionId = ProjectionId("shopping-carts", "carts-1"),
      sourceProvider,
      handler = () => new ShoppingCartHandler)
    .withRecoveryStrategy(HandlerRecoveryStrategy.retryAndFail(retries = 10, delay = 1.second))

Java

copysourceimport akka.projection.HandlerRecoveryStrategy;

Projection<EventEnvelope<ShoppingCart.Event>> projection =
    CassandraProjection.atLeastOnce(
            ProjectionId.of("shopping-carts", "carts-1"),
            sourceProvider,
            ShoppingCartHandler::new)
        .withRecoveryStrategy(HandlerRecoveryStrategy.retryAndFail(10, Duration.ofSeconds(1)));

If the recovery strategy is not defined on the Projection the default is fail, and that can be defined in configuration:

copysourceakka.projection {

  # The strategy to use to recover from unhandled exceptions without causing the projection to fail
  recovery-strategy {
    # fail - If the first attempt to invoke the handler fails it will immediately give up and fail the stream.
    # skip - If the first attempt to invoke the handler fails it will immediately give up, discard the element and
    #        continue with next.
    # retry-and-fail - If the first attempt to invoke the handler fails it will retry invoking the handler with the
    #                  same envelope this number of `retries` with the `delay` between each attempt. It will give up
    #                  and fail the stream if all attempts fail.
    # retry-and-skip - If the first attempt to invoke the handler fails it will retry invoking the handler with the
    #                  same envelope this number of `retries` with the `delay` between each attempt. It will give up,
    #                  discard the element and continue with next if all attempts fail.
    strategy = fail

    # The number of times to retry handler function
    # This is only applicable to `retry-and-fail` and `retry-and-skip` recovery strategies
    retries = 5

    # The delay between retry attempts
    # Only applicable to `retry-and-fail` and `retry-and-skip` recovery strategies
    retry-delay = 1 s
  }
}

Projection restart

The Projection will be restarted if it fails, for example if the offset can’t be saved or processing of an envelope fails after applying the Handler recovery. Restart means that the projection is restarted from latest saved offset. Projections are restarted in case of failures by default, but it can be customized.

The following example is using the CassandraProjection but the same can be used with any other Projection type.

The restart can be defined with exponential backoff settings:

Scala

copysourceval projection =
  CassandraProjection
    .atLeastOnce(
      projectionId = ProjectionId("shopping-carts", "carts-1"),
      sourceProvider,
      handler = () => new ShoppingCartHandler)
    .withRestartBackoff(minBackoff = 200.millis, maxBackoff = 5.seconds, randomFactor = 0.1)

Java

copysourceDuration minBackoff = Duration.ofMillis(200);
Duration maxBackoff = Duration.ofSeconds(5);
double randomFactor = 0.1;

Projection<EventEnvelope<ShoppingCart.Event>> projection =
    CassandraProjection.atLeastOnce(
            ProjectionId.of("shopping-carts", "carts-1"),
            sourceProvider,
            ShoppingCartHandler::new)
        .withRestartBackoff(minBackoff, maxBackoff, randomFactor);

If the recovery strategy is not defined on the Projection the default is defined in configuration:

copysourceakka.projection {
  # The configuration to use to restart the projection after an underlying streams failure
  # The Akka streams restart source is used to facilitate this behaviour
  # See the streams documentation for more details
  restart-backoff {
    min-backoff = 3s
    max-backoff = 30s
    random-factor = 0.2

    # -1 will not cap the amount of restarts
    # 0 will disable restarts
    max-restarts = -1
  }
}