PM98129: WORKLIGHT PRINTS ERROR CODE 600 WHEN GCM CONNECTION FAILED.

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When the outbound GCM connection failed, Worklight will keep
  retrying and gets into a loop and prints error code 600 (see
  below). This will eventually overloaded and crashed the server.
  
  sept. 16, 2013 5:25:54 PM
  com.worklight.integration.notification.gcm.
  GCMSender sendAndVerify
  INFO: GCM Service invocation failed (reason: Error while
  invoking
  request)
  sept. 16, 2013 5:25:54 PM
  com.worklight.integration.notification.gcm.
  GCMSender sendAndVerify
  INFO: GCM Service invocation failed (reason: Error while
  invoking
  request)
  sept. 16, 2013 5:25:54 PM
  com.worklight.integration.notification.
  ServiceSemaphore canSend
  WARNING: 600
  sept. 16, 2013 5:25:54 PM
  com.worklight.integration.notification.
  ServiceSemaphore canSend
  

Local fix

• Restart Server
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * Devleopers building applications which use push              *
  * notifications on Android or Windows Phone 8 devices.         *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * When Google/Microsoft return a failure response for a        *
  * notification submission request, in certain cases the        *
  * Worklight server might get into an endless loop of printing  *
  * to the log:                                                  *
  * "sept. 16, 2013 5:25:54 PM                                   *
  * com.worklight.integration.notification.                      *
  *                                                              *
  * ServiceSemaphore canSend                                     *
  *                                                              *
  * WARNING: 600"                                                *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  * -                                                            *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• The code was fixed so that the loop will on longer occur.
  
  The fix for this APAR is currently targeted for fixpack 5.0.6.2
  and fixpack 6.0.0.2.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  WORKLIGHT CONSU

• Fixed component ID

  5725I4301

Applicable component levels

• R506 PSY

     UP

• R600 PSY

     UP