Monitor Service Critical Failure Investigation-created-by-agentic #83
Description
A critical issue has been identified in the Monitor Service background thread where an IllegalStateException is being thrown continuously.
Error Details:
- Error Type: java.lang.IllegalStateException
- Error Message: "monitor failure"
- First Detected: 2025-05-21T15:10:00
- Last Detected: 2025-05-31T00:15:57
- Occurrence Count: 25
- Error Score: 75 (High)
- Error ID: b2f3824a-3655-11f0-bc70-ca59c7e8e81d
Root Cause:
The monitor() method in MonitorService was directly throwing exceptions without proper error handling or state validation, causing the background thread to fail repeatedly.
Resolution:
A fix has been implemented in PR #82 that includes:
- Circuit breaker pattern to prevent cascading failures
- Proper error handling with retry mechanism
- Health check functionality
- Fixed isRunning() method
- Added diagnostic logging
Impact:
This issue was causing the monitoring service to fail repeatedly, potentially missing critical system health checks.
Related Links:
- Pull Request: Fix Monitor Service IllegalStateException-created-by-agentic #82
- Error Trace ID: 08AE7C7B527F93A9F62439DA78E59EA0