What kind of error is E_OUTDATED_TERM(-3071)?

Question

-1005:Storage Error: part: 17, error: E_OUTDATED_TERM(-3071). When does the -3071 error occur? What does Out-of-date heartbeat received from the old leader (the new leader has been elected) mean? (https://docs.nebula-graph.io/3.1.0/20.appendix/error-code/)

[Environment] nebula 3.0.0 (com.vesoft:client:3.0.0) spring boot/java

[Query]

DELETE VERTEX "a" WITH EDGE DELETE VERTEX "b" WITH EDGE DELETE EDGE e_edge "a"->"b" result: -1005:Storage Error: part: 17, error: E_OUTDATED_TERM(-3071).

DELETE VERTEX "c" WITH EDGE DELETE VERTEX "d" WITH EDGE DELETE EDGE e_edge "c"->"d" result: ok

This happens every time I delete a specific vertex or I delete a related edge. It doesn't happen if I delete another vertex or edge. Whether the vertex does not exist or exists, an error always occurs at a specific vertex. For reference, I recently changed from 2.6.2 to 3.0.0. It didn't happen in 2.6.2. Is this a new error in 3.0.0? Please check.

Answer 1

I think this is related to TOSS(edge transaction on the storage side), you enabled the experimental feature, right? Thus TOSS was used in the edge deletion/add, which ensures edge deletion/add with a transaction guarantee.

In TOSS/chained edge deletion, term id was checked towards the term id in metaD before committing the write request to enable transaction(In nebula, an edge was persisted in multiple Key-Value records, this was to enable its atomicity).

From 3.3.0 TOSS could be explicitly switched off with experimental being switched on.

Please refer to docs for details.