JobClient should keep on retrying if the jobtracker is still initializing ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: HADOOP-3618 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-3618 Project: Hadoop Core Issue Type: Improvement Components: mapred Reporter: Amar Kamat Assignee: Amar Kamat When the user submits the job while the jobtracker is still initializing, the jobclient comes out with an exception. ideally the jobclient should keep on retrying until the jobtracker is up and ready. This will also take care of HADOOP-3289. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.