Add indexUUID to mapping-updated and mapping-refresh events and make sure they are applied to an index with same UUID.

This can go wrong if indices with the same name are repeatably created and deleted.

UUIDs can not be null anymore. If UUID is not available `_na_` will be used as a value.

Also - some minor clean up in ShardStateAction where shard started events could be added twice to the to-be-applied list where the second instance will be ignored.

Closes #3783

src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/TransportShardBulkAction.java

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.cluster.action.index.MappingUpdatedAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.action.shard.ShardStateAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.block.ClusterBlockException;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.block.ClusterBlockLevel;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.IndexMetaData;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.MappingMetaData;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.ShardIterator;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.bytes.BytesReference;
@@ -62,7 +63,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
 import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportRequestOptions;
 import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
@@ -569,7 +569,10 @@ public class TransportShardBulkAction extends TransportShardReplicationOperation
             }
             documentMapper.refreshSource();
 
-            mappingUpdatedAction.execute(new MappingUpdatedAction.MappingUpdatedRequest(index, type, documentMapper.mappingSource()), new ActionListener<MappingUpdatedAction.MappingUpdatedResponse>() {
+            IndexMetaData metaData = clusterService.state().metaData().index(index);
+
+            final MappingUpdatedAction.MappingUpdatedRequest request = new MappingUpdatedAction.MappingUpdatedRequest(index, metaData.uuid(), type, documentMapper.mappingSource());
+            mappingUpdatedAction.execute(request, new ActionListener<MappingUpdatedAction.MappingUpdatedResponse>() {
                 @Override
                 public void onResponse(MappingUpdatedAction.MappingUpdatedResponse mappingUpdatedResponse) {
                     // all is well
@@ -577,11 +580,7 @@ public class TransportShardBulkAction extends TransportShardReplicationOperation
 
                 @Override
                 public void onFailure(Throwable e) {
-                    try {
+                    logger.warn("failed to update master on updated mapping for {}", e, request);
-                        logger.warn("failed to update master on updated mapping for index [{}], type [{}] and source [{}]", e, index, type, documentMapper.mappingSource().string());
-                    } catch (IOException e1) {
-                        // ignore
-                    }
                 }
             });
         } catch (Throwable e) {

src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/index/TransportIndexAction.java

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.cluster.action.index.MappingUpdatedAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.action.shard.ShardStateAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.block.ClusterBlockException;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.block.ClusterBlockLevel;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.IndexMetaData;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.MappingMetaData;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.MetaData;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.ShardIterator;
@@ -48,7 +49,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.indices.IndicesService;
 import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
 import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
@@ -184,7 +184,8 @@ public class TransportIndexAction extends TransportShardReplicationOperationActi
         final IndexRequest request = shardRequest.request;
 
         // validate, if routing is required, that we got routing
-        MappingMetaData mappingMd = clusterState.metaData().index(request.index()).mappingOrDefault(request.type());
+        IndexMetaData indexMetaData = clusterState.metaData().index(request.index());
+        MappingMetaData mappingMd = indexMetaData.mappingOrDefault(request.type());
         if (mappingMd != null && mappingMd.routing().required()) {
             if (request.routing() == null) {
                 throw new RoutingMissingException(request.index(), request.type(), request.id());
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ public class TransportIndexAction extends TransportShardReplicationOperationActi
                     .versionType(request.versionType())
                     .origin(Engine.Operation.Origin.PRIMARY);
             if (index.parsedDoc().mappingsModified()) {
-                updateMappingOnMaster(request);
+                updateMappingOnMaster(request, indexMetaData);
             }
             indexShard.index(index);
             version = index.version();
@@ -215,7 +216,7 @@ public class TransportIndexAction extends TransportShardReplicationOperationActi
                     .versionType(request.versionType())
                     .origin(Engine.Operation.Origin.PRIMARY);
             if (create.parsedDoc().mappingsModified()) {
-                updateMappingOnMaster(request);
+                updateMappingOnMaster(request, indexMetaData);
             }
             indexShard.create(create);
             version = create.version();
@@ -263,17 +264,19 @@ public class TransportIndexAction extends TransportShardReplicationOperationActi
         }
     }
 
-    private void updateMappingOnMaster(final IndexRequest request) {
+    private void updateMappingOnMaster(final IndexRequest request, IndexMetaData indexMetaData) {
         final CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
         try {
-            MapperService mapperService = indicesService.indexServiceSafe(request.index()).mapperService();
+            final MapperService mapperService = indicesService.indexServiceSafe(request.index()).mapperService();
             final DocumentMapper documentMapper = mapperService.documentMapper(request.type());
             if (documentMapper == null) { // should not happen
                 return;
             }
             documentMapper.refreshSource();
-            logger.trace("Sending mapping updated to master: index [{}] type [{}]", request.index(), request.type());
+            final MappingUpdatedAction.MappingUpdatedRequest mappingRequest =
-            mappingUpdatedAction.execute(new MappingUpdatedAction.MappingUpdatedRequest(request.index(), request.type(), documentMapper.mappingSource()), new ActionListener<MappingUpdatedAction.MappingUpdatedResponse>() {
+                    new MappingUpdatedAction.MappingUpdatedRequest(request.index(), indexMetaData.uuid(), request.type(), documentMapper.mappingSource());
+            logger.trace("Sending mapping updated to master: {}", mappingRequest);
+            mappingUpdatedAction.execute(mappingRequest, new ActionListener<MappingUpdatedAction.MappingUpdatedResponse>() {
                 @Override
                 public void onResponse(MappingUpdatedAction.MappingUpdatedResponse mappingUpdatedResponse) {
                     // all is well
@@ -283,11 +286,7 @@ public class TransportIndexAction extends TransportShardReplicationOperationActi
                 @Override
                 public void onFailure(Throwable e) {
                     latch.countDown();
-                    try {
+                    logger.warn("Failed to update master on updated mapping for {}", e, mappingRequest);
-                        logger.warn("Failed to update master on updated mapping for index [" + request.index() + "], type [" + request.type() + "] and source [" + documentMapper.mappingSource().string() + "]", e);
-                    } catch (IOException e1) {
-                        // ignore
-                    }
                 }
             });
         } catch (Exception e) {

src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/action/index/MappingUpdatedAction.java

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.cluster.action.index;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.ElasticSearchException;
+import org.elasticsearch.Version;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.MasterNodeOperationRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.TransportMasterNodeOperationAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterService;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterState;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.IndexMetaData;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.MetaDataMappingService;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.compress.CompressedString;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Inject;
@@ -76,7 +78,7 @@ public class MappingUpdatedAction extends TransportMasterNodeOperationAction<Map
 
     @Override
     protected void masterOperation(final MappingUpdatedRequest request, final ClusterState state, final ActionListener<MappingUpdatedResponse> listener) throws ElasticSearchException {
-        metaDataMappingService.updateMapping(request.index(), request.type(), request.mappingSource(), new MetaDataMappingService.Listener() {
+        metaDataMappingService.updateMapping(request.index(), request.indexUUID(), request.type(), request.mappingSource(), new MetaDataMappingService.Listener() {
             @Override
             public void onResponse(MetaDataMappingService.Response response) {
                 listener.onResponse(new MappingUpdatedResponse());
@@ -84,7 +86,7 @@ public class MappingUpdatedAction extends TransportMasterNodeOperationAction<Map
 
             @Override
             public void onFailure(Throwable t) {
-                logger.warn("failed to dynamically update the mapping in cluster_state from shard", t);
+                logger.warn("[{}] update-mapping [{}] failed to dynamically update the mapping in cluster_state from shard", t, request.index(), request.type());
                 listener.onFailure(t);
             }
         });
@@ -105,16 +107,16 @@ public class MappingUpdatedAction extends TransportMasterNodeOperationAction<Map
     public static class MappingUpdatedRequest extends MasterNodeOperationRequest<MappingUpdatedRequest> {
 
         private String index;
-
+        private String indexUUID = IndexMetaData.INDEX_UUID_NA_VALUE;
         private String type;
-
         private CompressedString mappingSource;
 
         MappingUpdatedRequest() {
         }
 
-        public MappingUpdatedRequest(String index, String type, CompressedString mappingSource) {
+        public MappingUpdatedRequest(String index, String indexUUID, String type, CompressedString mappingSource) {
             this.index = index;
+            this.indexUUID = indexUUID;
             this.type = type;
             this.mappingSource = mappingSource;
         }
@@ -123,6 +125,10 @@ public class MappingUpdatedAction extends TransportMasterNodeOperationAction<Map
             return index;
         }
 
+        public String indexUUID() {
+            return indexUUID;
+        }
+
         public String type() {
             return type;
         }
@@ -142,6 +148,9 @@ public class MappingUpdatedAction extends TransportMasterNodeOperationAction<Map
             index = in.readString();
             type = in.readString();
             mappingSource = CompressedString.readCompressedString(in);
+            if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_0_90_6)) {
+                indexUUID = in.readString();
+            }
         }
 
         @Override
@@ -150,6 +159,14 @@ public class MappingUpdatedAction extends TransportMasterNodeOperationAction<Map
             out.writeString(index);
             out.writeString(type);
             mappingSource.writeTo(out);
+            if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_0_90_6)) {
+                out.writeString(indexUUID);
+            }
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String toString() {
+            return "index [" + index + "], indexUUID [" + indexUUID + "], type [" + type + "] and source [" + mappingSource + "]";
         }
     }
 }

src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/action/index/NodeMappingRefreshAction.java

@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.cluster.action.index;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.ElasticSearchException;
+import org.elasticsearch.Version;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterState;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.IndexMetaData;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.MetaDataMappingService;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNodes;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.component.AbstractComponent;
@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ public class NodeMappingRefreshAction extends AbstractComponent {
     }
 
     private void innerMappingRefresh(NodeMappingRefreshRequest request) {
-        metaDataMappingService.refreshMapping(request.index(), request.types());
+        metaDataMappingService.refreshMapping(request.index(), request.indexUUID(), request.types());
     }
 
     private class NodeMappingRefreshTransportHandler extends BaseTransportRequestHandler<NodeMappingRefreshRequest> {
@@ -87,14 +89,16 @@ public class NodeMappingRefreshAction extends AbstractComponent {
     public static class NodeMappingRefreshRequest extends TransportRequest {
 
         private String index;
+        private String indexUUID = IndexMetaData.INDEX_UUID_NA_VALUE;
         private String[] types;
         private String nodeId;
 
         NodeMappingRefreshRequest() {
         }
 
-        public NodeMappingRefreshRequest(String index, String[] types, String nodeId) {
+        public NodeMappingRefreshRequest(String index, String indexUUID, String[] types, String nodeId) {
             this.index = index;
+            this.indexUUID = indexUUID;
             this.types = types;
             this.nodeId = nodeId;
         }
@@ -103,6 +107,11 @@ public class NodeMappingRefreshAction extends AbstractComponent {
             return index;
         }
 
+        public String indexUUID() {
+            return indexUUID;
+        }
+
+
         public String[] types() {
             return types;
         }
@@ -117,6 +126,9 @@ public class NodeMappingRefreshAction extends AbstractComponent {
             out.writeString(index);
             out.writeStringArray(types);
             out.writeString(nodeId);
+            if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_0_90_6)) {
+                out.writeString(indexUUID);
+            }
         }
 
         @Override
@@ -125,6 +137,9 @@ public class NodeMappingRefreshAction extends AbstractComponent {
             index = in.readString();
             types = in.readStringArray();
             nodeId = in.readString();
+            if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_0_90_6)) {
+                indexUUID = in.readString();
+            }
         }
     }
 }

src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/action/shard/ShardStateAction.java

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public class ShardStateAction extends AbstractComponent {
         transportService.registerHandler(ShardFailedTransportHandler.ACTION, new ShardFailedTransportHandler());
     }
 
-    public void shardFailed(final ShardRouting shardRouting, String indexUUID, final String reason) throws ElasticSearchException {
+    public void shardFailed(final ShardRouting shardRouting, final String indexUUID, final String reason) throws ElasticSearchException {
         ShardRoutingEntry shardRoutingEntry = new ShardRoutingEntry(shardRouting, indexUUID, reason);
         logger.warn("{} sending failed shard for {}", shardRouting.shardId(), shardRoutingEntry);
         DiscoveryNodes nodes = clusterService.state().nodes();
@@ -215,21 +215,25 @@ public class ShardStateAction extends AbstractComponent {
                                 // with the shard still initializing, and it will try and start it again (until the verification comes)
 
                                 IndexShardRoutingTable indexShardRoutingTable = indexRoutingTable.shard(shardRouting.id());
+
+                                boolean applyShardEvent = true;
+
                                 for (ShardRouting entry : indexShardRoutingTable) {
                                     if (shardRouting.currentNodeId().equals(entry.currentNodeId())) {
                                         // we found the same shard that exists on the same node id
-                                        if (entry.initializing()) {
+                                        if (!entry.initializing()) {
-                                            // shard not started, add it to the shards to be processed.
+                                            // shard is in initialized state, skipping event (probable already started)
-                                            shardRoutingToBeApplied.add(shardRouting);
-                                            logger.debug("{} will apply shard started {}", shardRouting.shardId(), shardRoutingEntry);
-                                        } else {
                                             logger.debug("{} ignoring shard started event for {}, current state: {}", shardRouting.shardId(), shardRoutingEntry, entry.state());
+                                            applyShardEvent = false;
                                         }
-                                    } else {
-                                        shardRoutingToBeApplied.add(shardRouting);
-                                        logger.debug("{} will apply shard started {}", shardRouting.shardId(), shardRoutingEntry);
                                     }
                                 }
+
+                                if (applyShardEvent) {
+                                    shardRoutingToBeApplied.add(shardRouting);
+                                    logger.debug("{} will apply shard started {}", shardRouting.shardId(), shardRoutingEntry);
+                                }
+
                             } catch (Throwable t) {
                                 logger.error("{} unexpected failure while processing shard started [{}]", t, shardRouting.shardId(), shardRouting);
                             }
@@ -299,7 +303,7 @@ public class ShardStateAction extends AbstractComponent {
 
         private ShardRouting shardRouting;
 
-        private String indexUUID;
+        private String indexUUID = IndexMetaData.INDEX_UUID_NA_VALUE;
 
         private String reason;
 
@@ -318,7 +322,7 @@ public class ShardStateAction extends AbstractComponent {
             shardRouting = readShardRoutingEntry(in);
             reason = in.readString();
             if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_0_90_6)) {
-                indexUUID = in.readOptionalString();
+                indexUUID = in.readString();
             }
         }
 
@@ -328,18 +332,13 @@ public class ShardStateAction extends AbstractComponent {
             shardRouting.writeTo(out);
             out.writeString(reason);
             if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_0_90_6)) {
-                out.writeOptionalString(indexUUID);
+                out.writeString(indexUUID);
             }
         }
 
         @Override
         public String toString() {
-            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(shardRouting.toString());
+            return "" + shardRouting + ", indexUUID [" + indexUUID + "], reason [" + reason + "]";
-            if (indexUUID != null) {
-                sb.append(", indexUUID [").append(indexUUID).append("]");
-            }
-            sb.append(", reason [").append(reason).append("]");
-            return sb.toString();
         }
     }
 }

src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/IndexMetaData.java

@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ public class IndexMetaData {
     public static final String SETTING_BLOCKS_METADATA = "index.blocks.metadata";
     public static final String SETTING_VERSION_CREATED = "index.version.created";
     public static final String SETTING_UUID = "index.uuid";
+    public static final String INDEX_UUID_NA_VALUE = "_na_";
 
     private final String index;
     private final long version;
@@ -214,25 +215,30 @@ public class IndexMetaData {
         return index;
     }
 
+    public String getIndex() {
+        return index();
+    }
+
+    public String uuid() {
+        return settings.get(SETTING_UUID, INDEX_UUID_NA_VALUE);
+    }
+
     public String getUUID() {
-        return settings.get(SETTING_UUID);
+        return uuid();
     }
 
     /**
-     * Test whether the current index UUID is the same as the given one. Incoming nulls always return true.
+     * Test whether the current index UUID is the same as the given one. Returns true if either are _na_
      */
-    public boolean isSameUUID(@Nullable String otherUUID) {
+    public boolean isSameUUID(String otherUUID) {
-        if (otherUUID == null || getUUID() == null) {
+        assert otherUUID != null;
+        assert uuid() != null;
+        if (INDEX_UUID_NA_VALUE.equals(otherUUID) || INDEX_UUID_NA_VALUE.equals(uuid())) {
             return true;
         }
         return otherUUID.equals(getUUID());
     }
 
-
-    public String getIndex() {
-        return index();
-    }
-
     public long version() {
         return this.version;
     }

src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/MetaDataMappingService.java

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public class MetaDataMappingService extends AbstractComponent {
 
     private final NodeMappingCreatedAction mappingCreatedAction;
 
-    private final BlockingQueue<Object> refreshOrUpdateQueue = ConcurrentCollections.newBlockingQueue();
+    private final BlockingQueue<MappingTask> refreshOrUpdateQueue = ConcurrentCollections.newBlockingQueue();
 
     @Inject
     public MetaDataMappingService(Settings settings, ClusterService clusterService, IndicesService indicesService, NodeMappingCreatedAction mappingCreatedAction) {
@@ -79,24 +79,32 @@ public class MetaDataMappingService extends AbstractComponent {
         this.mappingCreatedAction = mappingCreatedAction;
     }
 
-    static class RefreshTask {
+    static class MappingTask {
         final String index;
+        final String indexUUID;
+
+        MappingTask(String index, final String indexUUID) {
+            this.index = index;
+            this.indexUUID = indexUUID;
+        }
+    }
+
+    static class RefreshTask extends MappingTask {
         final String[] types;
 
-        RefreshTask(String index, String[] types) {
+        RefreshTask(String index, final String indexUUID, String[] types) {
-            this.index = index;
+            super(index, indexUUID);
             this.types = types;
         }
     }
 
-    static class UpdateTask {
+    static class UpdateTask extends MappingTask {
-        final String index;
         final String type;
         final CompressedString mappingSource;
         final Listener listener;
 
-        UpdateTask(String index, String type, CompressedString mappingSource, Listener listener) {
+        UpdateTask(String index, String indexUUID, String type, CompressedString mappingSource, Listener listener) {
-            this.index = index;
+            super(index, indexUUID);
             this.type = type;
             this.mappingSource = mappingSource;
             this.listener = listener;
@@ -109,7 +117,7 @@ public class MetaDataMappingService extends AbstractComponent {
      * and generate a single cluster change event out of all of those.
      */
     ClusterState executeRefreshOrUpdate(final ClusterState currentState) throws Exception {
-        List<Object> allTasks = new ArrayList<Object>();
+        List<MappingTask> allTasks = new ArrayList<MappingTask>();
         refreshOrUpdateQueue.drainTo(allTasks);
 
         if (allTasks.isEmpty()) {
@@ -118,43 +126,45 @@ public class MetaDataMappingService extends AbstractComponent {
 
         // break down to tasks per index, so we can optimize the on demand index service creation
         // to only happen for the duration of a single index processing of its respective events
-        Map<String, List<Object>> tasksPerIndex = Maps.newHashMap();
+        Map<String, List<MappingTask>> tasksPerIndex = Maps.newHashMap();
-        for (Object task : allTasks) {
+        for (MappingTask task : allTasks) {
-            String index = null;
+            if (task.index == null) {
-            if (task instanceof UpdateTask) {
+                logger.debug("ignoring a mapping task of type [{}] with a null index.", task);
-                index = ((UpdateTask) task).index;
-            } else if (task instanceof RefreshTask) {
-                index = ((RefreshTask) task).index;
-            } else {
-                logger.warn("illegal state, got wrong mapping task type [{}]", task);
             }
-            if (index != null) {
+            List<MappingTask> indexTasks = tasksPerIndex.get(task.index);
-                List<Object> indexTasks = tasksPerIndex.get(index);
+            if (indexTasks == null) {
-                if (indexTasks == null) {
+                indexTasks = new ArrayList<MappingTask>();
-                    indexTasks = new ArrayList<Object>();
+                tasksPerIndex.put(task.index, indexTasks);
-                    tasksPerIndex.put(index, indexTasks);
-                }
-                indexTasks.add(task);
             }
+            indexTasks.add(task);
+
         }
 
         boolean dirty = false;
         MetaData.Builder mdBuilder = newMetaDataBuilder().metaData(currentState.metaData());
-        for (Map.Entry<String, List<Object>> entry : tasksPerIndex.entrySet()) {
+        for (Map.Entry<String, List<MappingTask>> entry : tasksPerIndex.entrySet()) {
             String index = entry.getKey();
-            List<Object> tasks = entry.getValue();
+            List<MappingTask> tasks = entry.getValue();
             boolean removeIndex = false;
             // keep track of what we already refreshed, no need to refresh it again...
             Set<String> processedRefreshes = Sets.newHashSet();
             try {
-                for (Object task : tasks) {
+                for (MappingTask task : tasks) {
+                    final IndexMetaData indexMetaData = mdBuilder.get(index);
+                    if (indexMetaData == null) {
+                        // index got deleted on us, ignore...
+                        logger.debug("[{}] ignoring task [{}] - index meta data doesn't exist", index, task);
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
+                    if (!indexMetaData.isSameUUID(task.indexUUID)) {
+                        // index got deleted on us, ignore...
+                        logger.debug("[{}] ignoring task [{}] - index meta data doesn't match task uuid", index, task);
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
                     if (task instanceof RefreshTask) {
                         RefreshTask refreshTask = (RefreshTask) task;
-                        final IndexMetaData indexMetaData = mdBuilder.get(index);
-                        if (indexMetaData == null) {
-                            // index got delete on us, ignore...
-                            continue;
-                        }
                         IndexService indexService = indicesService.indexService(index);
                         if (indexService == null) {
                             // we need to create the index here, and add the current mapping to it, so we can merge
@@ -195,13 +205,8 @@ public class MetaDataMappingService extends AbstractComponent {
                         String type = updateTask.type;
                         CompressedString mappingSource = updateTask.mappingSource;
 
-                        // first, check if it really needs to be updated
-                        final IndexMetaData indexMetaData = mdBuilder.get(index);
-                        if (indexMetaData == null) {
-                            // index got delete on us, ignore...
-                            continue;
-                        }
                         if (indexMetaData.mappings().containsKey(type) && indexMetaData.mapping(type).source().equals(mappingSource)) {
+                            logger.debug("[{}] update_mapping [{}] ignoring mapping update task as it's source is equal to ours", index, updateTask.type);
                             continue;
                         }
 
@@ -221,16 +226,13 @@ public class MetaDataMappingService extends AbstractComponent {
 
                         // if we end up with the same mapping as the original once, ignore
                         if (indexMetaData.mappings().containsKey(type) && indexMetaData.mapping(type).source().equals(updatedMapper.mappingSource())) {
+                            logger.debug("[{}] update_mapping [{}] ignoring mapping update task as it results in the same source as what we have", index, updateTask.type);
                             continue;
                         }
 
                         // build the updated mapping source
                         if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
-                            try {
+                            logger.debug("[{}] update_mapping [{}] (dynamic) with source [{}]", index, type, updatedMapper.mappingSource());
-                                logger.debug("[{}] update_mapping [{}] (dynamic) with source [{}]", index, type, updatedMapper.mappingSource().string());
-                            } catch (Exception e) {
-                                // ignore
-                            }
                         } else if (logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
                             logger.info("[{}] update_mapping [{}] (dynamic)", index, type);
                         }
@@ -262,8 +264,8 @@ public class MetaDataMappingService extends AbstractComponent {
     /**
      * Refreshes mappings if they are not the same between original and parsed version
      */
-    public void refreshMapping(final String index, final String... types) {
+    public void refreshMapping(final String index, final String indexUUID, final String... types) {
-        refreshOrUpdateQueue.add(new RefreshTask(index, types));
+        refreshOrUpdateQueue.add(new RefreshTask(index, indexUUID, types));
         clusterService.submitStateUpdateTask("refresh-mapping [" + index + "][" + Arrays.toString(types) + "]", Priority.HIGH, new ClusterStateUpdateTask() {
             @Override
             public void onFailure(String source, Throwable t) {
@@ -277,8 +279,8 @@ public class MetaDataMappingService extends AbstractComponent {
         });
     }
 
-    public void updateMapping(final String index, final String type, final CompressedString mappingSource, final Listener listener) {
+    public void updateMapping(final String index, final String indexUUID, final String type, final CompressedString mappingSource, final Listener listener) {
-        refreshOrUpdateQueue.add(new UpdateTask(index, type, mappingSource, listener));
+        refreshOrUpdateQueue.add(new UpdateTask(index, indexUUID, type, mappingSource, listener));
         clusterService.submitStateUpdateTask("update-mapping [" + index + "][" + type + "]", Priority.HIGH, new ClusterStateUpdateTask() {
             @Override
             public void onFailure(String source, Throwable t) {

src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/service/InternalIndexService.java

@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ public class InternalIndexService extends AbstractIndexComponent implements Inde
 
     @Override
     public String indexUUID() {
-        return indexSettings.get(IndexMetaData.SETTING_UUID);
+        return indexSettings.get(IndexMetaData.SETTING_UUID, IndexMetaData.INDEX_UUID_NA_VALUE);
     }
 
     @Override

src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/cluster/IndicesClusterStateService.java

@@ -388,7 +388,8 @@ public class IndicesClusterStateService extends AbstractLifecycleComponent<Indic
             }
             if (typesToRefresh != null) {
                 nodeMappingRefreshAction.nodeMappingRefresh(event.state(),
-                        new NodeMappingRefreshAction.NodeMappingRefreshRequest(index, typesToRefresh.toArray(new String[typesToRefresh.size()]), event.state().nodes().localNodeId()));
+                        new NodeMappingRefreshAction.NodeMappingRefreshRequest(index, indexMetaData.uuid(),
+                                typesToRefresh.toArray(new String[typesToRefresh.size()]), event.state().nodes().localNodeId()));
             }
             // go over and remove mappings
             for (DocumentMapper documentMapper : mapperService) {
@@ -820,9 +821,7 @@ public class IndicesClusterStateService extends AbstractLifecycleComponent<Indic
         public void onFailedEngine(final ShardId shardId, final Throwable failure) {
             ShardRouting shardRouting = null;
             final IndexService indexService = indicesService.indexService(shardId.index().name());
-            String indexUUID = null;
             if (indexService != null) {
-                indexUUID = indexService.indexUUID();
                 IndexShard indexShard = indexService.shard(shardId.id());
                 if (indexShard != null) {
                     shardRouting = indexShard.routingEntry();
@@ -833,7 +832,7 @@ public class IndicesClusterStateService extends AbstractLifecycleComponent<Indic
                 return;
             }
             final ShardRouting fShardRouting = shardRouting;
-            final String finalIndexUUID = indexUUID;
+            final String indexUUID = indexService.indexUUID(); // we know indexService is not null here.
             threadPool.generic().execute(new Runnable() {
                 @Override
                 public void run() {
@@ -849,7 +848,7 @@ public class IndicesClusterStateService extends AbstractLifecycleComponent<Indic
                         }
                         try {
                             failedShards.put(fShardRouting.shardId(), new FailedShard(fShardRouting.version()));
-                            shardStateAction.shardFailed(fShardRouting, finalIndexUUID, "engine failure, message [" + detailedMessage(failure) + "]");
+                            shardStateAction.shardFailed(fShardRouting, indexUUID, "engine failure, message [" + detailedMessage(failure) + "]");
                         } catch (Throwable e1) {
                             logger.warn("[{}][{}] failed to mark shard as failed after a failed engine", e1, indexService.index().name(), shardId.id());
                         }

src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/cache/id/SimpleIdCacheTests.java

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import org.apache.lucene.document.StringField;
 import org.apache.lucene.index.*;
 import org.apache.lucene.store.RAMDirectory;
 import org.elasticsearch.ElasticSearchException;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.IndexMetaData;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.Strings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.bytes.HashedBytesArray;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.collect.Tuple;
@@ -390,7 +391,7 @@ public class SimpleIdCacheTests {
 
         @Override
         public String indexUUID() {
-            return null;
+            return IndexMetaData.INDEX_UUID_NA_VALUE;
         }
 
         @Override