Summary
Encountering connection issue with MySQL source in Airbyte, error message ‘Source process exited with non-zero exit code 143’. Seeking advice on avoiding this problem.
Question
Hi everyone! 
I’m currently working with many MySQL sources (MySQL v3.7.3) set to run on a schedule every 10 minutes. Occasionally, I encounter an issue where Airbyte can’t connect to the source. Here’s the error message I receive:
• *Source process exited with non-zero exit code 143*
• *Failure in source:* Checking source connection failed - please review this connection’s configuration to prevent future syncs from failing.
MySQL seems to be running stably without restarts. Does anyone have advice on how to avoid this issue?
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["mysql-source", "airbyte", "connection-issue", "non-zero-exit-code-143"]
replication-orchestrator > failures: [ {
“failureOrigin” : “source”,
“failureType” : “system_error”,
“internalMessage” : “io.airbyte.cdk.integrations.source.relationaldb.state.FailedRecordIteratorException: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.RuntimeException: io.debezium.DebeziumException: Error reading MySQL variables: Communications link failure\n\nThe last packet sent successfully to the server was 0 milliseconds ago. The driver has not received any packets from the server.”,
“externalMessage” : “Something went wrong in the connector. See the logs for more details.”,
It depends how often is “occasionally”.
I’d check number of connections to MySQL and CPU/memory metrics of MySQL server. I’d increase number of retries before failing https://docs.airbyte.com/operator-guides/configuring-airbyte#jobs
Sometimes, you cannot get rid of all the “hiccups” in the infrastructure.
It depends how often is "occasionally". - actually in average 5-6 times per days (schedule every 10 minutes)
I already checked config number of connections/timestamps limit etc in MySQL.
will try to increase MAX_FAILED_JOBS_IN_A_ROW_BEFORE_CONNECTION_DISABLE to 3
thanks for ur advise)