no-path-retry · shipping · also DM Multipath no-path retry

no_path_retry

no_path_retry is a DM Multipath setting that controls queueing behavior when every path to a mapped device is unavailable.

The upstream interface accepts a positive retry count, fail for no queueing, or queue for indefinite queueing. A numeric count is not seconds. This is not an application deadline or a native NVMe multipath setting; verify the effective configuration and installed version.

Relations

related

multipath-io, io-timeout

Citations

1. multipath-tools: multipath.conf(5), no_path_retry and FC timeout options; pinned commit d53932bdbee02f440518ea384e63d7c4d3f66685. (accessed 2026-10-11)
2. Storage timeouts: an expired timer is not a cancelled write (accessed 2026-10-11)

JSON: /data/terms/no-path-retry.json