Here are the exit codes returned
Exit code values 1 and 2 are interpreted by YARN -in particular converting the “1” value from an error into a successful shut down. Slider converts the -1 error code from a forked process into EXIT_MASTER_PROCESS_FAILED; no. 72.
/**
* 0: success
*/
int EXIT_SUCCESS = 0;
/**
* -1: generic "false" response. The operation worked but
* the result was not true
*/
int EXIT_FALSE = -1;
/**
* Exit code when a client requested service termination:
*/
int EXIT_CLIENT_INITIATED_SHUTDOWN = 1;
/**
* Exit code when targets could not be launched:
*/
int EXIT_TASK_LAUNCH_FAILURE = 2;
/**
* Exit code when an exception was thrown from the service:
*/
int EXIT_EXCEPTION_THROWN = 32;
/**
* Exit code when a usage message was printed:
*/
int EXIT_USAGE = 33;
/**
* Exit code when something happened but we can't be specific:
*/
int EXIT_OTHER_FAILURE = 34;
/**
* Exit code when a control-C, kill -3, signal was picked up:
*/
int EXIT_INTERRUPTED = 35;
/**
* Exit code when the command line doesn't parse:, or
* when it is otherwise invalid.
*/
int EXIT_COMMAND_ARGUMENT_ERROR = 36;
/**
* Exit code when the configurations in valid/incomplete:
*/
int EXIT_BAD_CONFIGURATION = 37;
/**
* Exit code when the configurations in valid/incomplete:
*/
int EXIT_CONNECTIVTY_PROBLEM = 38;
/**
* internal error: {@value}
*/
int EXIT_INTERNAL_ERROR = 64;
/**
* Unimplemented feature: {@value}
*/
int EXIT_UNIMPLEMENTED = 65;
/**
* service entered the failed state: {@value}
*/
int EXIT_YARN_SERVICE_FAILED = 66;
/**
* service was killed: {@value}
*/
int EXIT_YARN_SERVICE_KILLED = 67;
/**
* timeout on monitoring client: {@value}
*/
int EXIT_TIMED_OUT = 68;
/**
* service finished with an error: {@value}
*/
int EXIT_YARN_SERVICE_FINISHED_WITH_ERROR = 69;
/**
* the application instance is unknown: {@value}
*/
int EXIT_UNKNOWN_INSTANCE = 70;
/**
* the application instance is in the wrong state for that operation: {@value}
*/
int EXIT_BAD_STATE = 71;
/**
* A spawned master process failed
*/
int EXIT_PROCESS_FAILED = 72;
/**
* The cluster failed -too many containers were
* failing or some other threshold was reached
*/
int EXIT_DEPLOYMENT_FAILED = 73;
/**
* The application is live -and the requested operation
* does not work if the cluster is running
*/
int EXIT_APPLICATION_IN_USE = 74;
/**
* There already is an application instance of that name
* when an attempt is made to create a new instance
*/
int EXIT_INSTANCE_EXISTS = 75;
/**
* The resource was not found
*/
int EXIT_NOT_FOUND = 77;
YARN itself can fail containers, here are some of the causes we've seen
143: Appears to be triggered by the container exceeding its cgroup memory limits