Occasional javax.transaction.xa.XAException at periodic recovery on committed transactions in JBoss EAP 6

Issue

The following javax.transaction.xa.XAException was occasionally thrown during load test against transactional JMS application (like MDB):

• In EAP 6.1.0 or before:

WARN  [org.hornetq.jms.server] (Periodic Recovery) HQ122016: Error in XA Recovery: javax.transaction.xa.XAException
        at org.hornetq.core.client.impl.ClientSessionImpl.rollback(ClientSessionImpl.java:1666) [hornetq-core-client-2.3.1.Final-redhat-1.jar:2.3.1.Final-redhat-1]
        at org.hornetq.core.client.impl.DelegatingSession.rollback(DelegatingSession.java:494) [hornetq-core-client-2.3.1.Final-redhat-1.jar:2.3.1.Final-redhat-1]
        at org.hornetq.jms.server.recovery.HornetQXAResourceWrapper.rollback(HornetQXAResourceWrapper.java:126) [hornetq-jms-server-2.3.1.Final-redhat-1.jar:2.3.1.Final-redhat-1]
        at com.arjuna.ats.internal.jta.recovery.arjunacore.XARecoveryModule.handleOrphan(XARecoveryModule.java:741) [jbossjts-jacorb-4.17.4.Final-redhat-2.jar:4.17.4.Final-redhat-2]
        at com.arjuna.ats.internal.jta.recovery.arjunacore.XARecoveryModule.xaRecoverySecondPass(XARecoveryModule.java:647) [jbossjts-jacorb-4.17.4.Final-redhat-2.jar:4.17.4.Final-redhat-2]
        at com.arjuna.ats.internal.jta.recovery.arjunacore.XARecoveryModule.bottomUpRecovery(XARecoveryModule.java:419) [jbossjts-jacorb-4.17.4.Final-redhat-2.jar:4.17.4.Final-redhat-2]
        at com.arjuna.ats.internal.jta.recovery.arjunacore.XARecoveryModule.periodicWorkSecondPass(XARecoveryModule.java:194) [jbossjts-jacorb-4.17.4.Final-redhat-2.jar:4.17.4.Final-redhat-2]
        at com.arjuna.ats.internal.arjuna.recovery.PeriodicRecovery.doWorkInternal(PeriodicRecovery.java:789) [jbossjts-jacorb-4.17.4.Final-redhat-2.jar:4.17.4.Final-redhat-2]
        at com.arjuna.ats.internal.arjuna.recovery.PeriodicRecovery.run(PeriodicRecovery.java:371) [jbossjts-jacorb-4.17.4.Final-redhat-2.jar:4.17.4.Final-redhat-2]

ERROR [stderr] (Periodic Recovery) javax.transaction.xa.XAException
ERROR [stderr] (Periodic Recovery)      at org.hornetq.core.client.impl.ClientSessionImpl.rollback(ClientSessionImpl.java:1666)
ERROR [stderr] (Periodic Recovery)      at org.hornetq.core.client.impl.DelegatingSession.rollback(DelegatingSession.java:494)
ERROR [stderr] (Periodic Recovery)      at org.hornetq.jms.server.recovery.HornetQXAResourceWrapper.rollback(HornetQXAResourceWrapper.java:126)
ERROR [stderr] (Periodic Recovery)      at com.arjuna.ats.internal.jta.recovery.arjunacore.XARecoveryModule.handleOrphan(XARecoveryModule.java:741)
ERROR [stderr] (Periodic Recovery)      at com.arjuna.ats.internal.jta.recovery.arjunacore.XARecoveryModule.xaRecoverySecondPass(XARecoveryModule.java:647)
ERROR [stderr] (Periodic Recovery)      at com.arjuna.ats.internal.jta.recovery.arjunacore.XARecoveryModule.bottomUpRecovery(XARecoveryModule.java:419)
ERROR [stderr] (Periodic Recovery)      at com.arjuna.ats.internal.jta.recovery.arjunacore.XARecoveryModule.periodicWorkSecondPass(XARecoveryModule.java:194)
ERROR [stderr] (Periodic Recovery)      at com.arjuna.ats.internal.arjuna.recovery.PeriodicRecovery.doWorkInternal(PeriodicRecovery.java:789)
ERROR [stderr] (Periodic Recovery)      at com.arjuna.ats.internal.arjuna.recovery.PeriodicRecovery.run(PeriodicRecovery.java:371)

• In EAP 6.1.1:

ERROR [stderr] (Periodic Recovery) javax.transaction.xa.XAException
ERROR [stderr] (Periodic Recovery)         at org.hornetq.core.client.impl.ClientSessionImpl.rollback(ClientSessionImpl.java:1692)
ERROR [stderr] (Periodic Recovery)         at org.hornetq.core.client.impl.DelegatingSession.rollback(DelegatingSession.java:494)
ERROR [stderr] (Periodic Recovery)         at org.hornetq.jms.server.recovery.HornetQXAResourceWrapper.rollback(HornetQXAResourceWrapper.java:126)
ERROR [stderr] (Periodic Recovery)         at com.arjuna.ats.internal.jta.recovery.arjunacore.XARecoveryModule.handleOrphan(XARecoveryModule.java:738)
ERROR [stderr] (Periodic Recovery)         at com.arjuna.ats.internal.jta.recovery.arjunacore.XARecoveryModule.xaRecoverySecondPass(XARecoveryModule.java:644)
ERROR [stderr] (Periodic Recovery)         at com.arjuna.ats.internal.jta.recovery.arjunacore.XARecoveryModule.bottomUpRecovery(XARecoveryModule.java:417)
ERROR [stderr] (Periodic Recovery)         at com.arjuna.ats.internal.jta.recovery.arjunacore.XARecoveryModule.periodicWorkSecondPass(XARecoveryModule.java:194)
ERROR [stderr] (Periodic Recovery)         at com.arjuna.ats.internal.arjuna.recovery.PeriodicRecovery.doWorkInternal(PeriodicRecovery.java:789)
ERROR [stderr] (Periodic Recovery)         at com.arjuna.ats.internal.arjuna.recovery.PeriodicRecovery.run(PeriodicRecovery.java:371)

• In EAP 6.2.0 or later:

WARN  [com.arjuna.ats.jta] (Periodic Recovery) ARJUNA016027: Local XARecoveryModule.xaRecovery got XA exception XAException.XAER_NOTA: javax.transaction.xa.XAException
        at org.hornetq.core.client.impl.ClientSessionImpl.rollback(ClientSessionImpl.java:1699) [hornetq-core-client-2.3.12.Final-redhat-1.jar:2.3.12.Final-redhat-1]   
        at org.hornetq.core.client.impl.DelegatingSession.rollback(DelegatingSession.java:494) [hornetq-core-client-2.3.12.Final-redhat-1.jar:2.3.12.Final-redhat-1]
        at org.hornetq.jms.server.recovery.HornetQXAResourceWrapper.rollback(HornetQXAResourceWrapper.java:126) [hornetq-jms-server-2.3.12.Final-redhat-1.jar:2.3.12.Final-redhat-1]
        at com.arjuna.ats.internal.jta.recovery.arjunacore.XARecoveryModule.handleOrphan(XARecoveryModule.java:755) [jbossjts-jacorb-4.17.15.Final-redhat-4.jar:4.17.15.Final-redhat-4]
        at com.arjuna.ats.internal.jta.recovery.arjunacore.XARecoveryModule.xaRecoverySecondPass(XARecoveryModule.java:661) [jbossjts-jacorb-4.17.15.Final-redhat-4.jar:4.17.15.Final-redhat-4]
        at com.arjuna.ats.internal.jta.recovery.arjunacore.XARecoveryModule.bottomUpRecovery(XARecoveryModule.java:431) [jbossjts-jacorb-4.17.15.Final-redhat-4.jar:4.17.15.Final-redhat-4]
        at com.arjuna.ats.internal.jta.recovery.arjunacore.XARecoveryModule.periodicWorkSecondPass(XARecoveryModule.java:212) [jbossjts-jacorb-4.17.15.Final-redhat-4.jar:4.17.15.Final-redhat-4]
        at com.arjuna.ats.internal.arjuna.recovery.PeriodicRecovery.doWorkInternal(PeriodicRecovery.java:789) [jbossjts-jacorb-4.17.15.Final-redhat-4.jar:4.17.15.Final-redhat-4]
        at com.arjuna.ats.internal.arjuna.recovery.PeriodicRecovery.run(PeriodicRecovery.java:371) [jbossjts-jacorb-4.17.15.Final-redhat-4.jar:4.17.15.Final-redhat-4]