[Done, RN 2.1.0] View query on Rebalance.Out fails with Reason: A view spec can not consist of merges exclusively.

I've been running SDKQE stester runs for the Java SDK, specifically testing the following scenario:

/stester -C 127.0.0.1:8050 -i 20devcluster.ini -c rebalance.Once --vdsw_dvname ddoc/vquery --rbcount 2 --dsw_timeres 1 --hdsw_mc_threads 10 --workload dsw.Hybrid --mode out --hdsw_http_threads 5 --hdsw_cb_threads 10 --rebound 90 -d -o rebalance-once.log

My cluster is a 4 node cluster, and this scenario rebalances 2 nodes out of the cluster. During the rebalance, view queries are issued.

Now it happens that during this rebalance (I assume this happens at the end of the rebalance) I get the following Exception:

java.lang.RuntimeException: Failed to access the view
at com.couchbase.client.CouchbaseClient.query(CouchbaseClient.java:838)
at com.couchbase.sdkd.cbclient.ViewQueryCommandContext.execIter(ViewQueryCommandContext.java:252)
at com.couchbase.sdkd.cbclient.CommandContext.execute(CommandContext.java:311)
at com.couchbase.sdkd.server.SdkServer.executeCommand(SdkServer.java:135)
at com.couchbase.sdkd.server.SdkServer.handleRequest(SdkServer.java:156)
at com.couchbase.sdkd.server.SdkServer.run(SdkServer.java:212)
Caused by: java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: OperationException: SERVER: error Reason: A view spec can not consist of merges exclusively.
at com.couchbase.client.internal.HttpFuture.waitForAndCheckOperation(HttpFuture.java:89)
at com.couchbase.client.internal.HttpFuture.get(HttpFuture.java:73)
at com.couchbase.client.internal.HttpFuture.get(HttpFuture.java:63)
at com.couchbase.client.CouchbaseClient.query(CouchbaseClient.java:834)
... 5 more
Caused by: OperationException: SERVER: error Reason: A view spec can not consist of merges exclusively.
at com.couchbase.client.protocol.views.NoDocsOperationImpl.parseError(NoDocsOperationImpl.java:106)
at com.couchbase.client.protocol.views.ViewOperationImpl.handleResponse(ViewOperationImpl.java:68)
at com.couchbase.client.ViewNode$MyHttpRequestExecutionHandler.handleResponse(ViewNode.java:199)
at org.apache.http.nio.protocol.AsyncNHttpClientHandler.processResponse(AsyncNHttpClientHandler.java:417)
at org.apache.http.nio.protocol.AsyncNHttpClientHandler.inputReady(AsyncNHttpClientHandler.java:242)
at com.couchbase.client.http.AsyncConnectionManager$ManagedClientHandler.inputReady(AsyncConnectionManager.java:244)
at org.apache.http.impl.nio.DefaultNHttpClientConnection.consumeInput(DefaultNHttpClientConnection.java:172)
at org.apache.http.impl.nio.DefaultClientIOEventDispatch.inputReady(DefaultClientIOEventDispatch.java:155)
at org.apache.http.impl.nio.reactor.BaseIOReactor.readable(BaseIOReactor.java:161)
at org.apache.http.impl.nio.reactor.AbstractIOReactor.processEvent(AbstractIOReactor.java:335)
at org.apache.http.impl.nio.reactor.AbstractIOReactor.processEvents(AbstractIOReactor.java:315)
at org.apache.http.impl.nio.reactor.AbstractIOReactor.execute(AbstractIOReactor.java:275)
at org.apache.http.impl.nio.reactor.BaseIOReactor.execute(BaseIOReactor.java:104)
at org.apache.http.impl.nio.reactor.AbstractMultiworkerIOReactor$Worker.run(AbstractMultiworkerIOReactor.java:542)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:680)
Feb 1, 2013 1:04:30 PM com.couchbase.sdkd.cbclient.CommandResult warnAbout
WARNING: Unknown exception encountered (for operation) future warnings will be suppressed
java.lang.RuntimeException: Failed to access the view
at com.couchbase.client.CouchbaseClient.query(CouchbaseClient.java:838)
at com.couchbase.sdkd.cbclient.ViewQueryCommandContext.execIter(ViewQueryCommandContext.java:252)
at com.couchbase.sdkd.cbclient.CommandContext.execute(CommandContext.java:311)
at com.couchbase.sdkd.server.SdkServer.executeCommand(SdkServer.java:135)
at com.couchbase.sdkd.server.SdkServer.handleRequest(SdkServer.java:156)
at com.couchbase.sdkd.server.SdkServer.run(SdkServer.java:212)
Caused by: java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: OperationException: SERVER: no_active_vbuckets Reason: Cannot execute view query since the node has no active vbuckets
at com.couchbase.client.internal.HttpFuture.waitForAndCheckOperation(HttpFuture.java:89)
at com.couchbase.client.internal.HttpFuture.get(HttpFuture.java:73)
at com.couchbase.client.internal.HttpFuture.get(HttpFuture.java:63)
at com.couchbase.client.CouchbaseClient.query(CouchbaseClient.java:834)
... 5 more
Caused by: OperationException: SERVER: no_active_vbuckets Reason: Cannot execute view query since the node has no active vbuckets
at com.couchbase.client.protocol.views.NoDocsOperationImpl.parseError(NoDocsOperationImpl.java:106)
at com.couchbase.client.protocol.views.ViewOperationImpl.handleResponse(ViewOperationImpl.java:68)
at com.couchbase.client.ViewNode$MyHttpRequestExecutionHandler.handleResponse(ViewNode.java:199)
at org.apache.http.nio.protocol.AsyncNHttpClientHandler.processResponse(AsyncNHttpClientHandler.java:417)
at org.apache.http.nio.protocol.AsyncNHttpClientHandler.inputReady(AsyncNHttpClientHandler.java:242)
at com.couchbase.client.http.AsyncConnectionManager$ManagedClientHandler.inputReady(AsyncConnectionManager.java:244)
at org.apache.http.impl.nio.DefaultNHttpClientConnection.consumeInput(DefaultNHttpClientConnection.java:172)
at org.apache.http.impl.nio.DefaultClientIOEventDispatch.inputReady(DefaultClientIOEventDispatch.java:155)
at org.apache.http.impl.nio.reactor.BaseIOReactor.readable(BaseIOReactor.java:161)
at org.apache.http.impl.nio.reactor.AbstractIOReactor.processEvent(AbstractIOReactor.java:335)
at org.apache.http.impl.nio.reactor.AbstractIOReactor.processEvents(AbstractIOReactor.java:315)
at org.apache.http.impl.nio.reactor.AbstractIOReactor.execute(AbstractIOReactor.java:275)
at org.apache.http.impl.nio.reactor.BaseIOReactor.execute(BaseIOReactor.java:104)
at org.apache.http.impl.nio.reactor.AbstractMultiworkerIOReactor$Worker.run(AbstractMultiworkerIOReactor.java:542)

Note that the Java stuff is not of particular interest for this ticket, but the Error messages are. First, I get

error Reason: A view spec can not consist of merges exclusively.
and then
no_active_vbuckets Reason: Cannot execute view query since the node has no active vbuckets

The way the Java client currently implements is that it will remove the ViewNode during rebalance when it vanishes from the couchNodes list. I'll attach a rebalance log from one of the nodes that is getting rebalanced out, but as expected this happens at the very last step, its still in the list when it has no vbuckets anymore.

Should the server not be able to handle view requests, even when it has no vbuckets attached?

Thanks,
Michael