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@@ -169,13 +169,14 @@
public class OpenRegionHandler extends EventHandler {
     // regions-in-transition timeout period.
     long period = Math.max(1, assignmentTimeout/ 3);
     long lastUpdate = now;
+    boolean tickleOpening = true;
     while (!signaller.get() && t.isAlive() && !this.server.isStopped() &&
         !this.rsServices.isStopping() && (endTime > now)) {
       long elapsed = now - lastUpdate;
       if (elapsed > period) {
         // Only tickle OPENING if postOpenDeployTasks is taking some time.
         lastUpdate = now;
-        tickleOpening("post_open_deploy");
+        tickleOpening = tickleOpening("post_open_deploy");
       }
       synchronized (signaller) {
         try {
@@ -204,8 +205,9 @@
public class OpenRegionHandler extends EventHandler {
     }
 
     // Was there an exception opening the region?  This should trigger on
-    // InterruptedException too.  If so, we failed.
-    return !Thread.interrupted() && t.getException() == null;
+    // InterruptedException too.  If so, we failed.  Even if tickle opening fails
+    // then it is a failure.
+    return ((!Thread.interrupted() && t.getException() == null) && tickleOpening);
   }
 
   /**
