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@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@
import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.Nullable;
 public interface LoadBalancer extends Configurable, Stoppable, ConfigurationObserver {
 
   // Used to signal to the caller that the region(s) cannot be assigned
-  ServerName BOGUS_SERVER_NAME = ServerName.valueOf("bogus.example.com,1,1");
+  // We deliberately use 'localhost' so the operation will fail fast
+  ServerName BOGUS_SERVER_NAME = ServerName.valueOf("localhost,1,1");
 
   /**
    * Set the current cluster status.  This allows a LoadBalancer to map host name to a server
