I have the same issue, fixed it by setting the below property. <name>yarn.timeline-service.entity-group-fs-store.group-id-plugin-classes</name> <value>org.apache.tez.dag.history.logging.ats.TimelineCachePluginImpl</value> In my installation, the property was default to null. Have to manually put it in. see below link http://docs.hortonworks.com/HDPDocuments/HDP2/HDP-2.4.3/bk_yarn_resource_mgt/content/ch08s02.html ... View more