Add the following to the "Hive Metastore Server Advanced Configuration Snippet (Safety Valve) for hive-site.xml", beneath the Hive Metastore Server Advanced configuration, save, and restart the Hive Metastore Server: <property> <name>hive.metastore.event.listeners</name> <description>This will stop HMS blocking by Sentry</description> <value></value> </property>   @Note Test the properties in Test environment once it works then consider to add in Prod. ... View more