It turns out the blocking-forever issue was a combination of problems in Python and Java. We should simply fix the issues.
—
The Flight Handshake method can be insecure, and currently has a surprising failure mode; we should document these caveats (blocks forever waiting on client/server; insecure depending on deployment configuration)
Reporter: David Li / @lidavidm
Assignee: David Li / @lidavidm
PRs and other links:
Note: This issue was originally created as ARROW-5877. Please see the migration documentation for further details.