EJB Timer stops working in WLS 12.1.3 after an exception occurs

On Version: WebLogic Server 12.1.3.0.0, Java 1.7.0_51

package com.pierre.timertest;

import javax.ejb.Schedule;
import javax.ejb.Stateless;
import javax.ejb.Timer;

@Stateless
public class TimerTestEJB {
 public static int count = 0;

    /**
     * Default constructor. 
     */
    public TimerTestEJB() {
        // TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
    }
 
 @SuppressWarnings("unused")
 @Schedule(second="*/10", minute="*", hour="*", dayOfWeek="*",
      dayOfMonth="*", month="*", year="*", info="MyTimer")
    private void scheduledTimeout(final Timer t) {
  count++;
        System.out.println("@Schedule called at: " + new java.util.Date() + " count=" + count);
        if (count == 5) {
         System.out.println("@Schedule count = 5, throwing Exception");
         throw new Error("@Schedule count = 5");
        }
    }
}

This funnily will still work for count=6, then stop.

Luckily the bug has been fixed (god bless oracle engineers), see

Oracle WebLogic Server Patch Set Update 12.1.3.0.160719 Fixed Bugs List (Doc ID 2162294.1)

19689036 12.1.3.0.160719 Timer EJB will stop when timer expiration is success and previous timer expiration is failed.

Patch 19689036: NON-PERSISTENT CALENDAR-BASED TIMER IS CANCELED IF CALLBACK METHOD THROWS SYSTEM

In reality even PERSISTENT timers fail...in fact by default @Schedule creates a persistent timer, and also adding persistent=true doesn't fix the issue.
I download p19689036_121300_Generic.zip, extract the weblogic\ejb\container\timer\TimerImpl.class, put in a JAR that I prepend to the WLS classpath, and now the timer keeps working even after the Error occurs.... awesome ! (PS I am too lazy to properly apply the patch with opatch...)


Here http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E14571_01/web.1111/e13719/implementing.htm#EJBPG213 they mention: weblogic.ejb.WLTimerInfo (there is a maxRetryAttempts) and "Configuring Automatic Retry of Container-Managed Transactions" ... this could keep you going even without applying the patch...