Ignore Throwable in NodeAgent tick

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/node-admin/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/node/admin/nodeagent/NodeAgentImpl.java b/node-admin/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/node/admin/nodeagent/NodeAgentImpl.java
index aa3b58be1cc..ef137c55ffb 100644
--- a/node-admin/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/node/admin/nodeagent/NodeAgentImpl.java
+++ b/node-admin/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/node/admin/nodeagent/NodeAgentImpl.java
@@ -134,8 +134,8 @@ public class NodeAgentImpl implements NodeAgent {
             try {
                 while (!terminated.get()) tick();
             } catch (Throwable t) {
-                context.log(logger, LogLevel.ERROR, "Unhandled throwable, taking down system.", t);
-                System.exit(234);
+                numberOfUnhandledException++;
+                context.log(logger, LogLevel.ERROR, "Unhandled throwable, ignoring", t);
             }
         });
         this.loopThread.setName("tick-" + context.hostname());