Github user cammckenzie commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/curator/pull/59#discussion_r22561607 --- Diff: curator-framework/src/main/java/org/apache/curator/framework/imps/CuratorFrameworkImpl.java --- @@ -65,7 +69,7 @@ private final BlockingQueue<OperationAndData<?>> backgroundOperations; private final NamespaceImpl namespace; private final ConnectionStateManager connectionStateManager; - private final AtomicReference<AuthInfo> authInfo = new AtomicReference<AuthInfo>(); --- End diff -- @Randgalt, what was the rationale behind this being an AtomicReference originally? I can't see any thread safety issues as it's only set in the constructor. --- If your project is set up for it, you can reply to this email and have your reply appear on GitHub as well. If your project does not have this feature enabled and wishes so, or if the feature is enabled but not working, please contact infrastructure at infrastructure@apache.org or file a JIRA ticket with INFRA. ---