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Type: Bug
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Resolution: Done
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Priority: Major - P3
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Affects Version/s: 1.2.0
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Component/s: None
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Server Selection logic bug. Assume a primary P and secondary S, and a read preference with mode SecondaryPreferred and a tag set. S doesn't match the tag set, so the driver should fall back to using the primary.
There's a bug if P happens to match the read preference's tag set. The driver selects no servers instead of using the primary.
mongoc_topology_description_suitable_servers's logic is:
1. Set has_secondary true, because there is a secondary S.
2. Select "eligible" servers according to the tag set: this leaves only P.
3. Since there is at least one eligible server, leave has_secondary true.
4. Since has_secondary is true and mode is SecondaryPreferred, remove P from suitable servers.
5. Now there are no suitable servers, selection fails.
The bug is near #3: has_secondary should only be true if there is an eligible secondary, rather than if there is any eligible server?
Another option is to partly rewrite the C Driver's server selection based on how other clients do SecondaryPreferred: try selection with mode Secondary, if that fails then select with mode Primary. For PrimaryPreferred, vice versa.