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  1. Core Server
  2. SERVER-32633

Provide a framework to ensure a last-stable binary version node in a latest featureCompatibilityVersion replica set detects it has become isolated from a majority for all last stable binary versions >= 3.8 and crashes upon this detection

    • Type: Icon: New Feature New Feature
    • Resolution: Won't Fix
    • Priority: Icon: Major - P3 Major - P3
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      As of SERVER-29350, a last-stable binary version secondary in a replica set cannot replicate from a latest binary version primary once the primary's featureCompatibilityVersion has been set to the latest version. Instead, its attempts to send heartbeats to the primary will fail with IncompatibleServerVersion errors. Rather than continuously sending these failing heartbeats, a last-stable binary version secondary in this state should gracefully fail. This framework should be available for all last-stable binary versions >= 3.8.
      A proposed implementation to detect this scenario and crash upon detection follows:

      • If a node detects IncompatibleServerVersion errors upon sending heartbeats to a majority of the nodes in a replica set, it should crash. It is necessary to detect these errors from a majority of the nodes to make sure node availability is not hindered in the event that there are multiple last-stable binary version nodes.
      • This detection will be performed by the replication coordinator. The replication coordinator will conclude that a node has become isolated when the heartbeats the node sends fail with IncompatibleServerVersion errors from a majority. This high-level implementation is justifiable because we only want a last-stable binary version mongod to crash in the event that it is part of a latest featureCompatibilityVersion replica set.

            Assignee:
            maria.vankeulen@mongodb.com Maria van Keulen
            Reporter:
            maria.vankeulen@mongodb.com Maria van Keulen
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