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  1. Core Server
  2. SERVER-36231

Mongos write path doesn't look for retryable write concern errors

    • Fully Compatible
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    • v4.0, v3.6
    • Sharding 2019-01-28, Sharding 2019-02-11
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      If a node steps down while waiting for write concern, it can return a PrimarySteppedDown error code in the WriteConcernError field in its command response. PrimarySteppedDown is treated as a retryable error in the AsyncRequestsSender (for the kIdempotent retry policy), but the ARS doesn't look for retryable errors in the WriteConcernError field.

      This means that retryable writes (writes with a txnNumber) won't automatically be retried by mongos if a failover led to a write concern error, because they rely on the ARS to retry them. The replica set monitor for the targeted shard should also be updated, since if there was a retry attempt, it would target the old primary.

      For reference, ShardRemote::_runCommand does inspect write concern errors and update the replica set monitor for them.

            Assignee:
            randolph@mongodb.com Randolph Tan
            Reporter:
            jack.mulrow@mongodb.com Jack Mulrow
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