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  2. SERVER-40136

The background key generator can remain disabled on FCV upgrade after a downgrade

    • Type: Icon: Bug Bug
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • Priority: Icon: Major - P3 Major - P3
    • 3.6.13
    • Affects Version/s: 3.6.11
    • Component/s: Sharding
    • Fully Compatible
    • ALL
    • v3.6
    • Sharding 2019-04-08, Sharding 2019-04-22

      The background key generator thread is what generates signature keys for cluster time validation. The lifetime of the key generator is like this:

      1. Unconditionally enabled when a node initializes as a shard
      2. Disabled on step-down
      3. Enabled on step-up
      4. Disabled on FCV downgrade from 3.6 to 3.4

      The following problems exist with these transitions:

      • Because of (4) above, an FCV change sequence from 3.6 -> 3.4 -> 3.6 will not re-enable the key generator, so it will not generate new keys and will cause the router to fail starting-up
        • This is not a major problem, because keys typically last for months and if a stall happens on router start-up, this can be worked around by stepping down the config server primary
      • Because of (1) above, a secondary replica set node will end up with the key generator running
        • This is mitigated because when that key generator tries to insert a new key, it will fail with a NotMaster error

            Assignee:
            misha.tyulenev@mongodb.com Misha Tyulenev (Inactive)
            Reporter:
            kaloian.manassiev@mongodb.com Kaloian Manassiev
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