Re: Primary node detection race at clean startup

Hi Emond,

> Hi,
>
> In our tests, we've found an issue that can cause all Pgpool nodes to
> report an incorrect 'Role: standby':
> Role : standby ← stale, never updated on this node
> Backend Role : primary ← actual SR-check result
>
> This can happen if all nodes in a watchdog cluster start with a clean
> state at the same time. If the first node is still trying to determine
> the primary database, it's primary_node_id is -2. This value is then
> synced to other nodes in the cluster, causing all nodes to report the
> stale state indefinitely. Attached is a patch against 4.7 that should
> fix this.
>
> Note that this analysis was done by Claude Code and it also created
> the patch. The failure on our CI was real though and I think the
> explanation makes sense.

I have looked into the patch. Although I failed to reproduce the
issue, I agree with you: the explanation makes sense. Also I have run
the regression test and all test passed. I am going to push the patch
to all supported branches.

Regards,
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Tatsuo Ishii
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