On Sunday, January 7, 2024 at 8:25:10 PM UTC-6 Pablo Pessolani wrote:
In this case, the Candidate doesn't recognize the current leader because now, its term is greater then leader's term.
It is not clear what to do.
In this scenario, the candidate is also trying to get elected - that's what it means to be a candidate. So the candidate is not just sitting there. There's an ongoing election process occurring.
Eventually, if enough nodes are reachable, the election will converge
and a new leader & term will be established.
-Archie