When the leader master node fail, it takes about a minute to elect a new leader. But the follower master node takes minutes to switch to the new leader. It's this expected? or any configuration can optimize this? After the new leader and follower joined, when i added back the third master node, it …

It takes up to 10 minutes to join new master

Jehutywong August 9, 2019, 2:18am 2

I found this discussion. Looks like setting of masterTerminationFix: true can fix the issue. is this setting set in elasticsearch.yml? is it dynamic setting?

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It takes up to 10 minutes to join new master

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