Merge installs the same view ---------------------------- Key: JGRP-2136 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JGRP-2136 Project: JGroups Issue Type: Bug Reporter: Bela Ban Assignee: Bela Ban Fix For: 3.6.12, 4.0 The cluster is A,B with AUTH and ASYM_ENCRYPT. When a rogue member C (whith an incorrect auth_value in AUTH) attempts to join, it will be rejected by AUTH. However, while the subsequent merge attempts also fail (as designed), this leads to spurious MergeView installations in A and B, e.g.: {noformat} ** View=[belasmac-17416|1] (2) [belasmac-17416, belasmac-56188] ** MergeView::[belasmac-17416|2] (2) [belasmac-17416, belasmac-56188], 1 subgroups: [belasmac-17416|1] (2) [belasmac-17416, belasmac-56188] ** MergeView::[belasmac-17416|3] (2) [belasmac-17416, belasmac-56188], 1 subgroups: [belasmac-17416|2] (2) [belasmac-17416, belasmac-56188] ** MergeView::[belasmac-17416|4] (2) [belasmac-17416, belasmac-56188], 1 subgroups: [belasmac-17416|3] (2) [belasmac-17416, belasmac-56188] ** MergeView::[belasmac-17416|5] (2) [belasmac-17416, belasmac-56188], 1 subgroups: [belasmac-17416|4] (2) [belasmac-17416, belasmac-56188] ** MergeView::[belasmac-17416|6] (2) [belasmac-17416, belasmac-56188], 1 subgroups: [belasmac-17416|5] (2) [belasmac-17416, belasmac-56188] ** MergeView::[belasmac-17416|7] (2) [belasmac-17416, belasmac-56188], 1 subgroups: [belasmac-17416|6] (2) [belasmac-17416, belasmac-56188] ** MergeView::[belasmac-17416|8] (2) [belasmac-17416, belasmac-56188], 1 subgroups: [belasmac-17416|7] (2) [belasmac-17416, belasmac-56188] {noformat} This neither corrupts security of the system (the rogue member cannot merge-join) nor correctness, but we need to prevent the spurious views. Systems like Infinispan might start a rebalance on a view, regardless of whether they are the same as before or not. SOLUTION: the merge leader needs to see if the MergeView it is about to send out is the same as the current view, and simply drop it if that's the case.