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    Type:Improvement 
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    Resolution: Done
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    Priority:Major - P3 
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    Affects Version/s: 2.12.0
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    Component/s: Cluster Management
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The background thread currently maintains a persistent connection to each server in the cluster. If the server goes down or the connection goes bad, rather than immediately report the server as down, do one retry with a new connection.