Reproducible via the following FSM test: 'use strict' ; load( 'jstests/concurrency/fsm_workload_helpers/drop_utils.js' ); // for dropCollections var $config = ( function () { var data = { // Use the workload name as a prefix for the view name, since the workload name is assumed // to be unique. prefix: 'system_views_write' }; var states = ( function () { function init(db, collName) { this .threadViewName = this .prefix + '_' + this .tid; this .threadViewNS = db.getName() + '.' + this .threadViewName; this .collNS1 = db[collName].getFullName(); this .collNS2 = db[collName].getFullName() + "_2" ; } function insert(db, collName) { const pipeline = []; assertAlways.writeOK(db.system.views.insert({_id: this .threadViewNS, viewOn: this .collNS1, pipeline: pipeline})); } function update(db, collName) { assertAlways.writeOK(db.system.views.update({_id: this .threadViewNS}, {$set: {viewOn: this .collNS2}})); } function remove(db, collName) { assertAlways.writeOK(db.system.views.remove({_id: this .threadViewNS})); } function read(db, collName) { // This is a read on an non-existent collection, which will require ViewCatalog lookup. assertAlways.commandWorked(db.runCommand({find: collName})); } return {init: init, insert: insert, update: update, read: read, remove: remove}; })(); var transitions = { init: {insert: 1}, insert: {update: 0.5, read: 0.5}, update: {remove: 0.5, read: 0.5}, read: {remove: 0.5, read: 0.5}, remove: {insert: 1} }; function setup(db, collName, cluster) { const coll = db[collName]; const viewsColl = db[ "system.views" ]; coll.drop(); viewsColl.drop(); } function teardown(db, collName, cluster) { var pattern = new RegExp( '^system.views$' ); dropCollections(db, pattern); } return { threadCount: 10, iterations: 10000, data: data, states: states, transitions: transitions, setup: setup, teardown: teardown }; })();