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When an update with multi: true encounters a WriteConcernError on mongos, we get the following response. Note that the WCE appears in the writeConcernError field:
{
	"nModified" : 2,
	"n" : 2,
	"writeConcernError" : {
		"code" : 64,
		"codeName" : "WriteConcernFailed",
		"errmsg" : "Multiple errors reported :: UnsatisfiableWriteConcern: Not enough data-bearing nodes; Error details: { writeConcern: { w: 3, wtimeout: 0, provenance: \"clientSupplied\" } } at shard-rs0 :: and :: UnsatisfiableWriteConcern: Not enough data-bearing nodes; Error details: { writeConcern: { w: 3, wtimeout: 0, provenance: \"clientSupplied\" } } at shard-rs1",
		"errInfo" : {
			
		}
	},
	"ok" : 1,
	"$clusterTime" : {
		"clusterTime" : Timestamp(1695235981, 1),
		"signature" : {
			"hash" : BinData(0,"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA="),
			"keyId" : NumberLong(0)
		}
	},
	"operationTime" : Timestamp(1695235981, 1)
}
On the other hand, when using multi: false on a multi-shard cluster (therefore triggering updateOne without shard key), we see that the WCE is placed into writeErrors instead, which is inconsistent with the above.
{
	"nModified" : 0,
	"n" : 0,
	"writeErrors" : [
		{
			"index" : 0,
			"code" : 100,
			"errmsg" : "Write results unavailable from failing to target a host in the shard shard-rs1 :: caused by :: Command error committing internal transaction :: caused by :: Not enough data-bearing nodes; Error details: { writeConcern: { w: 3, wtimeout: 0, provenance: \"clientSupplied\" } }"
		}
	],
	"ok" : 1,
	"$clusterTime" : {
		"clusterTime" : Timestamp(1695235903, 2),
		"signature" : {
			"hash" : BinData(0,"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA="),
			"keyId" : NumberLong(0)
		}
	},
	"operationTime" : Timestamp(1695235903, 2)
}
Also, when some other server error appears, like a TypeMismatch, the WCE is hidden and only the TypeMismatch is shown.
{
	"nModified" : 0,
	"n" : 0,
	"writeErrors" : [
		{
			"index" : 0,
			"code" : 14,
			"errmsg" : "Write results unavailable from failing to target a host in the shard shard-rs0 :: caused by :: Cannot apply $inc to a value of non-numeric type. {_id: 1000.0} has the field 'a' of non-numeric type array"
		}
	],
	"ok" : 1,
	"$clusterTime" : {
		"clusterTime" : Timestamp(1695236285, 4),
		"signature" : {
			"hash" : BinData(0,"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA="),
			"keyId" : NumberLong(0)
		}
	},
	"operationTime" : Timestamp(1695236285, 2)
}
See SERVER-81246 which is a ticket for a similar bug on FLE (also uses internal transactions).
- is depended on by
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SERVER-81261 Handle writeConcernErrors for writes without shard key in bulkWrite
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 - Closed
 
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- is related to
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SERVER-78311 MongoS does not report writeConcernError in presence of writeErrors for insert command
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 - Closed
 
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SERVER-81246 FLE WriteConcernError behavior unclear
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