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Ensure that tombstones generated in 4.4 don't resurrect in 4.2

    • Type: Icon: Bug Bug
    • Resolution: Works as Designed
    • Priority: Icon: Major - P3 Major - P3
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    • Storage Engines 2020-03-23

      There is a scenario where we are running with the changes to durable history when we write a value to the data file with a stop timestamp (if it's removed, but the remove isn't globally visible).

      If a user then starts using that database with MongoDB 4.2, I believe we ignore timestamps altogether, and thus the value will become visible again on startup.

      While writing this up, I've realised that rollback_to_stable on clean shutdown might fix this up - but we should confirm with testing in the least.

            Assignee:
            keith.bostic@mongodb.com Keith Bostic (Inactive)
            Reporter:
            alexander.gorrod@mongodb.com Alexander Gorrod
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