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  1. WiredTiger
  2. WT-6028

Signal in the API when a wiredtiger_open call fails due to compatibility_version

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      Restarting an older version of MongoDB on a newer database without following the expected downgrade procedure results in logs that look like this:

      2020-04-15T16:35:10.362-0400 E STORAGE  [initandlisten] WiredTiger error (-31802) [1586982910:362655][25914:0x7f8b6f422a80], connection: __log_open_verify, 985: unsupported WiredTiger file version: this build only supports versions up to 3, and the file is version 5: WT_ERROR: non-specific WiredTiger error Raw: [1586982910:362655][25914:0x7f8b6f422a80], connection: __log_open_verify, 985: unsupported WiredTiger file version: this build only supports versions up to 3, and the file is version 5: WT_ERROR: non-specific WiredTiger error
2020-04-15T16:35:10.384-0400 E STORAGE  [initandlisten] WiredTiger error (-31802) [1586982910:384912][25914:0x7f8b6f422a80], connection: __log_open_verify, 985: unsupported WiredTiger file version: this build only supports versions up to 3, and the file is version 5: WT_ERROR: non-specific WiredTiger error Raw: [1586982910:384912][25914:0x7f8b6f422a80], connection: __log_open_verify, 985: unsupported WiredTiger file version: this build only supports versions up to 3, and the file is version 5: WT_ERROR: non-specific WiredTiger error
2020-04-15T16:35:10.400-0400 E STORAGE  [initandlisten] WiredTiger error (-31802) [1586982910:400791][25914:0x7f8b6f422a80], connection: __log_open_verify, 985: unsupported WiredTiger file version: this build only supports versions up to 3, and the file is version 5: WT_ERROR: non-specific WiredTiger error Raw: [1586982910:400791][25914:0x7f8b6f422a80], connection: __log_open_verify, 985: unsupported WiredTiger file version: this build only supports versions up to 3, and the file is version 5: WT_ERROR: non-specific WiredTiger error

      We repeatedly call wiredtiger_open using different require_min and require_max configurations to see whether we can open with a different compatibility version which causes spamming of errors in the log. We partially mitigate this by adding a "Version incompatibility detected:" prefix to certain error messages related to compatibility versions so that MongoDB can silence them in the log.

      We should signal somehow in the API whether an error in wiredtiger_open has occurred due to the supplied compatibility version or for some other reason. If it failed for a non-compatibility version related reason, then MongoDB should not follow up with additional calls to wiredtiger_open.

      As mentioned before, we're currently doing this in an ad hoc way with the "Version incompatibility detected:" but we should formalize this in our API and commit to keeping it stable so that MongoDB relies on it.
      Some ideas include:

      • Keeping the prefix string but explicitly document it as part of our API so that MongoDB can string match and only attempt subsequent wiredtiger_open call it the error contains that prefix.
      • Return a different error code for this category of error (preferable if possible).

      This captures most of the details on what we need to achieve. Look at WT-5998 for some context on the origin of this problem and what we discussed beforehand.

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            backlog-server-storage-engines [DO NOT USE] Backlog - Storage Engines Team
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            alex.cameron@mongodb.com Alex Cameron (Inactive)
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