# Node will not join the cluster

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/node-will-not-join-the-cluster/31978>\
**Category:** Percona XtraDB Cluster 8.x\
**Created:** [August 2, 2024, 1:27pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/node-will-not-join-the-cluster/31978 "2024-08-02T13:27:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![stanlipoptum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed8c4c/32.png) [@stanlipoptum](https://forums.percona.com/u/stanlipoptum)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 1:27pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/node-will-not-join-the-cluster/31978/1 "2024-08-02T13:27:26Z")

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PXC 8 .0.34 Node 0 is up but when trying to start secondary nodes

getting error  
ERROR] [MY-000000] [Galera] /mnt/jenkins/workspace/pxc80-autobuild-RELEASE/test/rpmbuild/BUILD/Percona-XtraDB-Cluster-8.0.34/percona-xtradb-cluster-galera/gcs/  
src/gcs\_group.cpp:gcs\_group\_handle\_join\_msg():1216: Will never receive state. Need to abort.

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**Author:** ![matthewb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/matthewb/32/34_2.png) [@matthewb](https://forums.percona.com/u/matthewb)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 3:34pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/node-will-not-join-the-cluster/31978/2 "2024-08-04T15:34:12Z")

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Hi @stanlipoptum,  
Please confirm that you bootstrapped node0. After that, please show us your config on node1 and the full error log output.