# Percona Server for Mongodb \[Stuck at Initializing\]

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-server-for-mongodb-stuck-at-initializing/16012>\
**Category:** Percona Server for MongoDB\
**Created:** [June 7, 2022, 8:19am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-server-for-mongodb-stuck-at-initializing/16012 "2022-06-07T08:19:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![reab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@reab](https://forums.percona.com/u/reab)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2022, 8:19am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-server-for-mongodb-stuck-at-initializing/16012/1 "2022-06-07T08:19:47Z")

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Hi,

After making some changes to the cluster config “Increasing replica set” The cluster is stuck now at Initializing state for days.

Operator has the following error:

`{"level":"error","ts":1654589464.6081927,"logger":"controller_psmdb","msg":"failed to reconcile cluster","Request.Namespace":"percona-support-dbs","Request.Name":"percona-server-psmdb","replset":"rs0","error":"fix tags: write mongo config: replSetReconfig: (NewReplicaSetConfigurationIncomp │ratible) version field value of 2147580194 is out of range","errorVerbose":"(NewReplicaSetConfigurationIncompatible) version field value of 2147580194 is out of range\nreplSetReconfig\ngithub.com/percona/percona-server-mongodb-operator/pkg/psmdb/mongo.WriteConfig\n\t/go/src/github.com/percona/percona-server-mongodb-operator/pkg/psmdb/mongo/mongo.go:232\ngithub.com/percona/percona-server-mongodb-operator/pkg/controller/perconaservermongodb.(*ReconcilePerconaServerMongoDB).reconcileCluster\n\t/go/src/github.com/percona/percona-server-mongodb-operator/pkg/controller/perconaservermongodb/mgo.go:263\ngithub.com/percona/percona-server-mongodb-operator/pkg/controller/perconaservermongodb.(*ReconcilePerconaServerMongoDB).Reconcile\n\t/go/src/github.com/percona/percona-server-mongodb-operator/pkg/controller/perconaservermongodb/psmdb_controller.go:493\nsigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller).Reconcile\n\t/go/src/github.com/percona/percona-server-mongodb-operator/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:114\nsigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller).reconcileHandler\n\t/go/src/github.com/percona/percona-server-mongodb-operator/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:311\nsigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller).processNextWorkItem\n\t/go/src/github.com/percona/percona-server-mongodb-operator/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:266\nsigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller).Start.func2.2\n\t/go/src/github.com/percona/percona-server-mongodb-operator/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:227\nruntime.goexit\n\t/usr/local/go/src/runtime/asm_amd64.s:1581\nfix tags: write mongo config\ngithub.com/percona/percona-server-mongodb-operator/pkg/controller/perconaservermongodb.(*ReconcilePerconaServerMongoDB).reconcileCluster\n\t/go/src/github.com/percona/percona-server-mongodb-operator/pkg/controller/perconaservermongodb/mgo.go:264\ngithub.com/percona/percona-server-mongodb-operator/pkg/controller/perconaservermongodb.(*ReconcilePerconaServerMongoDB).Reconcile\n\t/go/src/github.com/percona/percona-server-mongodb-operator/pkg/controller/perconaservermongodb/psmdb_controller.go:493\nsigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller).Reconcile\n\t/go/src/github.com/percona/percona-server-mongodb-operator/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:114\nsigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller).reconcileHandler\n\t/go/src/github.com/percona/percona-server-mongodb-operator/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:311\nsigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller).processNextWorkItem\n\t/go/src/github.com/percona/percona-server-mongodb-operator/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:266\nsigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller).Start.func2.2\n\t/go/src/github.com/percona/percona-server-mongodb-operator/vendor /sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:227\nruntime.goexit\n\t/usr/local/go/src/runtime/asm_amd64.s:1581","stacktrace":"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller).Reconcile\n\t/go/src/github.com/percona/percona-server-mongodb-operator/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:114\nsigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller).reconcileHandler\n\t/go/src/github.com/percona/percona-server-mongodb-operator/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:311\nsigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller).processNextWorkItem\n\t/go/src/github.com/percona/percona-server-mongodb-operator/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:266\nsigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller).Start.func2.2\n\t/go/src/github.com/percona/percona-server-mongodb-operator/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:227"}`

The above error seems to appear when the operator tries to fix the cluster state and force cluster reconfiguration using rs.reconfig()

I tried to do it manually But I got the following:

_**rs.reconfig(rs.config(), {force:true});**_

```auto
{
	"operationTime" : Timestamp(1654601016, 1),
	"ok" : 0,
	"errmsg" : "version field value of 2147560657 is out of range",
	"code" : 103,
	"codeName" : "NewReplicaSetConfigurationIncompatible",
	"$gleStats" : {
		"lastOpTime" : Timestamp(0, 0),
		"electionId" : ObjectId("7fffffff0000000000000005")
	},
	"lastCommittedOpTime" : Timestamp(1654601016, 1),
	"$configServerState" : {
		"opTime" : {
			"ts" : Timestamp(1654601021, 3),
			"t" : NumberLong(4)
		}
	},
	"$clusterTime" : {
		"clusterTime" : Timestamp(1654601021, 3),
		"signature" : {
			"hash" : BinData(0,"Uivo7xR187DxHdA6OaRUMfuoXXU="),
			"keyId" : NumberLong("7103095769724354583")
		}
	}
}

```

Cluster state:

```auto
rs0:PRIMARY> rs.status()
{
	"set" : "rs0",
	"date" : ISODate("2022-06-07T11:13:54.278Z"),
	"myState" : 1,
	"term" : NumberLong(5),
	"syncSourceHost" : "",
	"syncSourceId" : -1,
	"heartbeatIntervalMillis" : NumberLong(2000),
	"majorityVoteCount" : 3,
	"writeMajorityCount" : 3,
	"votingMembersCount" : 5,
	"writableVotingMembersCount" : 4,
	"optimes" : {
		"lastCommittedOpTime" : {
			"ts" : Timestamp(1654600431, 122),
			"t" : NumberLong(5)
		},
		"lastCommittedWallTime" : ISODate("2022-06-07T11:13:51.444Z"),
		"readConcernMajorityOpTime" : {
			"ts" : Timestamp(1654600431, 122),
			"t" : NumberLong(5)
		},
		"readConcernMajorityWallTime" : ISODate("2022-06-07T11:13:51.444Z"),
		"appliedOpTime" : {
			"ts" : Timestamp(1654600431, 122),
			"t" : NumberLong(5)
		},
		"durableOpTime" : {
			"ts" : Timestamp(1654600431, 122),
			"t" : NumberLong(5)
		},
		"lastAppliedWallTime" : ISODate("2022-06-07T11:13:51.444Z"),
		"lastDurableWallTime" : ISODate("2022-06-07T11:13:51.444Z")
	},
	"lastStableRecoveryTimestamp" : Timestamp(1654600376, 1),
	"electionCandidateMetrics" : {
		"lastElectionReason" : "electionTimeout",
		"lastElectionDate" : ISODate("2022-06-07T10:03:43.584Z"),
		"electionTerm" : NumberLong(5),
		"lastCommittedOpTimeAtElection" : {
			"ts" : Timestamp(1654596120, 1),
			"t" : NumberLong(4)
		},
		"lastSeenOpTimeAtElection" : {
			"ts" : Timestamp(1654596120, 1),
			"t" : NumberLong(4)
		},
		"numVotesNeeded" : 3,
		"priorityAtElection" : 2,
		"electionTimeoutMillis" : NumberLong(10000),
		"numCatchUpOps" : NumberLong(0),
		"newTermStartDate" : ISODate("2022-06-07T10:03:46.207Z"),
		"wMajorityWriteAvailabilityDate" : ISODate("2022-06-07T10:03:48.934Z")
	},
	"electionParticipantMetrics" : {
		"votedForCandidate" : true,
		"electionTerm" : NumberLong(4),
		"lastVoteDate" : ISODate("2022-06-07T09:55:31.080Z"),
		"electionCandidateMemberId" : 4,
		"voteReason" : "",
		"lastAppliedOpTimeAtElection" : {
			"ts" : Timestamp(1654595382, 1),
			"t" : NumberLong(3)
		},
		"maxAppliedOpTimeInSet" : {
			"ts" : Timestamp(1654595382, 1),
			"t" : NumberLong(3)
		},
		"priorityAtElection" : 2
	},
	"members" : [
		{
			"_id" : 0,
			"name" : "IP:27017",
			"health" : 1,
			"state" : 2,
			"stateStr" : "SECONDARY",
			"uptime" : 4204,
			"optime" : {
				"ts" : Timestamp(1654600431, 122),
				"t" : NumberLong(5)
			},
			"optimeDurable" : {
				"ts" : Timestamp(1654600431, 122),
				"t" : NumberLong(5)
			},
			"optimeDate" : ISODate("2022-06-07T11:13:51Z"),
			"optimeDurableDate" : ISODate("2022-06-07T11:13:51Z"),
			"lastAppliedWallTime" : ISODate("2022-06-07T11:13:51.444Z"),
			"lastDurableWallTime" : ISODate("2022-06-07T11:13:51.444Z"),
			"lastHeartbeat" : ISODate("2022-06-07T11:13:52.605Z"),
			"lastHeartbeatRecv" : ISODate("2022-06-07T11:13:54.083Z"),
			"pingMs" : NumberLong(0),
			"lastHeartbeatMessage" : "",
			"syncSourceHost" : "IP:27017",
			"syncSourceId" : 4,
			"infoMessage" : "",
			"configVersion" : NumberLong(2147479631),
			"configTerm" : -1
		},
		{
			"_id" : 1,
			"name" : "IP:27017",
			"health" : 1,
			"state" : 7,
			"stateStr" : "ARBITER",
			"uptime" : 4707,
			"lastHeartbeat" : ISODate("2022-06-07T11:13:52.491Z"),
			"lastHeartbeatRecv" : ISODate("2022-06-07T11:13:52.490Z"),
			"pingMs" : NumberLong(0),
			"lastHeartbeatMessage" : "",
			"syncSourceHost" : "",
			"syncSourceId" : -1,
			"infoMessage" : "",
			"configVersion" : NumberLong(2147479631),
			"configTerm" : -1
		},
		{
			"_id" : 2,
			"name" : "IP:27017",
			"health" : 1,
			"state" : 2,
			"stateStr" : "SECONDARY",
			"uptime" : 4172,
			"optime" : {
				"ts" : Timestamp(1654600431, 122),
				"t" : NumberLong(5)
			},
			"optimeDurable" : {
				"ts" : Timestamp(1654600431, 122),
				"t" : NumberLong(5)
			},
			"optimeDate" : ISODate("2022-06-07T11:13:51Z"),
			"optimeDurableDate" : ISODate("2022-06-07T11:13:51Z"),
			"lastAppliedWallTime" : ISODate("2022-06-07T11:13:51.444Z"),
			"lastDurableWallTime" : ISODate("2022-06-07T11:13:51.444Z"),
			"lastHeartbeat" : ISODate("2022-06-07T11:13:53.247Z"),
			"lastHeartbeatRecv" : ISODate("2022-06-07T11:13:53.774Z"),
			"pingMs" : NumberLong(0),
			"lastHeartbeatMessage" : "",
			"syncSourceHost" : "IP:27017",
			"syncSourceId" : 4,
			"infoMessage" : "",
			"configVersion" : NumberLong(2147479631),
			"configTerm" : -1
		},
		{
			"_id" : 3,
			"name" : "IP:27017",
			"health" : 1,
			"state" : 1,
			"stateStr" : "PRIMARY",
			"uptime" : 4803,
			"optime" : {
				"ts" : Timestamp(1654600431, 122),
				"t" : NumberLong(5)
			},
			"optimeDate" : ISODate("2022-06-07T11:13:51Z"),
			"lastAppliedWallTime" : ISODate("2022-06-07T11:13:51.444Z"),
			"lastDurableWallTime" : ISODate("2022-06-07T11:13:51.444Z"),
			"syncSourceHost" : "",
			"syncSourceId" : -1,
			"infoMessage" : "",
			"electionTime" : Timestamp(1654596223, 1),
			"electionDate" : ISODate("2022-06-07T10:03:43Z"),
			"configVersion" : NumberLong(2147479631),
			"configTerm" : -1,
			"self" : true,
			"lastHeartbeatMessage" : ""
		},
		{
			"_id" : 4,
			"name" : "IP:27017",
			"health" : 1,
			"state" : 2,
			"stateStr" : "SECONDARY",
			"uptime" : 4220,
			"optime" : {
				"ts" : Timestamp(1654600431, 122),
				"t" : NumberLong(5)
			},
			"optimeDurable" : {
				"ts" : Timestamp(1654600431, 122),
				"t" : NumberLong(5)
			},
			"optimeDate" : ISODate("2022-06-07T11:13:51Z"),
			"optimeDurableDate" : ISODate("2022-06-07T11:13:51Z"),
			"lastAppliedWallTime" : ISODate("2022-06-07T11:13:51.444Z"),
			"lastDurableWallTime" : ISODate("2022-06-07T11:13:51.444Z"),
			"lastHeartbeat" : ISODate("2022-06-07T11:13:52.741Z"),
			"lastHeartbeatRecv" : ISODate("2022-06-07T11:13:53.971Z"),
			"pingMs" : NumberLong(0),
			"lastHeartbeatMessage" : "",
			"syncSourceHost" : "IP:27017",
			"syncSourceId" : 3,
			"infoMessage" : "",
			"configVersion" : NumberLong(2147479631),
			"configTerm" : -1
		}
	],
	"ok" : 1,
	"$gleStats" : {
		"lastOpTime" : Timestamp(0, 0),
		"electionId" : ObjectId("7fffffff0000000000000005")
	},
	"lastCommittedOpTime" : Timestamp(1654600431, 122),
	"$configServerState" : {
		"opTime" : {
			"ts" : Timestamp(1654600433, 1),
			"t" : NumberLong(4)
		}
	},
	"$clusterTime" : {
		"clusterTime" : Timestamp(1654600433, 1),
		"signature" : {
			"hash" : BinData(0,"dQfRZDpSTcHLlCYrTfHRlYznJRA="),
			"keyId" : NumberLong("7103095769724354583")
		}
	},
	"operationTime" : Timestamp(1654600431, 122)
}

```

What could be the cause here? and how to fix it.

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**Author:** ![Natalia\_Marukovich](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/natalia_marukovich/32/6407_2.png) [@Natalia\_Marukovich](https://forums.percona.com/u/Natalia_Marukovich)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 7:49am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-server-for-mongodb-stuck-at-initializing/16012/2 "2022-06-08T07:49:47Z")

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Hi!  
Thanks for your report. Could you please share with us the following information:

1. The age of your cluster (how long does it running)
2. Operator version/Mongo version
3. Platform you use
4. Step to reproduce
5. The output of following command  
kubectl get psmdb -o yaml

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**Author:** ![reab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@reab](https://forums.percona.com/u/reab)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 8:23am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-server-for-mongodb-stuck-at-initializing/16012/3 "2022-06-08T08:23:15Z")

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Hi,

It’s a new cluster running in k8s.  
The operator version is 1.12 and Mongo 4.4

Currently the cluster is in ready state after making some changes to `WriteConfig function` [`replSetReconfig`](https://github.com/percona/percona-server-mongodb-operator/blob/54950f7e56cde893c4b36a061c6335598b84873d/pkg/psmdb/mongo/mongo.go#L230) and setting `force` value to `false` in the operator

Before with `force: true` the cluster was stuck in Initializing state. Not sure why and what happened, but the issue appeared after making some changes to the Percona server cluster configuration.

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**Author:** ![Natalia\_Marukovich](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/natalia_marukovich/32/6407_2.png) [@Natalia\_Marukovich](https://forums.percona.com/u/Natalia_Marukovich)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 8:00am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-server-for-mongodb-stuck-at-initializing/16012/4 "2022-06-09T08:00:32Z")

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We found the problem and are going to fix it in the next release. You can check this task for updates [[K8SPSMDB-666] Don't force reconfig by default - Percona JIRA](https://jira.percona.com/browse/K8SPSMDB-666)

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**Author:** ![reab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@reab](https://forums.percona.com/u/reab)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2022, 12:02pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-server-for-mongodb-stuck-at-initializing/16012/5 "2022-07-13T12:02:47Z")

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Thanks @Natalia_Marukovich

How this issue can be fixed? Can I have the URL for the fix PR.

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**Author:** ![Slava\_Sarzhan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/slava_sarzhan/32/3196_2.png) [@Slava\_Sarzhan](https://forums.percona.com/u/Slava_Sarzhan)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2022, 6:05pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-server-for-mongodb-stuck-at-initializing/16012/6 "2022-08-02T18:05:55Z")

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Hi @reab , It is under review right now [K8SPSMDB-666: Don't force reconfig by default by egegunes · Pull Request #980 · percona/percona-server-mongodb-operator · GitHub](https://github.com/percona/percona-server-mongodb-operator/pull/980)

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**Author:** ![reab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@reab](https://forums.percona.com/u/reab)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 11:19am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-server-for-mongodb-stuck-at-initializing/16012/7 "2022-08-03T11:19:22Z")

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Great news, Thanks ! @Slava_Sarzhan

I tested the changes it seems working with fresh cluster. However applied same changes to running cluster with data, I’m still having the same “out of range” issue as before. I believe I need to reset the version field value. How can I do this?

```auto
msg":"failed to reconcile cluster","Request.Namespace":"percona-dbs","Request.Name":"psmdb-db-","replset":"rs0","error":"fix │
│ tags: write mongo config: replSetReconfig: (NewReplicaSetConfigurationIncompatible) version field value of 2147483648 is out of range",

```
