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We should have some service disruption tests with security enabled

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#29704 opened on Feb 10, 2017

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Description

Original comment by @bleskes:

Security integrates deeply into ES and how it works. As we learned (LINK REDACTED) it have unexpected side effects. We should have some basic disruption testing going on while security is enabled. We don't have to go to the same lengths we do in ES proper, but I think we should have simple tests, like:

  • isolating a master and seeing the cluster successfully go through master election
  • isolating the primary of security indices and see that primary promotion goes well

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Tech stack
java
Domain
testingsecurity
Issue type
test
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
4
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
3-5 days
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stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
clear
Prerequisites
Knowledge of ES cluster coordinationUnderstanding of ES securityFamiliarity with ES test framework
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
25
Research direction
Start by examining existing service disruption tests in the Elasticsearch test framework (e.g., `qa/disruption/` or `test/framework`). Understand how security is configured in integration tests by looking at `x pack/plugin/security/src/test/`. Then, design a test that repeats the master election disruption while security is enabled, ensuring authentication and authorization don't interfere. Finally, check existing PRs or issues for related work.