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Lots of error messages about "Can't locate CSN" on servers using LMDB

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      What were you trying to do that didn't work?

      In an IPA context, a customer is using LMDB on a couple of LDAP servers.
      On those servers, they are noticing a high number of replication error messages about "Can't locate CSN <CSN_VALUE> in the changelog (DB rc=-12797)".

      For instance:

      $ grep implement: dse.ldif
      nsslapd-backend-implement: mdb
      $
      $ grep -ic "Can't locate CSN"  errors* | grep -v rotation
      errors:323
      errors.20260216-112905:2780
      $ 

       

      On the BDB server with the same replication data:

       

      grep implement: dse.ldif
      nsslapd-backend-implement: bdb
      
      grep -ic "Can't locate CSN" errors* | grep -v rotation
      errors:1
      errors.20260210-180722:0

       

      What is the impact of this issue to you?

      Replication is working fine so the customer is curious to know why there are so many occurrences of the error message.

      Please provide the package NVR for which the bug is seen:

      cat etc/redhat-release 
      Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 9.6 (Plow)

       grep 389-ds installed-rpms 
      389-ds-base-2.6.1-12.el9_6.x86_64                           Thu Nov 20 14:27:39 2025
      389-ds-base-libs-2.6.1-12.el9_6.x86_64                      Thu Nov 20 14:27:38 2025

      How reproducible is this bug?:

      Always on servers using LMDB.

      Steps to reproduce

      1. Install an IPA topology
      2. Configure some LDAP servers to use LMDB
      3. Check the errors logs

      Expected results

      Ideally no replication error message.

      Actual results

      High rate of replication error messages while replication seems to work fine.

              idm-ds-dev-bugs IdM DS Dev
              rhn-support-tmihinto Têko Mihinto
              IdM DS Dev IdM DS Dev
              IdM DS QE IdM DS QE
              Evgenia Martyniuk Evgenia Martyniuk
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