Explainbug26043

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/rabbit_autoheal.erl b/src/rabbit_autoheal.erl
index 1301570e..986e3bcd 100644
--- a/src/rabbit_autoheal.erl
+++ b/src/rabbit_autoheal.erl
@@ -133,13 +133,15 @@ handle_msg({request_start, Node},
                             end,
                  case node() =:= Winner of
                      true  -> Continue({become_winner, Losers});
-                     false -> send(Winner, {become_winner, Losers}),
+                     false -> send(Winner, {become_winner, Losers}), %% [0]
                               case lists:member(node(), Losers) of
                                   true  -> Continue({winner_is, Winner});
                                   false -> {leader_waiting, Losers}
                               end
                  end
     end;
+%% [0] If we are a loser we will never receive this message - but it
+%% won't stick in the mailbox as we are restarting anyway
 
 handle_msg({request_start, Node},
            State, _Partitions) ->