Extremely provisonal at best

src/node/node_state.h

@@ -614,6 +614,7 @@ namespace ccf
 
           if (status != HTTP_STATUS_OK)
           {
+            return;
             const auto& location = headers.find(http::headers::LOCATION);
             if (
               status == HTTP_STATUS_PERMANENT_REDIRECT &&

tests/infra/basicperf.py

@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ def run(args):
                         statistics[
                             "initial_primary_shutdown_time"
                         ] = datetime.datetime.now().isoformat()
-                        primary.stop()
+                        # primary.stop()
                         primary_has_stopped = True
                         old_primary = primary
                         # primary, _ = network.wait_for_new_primary(primary)

tests/infra/network.py

@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ def _add_node(
         read_only_ledger_dirs=None,
         from_snapshot=True,
         snapshots_dir=None,
-        wait_for_target_to_become_primary=True,
+        wait_for_target_to_become_primary=False,
         **kwargs,
     ):
         # Contact primary if no target node is set
@@ -388,8 +388,9 @@ def _add_node(
 
         if wait_for_target_to_become_primary:
             current_primary, _ = self.find_primary()
-            while current_primary != target_node:
-                current_primary, _ = self.find_primary()
+            current_primary.stop()
+        #     while current_primary != target_node:
+        #         current_primary, _ = self.find_primary()
 
         node.join(
             lib_name=lib_name,

tests/infra/node.py

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import json
 import time
 import http
+import traceback
 
 import ccf._versionifier
 
@@ -627,6 +628,7 @@ def client(
         **kwargs,
     ):
         if self.network_state == NodeNetworkState.stopped:
+            traceback.print_exc()
             raise RuntimeError(
                 f"Cannot create client for node {self.local_node_id} as node is stopped"
             )