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Upon connection restored to server that was restarted, re-authentication is not performed

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Description

If you are connected to a Redis server that uses authentication and connection is lost due to a system reboot. When the server comes back online (with the same IP) the multiplexer automatically reconnects but fails to re-authenticate to the endpoint.

This puts the connection in a bad state.

You can attempt to catch this and resolve it using this.

_multiplexerLeader.ConnectionRestored += (s,e) =>
{
      _multiplexerLeader.GetDatabase().Execute("AUTH", config.TILE38_PASSWORD);
};

But this is not the first thing executed once the connection is restored. So there are a large number of SETs (if queued up) that fail.

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Research direction

Start with the multiplexer reconnection path and the ConnectionRestored event described in the issue. Reproduce the problem against an authenticated Redis server by restarting it, then verify that re-authentication occurs before queued SET operations are processed and that the connection no longer enters a bad state.

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Assessment

Tech stack
csharp, redis
Domain
databases
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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