Node receiving a cluster state with a wrong master node should reject and throw an error #9963
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Previously it was ignored and the publish cluster state timeout would kick in. In that case a stale master node would just wait for the inevitable and waste valuable time.
This issue was discovered by the DiscoveryWithServiceDisruptionsTests#testStaleMasterNotHijackingMajority test.
Note this issue doesn't occur in any released version. (just on 1.x and master branches)