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Add a new Vault known issue around rewrapping with multi-seal enabled on failovers #1000

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12 changes: 12 additions & 0 deletions content/vault/global/partials/important-changes/known-issue/multi-seal-rewrap.mdx
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### Full seal rewraps occur on DR/PR failover with multi-seal enabled ((#multi-seal-rewrap)) <EnterpriseAlert inline="true" />

| Change | Affected versions | Fixed version |
|-------------|------------------------------------------------|---------------|
| Known issue | 1.20.x+ent, 1.19.x+ent, 1.18.x+ent, 1.16.x+ent | None |

A full rewrap happens when Vault fails over to a DR or performance cluster with `enable_multiseal = true`.
The rewrap can lead to performance degradation until the rewrap operation completes.

#### Recommendation

The only workaround is to disable multi-seal support.
1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions content/vault/global/partials/important-changes/summary-tables/1_16.mdx
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1.16.16 | 1.16.20 | Upgrade | All | [Unexpected LDAP static role rotations on upgrade](/vault/docs/v1.16.x/updates/important-changes#ldap-static-role-rotations-on-upgrade)
1.16.17 | 1.16.21 | **Yes** | Enterprise | [External Enterprise plugins cannot run on a standby node when it becomes active](/vault/docs/v1.16.x/updates/important-changes#external-ent-plugins)
1.16.18 | 1.16.21 | Upgrade | All | [Azure authN fails to authenticate Uniform VMSS instances](/vault/docs/v1.16.x/updates/important-changes#azure-auth-fails-to-authenticate-uniform-vmss-instances)
1.16.0 | No | No | Enterprise | [Full seal rewraps occur on DR/PR failover with multi-seal enabled](/vault/docs/v1.16.x/upgrading/upgrade-to-1.16.x#multi-seal-rewrap)
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1.18.5 | 1.18.9 | Upgrade | All | [Unexpected LDAP static role rotations on upgrade](/vault/docs/v1.18.x/updates/important-changes#ldap-static-role-rotations-on-upgrade)
1.18.6 | 1.18.10 | **Yes** | Enterprise | [External Enterprise plugins cannot run on a standby node when it becomes active](/vault/docs/v1.18.x/updates/important-changes#external-ent-plugins)
1.18.7 | 1.18.10 | **Yes** | All | [Azure authN fails to authenticate Uniform VMSS instances](/vault/docs/v1.18.x/updates/important-changes#azure-auth-fails-to-authenticate-uniform-vmss-instances)
1.18.0 | No | No | Enterprise | [Full seal rewraps occur on DR/PR failover with multi-seal enabled](/vault/docs/v1.18.x/upgrading/upgrade-to-1.18.x#multi-seal-rewrap)
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1.18.4 | No | **Yes** | All | [Failing credential refresh for Snowflake DB secrets engine key pair authentication](/vault/docs/v1.19.x/updates/important-changes#snowflake-keypair-refresh)
1.19.0 | No | No | All | [Writing configuration to local auth mount (ldap, aws, gcp, azure) ignores local flag](/vault/docs/v1.19.x/updates/important-changes#local-auth-known-issue)
1.19.0 | No | **Yes** | Enterprise | [Missed events with multiple event clients](/vault/docs/v1.19.x/updates/important-changes#missed-events)
1.19.0 | No | No | Enterprise | [Full seal rewraps occur on DR/PR failover with multi-seal enabled](/vault/docs/v1.19.x/updates/important-changes#multi-seal-rewrap)
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1.20.0 | 1.20.1 | **Yes** | All | [Duplicate LDAP password rotations on standby node check-in](/vault/docs/v1.20.x/updates/important-changes#ldap-checkin)
1.19.0 | No | No | All | [Writing configuration to local auth mount (ldap, aws, gcp, azure) ignores local flag](/vault/docs/v1.20.x/updates/important-changes#local-auth-known-issue)
1.19.0 | No | **Yes** | Enterprise | [Missed events with multiple event clients](/vault/docs/v1.20.x/updates/important-changes#missed-events)
1.20.0 | No | No | Enterprise | [Full seal rewraps occur on DR/PR failover with multi-seal enabled](/vault/docs/v1.20.x/updates/important-changes#multi-seal-rewrap)
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@include 'known-issues/sync-activation-flags-cache-not-updated.mdx'

@include 'known-issues/enterprise-plugins.mdx'

@include '../../../global/partials/important-changes/known-issue/multi-seal-rewrap.mdx'
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@include 'known-issues/sync-activation-flags-cache-not-updated.mdx'

@include 'known-issues/enterprise-plugins.mdx'
@include 'known-issues/enterprise-plugins.mdx'

@include '../../../global/partials/important-changes/known-issue/multi-seal-rewrap.mdx'
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@include 'known-issues/azure-auth-fails-uniform-vmss.mdx'

@include 'known-issues/enterprise-plugins.mdx'

@include '../../../global/partials/important-changes/known-issue/multi-seal-rewrap.mdx'
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1. Spread them out among the nodes of the Vault cluster.
1. Only subscribe to events on the active node of the cluster.

@include '../../../global/partials/important-changes/known-issue/multi-seal-rewrap.mdx'
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1. Spread them out among the nodes of the Vault cluster.
1. Only subscribe to events on the active node of the cluster.

@include '../../../global/partials/important-changes/known-issue/multi-seal-rewrap.mdx'
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