[COUCHDB-2326] Attempts to PUT malformed security object result in {"error":"error","reason":"no_majority"}

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.1
• Component/s: Database Core
• Skill Level: Regular Contributors Level (Easy to Medium)
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Mike Wallace
• Created: 10/Sep/14 13:41
• Updated: 02/Sep/18 06:57
• Resolved: 02/Sep/18 06:57

Description

Attempts to write security objects where the "admins" or "members" values are malformed will result in an HTTP 500 response with the following body:

{"error":"error","reason":"no_majority"}

This should really be an HTTP 400 response with a "bad_request" error value and a different error reason.

To reproduce:

$ curl -X PUT http://localhost:15984/test
{"ok":true}
$ curl -X PUT http://localhost:15984/test/_security -d '{"admins":[]}'
{"error":"error","reason":"no_majority"}