[COUCHDB-2819] Repeated DB creates for same DB unnecessarily spam couch_server

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.0
• Component/s: Database Core
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Sam Smith
• Created: 21/Sep/15 14:46
• Updated: 27/Oct/15 21:52
• Resolved: 22/Sep/15 13:18

Description

When bad clients make multiple requests to create the same DB it can overload couch_server.

CouchDB could better handle this case. It would be relatively cheap to check if a corresponding shard map already exists. If so, this would allow for an early 412 exit.