[RATIS-1822] Disable first-election when changed to follower

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.4.1
• Fix Version/s: 3.0.0, 2.5.0
• Component/s: protocol, server
• Assignee: Song Ziyang
• Reporter: Song Ziyang
• Created: 27/Mar/23 17:08
• Updated: 19/Jul/23 09:49
• Resolved: 28/Mar/23 13:22

Description

First election is cancelled when a new leader is discovered. However, we shall disable first election in changeToFollower, since it covers more scenarios.

Issue Links

• relates to: RATIS-1858 Follower keeps logging first election timeout
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #863