[PUP-10648] puppet 6 agent doesn't honor usecacheonfailure setting when using server_list - Puppet Jira Server

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Previously, when server_list is used while no server is accessible puppet run will fail even if usecacheonfailure is set to true.

After this commit, when server_list is used while no server is accessible puppet will use cached catalog if usecacheonfailure is set to true and fail only if usecacheonfailure is set to false

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Previously, when server_list is used while no server is accessible puppet run will fail even if usecacheonfailure is set to true. After this commit, when server_list is used while no server is accessible puppet will use cached catalog if usecacheonfailure is set to true and fail only if usecacheonfailure is set to false

Puppet Version: 6.17.0 (PE2019.8.1)
Puppet Server Version: 2019.8.0.37
OS Name/Version: RHEL8

Had a case where /etc/resolv.conf was accidentally removed and puppet agent hasn't recovered it for unknown reason. usecacheonfailure is set to true

Easy to reproduce, manage /etc/resolv.conf by puppet, remove the file, puppet agent will start failing and not recovering the file. The log entry :

Could not run Puppet configuration client: Could not select a functional puppet master from server_list:

relates to

PUP-10667 if pluginsync fails puppet should apply cached catalog