From 57210a59c38d8d159ac70505cffe919e7b1fa67c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kyle Havlovitz <kylehav@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2020 11:42:23 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] connect: Fix a case where the active root would get unset
 even when there wasn't a new one

---
 agent/consul/connect_ca_endpoint_test.go | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 agent/consul/leader_connect_ca.go        |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/agent/consul/connect_ca_endpoint_test.go b/agent/consul/connect_ca_endpoint_test.go
index 00cfbfa3e..4cfe22ce4 100644
--- a/agent/consul/connect_ca_endpoint_test.go
+++ b/agent/consul/connect_ca_endpoint_test.go
@@ -624,6 +624,27 @@ func TestConnectCAConfig_UpdateSecondary(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal("web", reply.Service)
 		assert.Equal(spiffeId.URI().String(), reply.ServiceURI)
 	}
+
+	// Update a minor field in the config that doesn't trigger an intermediate refresh.
+	{
+		newConfig := &structs.CAConfiguration{
+			Provider: "consul",
+			Config: map[string]interface{}{
+				"PrivateKey":     newKey,
+				"RootCert":       "",
+				"RotationPeriod": 180 * 24 * time.Hour,
+			},
+		}
+		{
+			args := &structs.CARequest{
+				Datacenter: "secondary",
+				Config:     newConfig,
+			}
+			var reply interface{}
+
+			require.NoError(msgpackrpc.CallWithCodec(codec, "ConnectCA.ConfigurationSet", args, &reply))
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 // Test CA signing
diff --git a/agent/consul/leader_connect_ca.go b/agent/consul/leader_connect_ca.go
index a00ffe2b5..69a3424c1 100644
--- a/agent/consul/leader_connect_ca.go
+++ b/agent/consul/leader_connect_ca.go
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ func (c *CAManager) persistNewRootAndConfig(provider ca.Provider, newActiveRoot
 	var newRoots structs.CARoots
 	for _, r := range oldRoots {
 		newRoot := *r
-		if newRoot.Active {
+		if newRoot.Active && newActiveRoot != nil {
 			newRoot.Active = false
 			newRoot.RotatedOutAt = time.Now()
 		}