From 4e122214f7d61e64d35bf8510ce53ae3234188aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason O'Donnell <2160810+jasonodonnell@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2022 13:01:39 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] core: fix start up policy loading race condition on perf
 standbys (#17801)

* core: fix start up policy loading race condition on perf standbys

* Use correct bool for perf standby

* changelog
---
 changelog/17801.txt   | 4 ++++
 vault/policy_store.go | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 changelog/17801.txt

diff --git a/changelog/17801.txt b/changelog/17801.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d3764ad4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/17801.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+```release-note:bug
+core: fix a start up race condition where performance standbys could go into a 
+mount loop if default policies are not yet synced from the active node.
+```
diff --git a/vault/policy_store.go b/vault/policy_store.go
index db92ebab5..bdbfb6776 100644
--- a/vault/policy_store.go
+++ b/vault/policy_store.go
@@ -264,6 +264,11 @@ func (c *Core) setupPolicyStore(ctx context.Context) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	if c.perfStandby {
+		// Policies will sync from the active
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	// Ensure that the default policy exists, and if not, create it
 	if err := c.policyStore.loadACLPolicy(ctx, defaultPolicyName, defaultPolicy); err != nil {
 		return err