assuming leadership separated in a preparation part and in a action part

arangod/Agency/Agent.cpp

@@ -864,13 +864,24 @@ void Agent::beginShutdown() {
 
 
 bool Agent::prepareLead() {
+
+  // Key value stores
+  rebuildDBs();
+  
+  // Reset last acknowledged
+  {
+    MUTEX_LOCKER(mutexLocker, _ioLock);
+    for (auto const& i : _config.active()) {
+      _lastAcked[i] = system_clock::now();
+    }
+  }
+
   return true;
+  
 }
 
 /// Becoming leader
 bool Agent::lead() {
-  // Key value stores
-  rebuildDBs();
 
   // Wake up run
   {
@@ -878,17 +889,12 @@ bool Agent::lead() {
     guard.broadcast();
   }
 
+  // Agency configuration
   term_t myterm;
-  // Reset last acknowledged
   {
     MUTEX_LOCKER(mutexLocker, _ioLock);
-    for (auto const& i : _config.active()) {
-      _lastAcked[i] = system_clock::now();
-    }
     myterm = _constituent.term();
   }
-
-  // Agency configuration
   auto agency = std::make_shared<Builder>();
   agency->openArray();
   agency->openArray();

arangod/Agency/Constituent.cpp

@@ -176,6 +176,11 @@ void Constituent::followNoLock(term_t t) {
 /// Become leader
 void Constituent::lead(term_t term,
                        std::map<std::string, bool> const& votes) {
+
+
+  // we need to rebuild spear_head and read_db
+  _agent->prepareLead();
+
   {
     MUTEX_LOCKER(guard, _castLock);
 
@@ -200,7 +205,7 @@ void Constituent::lead(term_t term,
   }
 
   // give some debug output _id never is changed after
-  if (!votes.empty()) {
+/*  if (!votes.empty()) {
     std::stringstream ss;
     ss << _id << ": Converted to leader in term " << _term << " with votes: ";
 
@@ -209,11 +214,7 @@ void Constituent::lead(term_t term,
     }
 
     LOG_TOPIC(DEBUG, Logger::AGENCY) << ss.str();
-  }
+    }*/
-
-  // we need to rebuild spear_head and read_db
-  _agent->prepareLead();
-
 
   // we need to start work as leader
   _agent->lead();