From 1a8c37f44ee42f01574346f429813925d461effd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Buetow <paul@buetow.org>
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2026 06:23:26 +0200
Subject: Fix same-term Raft append regression
 b85586a4-4eb9-4686-93c7-0ab14173baa5

---
 src/main/java/protocols/implementations/VSRaftProtocol.java | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

(limited to 'src/main/java/protocols/implementations/VSRaftProtocol.java')

diff --git a/src/main/java/protocols/implementations/VSRaftProtocol.java b/src/main/java/protocols/implementations/VSRaftProtocol.java
index d0066e0..6828b34 100644
--- a/src/main/java/protocols/implementations/VSRaftProtocol.java
+++ b/src/main/java/protocols/implementations/VSRaftProtocol.java
@@ -384,18 +384,21 @@ public class VSRaftProtocol extends VSAbstractProtocol {
         int messageTerm = recvMessage.getInteger("term");
         int messageLeaderId = recvMessage.getInteger("leaderId");
         int messageLogIndex = recvMessage.getInteger("logIndex");
+        boolean isSameTerm = messageTerm == currentTerm;
+
+        if (messageTerm < currentTerm) {
+            return;
+        }
 
         if (messageTerm > currentTerm) {
             becomeFollower(messageTerm, messageLeaderId);
-        } else {
-            return;
         }
 
         if (messageLogIndex != logIndex + 1) {
             return;
         }
 
-        if (messageTerm == currentTerm) {
+        if (isSameTerm) {
             leaderId = messageLeaderId;
             isLeader = false;
             isCandidate = false;
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