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How to Use Dragonboat’s Repair Tool to Recover from Permanent Quorum Loss

March 6, 2026 lni/dragonboat ↗

Use the tools.ImportSnapshot utility to import an exported snapshot from a surviving node, rewiring membership to a new set of replica IDs while excluding dead nodes, then restart the NodeHosts to form a fresh quorum.

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