# The first seed node won't join the cluster via other seed node after restarting

**URL:** <https://discuss.akka.io/t/the-first-seed-node-wont-join-the-cluster-via-other-seed-node-after-restarting/7802>\
**Category:** Akka Libraries\
**Tags:** akka-cluster\
**Created:** [February 1, 2021, 10:18am UTC](https://discuss.akka.io/t/the-first-seed-node-wont-join-the-cluster-via-other-seed-node-after-restarting/7802 "2021-02-01T10:18:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![zhenhao](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.akka.io/zhenhao/32/2100_2.png) [@zhenhao](https://discuss.akka.io/u/zhenhao)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 10:18am UTC](https://discuss.akka.io/t/the-first-seed-node-wont-join-the-cluster-via-other-seed-node-after-restarting/7802/1 "2021-02-01T10:18:35Z")

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hi,

I encountered [this issue](https://github.com/akka/akka/issues/29983) on our production cluster.

I wonder if anyone else has experienced the same problem.

I doubt it is a configuration issue on our side because the workaround config we used did work.

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**Author:** ![zhenhao](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.akka.io/zhenhao/32/2100_2.png) [@zhenhao](https://discuss.akka.io/u/zhenhao)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 8:30pm UTC](https://discuss.akka.io/t/the-first-seed-node-wont-join-the-cluster-via-other-seed-node-after-restarting/7802/2 "2021-02-01T20:30:31Z")

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found a related issue:

> [@First seed node couldn't join other seed nodes (artery)](https://discuss.akka.io/t/first-seed-node-couldnt-join-other-seed-nodes-artery/6761):
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> Hi I use akka cluster version 2.6.3 with artery tcp remoting. In a 2-node cluster setup with raspberry pi’s, the first seed node (=node1) “Couldn’t join other seed nodes” after device reboot although before reboot they successfully formed a cluster. On node1: after reboot a new cluster is formed and then a connection is established to node2: [2020-06-22 09:46:38,537] [DEBUG] [akka.io.TcpListener] [akka://SELServer/system/IO-TCP/selectors/$a/0] - Successfully bound to /192.168.178.219:2551 [2…

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**Author:** ![SF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@SF](https://discuss.akka.io/u/SF)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 9:26pm UTC](https://discuss.akka.io/t/the-first-seed-node-wont-join-the-cluster-via-other-seed-node-after-restarting/7802/3 "2021-02-01T21:26:15Z")

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Do you have a downing-provider configured?  
In my case (the related issue) the problem was solved by adding the following to the application.conf:

```auto
akka.cluster.downing-provider-class = "akka.cluster.sbr.SplitBrainResolverProvider"

```

You can use SBR since it’s free.

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**Author:** ![zhenhao](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.akka.io/zhenhao/32/2100_2.png) [@zhenhao](https://discuss.akka.io/u/zhenhao)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 10:06pm UTC](https://discuss.akka.io/t/the-first-seed-node-wont-join-the-cluster-via-other-seed-node-after-restarting/7802/4 "2021-02-01T22:06:29Z")

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we had it. unfortunately, it didn’t solve the issue. I also tried disabling it, which didn’t help.

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**Author:** ![zhenhao](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.akka.io/zhenhao/32/2100_2.png) [@zhenhao](https://discuss.akka.io/u/zhenhao)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 10:06pm UTC](https://discuss.akka.io/t/the-first-seed-node-wont-join-the-cluster-via-other-seed-node-after-restarting/7802/5 "2021-02-01T22:06:53Z")

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I posted more logs in the GitHub issue.