Message "This FortiGate has taken over for the original master" does not disappear

[cust0m]

Hi guys,

after upgrading our FortiGate Cluster to 6.2.2, I got the following message in the dashboard: "This FortiGate has taken over for the original master"

"ha override" is enabled. So I thought, I get the message because of the slave (lower priority) having the higher ha uptime. But "diag sys ha reset-uptime" also didn't make the message disappear. The uptime under "System -> HA" also does not change - should that be reset by the command? So I also forced a manual failover, but I still get the message in the Dashboard. Is it just a reminder about a failover that will disappear after some time or why do I get this message?

Best regards,

cust0m

[boneyard]

from which version did you come from? i have seen this since 6.2.3 and believe Fortinet said it is a bug and will be fixed. was kinda hoping that would finally happen in 6.2.6.

[sub7even]

So did you managed to get it fixed? I have the same issue whereby the firewall needs to be getting system file check after power disruption. Do you have the same symptom as well?

[cust0m]

We are still on 6.2.2 and considered the message as cosmetic issue - did not find any way to acknowledge the message "This FortiGate has taken over for the original master" or to hide it.  Since we did not have a power disruption, I can't say anything about that scenario.

[boneyard]

saw it gone on 6.2.7 recently, so it seems to be fixed.

there is no way to acknowledge it or such as im aware.