gossip-dead-nodes-filtered-on-receive

Status: IN

When receiving gossip, unknown nodes that arrive with `dead` status are silently dropped to prevent zombie membership entries from propagating through the cluster

Source: entries/2026/05/29/gossip-protocol-gossip_protocol.md

Example

if nid not in self.membership:
    if remote["status"] == "dead":
        continue  # never heard of this node AND its dead, skip

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