SERVER-61923 Fix bug where consistency checker can mask error due to ignoring inconsistency in image collections

(cherry picked from commit e2d48665f771a82bfe7de2a112276cd3692a6007)

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/mongo/shell/data_consistency_checker.js b/src/mongo/shell/data_consistency_checker.js
index 3edfd56a663..d91c93ebaae 100644
--- a/src/mongo/shell/data_consistency_checker.js
+++ b/src/mongo/shell/data_consistency_checker.js
@@ -335,7 +335,13 @@ var {DataConsistencyChecker} = (function() {
                         collectionPrinted, sourceCollInfos, syncingCollInfos, collName);
                     const shouldIgnoreFailure =
                         this.canIgnoreCollectionDiff(sourceCollInfos, syncingCollInfos, collName);
-                    success = shouldIgnoreFailure;
+                    if (shouldIgnoreFailure) {
+                        prettyPrint(
+                            `Collection diff in ${dbName}.${collName} can be ignored: ${dbHashesMsg}
+                            . Inconsistencies in the image collection can be expected in certain
+                            restart scenarios.`);
+                    }
+                    success = shouldIgnoreFailure && success;
                 }
             });