SERVER-47634: Make metrics test in stepup.js more robust

(cherry picked from commit 321cb6f478bd1969ef4c7a90b210a21272354f41)

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/jstests/replsets/stepup.js b/jstests/replsets/stepup.js
index 4c5d20d42c4..aeffcc37e58 100644
--- a/jstests/replsets/stepup.js
+++ b/jstests/replsets/stepup.js
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ load('jstests/replsets/libs/election_metrics.js');
 
     // Step up the secondary. Retry since the old primary may step down when we try to ask for its
     // vote.
+    let numStepUpCmds = 0;
     assert.soonNoExcept(function() {
+        numStepUpCmds++;
         return secondary.adminCommand({replSetStepUp: 1}).ok;
     });
 
@@ -50,8 +52,10 @@ load('jstests/replsets/libs/election_metrics.js');
     // Check that both the 'called' and 'successful' fields of stepUpCmd have been incremented in
     // serverStatus, and that they have not been incremented in any of the other election reason
     // counters.
-    verifyServerStatusElectionReasonCounterChange(
-        initialSecondaryStatus.electionMetrics, newSecondaryStatus.electionMetrics, "stepUpCmd", 1);
+    verifyServerStatusElectionReasonCounterChange(initialSecondaryStatus.electionMetrics,
+                                                  newSecondaryStatus.electionMetrics,
+                                                  "stepUpCmd",
+                                                  numStepUpCmds);
     verifyServerStatusElectionReasonCounterChange(initialSecondaryStatus.electionMetrics,
                                                   newSecondaryStatus.electionMetrics,
                                                   "priorityTakeover",