1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/src/conn/conn_api.c b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/src/conn/conn_api.c
index 9b5e2394b61..f3da1531709 100644
--- a/src/third_party/wiredtiger/src/conn/conn_api.c
+++ b/src/third_party/wiredtiger/src/conn/conn_api.c
@@ -2740,7 +2740,14 @@ wiredtiger_open(const char *home, WT_EVENT_HANDLER *event_handler, const char *c
         WT_ERR(wt_session->salvage(wt_session, WT_METAFILE_URI, NULL));
     }
 
-    /* Initialize the connection's base write generation. */
+    /*
+     * Initialize the connection's base write generation.
+     *
+     * We'll write over this value after performing rollback to stable however, we need to set it
+     * here. The logic below will involve opening up the metadata file and if the connection-wide
+     * base write generation is uninitialized, we'll tag the btree with the wrong base write gen and
+     * incorrectly interpret transaction ids during rollback to stable.
+     */
     WT_ERR(__wt_metadata_init_base_write_gen(session));
 
     WT_ERR(__wt_metadata_cursor(session, NULL));