This has been merged into ocp and is in OCP v3.5.0.35 or newer.
Verified this bug with atomic-openshift-3.5.0.35-1.git.0.b806d03.el7.x86_64, and PASS. After stop one etcd service in the cluster and start controller service one by one, see the failover action in controller logs: # journalctl -f -u atomic-openshift-master-controllers -- Logs begin at Mon 2017-02-27 21:45:59 EST. -- Feb 27 21:58:02 openshift-103.lab.sjc.redhat.com atomic-openshift-master-controllers[4946]: E0227 21:58:02.642867 4946 leaderlease.go:95] unable to check lease openshift.io/leases/controllers: dial tcp 192.168.2.122:2379: getsockopt: connection refused Feb 27 21:58:03 openshift-103.lab.sjc.redhat.com atomic-openshift-master-controllers[4946]: E0227 21:58:03.643865 4946 leaderlease.go:95] unable to check lease openshift.io/leases/controllers: dial tcp 192.168.2.122:2379: getsockopt: connection refused Feb 27 21:58:04 openshift-103.lab.sjc.redhat.com atomic-openshift-master-controllers[4946]: E0227 21:58:04.645016 4946 leaderlease.go:95] unable to check lease openshift.io/leases/controllers: dial tcp 192.168.2.122:2379: getsockopt: connection refused Feb 27 21:58:05 openshift-103.lab.sjc.redhat.com atomic-openshift-master-controllers[4946]: E0227 21:58:05.645906 4946 leaderlease.go:95] unable to check lease openshift.io/leases/controllers: dial tcp 192.168.2.122:2379: getsockopt: connection refused Feb 27 21:58:06 openshift-103.lab.sjc.redhat.com atomic-openshift-master-controllers[4946]: I0227 21:58:06.650700 4946 leaderlease.go:154] Lease openshift.io/leases/controllers owned by master-vwvx282d at 60503 ttl 10 seconds, waiting for expiration Feb 27 21:58:06 openshift-103.lab.sjc.redhat.com atomic-openshift-master-controllers[4946]: I0227 21:58:06.650762 4946 leaderlease.go:290] watching for expiration of lease openshift.io/leases/controllers from 60504 Feb 27 21:58:13 openshift-103.lab.sjc.redhat.com atomic-openshift-master-controllers[4946]: I0227 21:58:13.364032 4946 leaderlease.go:290] watching for expiration of lease openshift.io/leases/controllers from 60511 Feb 27 21:58:20 openshift-103.lab.sjc.redhat.com atomic-openshift-master-controllers[4946]: I0227 21:58:20.307972 4946 leaderlease.go:290] watching for expiration of lease openshift.io/leases/controllers from 60519
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2017:0884