# Multi region cluster, "regular" cluster elections: how to debug?

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**Created:** [April 22, 2025, 4:09am UTC](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/multi-region-cluster-regular-cluster-elections-how-to-debug/4862 "2025-04-22T04:09:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![jlemaes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/foundationdb/user_avatar/forums.foundationdb.org/jlemaes/32/1822_2.png) [@jlemaes](https://forums.foundationdb.org/u/jlemaes)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 11:06am UTC](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/multi-region-cluster-regular-cluster-elections-how-to-debug/4862/2 "2025-04-24T11:06:26Z")

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Are you using DNS in the cluster file with the K8s operator? I’ve had a similar problem in the past, see this [thread](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/fdb-regular-recovery-with-operator/4562/10). For me it was related to DNS that didn’t return within the heartbeat timeout.

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