Andrzej Bialecki  created SOLR-13583:
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             Summary: Impossible to delete a collection with the same name as 
an existing alias
                 Key: SOLR-13583
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-13583
             Project: Solr
          Issue Type: Bug
      Security Level: Public (Default Security Level. Issues are Public)
    Affects Versions: 8.1.1, 8.1
            Reporter: Andrzej Bialecki 
            Assignee: Andrzej Bialecki 
             Fix For: 8.1.2


SOLR-13262 changed the behavior of most collection admin commands so that they 
always resolve aliases by default. In most cases this is desireable behavior 
but it also prevents executing commands on the collections that have the same 
name as an existing alias (which usually points to a different collection).

This behavior also breaks the REINDEXCOLLECTION command with 
{{removeSource=true,}} which can also lead to data loss.

This issue can be resolved by adding either an opt-in or opt-out flag to the 
collection admin commands that specifies whether the command should attempt 
resolving the provided name as an alias first. From the point of view of ease 
of use this could be an opt-out option, from the point of view of data safety 
this could be an opt-in option.



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