From ded7a597b514d77ab44ba4387a84cc3faab7d080 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benedict Elliott Smith <benedict@apache.org>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2025 18:24:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] ninja: remove accord invariant that can break startup

---
 .../cassandra/service/accord/journal/AccordTopologyUpdate.java   | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/accord/journal/AccordTopologyUpdate.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/accord/journal/AccordTopologyUpdate.java
index a01ddb9469..ffdca7a2ad 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/accord/journal/AccordTopologyUpdate.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/accord/journal/AccordTopologyUpdate.java
@@ -420,7 +420,6 @@ public interface AccordTopologyUpdate
 
         public void read(AccordTopologyUpdate update)
         {
-            Invariants.require(read == null);
             if (Objects.requireNonNull(update.kind()) == Kind.New)
                 read = new TopologyImage(update.epoch(), Kind.Image, update.getUpdate());
             else