a) s/#3/#6/ in previous comment. b) Tested 5.5 --------> 5.6, works even with multiple sysbench threads. c) 5.6 --------> 5.5 OTOH fails even with sysbench of 1 thread. (so multi-threading is not an issue here): ^[[A131114 21:57:46 [ERROR] Slave SQL: Could not execute Update_rows event on table sbtest.sbtest1; Column 'k' cannot be null, Error_code: 1048; Duplicate entry '15073' for key 'PRIMARY', Error_code: 1062; handler error HA_ERR_FOUND_DUPP_KEY; the event's master log FIRST, end_log_pos 174, Error_code: 1062 131114 21:57:46 [Warning] WSREP: RBR event 3 Update_rows apply warning: 121, 9970 131114 21:57:46 [Warning] WSREP: Failed to apply app buffer: seqno: 9970, status: 1 at galera/src/replicator_smm.cpp:apply_wscoll():57 Retrying 2th time 131114 21:57:46 [ERROR] Slave SQL: Could not execute Update_rows event on table sbtest.sbtest1; Column 'k' cannot be null, Error_code: 1048; Duplicate entry '15073' for key 'PRIMARY', Error_code: 1062; handler error HA_ERR_FOUND_DUPP_KEY; the event's master log FIRST, end_log_pos 174, Error_code: 1062 131114 21:57:46 [Warning] WSREP: RBR event 3 Update_rows apply warning: 121, 9970 131114 21:57:46 [Warning] WSREP: Failed to apply app buffer: seqno: 9970, status: 1 at galera/src/replicator_smm.cpp:apply_wscoll():57 Retrying 3th time 131114 21:57:46 [ERROR] Slave SQL: Could not execute Update_rows event on table sbtest.sbtest1; Column 'k' cannot be null, Error_code: 1048; Duplicate entry '15073' for key 'PRIMARY', Error_code: 1062; handler error HA_ERR_FOUND_DUPP_KEY; the event's master log FIRST, end_log_pos 174, Error_code: 1062 131114 21:57:46 [Warning] WSREP: RBR event 3 Update_rows apply warning: 121, 9970 131114 21:57:46 [Warning] WSREP: Failed to apply app buffer: seqno: 9970, status: 1 at galera/src/replicator_smm.cpp:apply_wscoll():57 Retrying 4th time 131114 21:57:46 [ERROR] Slave SQL: Could not execute Update_rows event on table sbtest.sbtest1; Column 'k' cannot be null, Error_code: 1048; Duplicate entry '15073' for key 'PRIMARY', Error_code: 1062; handler error HA_ERR_FOUND_DUPP_KEY; the event's master log FIRST, end_log_pos 174, Error_code: 1062 131114 21:57:46 [Warning] WSREP: RBR event 3 Update_rows apply warning: 121, 9970 131114 21:57:46 [Warning] WSREP: Failed to apply app buffer: seqno: 9970, status: 1 at galera/src/replicator_smm.cpp:apply_wscoll():57 Retrying 5th time 131114 21:57:46 [ERROR] Slave SQL: Could not execute Update_rows event on table sbtest.sbtest1; Column 'k' cannot be null, Error_code: 1048; Duplicate entry '15073' for key 'PRIMARY', Error_code: 1062; handler error HA_ERR_FOUND_DUPP_KEY; the event's master log FIRST, end_log_pos 174, Error_code: 1062 131114 21:57:46 [Warning] WSREP: RBR event 3 Update_rows apply warning: 121, 9970 131114 21:57:46 [Warning] WSREP: Failed to apply app buffer: seqno: 9970, status: 1 at galera/src/replicator_smm.cpp:apply_wscoll():57 Retrying 6th time 131114 21:57:46 [ERROR] Slave SQL: Could not execute Update_rows event on table sbtest.sbtest1; Column 'k' cannot be null, Error_code: 1048; Duplicate entry '15073' for key 'PRIMARY', Error_code: 1062; handler error HA_ERR_FOUND_DUPP_KEY; the event's master log FIRST, end_log_pos 174, Error_code: 1062 131114 21:57:46 [Warning] WSREP: RBR event 3 Update_rows apply warning: 121, 9970 131114 21:57:46 [Warning] WSREP: Failed to apply app buffer: seqno: 9970, status: 1 at galera/src/replicator_smm.cpp:apply_wscoll():57 Retrying 7th time 131114 21:57:46 [ERROR] Slave SQL: Could not execute Update_rows event on table sbtest.sbtest1; Column 'k' cannot be null, Error_code: 1048; Duplicate entry '15073' for key 'PRIMARY', Error_code: 1062; handler error HA_ERR_FOUND_DUPP_KEY; the event's master log FIRST, end_log_pos 174, Error_code: 1062 131114 21:57:46 [Warning] WSREP: RBR event 3 Update_rows apply warning: 121, 9970 131114 21:57:46 [Warning] WSREP: Failed to apply app buffer: seqno: 9970, status: 1 at galera/src/replicator_smm.cpp:apply_wscoll():57 Retrying 8th time 131114 21:57:46 [ERROR] Slave SQL: Could not execute Update_rows event on table sbtest.sbtest1; Column 'k' cannot be null, Error_code: 1048; Duplicate entry '15073' for key 'PRIMARY', Error_code: 1062; handler error HA_ERR_FOUND_DUPP_KEY; the event's master log FIRST, end_log_pos 174, Error_code: 1062 131114 21:57:46 [Warning] WSREP: RBR event 3 Update_rows apply warning: 121, 9970 131114 21:57:46 [Warning] WSREP: Failed to apply app buffer: seqno: 9970, status: 1 at galera/src/replicator_smm.cpp:apply_wscoll():57 Retrying 9th time 131114 21:57:46 [ERROR] Slave SQL: Could not execute Update_rows event on table sbtest.sbtest1; Column 'k' cannot be null, Error_code: 1048; Duplicate entry '15073' for key 'PRIMARY', Error_code: 1062; handler error HA_ERR_FOUND_DUPP_KEY; the event's master log FIRST, end_log_pos 174, Error_code: 1062 131114 21:57:46 [Warning] WSREP: RBR event 3 Update_rows apply warning: 121, 9970 131114 21:57:46 [Warning] WSREP: Failed to apply app buffer: seqno: 9970, status: 1 at galera/src/replicator_smm.cpp:apply_wscoll():57 Retrying 10th time 131114 21:57:46 [ERROR] Slave SQL: Could not execute Update_rows event on table sbtest.sbtest1; Column 'k' cannot be null, Error_code: 1048; Duplicate entry '15073' for key 'PRIMARY', Error_code: 1062; handler error HA_ERR_FOUND_DUPP_KEY; the event's master log FIRST, end_log_pos 174, Error_code: 1062 131114 21:57:46 [Warning] WSREP: RBR event 3 Update_rows apply warning: 121, 9970 ================================================