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     6    The `force-leave` command forces a member of a Consul cluster to enter the left state. If the member is still actually alive, it will eventually rejoin the cluster. The true purpose of this method is to force remove failed nodes.
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     8  
     9  # Consul Force Leave
    10  
    11  Command: `consul force-leave`
    12  
    13  The `force-leave` command forces a member of a Consul cluster to enter the
    14  "left" state. If the member is still actually alive, it will
    15  eventually rejoin the cluster. The true purpose of this method is to force
    16  remove "failed" nodes.
    17  
    18  Consul periodically tries to reconnect to "failed" nodes in case it is a
    19  network partition. After some configured amount of time (by default 72 hours),
    20  Consul will reap "failed" nodes and stop trying to reconnect. The `force-leave`
    21  command can be used to transition the "failed" nodes to "left" nodes more
    22  quickly.
    23  
    24  This can be particularly useful for a node that was running as a server,
    25  as it will be removed from the Raft quorum. Note that `force-leave` cannot be
    26  used to force removal of nodes that are outside of the datacenter.
    27  
    28  ## Usage
    29  
    30  Usage: `consul force-leave [options] node`
    31  
    32  #### API Options
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