Expected behavior of mirrormode

["Jesse W. Hathaway" <jesse@mbuki-mvuki.org>]

I am testing the new mirromode feature in 2.4.4alpha and have run
into some unexpected behavior:

1) If mirrormode is on in the config when slapd starts it fails to
synchronize with the producer, this is unexpected behavior

syncrepl rid=545
   provider=ldap://ns3
   type=refreshAndPersist
   searchbase="dc=chappy,dc=com"
   schemachecking=off
   bindmethod=simple
   binddn="cn=admin,dc=chappy,dc=com"
   credentials=secret

mirrormode on


2) If mirrormode is off in the config when the consumer slapd
starts the consumer slapd synchronizes with the producer, if 
mirrormode is then turned on dynamically, synchronization 
continues and the consumer is writable by anyone, this is 
expected behavior

3) After mirror mode is set dynamically, if the consumer slapd 
is restarted, then the consumer will no longer sync with the 
producer, this is unexpected behavior

Are these bugs or by design?

thanks, Jesse