fix(clustering): ensure data plane config hash is never nil #11917
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The Bug
The previous logic defaulted the config_hash to nil when it was detected to be an empty string. This can cause update_sync_status() to fail, because config_hash is a required attribute:
Why was config_hash an empty string? Because we blindly update this variable from the data received from ping frames from the data plane
The Fix
This change addresses the problem from two angles:
Checklist
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KAG-2967