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    enum {
    /**
     * Leader/Peon is in Paxos' Recovery state
     */
    STATE_RECOVERING,
    /**
     * Leader/Peon is idle, and the Peon may or may not have a valid lease.
     */
    STATE_ACTIVE,
    /**
    ...

  /**
   * Check if we are recovering.
   *
   * @return 'true' if we are on the Recovering state; 'false' otherwise.
   */
  bool is_recovering() const { return (state & STATE_RECOVERING); }

STATE_RECOVERING is 0 not 1 so should be

bool is_recovering() const { return (state == STATE_RECOVERING); }