Index: gmetad/process_xml.c
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--- gmetad/process_xml.c	(revision 1634)
+++ gmetad/process_xml.c	(working copy)
@@ -724,7 +724,11 @@
     
     if (!xmldata->host_alive) 
         return 0;
-    
+
+    /* Only keep extra element details if we are the authority on this cluster. */
+    if (!authority_mode(xmldata))
+       return 0;
+
     hashkey.data = (void*) name;
     hashkey.size =  strlen(name) + 1;