There's currently a check in `TransportService.HandshakeResponse.isIncompatibleBuild` to stop ES with the same Version but different build hashes from joining a cluster. This needs to be relaxed for cloud deployments where Version is not applicable
server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportServiceHandshakeTests.java
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package org.elasticsearch.transport;
import org.elasticsearch.ExceptionsHelper;
import org.elasticsearch.TransportVersion;
import org.elasticsearch.Version;