During desired nodes updates the system validates that the provided node settings are valid in order to avoid boot looping issues. If one of the node settings depends on a secure setting, the validation fails even when the secure setting is present and correct.
server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/node/Node.java
import org.elasticsearch.plugins.RepositoryPlugin;
import org.elasticsearch.plugins.ScriptPlugin;
import org.elasticsearch.plugins.SearchPlugin;
import org.elasticsearch.plugins.ShutdownAwarePlugin;
import org.elasticsearch.plugins.SystemIndexPlugin;
import org.elasticsearch.plugins.TelemetryPlugin;
import org.elasticsearch.plugins.internal.DocumentParsingObserver;
import org.elasticsearch.plugins.internal.DocumentParsingObserverPlugin;
import org.elasticsearch.plugins.internal.ReloadAwarePlugin;
import org.elasticsearch.plugins.internal.RestExtension;
import org.elasticsearch.plugins.internal.SettingsExtension;
import org.elasticsearch.readiness.ReadinessService;
import org.elasticsearch.repositories.RepositoriesModule;
import org.elasticsearch.repositories.RepositoriesService;
import org.elasticsearch.reservedstate.ReservedClusterStateHandler;
import org.elasticsearch.reservedstate.ReservedClusterStateHandlerProvider;
import org.elasticsearch.reservedstate.action.ReservedClusterSettingsAction;
import org.elasticsearch.reservedstate.service.FileSettingsService;
import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestController;
import org.elasticsearch.script.ScriptContext;
import org.elasticsearch.script.ScriptEngine;
import org.elasticsearch.script.ScriptModule;
import org.elasticsearch.script.ScriptService;
import org.elasticsearch.search.SearchModule;
import org.elasticsearch.search.SearchService;
import org.elasticsearch.search.SearchUtils;
import org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations.support.AggregationUsageService;
import org.elasticsearch.search.fetch.FetchPhase;
import org.elasticsearch.shutdown.PluginShutdownService;
import org.elasticsearch.snapshots.InternalSnapshotsInfoService;