Set default to false

conf/master

@@ -122,19 +122,22 @@
 # master event bus. The value is expressed in bytes.
 #max_event_size: 1048576
 
-# By default, the master AES key rotates every 24 hours. By default,
-# a key rotatation triggers a test.ping of all connected minions so that
-# they immediately reconnect. To disable this behaviour, set ping_on_rotate
-# to False.
+# By default, the master AES key rotates every 24 hours. The next command
+# following a key rotation will trigger a key refresh from the minion which may
+# result in minions which do not respond to the first command after a key refresh.
+#
+# To tell the master to ping all minions immediately after an AES key refresh, set
+# ping_on_rotate to True. This should mitigate the issue where a minion does not
+# appear to initially respond after a key is rotated.
 #
 # Note that ping_on_rotate may cause high load on the master immediately after
 # the key rotation event as minions reconnect. Consider this carefully if this
 # salt master is managing a large number of minions.
 #
-# If diabled, it is recommended to handle this event by listening for the 
+# If disabled, it is recommended to handle this event by listening for the 
 # 'aes_key_rotate' event with the 'key' tag and acting appropriately.
-#
-# ping_on_rotate: True
+# 
+# ping_on_rotate: False
 
 # The master can include configuration from other files. To enable this,
 # pass a list of paths to this option. The paths can be either relative or

salt/config.py

@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ DEFAULT_MASTER_OPTS = {
     'pillar_version': 2,
     'pillar_opts': True,
     'pillar_source_merging_strategy': 'smart',
-    'ping_on_key_rotate': True,
+    'ping_on_key_rotate': False,
     'peer': {},
     'syndic_master': '',
     'runner_dirs': [],