this will be fun!

chaos.patch

diff --git a/swift/container/sharder.py b/swift/container/sharder.py
index 983ea35..1eed14e 100644
--- a/swift/container/sharder.py
+++ b/swift/container/sharder.py
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ class ContainerSharder(ContainerReplicator):
         # TODO: bring back leader election (maybe?); if so make it
         # on-demand since we may not need to know if we are leader for all
         # states
-        is_leader = node['index'] == 0
+        is_leader = True
         try:
             if state in (UNSHARDED, COLLAPSED):
                 if broker.get_shard_ranges():