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Fix incorrect stream assembly to eager non-prematurely terminating.

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Fix #6536

@Teebor-Choka Teebor-Choka added this to the 2.2.0-rc.1 milestone Oct 18, 2024
@Teebor-Choka Teebor-Choka requested review from esterlus and a team October 18, 2024 09:57
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The changes in this pull request primarily involve modifications to the heartbeat.rs and ping.rs files within the transport/network module. The perform_heartbeat_round method in heartbeat.rs now collects ping results using a simpler method, introducing new variables to track contacted peers and successful pings. In ping.rs, the ping method has been updated to enhance logging by including the count of peers being pinged. The overall structure and logic of the methods remain intact, ensuring existing functionalities are preserved.

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File Path Change Summary
transport/network/src/heartbeat.rs Updated perform_heartbeat_round to use collect::<Vec<_>>(), added peers_contacted and ping_ok variables, and improved logging.
transport/network/src/ping.rs Modified ping method to include fields(peers.count = peers.len()) in tracing instrumentation; updated method signature.

Assessment against linked issues

Objective Addressed Explanation
Improve logging of heartbeat rounds and peer interactions
Ensure peer quality increases are accurately reported The changes do not directly address the peer quality increase issue.

Possibly related PRs

  • Ensure errors in Ping API are properly propagated #6486: This PR modifies the ping method in the Hopr implementation, which is closely related to the changes made in the ping method of the Pinging trait in the main PR, as both involve enhancements to the ping functionality and error handling.
  • Fix issues related to the network detection of peers #6504: This PR addresses the handling of ignored peers, which is relevant to the changes in the heartbeat.rs and ping.rs files of the main PR, as both involve peer management and the logic surrounding ping operations.
  • Revert "Dependency updates 2024-08-14 (#6454)" #6545: This PR discusses changes in the request-response mechanism, which indirectly relates to the overall network communication improvements made in the main PR, particularly in the context of peer interactions.
  • Fix nulls in peer endpoint #6553: This PR enhances the handling of the PeerStatus struct, which is relevant to the changes in the ping and heartbeat functionalities in the main PR, as both involve peer management and status tracking.

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bug, crate:core-network, component:api, effort:medium, complexity:normal

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  • NumberFour8
  • esterlus

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Nice catch

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Nice catch

Painful debugging.

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Actionable comments posted: 1

🧹 Outside diff range comments (1)
transport/network/src/ping.rs (1)

⚠️ Issue Found: Improper Timeout Configuration

The timeout value in PingConfig is set to 0 milliseconds, which can cause immediate timeout and lead to premature termination of the heartbeat.

  • File: transport/network/src/ping.rs
    • Line: pub timeout: std::time::Duration, // Duration -> should be in millis
    • Usage: timeout: std::time::Duration::from_millis(0),

Recommendations:

  1. Update Timeout Value:
    • Replace std::time::Duration::from_millis(0) with a sensible non-zero duration to prevent immediate timeouts. For example:
      timeout: std::time::Duration::from_millis(150),
  2. Review Other Timeout Configurations:
    • Ensure all timeout settings across the codebase use appropriate non-zero values to maintain reliable heartbeat functionality.
🔗 Analysis chain

Line range hint 12-24: Verify timeout values for heartbeat reliability

Given the PR's objective to fix a bug causing premature termination of the heartbeat, it's crucial to ensure that the timeout values in PingConfig are appropriate. While the implementation looks correct, consider reviewing and possibly adjusting the following:

  1. The default timeout value in PingConfig (currently set to 30 seconds).
  2. The usage of this timeout in the to_active_ping function.

Verify that these values provide enough time for the heartbeat to complete its cycle without premature termination, especially in scenarios with slower network conditions or when dealing with a large number of peers.

To assist in this verification, you can run the following script to check the current timeout values and their usage:

🏁 Scripts executed

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Script:

#!/bin/bash
# Description: Check timeout values and their usage in ping-related files

# Check for timeout value in PingConfig
echo "Timeout value in PingConfig:"
rg --type rust 'pub timeout: std::time::Duration' transport/network/src/ping.rs -A 1

# Check usage of timeout in to_active_ping function
echo "\nUsage of timeout in to_active_ping function:"
rg --type rust 'fn to_active_ping' transport/network/src/ping.rs -A 10

# Check for any other timeout-related configurations in network files
echo "\nOther timeout-related configurations in network files:"
rg --type rust 'timeout' transport/network/src/

Length of output: 2725

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📥 Commits

Files that changed from the base of the PR and between 2db1436 and 3458255.

📒 Files selected for processing (2)
  • transport/network/src/heartbeat.rs (2 hunks)
  • transport/network/src/ping.rs (1 hunks)
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🔇 Additional comments (4)
transport/network/src/heartbeat.rs (3)

4-4: LGTM: Import addition for StreamExt

The addition of StreamExt to the imports is appropriate and necessary for the changes made in the perform_heartbeat_round method, specifically for using the collect method on streams.


Line range hint 1-338: Summary of changes and final verification

The modifications to the perform_heartbeat_round method effectively address the PR objectives by:

  1. Simplifying error handling, potentially fixing the premature termination issue.
  2. Enhancing logging to provide more detailed insights into the heartbeat process.

These changes should improve the reliability and observability of the heartbeat mechanism.

To ensure the changes fully resolve the issue described in #6536:

Let's verify that the heartbeat process now correctly handles outbound connections:

#!/bin/bash
# Search for outbound connection handling in the heartbeat process
rg --type rust 'outbound.*connection.*heartbeat|heartbeat.*outbound.*connection' transport/network/src/

If this search doesn't yield relevant results, we may need to investigate how outbound connections are managed in relation to the heartbeat process.


179-186: Improved logging and simplified error handling

The changes in this segment improve the heartbeat process in two ways:

  1. The addition of peers_contacted enhances logging by providing more context about the heartbeat round.

  2. Changing from try_collect to collect simplifies error handling, which may address the premature termination issue mentioned in the PR objectives.

However, we should verify that this change doesn't inadvertently ignore important errors.

To ensure we're not losing critical error information, let's check how errors were handled before this change:

✅ Verification successful

Error handling remains intentional with collect

The usage of collect::<Vec<_>>() in the heartbeat process continues to intentionally ignore ping errors, as indicated by the code comments:

  • In the Either::Right branch, the comment // We intentionally ignore any ping errors here confirms that error handling is as intended.

Therefore, the simplified error handling does not inadvertently ignore important errors.

🏁 Scripts executed

The following scripts were executed for the analysis:

Script:

#!/bin/bash
# Search for error handling related to ping_stream or try_collect
rg --type rust 'ping_stream.*try_collect|try_collect.*ping_stream' transport/network/src/

Length of output: 105


Script:

#!/bin/bash
# Search for all instances of `collect` in heartbeat.rs with surrounding context to examine error handling
rg --type rust 'collect::<Vec<_>>\(\)' transport/network/src/heartbeat.rs -C 5

Length of output: 647

transport/network/src/ping.rs (1)

200-201: Improved logging and consistent mutability: LGTM!

The changes enhance the ping method in two ways:

  1. Adding fields(peers.count = peers.len()) to the tracing macro improves logging by including the count of peers being pinged. This will be helpful for monitoring and debugging the heartbeat functionality.
  2. Changing the peers parameter to mut peers aligns with the existing logic where the vector is modified. This ensures consistency and prevents potential compiler warnings.

These improvements support the PR's objective of fixing the heartbeat bug by providing better insights into peer interactions.

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Can confirm that this works for me on Rotsee.

@Teebor-Choka Teebor-Choka merged commit 6561e9d into master Oct 18, 2024
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