diff --git a/eth/backend.go b/eth/backend.go
index ba9b4d4459..5b9721ad60 100644
--- a/eth/backend.go
+++ b/eth/backend.go
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ func (s *Ethereum) Start() error {
s.handler.Start(s.p2pServer.MaxPeers)
// Start the connection manager with inclusion-based peer protection.
- s.dropper.Start(s.p2pServer, func() bool { return !s.Synced() }, s.handler.txTracker.GetAllPeerStats)
+ s.dropper.Start(s.p2pServer, func() bool { return !s.Synced() }, s.handler.peerStats.GetAllPeerStats, s.handler.peerStats.Prune)
// Subscribe to chain events for the filterMaps head updater.
s.fmHeadSub = s.blockchain.SubscribeChainEvent(s.fmHeadEventCh)
diff --git a/eth/dropper.go b/eth/dropper.go
index 36c970e8d8..53b425e3ac 100644
--- a/eth/dropper.go
+++ b/eth/dropper.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import (
"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/mclock"
- "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth/txtracker"
+ "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth/peerstats"
"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/metrics"
"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p"
@@ -60,20 +60,36 @@ var (
)
// Callback type to get per-peer inclusion statistics.
-type getPeerStatsFunc func() map[string]txtracker.PeerStats
+type getPeerStatsFunc func() map[string]peerstats.PeerStats
// protectionCategory defines a peer scoring function and the fraction of peers
// to protect per inbound/dialed category. Multiple categories are unioned.
type protectionCategory struct {
- score func(txtracker.PeerStats) float64
+ score func(peerstats.PeerStats) float64
frac float64 // fraction of max peers to protect (0.0–1.0)
}
// protectionCategories is the list of protection criteria. Each category
// independently selects its top-N peers per pool; the union is protected.
var protectionCategories = []protectionCategory{
- {func(s txtracker.PeerStats) float64 { return s.RecentFinalized }, inclusionProtectionFrac}, // Recent finalized
- {func(s txtracker.PeerStats) float64 { return s.RecentIncluded }, inclusionProtectionFrac}, // Recent included
+ {func(s peerstats.PeerStats) float64 { return s.RecentFinalized }, inclusionProtectionFrac}, // Recent finalized
+ {func(s peerstats.PeerStats) float64 { return s.RecentIncluded }, inclusionProtectionFrac}, // Recent included
+ {func(s peerstats.PeerStats) float64 { // Request latency
+ // Low-latency peers rank higher. Eligibility requires a sustained
+ // rate of accepted-delivery samples (block-decayed EMA): scoring 0
+ // here lets the `score > 0` filter exclude peers whose EMA rests on
+ // too little, too old, or front-loaded evidence — eligibility
+ // expires on its own when the useful work stops. Peers whose EMA
+ // approaches the fetch timeout score tiny-but-positive via the
+ // reciprocal; per-pool top-N pushes faster peers ahead of them.
+ if s.LatencyActivity < peerstats.MinLatencyActivity {
+ return 0
+ }
+ if s.RequestLatencyEMA <= 0 {
+ return 0
+ }
+ return 1.0 / float64(s.RequestLatencyEMA)
+ }, inclusionProtectionFrac},
}
// dropper monitors the state of the peer pool and introduces churn by
@@ -101,7 +117,8 @@ type dropper struct {
maxInboundPeers int // maximum number of inbound peers
peersFunc getPeersFunc
syncingFunc getSyncingFunc
- peerStatsFunc getPeerStatsFunc // optional: inclusion stats for protection
+ peerStatsFunc getPeerStatsFunc // optional: inclusion stats for protection
+ pruneStatsFunc func(map[string]bool) // optional: reclaim stats for disconnected peers
// peerDropTimer introduces churn if we are close to limit capacity.
// We handle Dialed and Inbound connections separately
@@ -131,12 +148,13 @@ func newDropper(maxDialPeers, maxInboundPeers int) *dropper {
return cm
}
-// Start the dropper. peerStatsFunc is optional (nil disables inclusion
-// protection).
-func (cm *dropper) Start(srv *p2p.Server, syncingFunc getSyncingFunc, peerStatsFunc getPeerStatsFunc) {
+// Start the dropper. peerStatsFunc and pruneStatsFunc are optional (nil
+// disables inclusion protection and stats pruning respectively).
+func (cm *dropper) Start(srv *p2p.Server, syncingFunc getSyncingFunc, peerStatsFunc getPeerStatsFunc, pruneStatsFunc func(map[string]bool)) {
cm.peersFunc = srv.Peers
cm.syncingFunc = syncingFunc
cm.peerStatsFunc = peerStatsFunc
+ cm.pruneStatsFunc = pruneStatsFunc
cm.wg.Add(1)
go cm.loop()
}
@@ -196,6 +214,21 @@ func (cm *dropper) dropRandomPeer() bool {
return true
}
+// pruneStats reclaims stats for peers that are no longer connected. It builds
+// the currently-connected id set and hands it to the stats pruner. No-op when
+// pruning is disabled (nil pruneStatsFunc).
+func (cm *dropper) pruneStats() {
+ if cm.pruneStatsFunc == nil {
+ return
+ }
+ peers := cm.peersFunc()
+ keep := make(map[string]bool, len(peers))
+ for _, p := range peers {
+ keep[p.ID().String()] = true
+ }
+ cm.pruneStatsFunc(keep)
+}
+
// protectedPeers computes the set of peers that should not be dropped based
// on inclusion stats. Each protection category independently selects its
// top-N peers per inbound/dialed pool; the union is returned.
@@ -228,7 +261,7 @@ func (cm *dropper) protectedPeers(peers []*p2p.Peer) map[*p2p.Peer]bool {
// Factored from protectedPeers so tests can exercise the per-pool
// selection logic without needing to construct direction-flagged
// *p2p.Peer instances (which require unexported p2p types).
-func protectedPeersByPool(inbound, dialed []*p2p.Peer, stats map[string]txtracker.PeerStats) map[*p2p.Peer]bool {
+func protectedPeersByPool(inbound, dialed []*p2p.Peer, stats map[string]peerstats.PeerStats) map[*p2p.Peer]bool {
result := make(map[*p2p.Peer]bool)
// protectPool selects the top-frac peers from pool by score and adds them to result.
protectPool := func(pool []*p2p.Peer, cat protectionCategory) {
@@ -274,6 +307,11 @@ func (cm *dropper) loop() {
for {
select {
case <-cm.peerDropTimer.C:
+ // Reclaim stats entries for peers that are no longer connected,
+ // covering the rare orphan left when a peer signal races with its
+ // NotifyPeerDrop. Done every tick (independent of syncing) since
+ // disconnects happen during sync too.
+ cm.pruneStats()
// Drop a random peer if we are not syncing and the peer count is close to the limit.
if !cm.syncingFunc() {
cm.dropRandomPeer()
diff --git a/eth/dropper_test.go b/eth/dropper_test.go
index fd2ed9b611..92556f4250 100644
--- a/eth/dropper_test.go
+++ b/eth/dropper_test.go
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ package eth
import (
"fmt"
"testing"
+ "time"
- "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth/txtracker"
+ "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth/peerstats"
"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p"
"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p/enode"
)
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ func makePeers(n int) []*p2p.Peer {
func TestProtectedPeersNoStats(t *testing.T) {
cm := &dropper{maxDialPeers: 20, maxInboundPeers: 30}
- cm.peerStatsFunc = func() map[string]txtracker.PeerStats { return nil }
+ cm.peerStatsFunc = func() map[string]peerstats.PeerStats { return nil }
peers := makePeers(10)
protected := cm.protectedPeers(peers)
@@ -47,8 +48,8 @@ func TestProtectedPeersNoStats(t *testing.T) {
func TestProtectedPeersEmptyStats(t *testing.T) {
cm := &dropper{maxDialPeers: 20, maxInboundPeers: 30}
- cm.peerStatsFunc = func() map[string]txtracker.PeerStats {
- return map[string]txtracker.PeerStats{}
+ cm.peerStatsFunc = func() map[string]peerstats.PeerStats {
+ return map[string]peerstats.PeerStats{}
}
peers := makePeers(10)
@@ -63,11 +64,11 @@ func TestProtectedPeersTopPeer(t *testing.T) {
cm := &dropper{maxDialPeers: 20, maxInboundPeers: 30}
peers := makePeers(20)
- stats := make(map[string]txtracker.PeerStats)
- stats[peers[0].ID().String()] = txtracker.PeerStats{RecentFinalized: 100}
- stats[peers[1].ID().String()] = txtracker.PeerStats{RecentIncluded: 5.0}
+ stats := make(map[string]peerstats.PeerStats)
+ stats[peers[0].ID().String()] = peerstats.PeerStats{RecentFinalized: 100}
+ stats[peers[1].ID().String()] = peerstats.PeerStats{RecentIncluded: 5.0}
- cm.peerStatsFunc = func() map[string]txtracker.PeerStats { return stats }
+ cm.peerStatsFunc = func() map[string]peerstats.PeerStats { return stats }
protected := cm.protectedPeers(peers)
if len(protected) != 2 {
@@ -85,11 +86,11 @@ func TestProtectedPeersZeroScore(t *testing.T) {
cm := &dropper{maxDialPeers: 20, maxInboundPeers: 30}
peers := makePeers(10)
- stats := make(map[string]txtracker.PeerStats)
+ stats := make(map[string]peerstats.PeerStats)
for _, p := range peers {
- stats[p.ID().String()] = txtracker.PeerStats{}
+ stats[p.ID().String()] = peerstats.PeerStats{}
}
- cm.peerStatsFunc = func() map[string]txtracker.PeerStats { return stats }
+ cm.peerStatsFunc = func() map[string]peerstats.PeerStats { return stats }
protected := cm.protectedPeers(peers)
if len(protected) != 0 {
@@ -102,10 +103,10 @@ func TestProtectedPeersOverlap(t *testing.T) {
cm := &dropper{maxDialPeers: 20, maxInboundPeers: 30}
peers := makePeers(20)
- stats := make(map[string]txtracker.PeerStats)
- stats[peers[0].ID().String()] = txtracker.PeerStats{RecentFinalized: 100, RecentIncluded: 5.0}
+ stats := make(map[string]peerstats.PeerStats)
+ stats[peers[0].ID().String()] = peerstats.PeerStats{RecentFinalized: 100, RecentIncluded: 5.0}
- cm.peerStatsFunc = func() map[string]txtracker.PeerStats { return stats }
+ cm.peerStatsFunc = func() map[string]peerstats.PeerStats { return stats }
protected := cm.protectedPeers(peers)
if len(protected) != 1 {
@@ -138,12 +139,12 @@ func TestProtectedByPoolPerPoolTopN(t *testing.T) {
dialed[i] = p2p.NewPeer(id, fmt.Sprintf("dialed%d", i), nil)
}
// Strictly increasing scores: highest wins in each pool.
- stats := make(map[string]txtracker.PeerStats)
+ stats := make(map[string]peerstats.PeerStats)
for i, p := range inbound {
- stats[p.ID().String()] = txtracker.PeerStats{RecentFinalized: float64(1 + i)}
+ stats[p.ID().String()] = peerstats.PeerStats{RecentFinalized: float64(1 + i)}
}
for i, p := range dialed {
- stats[p.ID().String()] = txtracker.PeerStats{RecentFinalized: float64(1 + i)}
+ stats[p.ID().String()] = peerstats.PeerStats{RecentFinalized: float64(1 + i)}
}
protected := protectedPeersByPool(inbound, dialed, stats)
@@ -173,10 +174,10 @@ func TestProtectedByPoolCrossCategoryOverlap(t *testing.T) {
// RecentFinalized winners: P2 (tie-broken-ok), P0
// RecentIncluded winners: P2, P1
// Union: {P0, P1, P2}.
- stats := make(map[string]txtracker.PeerStats)
- stats[dialed[0].ID().String()] = txtracker.PeerStats{RecentFinalized: 100, RecentIncluded: 0}
- stats[dialed[1].ID().String()] = txtracker.PeerStats{RecentFinalized: 0, RecentIncluded: 5.0}
- stats[dialed[2].ID().String()] = txtracker.PeerStats{RecentFinalized: 200, RecentIncluded: 10.0}
+ stats := make(map[string]peerstats.PeerStats)
+ stats[dialed[0].ID().String()] = peerstats.PeerStats{RecentFinalized: 100, RecentIncluded: 0}
+ stats[dialed[1].ID().String()] = peerstats.PeerStats{RecentFinalized: 0, RecentIncluded: 5.0}
+ stats[dialed[2].ID().String()] = peerstats.PeerStats{RecentFinalized: 200, RecentIncluded: 10.0}
protected := protectedPeersByPool(nil, dialed, stats)
@@ -203,13 +204,13 @@ func TestProtectedByPoolPerPoolIndependence(t *testing.T) {
id := enode.ID{byte(100 + i)}
dialed[i] = p2p.NewPeer(id, fmt.Sprintf("dialed%d", i), nil)
}
- stats := make(map[string]txtracker.PeerStats)
+ stats := make(map[string]peerstats.PeerStats)
// Every inbound peer outscores every dialed peer.
for i, p := range inbound {
- stats[p.ID().String()] = txtracker.PeerStats{RecentFinalized: float64(1000 + i)}
+ stats[p.ID().String()] = peerstats.PeerStats{RecentFinalized: float64(1000 + i)}
}
for i, p := range dialed {
- stats[p.ID().String()] = txtracker.PeerStats{RecentFinalized: float64(1 + i)}
+ stats[p.ID().String()] = peerstats.PeerStats{RecentFinalized: float64(1 + i)}
}
protected := protectedPeersByPool(inbound, dialed, stats)
@@ -232,3 +233,141 @@ func TestProtectedByPoolPerPoolIndependence(t *testing.T) {
t.Fatalf("expected 4 protected peers (top-2 of each pool), got %d", len(protected))
}
}
+
+// TestProtectedByPoolRequestLatencyBasic verifies the latency protection
+// category: with no competing inclusion stats, the lowest-latency peers
+// (among those with enough samples) win top-N protection.
+func TestProtectedByPoolRequestLatencyBasic(t *testing.T) {
+ dialed := makePeers(20) // frac=0.1 → n=2 per category
+ stats := make(map[string]peerstats.PeerStats)
+ // Three peers have enough samples; the two fastest should win.
+ stats[dialed[0].ID().String()] = peerstats.PeerStats{
+ RequestLatencyEMA: 50 * time.Millisecond,
+ LatencyActivity: peerstats.MinLatencyActivity,
+ }
+ stats[dialed[1].ID().String()] = peerstats.PeerStats{
+ RequestLatencyEMA: 100 * time.Millisecond,
+ LatencyActivity: peerstats.MinLatencyActivity,
+ }
+ stats[dialed[2].ID().String()] = peerstats.PeerStats{
+ RequestLatencyEMA: 2 * time.Second,
+ LatencyActivity: peerstats.MinLatencyActivity,
+ }
+
+ protected := protectedPeersByPool(nil, dialed, stats)
+
+ if !protected[dialed[0]] {
+ t.Error("fastest peer should be protected")
+ }
+ if !protected[dialed[1]] {
+ t.Error("second-fastest peer should be protected")
+ }
+ if protected[dialed[2]] {
+ t.Error("slowest peer should not be in top-2")
+ }
+ if len(protected) != 2 {
+ t.Fatalf("expected top-2 latency protection, got %d", len(protected))
+ }
+}
+
+// TestProtectedByPoolRequestLatencyBootstrapGuard verifies that peers whose
+// accepted-delivery activity rate is below MinLatencyActivity do not earn
+// latency-based protection, even if their few samples indicate very low
+// latency.
+func TestProtectedByPoolRequestLatencyBootstrapGuard(t *testing.T) {
+ dialed := makePeers(20)
+ stats := make(map[string]peerstats.PeerStats)
+ // A lucky-fast peer without sustained activity — must NOT be protected.
+ stats[dialed[0].ID().String()] = peerstats.PeerStats{
+ RequestLatencyEMA: 1 * time.Millisecond,
+ RequestSuccesses: 1,
+ LatencyActivity: peerstats.MinLatencyActivity / 2,
+ }
+ // A warmed-up but slower peer — should be protected on latency.
+ stats[dialed[1].ID().String()] = peerstats.PeerStats{
+ RequestLatencyEMA: 500 * time.Millisecond,
+ LatencyActivity: peerstats.MinLatencyActivity,
+ }
+
+ protected := protectedPeersByPool(nil, dialed, stats)
+
+ if protected[dialed[0]] {
+ t.Error("under-sampled peer should not be protected (bootstrap guard)")
+ }
+ if !protected[dialed[1]] {
+ t.Error("warmed-up peer should be protected")
+ }
+}
+
+// TestProtectedByPoolRequestLatencyPerPool verifies that the latency
+// category selects top-N per pool independently, consistent with the
+// other categories. An inbound peer with lower latency does not prevent
+// a dialed peer from being protected as top of the dialed pool.
+func TestProtectedByPoolRequestLatencyPerPool(t *testing.T) {
+ inbound := makePeers(20)
+ dialed := make([]*p2p.Peer, 20)
+ for i := range dialed {
+ id := enode.ID{byte(100 + i)}
+ dialed[i] = p2p.NewPeer(id, fmt.Sprintf("dialed%d", i), nil)
+ }
+ stats := make(map[string]peerstats.PeerStats)
+ // All inbound peers are very fast (50ms).
+ for _, p := range inbound {
+ stats[p.ID().String()] = peerstats.PeerStats{
+ RequestLatencyEMA: 50 * time.Millisecond,
+ LatencyActivity: peerstats.MinLatencyActivity,
+ }
+ }
+ // Dialed peers are slower (1s) — globally they would all lose, but
+ // per-pool top-N should still protect two of them.
+ for _, p := range dialed {
+ stats[p.ID().String()] = peerstats.PeerStats{
+ RequestLatencyEMA: 1 * time.Second,
+ LatencyActivity: peerstats.MinLatencyActivity,
+ }
+ }
+
+ protected := protectedPeersByPool(inbound, dialed, stats)
+
+ // 2 from inbound + 2 from dialed = 4.
+ var dialedProtected int
+ for _, p := range dialed {
+ if protected[p] {
+ dialedProtected++
+ }
+ }
+ if dialedProtected != 2 {
+ t.Fatalf("expected 2 dialed peers protected by per-pool top-N, got %d", dialedProtected)
+ }
+}
+
+// TestProtectedByPoolRequestLatencyStale verifies that decayed activity
+// excludes peers whose latency EMA is fast but whose accepted-delivery
+// rate has since fallen below MinLatencyActivity. A peer cannot serve a
+// burst of fast replies, go silent on announcements, and keep
+// latency-based protection indefinitely.
+func TestProtectedByPoolRequestLatencyStale(t *testing.T) {
+ dialed := makePeers(20)
+ stats := make(map[string]peerstats.PeerStats)
+ // Active, fast peer — should be protected.
+ stats[dialed[0].ID().String()] = peerstats.PeerStats{
+ RequestLatencyEMA: 50 * time.Millisecond,
+ LatencyActivity: peerstats.MinLatencyActivity,
+ }
+ // Formerly active, fast peer — same EMA, but its activity has decayed
+ // below the eligibility threshold.
+ stats[dialed[1].ID().String()] = peerstats.PeerStats{
+ RequestLatencyEMA: 50 * time.Millisecond,
+ RequestSuccesses: 100,
+ LatencyActivity: peerstats.MinLatencyActivity * 0.9,
+ }
+
+ protected := protectedPeersByPool(nil, dialed, stats)
+
+ if !protected[dialed[0]] {
+ t.Error("active fast peer must be protected")
+ }
+ if protected[dialed[1]] {
+ t.Error("decayed-activity peer must NOT keep latency protection despite fast EMA")
+ }
+}
diff --git a/eth/fetcher/tx_fetcher.go b/eth/fetcher/tx_fetcher.go
index 63efdfab60..cd0ea065b3 100644
--- a/eth/fetcher/tx_fetcher.go
+++ b/eth/fetcher/tx_fetcher.go
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ type txDelivery struct {
hashes []common.Hash // Batch of transaction hashes having been delivered
metas []txMetadata // Batch of metadata associated with the delivered hashes
direct bool // Whether this is a direct reply or a broadcast
+ accepted bool // Whether any delivered tx was newly accepted by the pool
violation error // Whether we encountered a protocol violation
}
@@ -183,11 +184,12 @@ type TxFetcher struct {
alternates map[common.Hash]map[string]struct{} // In-flight transaction alternate origins if retrieval fails
// Callbacks
- validateMeta func(common.Hash, byte) error // Validate a tx metadata based on the local txpool
- addTxs func([]*types.Transaction) []error // Insert a batch of transactions into local txpool
- fetchTxs func(string, []common.Hash) error // Retrieves a set of txs from a remote peer
- dropPeer func(string) // Drops a peer in case of announcement violation
- onAccepted func(peer string, hashes []common.Hash) // Optional: notified with accepted tx hashes per peer
+ validateMeta func(common.Hash, byte) error // Validate a tx metadata based on the local txpool
+ addTxs func([]*types.Transaction) []error // Insert a batch of transactions into local txpool
+ fetchTxs func(string, []common.Hash) error // Retrieves a set of txs from a remote peer
+ dropPeer func(string) // Drops a peer in case of announcement violation
+ onAccepted func(peer string, hashes []common.Hash) // Optional: notified with accepted tx hashes per peer
+ onRequestResult func(peer string, latency time.Duration, timeout bool) // Optional: notified per timed-out request and per delivery with pool-accepted txs
buffer *blobpool.BlobBuffer
@@ -201,41 +203,42 @@ type TxFetcher struct {
// based on hash announcements.
// Chain can be nil to disable on-chain checks.
func NewTxFetcher(chain *core.BlockChain, validateMeta func(common.Hash, byte) error, addTxs func([]*types.Transaction) []error, fetchTxs func(string, []common.Hash) error,
- dropPeer func(string), onAccepted func(string, []common.Hash), buffer *blobpool.BlobBuffer) *TxFetcher {
- return NewTxFetcherForTests(chain, validateMeta, addTxs, fetchTxs, dropPeer, onAccepted, buffer, mclock.System{}, time.Now, nil)
+ dropPeer func(string), onAccepted func(string, []common.Hash), onRequestResult func(string, time.Duration, bool), buffer *blobpool.BlobBuffer) *TxFetcher {
+ return NewTxFetcherForTests(chain, validateMeta, addTxs, fetchTxs, dropPeer, onAccepted, onRequestResult, buffer, mclock.System{}, time.Now, nil)
}
// NewTxFetcherForTests is a testing method to mock out the realtime clock with
// a simulated version and the internal randomness with a deterministic one.
// Chain can be nil to disable on-chain checks.
func NewTxFetcherForTests(
- chain *core.BlockChain, validateMeta func(common.Hash, byte) error, addTxs func([]*types.Transaction) []error, fetchTxs func(string, []common.Hash) error, dropPeer func(string), onAccepted func(string, []common.Hash),
+ chain *core.BlockChain, validateMeta func(common.Hash, byte) error, addTxs func([]*types.Transaction) []error, fetchTxs func(string, []common.Hash) error, dropPeer func(string), onAccepted func(string, []common.Hash), onRequestResult func(string, time.Duration, bool),
buffer *blobpool.BlobBuffer, clock mclock.Clock, realTime func() time.Time, rand *mrand.Rand) *TxFetcher {
return &TxFetcher{
- notify: make(chan *txAnnounce),
- cleanup: make(chan *txDelivery),
- drop: make(chan *txDrop),
- quit: make(chan struct{}),
- waitlist: make(map[common.Hash]map[string]struct{}),
- waittime: make(map[common.Hash]mclock.AbsTime),
- waitslots: make(map[string]map[common.Hash]*txMetadataWithSeq),
- announces: make(map[string]map[common.Hash]*txMetadataWithSeq),
- announced: make(map[common.Hash]map[string]struct{}),
- fetching: make(map[common.Hash]string),
- requests: make(map[string]*txRequest),
- alternates: make(map[common.Hash]map[string]struct{}),
- underpriced: lru.NewCache[common.Hash, time.Time](maxTxUnderpricedSetSize),
- txOnChainCache: lru.NewCache[common.Hash, struct{}](txOnChainCacheLimit),
- chain: chain,
- validateMeta: validateMeta,
- addTxs: addTxs,
- fetchTxs: fetchTxs,
- dropPeer: dropPeer,
- buffer: buffer,
- onAccepted: onAccepted,
- clock: clock,
- realTime: realTime,
- rand: rand,
+ notify: make(chan *txAnnounce),
+ cleanup: make(chan *txDelivery),
+ drop: make(chan *txDrop),
+ quit: make(chan struct{}),
+ waitlist: make(map[common.Hash]map[string]struct{}),
+ waittime: make(map[common.Hash]mclock.AbsTime),
+ waitslots: make(map[string]map[common.Hash]*txMetadataWithSeq),
+ announces: make(map[string]map[common.Hash]*txMetadataWithSeq),
+ announced: make(map[common.Hash]map[string]struct{}),
+ fetching: make(map[common.Hash]string),
+ requests: make(map[string]*txRequest),
+ alternates: make(map[common.Hash]map[string]struct{}),
+ underpriced: lru.NewCache[common.Hash, time.Time](maxTxUnderpricedSetSize),
+ txOnChainCache: lru.NewCache[common.Hash, struct{}](txOnChainCacheLimit),
+ chain: chain,
+ validateMeta: validateMeta,
+ addTxs: addTxs,
+ fetchTxs: fetchTxs,
+ dropPeer: dropPeer,
+ buffer: buffer,
+ onAccepted: onAccepted,
+ onRequestResult: onRequestResult,
+ clock: clock,
+ realTime: realTime,
+ rand: rand,
}
}
@@ -355,8 +358,9 @@ func (f *TxFetcher) Enqueue(peer string, version uint, txs []*types.Transaction,
// Push all the transactions into the pool, tracking underpriced ones to avoid
// re-requesting them and dropping the peer in case of malicious transfers.
var (
- added = make([]common.Hash, 0, len(txs))
- metas = make([]txMetadata, 0, len(txs))
+ added = make([]common.Hash, 0, len(txs))
+ metas = make([]txMetadata, 0, len(txs))
+ anyAccepted bool
)
// proceed in batches
for i := 0; i < len(txs); i += addTxsBatchSize {
@@ -414,8 +418,11 @@ func (f *TxFetcher) Enqueue(peer string, version uint, txs []*types.Transaction,
otherreject := f.handleAddErrors(hashes, errs, metrics)
// Notify the tracker which txs from this peer were accepted.
- if f.onAccepted != nil && len(accepted) > 0 {
- f.onAccepted(peer, accepted)
+ if len(accepted) > 0 {
+ anyAccepted = true
+ if f.onAccepted != nil {
+ f.onAccepted(peer, accepted)
+ }
}
// If 'other reject' is >25% of the deliveries in any batch, sleep a bit
// to throttle the misbehaving peer.
@@ -429,7 +436,7 @@ func (f *TxFetcher) Enqueue(peer string, version uint, txs []*types.Transaction,
}
}
select {
- case f.cleanup <- &txDelivery{origin: peer, hashes: added, metas: metas, direct: direct, violation: violation}:
+ case f.cleanup <- &txDelivery{origin: peer, hashes: added, metas: metas, direct: direct, accepted: anyAccepted, violation: violation}:
return nil
case <-f.quit:
return errTerminated
@@ -735,6 +742,14 @@ func (f *TxFetcher) loop() {
// Keep track of the request as dangling, but never expire
f.requests[peer].hashes = nil
txFetcherSlowPeers.Inc(1)
+ // Record the request as a timeout-latency sample. The slow
+ // EMA in the consumer counts timeouts as the timeout value
+ // itself, so a peer that times out repeatedly drags its
+ // score down without us having to wait for an eventual
+ // (possibly never-arriving) reply.
+ if f.onRequestResult != nil {
+ f.onRequestResult(peer, txFetchTimeout, true)
+ }
}
}
// Schedule a new transaction retrieval
@@ -831,6 +846,14 @@ func (f *TxFetcher) loop() {
if req.hashes == nil {
txFetcherSlowPeers.Dec(1)
txFetcherSlowWait.Update(time.Duration(f.clock.Now() - req.time).Nanoseconds())
+ // Already counted as a timeout sample at the timeout site;
+ // don't double-record on eventual delivery.
+ } else if f.onRequestResult != nil && delivery.accepted {
+ // In-time delivery that yielded at least one pool-accepted
+ // tx. Record the actual round-trip. Deliveries without any
+ // accepted tx (duplicates, rejects) record nothing — latency
+ // samples must not be farmable from worthless responses.
+ f.onRequestResult(delivery.origin, time.Duration(f.clock.Now()-req.time), false)
}
delete(f.requests, delivery.origin)
diff --git a/eth/fetcher/tx_fetcher_test.go b/eth/fetcher/tx_fetcher_test.go
index 1c13c5bfc7..37d401779a 100644
--- a/eth/fetcher/tx_fetcher_test.go
+++ b/eth/fetcher/tx_fetcher_test.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
"math/big"
"math/rand"
"slices"
+ "sync"
"testing"
"time"
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@ func newTestTxFetcher() *TxFetcher {
func(string, []common.Hash) error { return nil },
nil,
nil,
+ nil,
newTestBlobBuffer(),
)
}
@@ -2219,6 +2221,7 @@ func TestTransactionForgotten(t *testing.T) {
func(string, []common.Hash) error { return nil },
func(string) {},
nil,
+ nil,
newTestBlobBuffer(),
mockClock,
mockTime,
@@ -2300,3 +2303,141 @@ func TestTransactionForgotten(t *testing.T) {
t.Errorf("wrong final underpriced cache size: got %d, want 1", size)
}
}
+
+// resultRecorder is a thread-safe recorder for onRequestResult callbacks.
+type resultRecorder struct {
+ mu sync.Mutex
+ samples []resultSample
+}
+
+type resultSample struct {
+ peer string
+ latency time.Duration
+ timeout bool
+}
+
+func (r *resultRecorder) record(peer string, latency time.Duration, timeout bool) {
+ r.mu.Lock()
+ defer r.mu.Unlock()
+ r.samples = append(r.samples, resultSample{peer, latency, timeout})
+}
+
+func (r *resultRecorder) snapshot() []resultSample {
+ r.mu.Lock()
+ defer r.mu.Unlock()
+ out := make([]resultSample, len(r.samples))
+ copy(out, r.samples)
+ return out
+}
+
+// TestTransactionFetcherRequestResultOnDelivery asserts that an in-time
+// direct delivery fires the onRequestResult callback with timeout=false.
+func TestTransactionFetcherRequestResultOnDelivery(t *testing.T) {
+ rec := &resultRecorder{}
+ testTransactionFetcherParallel(t, txFetcherTest{
+ init: func() *TxFetcher {
+ f := newTestTxFetcher()
+ f.onRequestResult = rec.record
+ return f
+ },
+ steps: []interface{}{
+ doTxNotify{peer: "A", hashes: []common.Hash{testTxsHashes[0]}, types: []byte{testTxs[0].Type()}, sizes: []uint32{uint32(testTxs[0].Size())}},
+ doWait{time: txArriveTimeout, step: true},
+ doWait{time: 200 * time.Millisecond, step: false},
+ doTxEnqueue{peer: "A", txs: []*types.Transaction{testTxs[0]}, direct: true},
+ doFunc(func() {
+ samples := rec.snapshot()
+ if len(samples) != 1 {
+ t.Fatalf("expected 1 sample, got %d (%v)", len(samples), samples)
+ }
+ if samples[0].peer != "A" {
+ t.Errorf("peer mismatch: got %q, want A", samples[0].peer)
+ }
+ if samples[0].latency != 200*time.Millisecond {
+ t.Errorf("latency mismatch: got %v, want 200ms", samples[0].latency)
+ }
+ if samples[0].timeout {
+ t.Error("expected timeout=false for delivery")
+ }
+ }),
+ },
+ })
+}
+
+// TestTransactionFetcherRequestResultOnTimeout asserts that a timed-out
+// request fires onRequestResult with timeout=true and the timeout value,
+// and a subsequent (late) delivery does not fire a duplicate sample.
+func TestTransactionFetcherRequestResultOnTimeout(t *testing.T) {
+ rec := &resultRecorder{}
+ testTransactionFetcherParallel(t, txFetcherTest{
+ init: func() *TxFetcher {
+ f := newTestTxFetcher()
+ f.onRequestResult = rec.record
+ return f
+ },
+ steps: []interface{}{
+ doTxNotify{peer: "A", hashes: []common.Hash{testTxsHashes[0]}, types: []byte{testTxs[0].Type()}, sizes: []uint32{uint32(testTxs[0].Size())}},
+ doWait{time: txArriveTimeout, step: true},
+ doWait{time: txFetchTimeout, step: true},
+ doFunc(func() {
+ samples := rec.snapshot()
+ if len(samples) != 1 {
+ t.Fatalf("expected 1 timeout sample, got %d (%v)", len(samples), samples)
+ }
+ if samples[0].peer != "A" {
+ t.Errorf("peer mismatch: got %q, want A", samples[0].peer)
+ }
+ if samples[0].latency != txFetchTimeout {
+ t.Errorf("latency mismatch: got %v, want %v", samples[0].latency, txFetchTimeout)
+ }
+ if !samples[0].timeout {
+ t.Error("expected timeout=true for timed-out request")
+ }
+ }),
+ doTxEnqueue{peer: "A", txs: []*types.Transaction{testTxs[0]}, direct: true},
+ doFunc(func() {
+ if len(rec.snapshot()) != 1 {
+ t.Fatalf("late delivery double-counted: got %d samples, want 1", len(rec.snapshot()))
+ }
+ }),
+ },
+ })
+}
+
+// TestTransactionFetcherRequestResultRequiresAcceptance asserts that an
+// in-time delivery containing no pool-accepted transactions (e.g. all
+// duplicates) does NOT record a latency sample — a peer cannot farm
+// latency protection by answering fetches with worthless content.
+func TestTransactionFetcherRequestResultRequiresAcceptance(t *testing.T) {
+ rec := &resultRecorder{}
+ testTransactionFetcherParallel(t, txFetcherTest{
+ init: func() *TxFetcher {
+ f := NewTxFetcher(
+ nil,
+ func(common.Hash, byte) error { return nil },
+ func(txs []*types.Transaction) []error {
+ errs := make([]error, len(txs))
+ for i := range errs {
+ errs[i] = txpool.ErrAlreadyKnown
+ }
+ return errs
+ },
+ func(string, []common.Hash) error { return nil },
+ nil, nil, rec.record,
+ newTestBlobBuffer(),
+ )
+ return f
+ },
+ steps: []interface{}{
+ doTxNotify{peer: "A", hashes: []common.Hash{testTxsHashes[0]}, types: []byte{testTxs[0].Type()}, sizes: []uint32{uint32(testTxs[0].Size())}},
+ doWait{time: txArriveTimeout, step: true},
+ doWait{time: 200 * time.Millisecond, step: false},
+ doTxEnqueue{peer: "A", txs: []*types.Transaction{testTxs[0]}, direct: true},
+ doFunc(func() {
+ if samples := rec.snapshot(); len(samples) != 0 {
+ t.Fatalf("expected no sample for unaccepted delivery, got %d (%v)", len(samples), samples)
+ }
+ }),
+ },
+ })
+}
diff --git a/eth/handler.go b/eth/handler.go
index ed0149075f..ae72b856d1 100644
--- a/eth/handler.go
+++ b/eth/handler.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import (
"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth/downloader"
"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth/ethconfig"
"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth/fetcher"
+ "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth/peerstats"
"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth/protocols/eth"
"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth/protocols/snap"
"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth/txtracker"
@@ -142,6 +143,7 @@ type handler struct {
txFetcher *fetcher.TxFetcher
blobFetcher *fetcher.BlobFetcher
txTracker *txtracker.Tracker
+ peerStats *peerstats.Stats
peers *peerSet
txBroadcastKey [16]byte
@@ -211,7 +213,8 @@ func newHandler(config *handlerConfig) (*handler, error) {
return nil
}
h.txTracker = txtracker.New()
- h.txFetcher = fetcher.NewTxFetcher(h.chain, validateMeta, addTxs, fetchTx, h.removePeer, h.txTracker.NotifyAccepted, blobBuffer)
+ h.peerStats = peerstats.New()
+ h.txFetcher = fetcher.NewTxFetcher(h.chain, validateMeta, addTxs, fetchTx, h.removePeer, h.txTracker.NotifyAccepted, h.peerStats.NotifyRequestResult, blobBuffer)
// Construct the blob fetcher for cell-based blob data availability
blobCallbacks := fetcher.BlobFetcherFunctions{
@@ -456,7 +459,7 @@ func (h *handler) unregisterPeer(id string) {
h.downloader.UnregisterPeer(id)
h.txFetcher.Drop(id)
h.blobFetcher.Drop(id)
- h.txTracker.NotifyPeerDrop(id)
+ h.peerStats.NotifyPeerDrop(id)
if err := h.peers.unregisterPeer(id); err != nil {
logger.Error("Ethereum peer removal failed", "err", err)
@@ -481,8 +484,10 @@ func (h *handler) Start(maxPeers int) {
h.txFetcher.Start()
h.blobFetcher.Start()
- // Start the transaction tracker (records tx deliveries, credits peer inclusions).
- h.txTracker.Start(h.chain)
+ // Start the transaction tracker; it emits per-block inclusion and
+ // finalization signals to peerStats, which the dropper queries for
+ // protection decisions.
+ h.txTracker.Start(h.chain, h.peerStats)
// start peer handler tracker
h.wg.Add(1)
diff --git a/eth/peerstats/peerstats.go b/eth/peerstats/peerstats.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ab8422781
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eth/peerstats/peerstats.go
@@ -0,0 +1,245 @@
+// Copyright 2026 The go-ethereum Authors
+// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see .
+
+// Package peerstats maintains per-peer quality metrics used by the peer
+// dropper to protect high-value peers from random disconnection.
+//
+// The package is a passive accumulator: it exposes entry points for its
+// signal producers (txtracker for inclusion/finalization, the tx fetcher
+// for latency, the handler for peer-drop cleanup) and a read-only
+// snapshot for its consumer (the dropper). It has no goroutine of its
+// own — all mutation is serialized by a single mutex.
+//
+// Signal sources:
+// - NotifyBlock(inclusions, finalized) — per-block deltas from txtracker
+// (computed under txtracker's own lock, then passed in after release)
+// - NotifyRequestResult(peer, latency, timeout) — per-request outcomes
+// from the fetcher; timeouts are reported with the timeout value so
+// slow peers contribute to the EMA. Non-timeout results are only
+// reported for deliveries with pool-accepted txs, and only those feed
+// the activity rate gating latency protection
+// - NotifyPeerDrop(peer) — called from the handler on disconnect
+package peerstats
+
+import (
+ "sync"
+ "time"
+)
+
+const (
+ // EMA smoothing factor for per-block inclusion rate.
+ emaAlpha = 0.05
+ // EMA smoothing factor for per-block finalization rate. Very slow on
+ // purpose: finalization is permanent, and the score should reflect
+ // sustained contribution over long windows, not recent bursts.
+ // Half-life ≈ 6930 chain heads (~23 hours on 12s blocks).
+ finalizedEMAAlpha = 0.0001
+ // EMA smoothing factor for per-request latency average. Slow on purpose:
+ // short bursts shouldn't shift the score, sustained behavior should.
+ // Half-life ≈ ln(0.5)/ln(0.99) ≈ 69 samples.
+ latencyEMAAlpha = 0.01
+ // EMA smoothing factor for the per-block latency-sample activity rate.
+ // Half-life ≈ 50 chain heads (~10 minutes on 12s blocks): eligibility
+ // for latency protection must be continuously maintained at roughly
+ // this cadence, it cannot be front-loaded in a burst and then held.
+ latencyActivityAlpha = 0.014
+ // MinLatencyActivity is the minimum sustained rate of accepted-delivery
+ // latency samples (per block, EMA-smoothed) a peer must maintain for its
+ // RequestLatencyEMA to be considered for protection. 0.2 ≈ one accepted
+ // fetch per five blocks (~1/minute). Replaces both an absolute sample
+ // count (front-loadable) and a last-sample staleness check (maintainable
+ // with one sample per window): a decaying rate expires on its own and
+ // demands sustained useful work.
+ MinLatencyActivity = 0.2
+ // latencyResetThreshold is the activity level below which a peer's
+ // latency state is forgotten entirely. Without this, a peer could
+ // earn a fast EMA, go silent (activity decays, eligibility lost) and
+ // later re-arm the frozen EMA by rebuilding activity alone. Once
+ // activity has decayed this far (~75 minutes of silence from the
+ // eligibility threshold), the peer starts over as a stranger.
+ latencyResetThreshold = 0.001
+)
+
+// PeerStats is the exported per-peer snapshot returned by GetAllPeerStats.
+type PeerStats struct {
+ RecentFinalized float64 // EMA of per-block finalization credits (slow)
+ RecentIncluded float64 // EMA of per-block inclusions (fast)
+ RequestLatencyEMA time.Duration // Slow EMA of tx-request response latency (timeouts count as the timeout value)
+ RequestSuccesses int64 // Accepted deliveries (requests answered in time with ≥1 pool-accepted tx)
+ RequestTimeouts int64 // Requests that timed out
+ LatencyActivity float64 // EMA of accepted-delivery samples per block (eligibility gate for latency protection)
+}
+
+// peerStats is the internal mutable state per peer.
+type peerStats struct {
+ recentFinalized float64
+ recentIncluded float64
+ requestLatencyEMA time.Duration
+ requestSuccesses int64
+ requestTimeouts int64
+ latencyActivity float64
+ pendingSamples int // accepted-delivery samples since the last NotifyBlock
+}
+
+// Stats is the per-peer quality aggregator.
+type Stats struct {
+ mu sync.Mutex
+ peers map[string]*peerStats
+}
+
+// New creates an empty Stats.
+func New() *Stats {
+ return &Stats{peers: make(map[string]*peerStats)}
+}
+
+// NotifyBlock ingests a per-block update. `inclusions` is the count of the head
+// block's transactions attributed to each peer; peers with a positive
+// count get a stats entry created if one doesn't exist (this is how
+// peerstats learns about newly-active peers). Peers not in the map but
+// already tracked have their EMA decay with a zero sample.
+//
+// `finalized` is per-peer credits accumulated since the last NotifyBlock;
+// credits are only applied to peers already tracked — we don't resurrect
+// dropped peers from historical finalization data.
+//
+// NotifyBlock must NOT be called while the caller holds any other lock that
+// could be acquired by peerstats callers in reverse order. Current callers
+// (txtracker.handleChainHead) release their lock before invoking NotifyBlock.
+func (s *Stats) NotifyBlock(inclusions, finalized map[string]int) {
+ s.mu.Lock()
+ defer s.mu.Unlock()
+
+ // Ensure a stats entry exists for any peer that just had an inclusion.
+ // This is the primary path by which peerstats learns about a peer's
+ // inclusion activity.
+ for peer, count := range inclusions {
+ if count > 0 && s.peers[peer] == nil {
+ s.peers[peer] = &peerStats{}
+ }
+ }
+ // Update inclusion and finalization EMAs for every tracked peer. A
+ // peer not present in the respective delta map gets a 0 contribution
+ // — pure decay. Finalization credits for peers no longer tracked are
+ // ignored (don't resurrect dropped peers from historical data).
+ for peer, ps := range s.peers {
+ ps.recentIncluded = (1-emaAlpha)*ps.recentIncluded + emaAlpha*float64(inclusions[peer])
+ ps.recentFinalized = (1-finalizedEMAAlpha)*ps.recentFinalized + finalizedEMAAlpha*float64(finalized[peer])
+
+ // Fold the accepted-delivery samples gathered since the previous
+ // head into the activity rate, then let it decay like the other
+ // per-block EMAs.
+ ps.latencyActivity = (1-latencyActivityAlpha)*ps.latencyActivity + latencyActivityAlpha*float64(ps.pendingSamples)
+ ps.pendingSamples = 0
+
+ // A peer silent long enough for its activity to fully decay
+ // forgets its latency history: a frozen fast EMA from a past
+ // active period must not be re-armable by rebuilding activity
+ // alone (see latencyResetThreshold). Gated on success history —
+ // only successes create a fast EMA worth forgetting; a
+ // timeout-only peer (activity permanently zero) keeps its
+ // penalty record.
+ if ps.latencyActivity < latencyResetThreshold && ps.requestSuccesses != 0 {
+ ps.latencyActivity = 0
+ ps.requestLatencyEMA = 0
+ ps.requestSuccesses = 0
+ ps.requestTimeouts = 0
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+// NotifyRequestResult records a tx-request outcome for the given peer.
+// latency is the round-trip time (for timeouts, pass the timeout value).
+// timeout indicates whether the request timed out rather than receiving an
+// accepted delivery (the fetcher only reports non-timeout results for
+// deliveries with ≥1 pool-accepted tx). Both cases update the latency EMA;
+// only accepted deliveries feed the activity rate that gates protection —
+// a peer cannot become protection-eligible by timing out, and penalties
+// remain ungated. Creates a peer entry if one doesn't exist.
+func (s *Stats) NotifyRequestResult(peer string, latency time.Duration, timeout bool) {
+ s.mu.Lock()
+ defer s.mu.Unlock()
+
+ ps := s.peers[peer]
+ if ps == nil {
+ ps = &peerStats{}
+ s.peers[peer] = ps
+ }
+ if ps.requestSuccesses+ps.requestTimeouts == 0 {
+ // Bootstrap the EMA with the first sample so it doesn't drift up
+ // from zero over many samples before reaching realistic values.
+ ps.requestLatencyEMA = latency
+ } else {
+ ps.requestLatencyEMA = time.Duration(
+ float64(ps.requestLatencyEMA)*(1-latencyEMAAlpha) +
+ float64(latency)*latencyEMAAlpha,
+ )
+ }
+ if timeout {
+ ps.requestTimeouts++
+ } else {
+ ps.requestSuccesses++
+ ps.pendingSamples++
+ }
+}
+
+// NotifyPeerDrop removes a peer's stats on disconnect.
+//
+// A signal (NotifyRequestResult or NotifyBlock) for the same peer can race
+// with the drop and land just after this deletion, recreating an orphan
+// entry that no future NotifyPeerDrop will ever clean. Such orphans are
+// never read — the dropper only looks up currently-connected peers — but
+// left alone they accumulate for the node's lifetime. Prune reclaims them.
+func (s *Stats) NotifyPeerDrop(peer string) {
+ s.mu.Lock()
+ defer s.mu.Unlock()
+ delete(s.peers, peer)
+}
+
+// Prune removes stats for every peer not present in keep. The dropper calls
+// this periodically with the set of currently-connected peer IDs to reclaim
+// orphan entries left by a signal that raced with NotifyPeerDrop (see there).
+// Pruning a still-connected peer that only just gained an entry is harmless:
+// it resets a handful of early samples that self-heal on the peer's next
+// activity, and such a peer cannot yet meet the protection thresholds.
+func (s *Stats) Prune(keep map[string]bool) {
+ s.mu.Lock()
+ defer s.mu.Unlock()
+ for id := range s.peers {
+ if !keep[id] {
+ delete(s.peers, id)
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+// GetAllPeerStats returns a snapshot of per-peer stats. Called by the
+// dropper every few minutes; allocation cost is negligible at that rate.
+func (s *Stats) GetAllPeerStats() map[string]PeerStats {
+ s.mu.Lock()
+ defer s.mu.Unlock()
+
+ result := make(map[string]PeerStats, len(s.peers))
+ for id, ps := range s.peers {
+ result[id] = PeerStats{
+ RecentFinalized: ps.recentFinalized,
+ RecentIncluded: ps.recentIncluded,
+ RequestLatencyEMA: ps.requestLatencyEMA,
+ RequestSuccesses: ps.requestSuccesses,
+ RequestTimeouts: ps.requestTimeouts,
+ LatencyActivity: ps.latencyActivity,
+ }
+ }
+ return result
+}
diff --git a/eth/peerstats/peerstats_test.go b/eth/peerstats/peerstats_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a3fa8bdeb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eth/peerstats/peerstats_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,384 @@
+// Copyright 2026 The go-ethereum Authors
+// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see .
+
+package peerstats
+
+import (
+ "testing"
+ "time"
+)
+
+// TestNotifyBlockBootstrapsFromInclusions verifies that a peer with a positive
+// inclusion count in the first NotifyBlock gets a stats entry created.
+func TestNotifyBlockBootstrapsFromInclusions(t *testing.T) {
+ s := New()
+ s.NotifyBlock(map[string]int{"peerA": 3}, nil)
+
+ stats := s.GetAllPeerStats()
+ if len(stats) != 1 {
+ t.Fatalf("expected 1 peer entry, got %d", len(stats))
+ }
+ ps, ok := stats["peerA"]
+ if !ok {
+ t.Fatal("expected peerA entry")
+ }
+ // EMA after first block: (1-0.05)*0 + 0.05*3 = 0.15
+ if ps.RecentIncluded <= 0 {
+ t.Fatalf("expected RecentIncluded > 0 after inclusion, got %f", ps.RecentIncluded)
+ }
+}
+
+// TestNotifyBlockDecaysKnownPeers verifies that peers already tracked get their
+// RecentIncluded EMA decayed when they have no inclusions in a block.
+func TestNotifyBlockDecaysKnownPeers(t *testing.T) {
+ s := New()
+ // Seed peerA with an inclusion.
+ s.NotifyBlock(map[string]int{"peerA": 3}, nil)
+ initial := s.GetAllPeerStats()["peerA"].RecentIncluded
+
+ // Empty block — peerA should decay.
+ s.NotifyBlock(nil, nil)
+ after := s.GetAllPeerStats()["peerA"].RecentIncluded
+
+ if after >= initial {
+ t.Fatalf("expected decay, got %f >= %f", after, initial)
+ }
+}
+
+// TestNotifyBlockDoesNotResurrectDroppedPeers verifies that finalization
+// credits to a peer with no entry don't create one.
+func TestNotifyBlockDoesNotResurrectFromFinalization(t *testing.T) {
+ s := New()
+ s.NotifyBlock(nil, map[string]int{"peerA": 5})
+
+ if stats := s.GetAllPeerStats(); len(stats) != 0 {
+ t.Fatalf("finalization credits must not create entries, got %d peers", len(stats))
+ }
+}
+
+// TestNotifyBlockDropThenFinalizeNoResurrect verifies the full drop→finalize
+// sequence: a dropped peer doesn't come back via finalization credits.
+func TestNotifyBlockDropThenFinalizeNoResurrect(t *testing.T) {
+ s := New()
+ s.NotifyBlock(map[string]int{"peerA": 1}, nil)
+ s.NotifyPeerDrop("peerA")
+ s.NotifyBlock(nil, map[string]int{"peerA": 10})
+
+ if stats := s.GetAllPeerStats(); len(stats) != 0 {
+ t.Fatalf("dropped peer must not be resurrected, got %d peers", len(stats))
+ }
+}
+
+// TestNotifyBlockFinalizationCredits an existing peer.
+func TestNotifyBlockFinalizationCredits(t *testing.T) {
+ s := New()
+ s.NotifyBlock(map[string]int{"peerA": 1}, nil)
+ s.NotifyBlock(nil, map[string]int{"peerA": 3})
+
+ // RecentFinalized is a slow EMA, not a cumulative count: assert it
+ // moved in the positive direction, not the exact value.
+ if got := s.GetAllPeerStats()["peerA"].RecentFinalized; got <= 0 {
+ t.Fatalf("expected RecentFinalized>0 after credits, got %f", got)
+ }
+}
+
+// TestNotifyBlockInclusionEMAUpdate verifies the EMA formula (1-α)·old + α·count.
+func TestNotifyBlockInclusionEMAUpdate(t *testing.T) {
+ s := New()
+ // Three inclusions: EMA = 0.05 * 3 = 0.15
+ s.NotifyBlock(map[string]int{"peerA": 3}, nil)
+ got := s.GetAllPeerStats()["peerA"].RecentIncluded
+ want := 0.15
+ if diff := got - want; diff < -1e-9 || diff > 1e-9 {
+ t.Fatalf("EMA after one sample: got %f, want %f", got, want)
+ }
+ // Next block with 10 inclusions: EMA = 0.95*0.15 + 0.05*10 = 0.6425
+ s.NotifyBlock(map[string]int{"peerA": 10}, nil)
+ got = s.GetAllPeerStats()["peerA"].RecentIncluded
+ want = 0.6425
+ if diff := got - want; diff < -1e-9 || diff > 1e-9 {
+ t.Fatalf("EMA after two samples: got %f, want %f", got, want)
+ }
+}
+
+// TestNotifyRequestResultFirstSampleBootstrap asserts that the first
+// latency sample seeds the EMA directly.
+func TestNotifyRequestResultFirstSampleBootstrap(t *testing.T) {
+ s := New()
+ s.NotifyRequestResult("peerA", 200*time.Millisecond, false)
+
+ ps := s.GetAllPeerStats()["peerA"]
+ if ps.RequestLatencyEMA != 200*time.Millisecond {
+ t.Fatalf("expected first sample to seed EMA at 200ms, got %v", ps.RequestLatencyEMA)
+ }
+ if ps.RequestSuccesses != 1 {
+ t.Fatalf("expected RequestSuccesses=1, got %d", ps.RequestSuccesses)
+ }
+ if ps.RequestTimeouts != 0 {
+ t.Fatalf("expected RequestTimeouts=0, got %d", ps.RequestTimeouts)
+ }
+}
+
+// TestNotifyRequestResultEMAUpdate verifies the EMA formula for latency.
+func TestNotifyRequestResultEMAUpdate(t *testing.T) {
+ s := New()
+ s.NotifyRequestResult("peerA", 100*time.Millisecond, false)
+ s.NotifyRequestResult("peerA", 1000*time.Millisecond, false)
+
+ // Expected: 0.99*100ms + 0.01*1000ms = 109ms
+ got := s.GetAllPeerStats()["peerA"].RequestLatencyEMA
+ want := 109 * time.Millisecond
+ delta := got - want
+ if delta < 0 {
+ delta = -delta
+ }
+ if delta > 1*time.Microsecond {
+ t.Fatalf("EMA mismatch: got %v, want %v", got, want)
+ }
+ ps := s.GetAllPeerStats()["peerA"]
+ if ps.RequestSuccesses != 2 {
+ t.Fatalf("expected RequestSuccesses=2, got %d", ps.RequestSuccesses)
+ }
+}
+
+// TestNotifyRequestResultSlowConvergence verifies the slow alpha
+// damps convergence under sustained timeouts.
+func TestNotifyRequestResultSlowConvergence(t *testing.T) {
+ s := New()
+ s.NotifyRequestResult("peerA", 100*time.Millisecond, false)
+ for i := 0; i < 50; i++ {
+ s.NotifyRequestResult("peerA", 5*time.Second, false)
+ }
+ got := s.GetAllPeerStats()["peerA"].RequestLatencyEMA
+ if got < 1*time.Second {
+ t.Fatalf("EMA did not move enough under sustained timeouts, got %v", got)
+ }
+ if got > 3*time.Second {
+ t.Fatalf("EMA converged too fast for slow alpha=0.01, got %v", got)
+ }
+}
+
+// TestNotifyPeerDropClearsStats verifies that a dropped peer disappears
+// from GetAllPeerStats.
+func TestNotifyPeerDropClearsStats(t *testing.T) {
+ s := New()
+ s.NotifyRequestResult("peerA", 200*time.Millisecond, false)
+ s.NotifyPeerDrop("peerA")
+
+ if _, ok := s.GetAllPeerStats()["peerA"]; ok {
+ t.Fatal("peerA stats should be removed after NotifyPeerDrop")
+ }
+}
+
+// TestPruneRemovesDisconnectedPeers verifies Prune drops entries for peers
+// absent from the keep set (e.g. an orphan recreated by a signal that raced
+// with NotifyPeerDrop) while retaining still-connected peers.
+func TestPruneRemovesDisconnectedPeers(t *testing.T) {
+ s := New()
+ s.NotifyRequestResult("connected", 100*time.Millisecond, false)
+ s.NotifyRequestResult("orphan", 100*time.Millisecond, false)
+
+ s.Prune(map[string]bool{"connected": true})
+
+ stats := s.GetAllPeerStats()
+ if _, ok := stats["orphan"]; ok {
+ t.Fatal("orphan stats should be pruned when not in keep set")
+ }
+ if _, ok := stats["connected"]; !ok {
+ t.Fatal("connected peer stats should survive pruning")
+ }
+}
+
+// TestPruneEmptyKeepClearsAll verifies an empty keep set removes every entry.
+func TestPruneEmptyKeepClearsAll(t *testing.T) {
+ s := New()
+ s.NotifyRequestResult("peerA", 100*time.Millisecond, false)
+ s.NotifyRequestResult("peerB", 100*time.Millisecond, false)
+
+ s.Prune(map[string]bool{})
+
+ if n := len(s.GetAllPeerStats()); n != 0 {
+ t.Fatalf("expected all entries pruned, got %d", n)
+ }
+}
+
+// TestStaleRequestLatencyAfterDrop documents the accepted behavior: a
+// late sample after NotifyPeerDrop recreates a 1-sample entry. The
+// dropper's MinLatencyActivity guard ensures this is harmless, and the
+// dropper's periodic Prune reclaims the orphan.
+func TestStaleRequestLatencyAfterDrop(t *testing.T) {
+ s := New()
+ s.NotifyRequestResult("peerA", 200*time.Millisecond, false)
+ s.NotifyPeerDrop("peerA")
+ // Late sample racing with the drop.
+ s.NotifyRequestResult("peerA", 50*time.Millisecond, false)
+
+ ps := s.GetAllPeerStats()["peerA"]
+ if ps.RequestSuccesses != 1 {
+ t.Fatalf("expected fresh RequestSuccesses=1, got %d", ps.RequestSuccesses)
+ }
+ if ps.RequestLatencyEMA != 50*time.Millisecond {
+ t.Fatalf("expected fresh bootstrap at 50ms, got %v", ps.RequestLatencyEMA)
+ }
+ // The dropper's MinLatencyActivity guard (in eth/dropper.go) prevents
+ // this 1-sample entry from earning latency-based protection.
+}
+
+// TestMultiplePeersIsolated verifies per-peer isolation across signal types.
+func TestMultiplePeersIsolated(t *testing.T) {
+ s := New()
+ s.NotifyBlock(map[string]int{"peerA": 5, "peerB": 0}, nil)
+ s.NotifyRequestResult("peerA", 100*time.Millisecond, false)
+ s.NotifyRequestResult("peerB", 5*time.Second, false)
+ s.NotifyBlock(nil, map[string]int{"peerA": 2})
+
+ stats := s.GetAllPeerStats()
+ // Only peerA receives finalization credits; peerB's EMA stays at zero
+ // (no credits, pure decay from zero).
+ if stats["peerA"].RecentFinalized <= 0 || stats["peerB"].RecentFinalized != 0 {
+ t.Errorf("finalization leaked: A=%f B=%f", stats["peerA"].RecentFinalized, stats["peerB"].RecentFinalized)
+ }
+ if stats["peerA"].RequestLatencyEMA != 100*time.Millisecond {
+ t.Errorf("peerA latency: got %v, want 100ms", stats["peerA"].RequestLatencyEMA)
+ }
+ if stats["peerB"].RequestLatencyEMA != 5*time.Second {
+ t.Errorf("peerB latency: got %v, want 5s", stats["peerB"].RequestLatencyEMA)
+ }
+}
+
+// TestLatencyActivityAccumulatesAndDecays verifies that accepted-delivery
+// samples fold into the activity EMA at the next NotifyBlock, that the
+// pending counter resets after folding, and that subsequent sample-free
+// blocks decay the activity.
+func TestLatencyActivityAccumulatesAndDecays(t *testing.T) {
+ s := New()
+ for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
+ s.NotifyRequestResult("peerA", 100*time.Millisecond, false)
+ }
+ s.NotifyBlock(nil, nil)
+
+ folded := s.GetAllPeerStats()["peerA"].LatencyActivity
+ if folded <= 0 {
+ t.Fatalf("expected positive activity after folding samples, got %f", folded)
+ }
+
+ // An empty block: nothing pending (counter was reset), pure decay.
+ s.NotifyBlock(nil, nil)
+ decayed := s.GetAllPeerStats()["peerA"].LatencyActivity
+ if decayed >= folded {
+ t.Fatalf("expected activity to decay on empty block, got %f >= %f", decayed, folded)
+ }
+ if decayed <= 0 {
+ t.Fatalf("expected gradual decay, not reset, got %f", decayed)
+ }
+}
+
+// TestLatencyActivityGateReachable verifies that a peer sustaining one
+// accepted delivery per block crosses MinLatencyActivity within a
+// reasonable number of blocks (steady state for 1/block is 1.0).
+func TestLatencyActivityGateReachable(t *testing.T) {
+ s := New()
+ for i := 0; i < 20; i++ {
+ s.NotifyRequestResult("peerA", 100*time.Millisecond, false)
+ s.NotifyBlock(nil, nil)
+ }
+ if got := s.GetAllPeerStats()["peerA"].LatencyActivity; got < MinLatencyActivity {
+ t.Fatalf("sustained 1 sample/block should reach eligibility, got %f < %f", got, MinLatencyActivity)
+ }
+}
+
+// TestTimeoutDoesNotFeedActivity verifies that timeouts update the EMA and
+// counters but never contribute to the activity rate — a peer cannot become
+// protection-eligible by timing out.
+func TestTimeoutDoesNotFeedActivity(t *testing.T) {
+ s := New()
+ for i := 0; i < 50; i++ {
+ s.NotifyRequestResult("peerA", 5*time.Second, true)
+ s.NotifyBlock(nil, nil)
+ }
+ ps := s.GetAllPeerStats()["peerA"]
+ if ps.LatencyActivity != 0 {
+ t.Fatalf("timeouts must not feed activity, got %f", ps.LatencyActivity)
+ }
+ if ps.RequestTimeouts == 0 {
+ t.Fatal("expected timeout counter to advance")
+ }
+}
+
+// TestLatencyStateForgottenAfterSilence verifies that once a silent peer's
+// activity fully decays, its latency state (EMA and counters) is reset —
+// a frozen fast EMA from a past active period cannot be re-armed later by
+// rebuilding activity alone.
+func TestLatencyStateForgottenAfterSilence(t *testing.T) {
+ s := New()
+ s.NotifyRequestResult("peerA", 50*time.Millisecond, false)
+ s.NotifyBlock(nil, nil)
+ if s.GetAllPeerStats()["peerA"].RequestLatencyEMA != 50*time.Millisecond {
+ t.Fatal("expected EMA seeded before silence")
+ }
+
+ // Enough empty blocks for the activity to decay below the reset
+ // threshold (~200 blocks from a single sample at alpha=0.014).
+ for i := 0; i < 400; i++ {
+ s.NotifyBlock(nil, nil)
+ }
+
+ ps := s.GetAllPeerStats()["peerA"]
+ if ps.RequestLatencyEMA != 0 || ps.RequestSuccesses != 0 || ps.RequestTimeouts != 0 || ps.LatencyActivity != 0 {
+ t.Fatalf("expected latency state forgotten after long silence, got %+v", ps)
+ }
+
+ // A returning peer starts over: the next sample re-seeds the EMA.
+ s.NotifyRequestResult("peerA", 300*time.Millisecond, false)
+ if got := s.GetAllPeerStats()["peerA"].RequestLatencyEMA; got != 300*time.Millisecond {
+ t.Fatalf("expected fresh bootstrap after reset, got %v", got)
+ }
+}
+
+// TestRequestResultTimeoutCounting verifies that timeout=true increments
+// RequestTimeouts (not RequestSuccesses) and still updates the EMA.
+func TestRequestResultTimeoutCounting(t *testing.T) {
+ s := New()
+ s.NotifyRequestResult("peerA", 5*time.Second, true)
+
+ ps := s.GetAllPeerStats()["peerA"]
+ if ps.RequestTimeouts != 1 {
+ t.Fatalf("expected RequestTimeouts=1, got %d", ps.RequestTimeouts)
+ }
+ if ps.RequestSuccesses != 0 {
+ t.Fatalf("expected RequestSuccesses=0, got %d", ps.RequestSuccesses)
+ }
+ if ps.RequestLatencyEMA != 5*time.Second {
+ t.Fatalf("EMA should bootstrap to timeout value, got %v", ps.RequestLatencyEMA)
+ }
+}
+
+// TestRequestResultMixedCounting verifies that a mix of successes and
+// timeouts increments the correct counters independently.
+func TestRequestResultMixedCounting(t *testing.T) {
+ s := New()
+ s.NotifyRequestResult("peerA", 100*time.Millisecond, false)
+ s.NotifyRequestResult("peerA", 100*time.Millisecond, false)
+ s.NotifyRequestResult("peerA", 5*time.Second, true)
+
+ ps := s.GetAllPeerStats()["peerA"]
+ if ps.RequestSuccesses != 2 {
+ t.Fatalf("expected RequestSuccesses=2, got %d", ps.RequestSuccesses)
+ }
+ if ps.RequestTimeouts != 1 {
+ t.Fatalf("expected RequestTimeouts=1, got %d", ps.RequestTimeouts)
+ }
+}
diff --git a/eth/txtracker/tracker.go b/eth/txtracker/tracker.go
index 3ddd0231a8..db81b3b4d1 100644
--- a/eth/txtracker/tracker.go
+++ b/eth/txtracker/tracker.go
@@ -14,16 +14,14 @@
// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see .
-// Package txtracker provides minimal per-peer transaction inclusion tracking.
+// Package txtracker maps accepted transactions to their delivering peer
+// and observes chain-head and finalization events to emit per-block
+// per-peer signals to a StatsConsumer (typically eth/peerstats).
//
-// It records which peer delivered each accepted transaction (via NotifyAccepted)
-// and monitors the chain for inclusion and finalization events. When a
-// delivered transaction is finalized on chain, the delivering peer is
-// credited. A per-block exponential moving average (EMA) of inclusions
-// tracks recent peer productivity.
-//
-// The primary consumer is the peer dropper (eth/dropper.go), which uses
-// these stats to protect high-value peers from random disconnection.
+// The tracker owns the tx-hash → deliverer mapping with FIFO eviction,
+// a chain-head subscription goroutine, and the computation of per-block
+// inclusion counts and finalization credits. It does NOT maintain
+// per-peer aggregates — that is peerstats' job.
package txtracker
import (
@@ -41,21 +39,8 @@ import (
const (
// Maximum number of tx→deliverer mappings to retain.
maxTracked = 262144
- // EMA smoothing factor for per-block inclusion rate.
- emaAlpha = 0.05
- // EMA smoothing factor for per-block finalization rate. Very slow on
- // purpose: finalization is permanent, and the score should reflect
- // sustained contribution over long windows, not recent bursts.
- // Half-life ≈ 6930 chain heads (~23 hours on 12s blocks).
- finalizedEMAAlpha = 0.0001
)
-// PeerStats holds the per-peer inclusion data.
-type PeerStats struct {
- RecentFinalized float64 // EMA of per-block finalization credits (slow)
- RecentIncluded float64 // EMA of per-block inclusions (fast)
-}
-
// Chain is the blockchain interface needed by the tracker.
type Chain interface {
SubscribeChainHeadEvent(ch chan<- core.ChainHeadEvent) event.Subscription
@@ -64,9 +49,18 @@ type Chain interface {
CurrentFinalBlock() *types.Header
}
-type peerStats struct {
- recentFinalized float64
- recentIncluded float64
+// StatsConsumer receives per-block signals about peer inclusion and
+// finalization. The tracker invokes NotifyBlock exactly once per handled chain
+// head, AFTER releasing its own lock, with:
+//
+// - inclusions: per-peer count of transactions in the head block
+// - finalized: per-peer count of transactions in blocks that became
+// finalized since the previous call (possibly zero-range)
+//
+// Either map may be empty but the map itself is never nil when called.
+// NotifyBlock must not call back into the tracker.
+type StatsConsumer interface {
+ NotifyBlock(inclusions, finalized map[string]int)
}
// TxInfo records the per-transaction state the tracker maintains.
@@ -87,14 +81,14 @@ type TxInfo struct {
BlockHash common.Hash
}
-// Tracker records which peer delivered each transaction and credits peers
-// when their transactions appear on chain.
+// Tracker records which peer delivered each transaction and emits
+// per-block inclusion and finalization signals to a StatsConsumer.
type Tracker struct {
- mu sync.Mutex
- txs lru.BasicLRU[common.Hash, *TxInfo] // tx hash -> tx info with lru eviction
- peers map[string]*peerStats
+ mu sync.Mutex
+ txs lru.BasicLRU[common.Hash, *TxInfo] // tx hash -> tx info with lru eviction
chain Chain
+ consumer StatsConsumer
lastFinalNum uint64 // last finalized block number processed
headCh chan core.ChainHeadEvent
sub event.Subscription
@@ -109,17 +103,19 @@ type Tracker struct {
// New creates a new tracker.
func New() *Tracker {
return &Tracker{
- txs: lru.NewBasicLRU[common.Hash, *TxInfo](maxTracked),
- peers: make(map[string]*peerStats),
- quit: make(chan struct{}),
- step: make(chan struct{}, 1),
- now: func() uint64 { return uint64(time.Now().Unix()) },
+ txs: lru.NewBasicLRU[common.Hash, *TxInfo](maxTracked),
+ quit: make(chan struct{}),
+ step: make(chan struct{}, 1),
+ now: func() uint64 { return uint64(time.Now().Unix()) },
}
}
-// Start begins listening for chain head events.
-func (t *Tracker) Start(chain Chain) {
+// Start begins listening for chain head events. `consumer` receives
+// per-block signals; if nil, signals are computed but discarded
+// (useful in tests that exercise only the tx-lifecycle surface).
+func (t *Tracker) Start(chain Chain, consumer StatsConsumer) {
t.chain = chain
+ t.consumer = consumer
// Seed lastFinalNum so checkFinalization doesn't backfill from genesis.
if fh := chain.CurrentFinalBlock(); fh != nil {
t.lastFinalNum = fh.Number.Uint64()
@@ -130,14 +126,6 @@ func (t *Tracker) Start(chain Chain) {
go t.loop()
}
-// NotifyPeerDrop removes a disconnected peer's stats to prevent unbounded
-// growth. Safe to call from any goroutine.
-func (t *Tracker) NotifyPeerDrop(peer string) {
- t.mu.Lock()
- defer t.mu.Unlock()
- delete(t.peers, peer)
-}
-
// Stop shuts down the tracker.
func (t *Tracker) Stop() {
t.stopOnce.Do(func() {
@@ -164,26 +152,6 @@ func (t *Tracker) NotifyAccepted(peer string, hashes []common.Hash) {
}
t.txs.Add(hash, &TxInfo{Deliverer: peer, AddedAt: addedAt})
}
- // Ensure the delivering peer has a stats entry.
- if len(hashes) > 0 && t.peers[peer] == nil {
- t.peers[peer] = &peerStats{}
- }
-}
-
-// GetAllPeerStats returns a snapshot of per-peer inclusion statistics.
-// Safe to call from any goroutine.
-func (t *Tracker) GetAllPeerStats() map[string]PeerStats {
- t.mu.Lock()
- defer t.mu.Unlock()
-
- result := make(map[string]PeerStats, len(t.peers))
- for id, ps := range t.peers {
- result[id] = PeerStats{
- RecentFinalized: ps.recentFinalized,
- RecentIncluded: ps.recentIncluded,
- }
- }
- return result
}
func (t *Tracker) loop() {
@@ -205,6 +173,10 @@ func (t *Tracker) loop() {
}
}
+// handleChainHead computes per-peer deltas for the new head block and any
+// newly-finalized blocks, then hands them to the StatsConsumer AFTER
+// releasing t.mu. The lock-release-before-consumer pattern avoids any
+// cross-package lock ordering.
func (t *Tracker) handleChainHead(ev core.ChainHeadEvent) {
// Fetch the head block by hash (not just number) to avoid using a
// reorged block if the tracker goroutine lags behind the chain.
@@ -213,39 +185,35 @@ func (t *Tracker) handleChainHead(ev core.ChainHeadEvent) {
return
}
t.mu.Lock()
- defer t.mu.Unlock()
- // Count per-peer inclusions in this block for the inclusion EMA, and
- // record (BlockNum, BlockHash) on first inclusion so the iterate-t.txs
- // finalization scan can find the entry later without re-reading the
- // block. Skip txs whose delivery arrived at or after this block's slot
- // — those are likely post-slot re-broadcasts of an already-mined tx,
- // not genuine relay work.
+ // Count per-peer inclusions in this block, and record (BlockNum,
+ // BlockHash) on first inclusion so the iterate-t.txs finalization
+ // scan can find the entry later without re-reading the block. Skip
+ // txs whose delivery arrived at or after this block's slot — those
+ // are likely post-slot re-broadcasts of an already-mined tx, not
+ // genuine relay work.
blockTime := block.Time()
blockNum := block.Number().Uint64()
blockHash := block.Hash()
- blockIncl := make(map[string]int)
+ inclusions := make(map[string]int)
for _, tx := range block.Transactions() {
ti, ok := t.txs.Peek(tx.Hash())
if !ok || ti.AddedAt >= blockTime {
continue
}
- blockIncl[ti.Deliverer]++
+ inclusions[ti.Deliverer]++
if ti.BlockNum == 0 {
ti.BlockNum = blockNum
ti.BlockHash = blockHash
}
}
// Accumulate per-peer finalization credits over the newly-finalized
- // range (possibly zero blocks). Only counts peers still tracked.
- blockFinal := t.collectFinalizationCredits()
+ // range (possibly zero blocks).
+ finalized := t.collectFinalizationCredits()
+ t.mu.Unlock()
- // Update both EMAs for all tracked peers (decays inactive ones).
- // Don't create entries for unknown peers — they may have been
- // removed by NotifyPeerDrop and should not be resurrected.
- for peer, ps := range t.peers {
- ps.recentIncluded = (1-emaAlpha)*ps.recentIncluded + emaAlpha*float64(blockIncl[peer])
- ps.recentFinalized = (1-finalizedEMAAlpha)*ps.recentFinalized + finalizedEMAAlpha*float64(blockFinal[peer])
+ if t.consumer != nil {
+ t.consumer.NotifyBlock(inclusions, finalized)
}
}
diff --git a/eth/txtracker/tracker_test.go b/eth/txtracker/tracker_test.go
index 8e7e81d034..e179d4440f 100644
--- a/eth/txtracker/tracker_test.go
+++ b/eth/txtracker/tracker_test.go
@@ -75,8 +75,7 @@ func (c *mockChain) CurrentFinalBlock() *types.Header {
return &types.Header{Number: new(big.Int).SetUint64(c.finalNum)}
}
-// addBlock adds a canonical block at the given height. Overwrites any
-// prior canonical block at that height.
+// addBlock adds a canonical block at the given height.
func (c *mockChain) addBlock(num uint64, txs []*types.Transaction) *types.Block {
return c.addBlockAtHeight(num, num, txs, true)
}
@@ -95,7 +94,6 @@ func (c *mockChain) addBlockAtHeight(num, salt uint64, txs []*types.Transaction,
func (c *mockChain) addBlockAtHeightWithTime(num, salt uint64, txs []*types.Transaction, canonical bool, blockTime uint64) *types.Block {
c.mu.Lock()
defer c.mu.Unlock()
- // Mix salt into Extra so siblings at the same height get distinct hashes.
header := &types.Header{
Number: new(big.Int).SetUint64(num),
Extra: big.NewInt(int64(salt)).Bytes(),
@@ -115,9 +113,7 @@ func (c *mockChain) setFinalBlock(num uint64) {
c.finalNum = num
}
-// sendHead emits a chain head event for the canonical block at the given
-// height. The emitted header carries the real block's hash so the
-// tracker's GetBlock(hash, number) lookup resolves correctly.
+// sendHead emits a chain head event for the canonical block at the given height.
func (c *mockChain) sendHead(num uint64) {
c.mu.Lock()
hash := c.canonicalByNum[num]
@@ -147,6 +143,43 @@ func makeTx(nonce uint64) *types.Transaction {
return types.NewTx(&types.LegacyTx{Nonce: nonce, GasPrice: big.NewInt(1), Gas: 21000})
}
+// mockConsumer captures NotifyBlock invocations so tests can assert on the
+// signals the tracker emits.
+type mockConsumer struct {
+ mu sync.Mutex
+ signals []signal
+}
+
+type signal struct {
+ inclusions, finalized map[string]int
+}
+
+func (c *mockConsumer) NotifyBlock(inclusions, finalized map[string]int) {
+ c.mu.Lock()
+ defer c.mu.Unlock()
+ // Deep-copy so tests inspecting older signals aren't tripped up by
+ // later iterations mutating the same map (they don't today, but
+ // this keeps the assertion model simple).
+ in := make(map[string]int, len(inclusions))
+ for k, v := range inclusions {
+ in[k] = v
+ }
+ fn := make(map[string]int, len(finalized))
+ for k, v := range finalized {
+ fn[k] = v
+ }
+ c.signals = append(c.signals, signal{in, fn})
+}
+
+func (c *mockConsumer) last() signal {
+ c.mu.Lock()
+ defer c.mu.Unlock()
+ if len(c.signals) == 0 {
+ return signal{}
+ }
+ return c.signals[len(c.signals)-1]
+}
+
// waitStep blocks until the tracker has processed one event.
func waitStep(t *testing.T, tr *Tracker) {
t.Helper()
@@ -157,232 +190,187 @@ func waitStep(t *testing.T, tr *Tracker) {
}
}
-func TestNotifyReceived(t *testing.T) {
+// TestNotifyAcceptedRecordsMapping verifies the tx-lifecycle surface:
+// NotifyAccepted records tx→peer mappings in insertion order, with
+// first-deliverer-wins semantics on duplicates.
+func TestNotifyAcceptedRecordsMapping(t *testing.T) {
tr := New()
- chain := newMockChain()
- tr.Start(chain)
- defer tr.Stop()
txs := []*types.Transaction{makeTx(1), makeTx(2), makeTx(3)}
hashes := hashTxs(txs)
tr.NotifyAccepted("peerA", hashes)
- // Public surface: peer entry was created with zero stats before any
- // chain events. Map lookups would return a zero value for a missing
- // key, so assert presence explicitly.
- stats := tr.GetAllPeerStats()
- if len(stats) != 1 {
- t.Fatalf("expected 1 peer entry, got %d", len(stats))
- }
- ps, ok := stats["peerA"]
- if !ok {
- t.Fatal("expected peerA entry, not found")
- }
- if ps.RecentFinalized != 0 || ps.RecentIncluded != 0 {
- t.Fatalf("expected zero stats before chain events, got %+v", ps)
- }
-
- // Internal state: all tx→deliverer mappings recorded.
tr.mu.Lock()
defer tr.mu.Unlock()
if tr.txs.Len() != 3 {
t.Fatalf("expected 3 tracked txs, got %d", tr.txs.Len())
}
+ // Keys() walks the internal list from the least-recently-added end,
+ // which for the tracker's add-once/Peek-only usage is insertion order.
+ for i, h := range tr.txs.Keys() {
+ if hashes[i] != h {
+ t.Fatalf("insertion order mismatch at %d", i)
+ }
+ }
for i, h := range hashes {
- got, ok := tr.txs.Peek(h)
+ ti, ok := tr.txs.Peek(h)
if !ok {
t.Fatalf("tx %d: not tracked", i)
}
- if got.Deliverer != "peerA" {
- t.Fatalf("tx %d: expected deliverer=peerA, got %q", i, got.Deliverer)
+ if ti.Deliverer != "peerA" {
+ t.Fatalf("tx %d: expected deliverer=peerA, got %q", i, ti.Deliverer)
}
}
}
-func TestInclusionEMA(t *testing.T) {
+// TestNotifyAcceptedFirstDelivererWins verifies duplicate accepts
+// preserve the original deliverer.
+func TestNotifyAcceptedFirstDelivererWins(t *testing.T) {
tr := New()
- chain := newMockChain()
- tr.Start(chain)
- defer tr.Stop()
-
tx := makeTx(1)
tr.NotifyAccepted("peerA", []common.Hash{tx.Hash()})
+ tr.NotifyAccepted("peerB", []common.Hash{tx.Hash()})
- // Block 1 includes peerA's tx.
- chain.addBlock(1, []*types.Transaction{tx})
- chain.sendHead(1)
- waitStep(t, tr)
-
- stats := tr.GetAllPeerStats()
- if stats["peerA"].RecentIncluded <= 0 {
- t.Fatalf("expected RecentIncluded > 0 after inclusion, got %f", stats["peerA"].RecentIncluded)
+ tr.mu.Lock()
+ defer tr.mu.Unlock()
+ ti, ok := tr.txs.Peek(tx.Hash())
+ if !ok {
+ t.Fatal("tx not tracked")
}
- ema1 := stats["peerA"].RecentIncluded
-
- // Block 2 has no txs from peerA — EMA should decay.
- chain.addBlock(2, nil)
- chain.sendHead(2)
- waitStep(t, tr)
-
- stats = tr.GetAllPeerStats()
- if stats["peerA"].RecentIncluded >= ema1 {
- t.Fatalf("expected EMA to decay, got %f >= %f", stats["peerA"].RecentIncluded, ema1)
+ if ti.Deliverer != "peerA" {
+ t.Fatalf("expected first deliverer peerA to win, got %q", ti.Deliverer)
+ }
+ if tr.txs.Len() != 1 {
+ t.Fatalf("expected single tracked tx, got %d", tr.txs.Len())
}
}
-func TestFinalization(t *testing.T) {
+// TestHandleChainHeadEmitsInclusions verifies the tracker emits a
+// correct per-peer inclusion map to its consumer when a head block
+// contains tracked transactions.
+func TestHandleChainHeadEmitsInclusions(t *testing.T) {
tr := New()
chain := newMockChain()
- tr.Start(chain)
+ consumer := &mockConsumer{}
+ tr.Start(chain, consumer)
defer tr.Stop()
- tx := makeTx(1)
- tr.NotifyAccepted("peerA", []common.Hash{tx.Hash()})
-
- // Include in block 1.
- chain.addBlock(1, []*types.Transaction{tx})
- chain.sendHead(1)
- waitStep(t, tr)
-
- // Not finalized yet.
- stats := tr.GetAllPeerStats()
- if stats["peerA"].RecentFinalized != 0 {
- t.Fatalf("expected RecentFinalized=0 before finalization, got %f", stats["peerA"].RecentFinalized)
- }
-
- // Finalize block 1, then send head 2 to trigger the finalization EMA update.
- chain.setFinalBlock(1)
- chain.addBlock(2, nil)
- chain.sendHead(2)
- waitStep(t, tr)
-
- stats = tr.GetAllPeerStats()
- if stats["peerA"].RecentFinalized <= 0 {
- t.Fatalf("expected RecentFinalized>0 after finalization, got %f", stats["peerA"].RecentFinalized)
- }
-}
-
-func TestMultiplePeers(t *testing.T) {
- tr := New()
- chain := newMockChain()
- tr.Start(chain)
- defer tr.Stop()
-
- tx1 := makeTx(1)
- tx2 := makeTx(2)
+ tx1, tx2 := makeTx(1), makeTx(2)
tr.NotifyAccepted("peerA", []common.Hash{tx1.Hash()})
tr.NotifyAccepted("peerB", []common.Hash{tx2.Hash()})
- // Both included in block 1.
chain.addBlock(1, []*types.Transaction{tx1, tx2})
chain.sendHead(1)
waitStep(t, tr)
- // Finalize.
+ sig := consumer.last()
+ if sig.inclusions["peerA"] != 1 {
+ t.Errorf("peerA inclusions: got %d, want 1", sig.inclusions["peerA"])
+ }
+ if sig.inclusions["peerB"] != 1 {
+ t.Errorf("peerB inclusions: got %d, want 1", sig.inclusions["peerB"])
+ }
+ if len(sig.finalized) != 0 {
+ t.Errorf("expected empty finalized map, got %v", sig.finalized)
+ }
+}
+
+// TestHandleChainHeadEmptyBlock verifies an empty head block emits an
+// empty inclusion map (so peerstats can decay all known peers).
+func TestHandleChainHeadEmptyBlock(t *testing.T) {
+ tr := New()
+ chain := newMockChain()
+ consumer := &mockConsumer{}
+ tr.Start(chain, consumer)
+ defer tr.Stop()
+
+ chain.addBlock(1, nil)
+ chain.sendHead(1)
+ waitStep(t, tr)
+
+ sig := consumer.last()
+ if len(sig.inclusions) != 0 {
+ t.Errorf("expected empty inclusions, got %v", sig.inclusions)
+ }
+}
+
+// TestHandleChainHeadEmitsFinalization verifies that when finalization
+// advances, the consumer receives per-peer finalization credits
+// accumulated over the newly-finalized range.
+func TestHandleChainHeadEmitsFinalization(t *testing.T) {
+ tr := New()
+ chain := newMockChain()
+ consumer := &mockConsumer{}
+ tr.Start(chain, consumer)
+ defer tr.Stop()
+
+ tx := makeTx(1)
+ tr.NotifyAccepted("peerA", []common.Hash{tx.Hash()})
+
+ // Include in block 1, not yet finalized.
+ chain.addBlock(1, []*types.Transaction{tx})
+ chain.sendHead(1)
+ waitStep(t, tr)
+
+ if credits := consumer.last().finalized["peerA"]; credits != 0 {
+ t.Fatalf("expected no finalization credits before finalization, got %d", credits)
+ }
+
+ // Finalize block 1; next head triggers the finalization scan.
chain.setFinalBlock(1)
chain.addBlock(2, nil)
chain.sendHead(2)
waitStep(t, tr)
- stats := tr.GetAllPeerStats()
- if stats["peerA"].RecentFinalized <= 0 {
- t.Fatalf("peerA: expected RecentFinalized>0, got %f", stats["peerA"].RecentFinalized)
- }
- if stats["peerB"].RecentFinalized <= 0 {
- t.Fatalf("peerB: expected RecentFinalized>0, got %f", stats["peerB"].RecentFinalized)
+ if credits := consumer.last().finalized["peerA"]; credits != 1 {
+ t.Fatalf("expected 1 finalization credit, got %d", credits)
}
}
-func TestFirstDelivererWins(t *testing.T) {
+// TestFinalizationSkipsOrphanedInclusion verifies the finalization scan
+// re-checks the recorded inclusion block hash against the canonical chain:
+// a tx whose recorded inclusion block was reorged out must not yield a
+// finalization credit.
+func TestFinalizationSkipsOrphanedInclusion(t *testing.T) {
tr := New()
chain := newMockChain()
- tr.Start(chain)
+ consumer := &mockConsumer{}
+ tr.Start(chain, consumer)
defer tr.Stop()
tx := makeTx(1)
tr.NotifyAccepted("peerA", []common.Hash{tx.Hash()})
- tr.NotifyAccepted("peerB", []common.Hash{tx.Hash()}) // duplicate, should be ignored
- chain.addBlock(1, []*types.Transaction{tx})
- chain.sendHead(1)
+ // The tx is first seen in block A at height 1 (canonical at the time),
+ // recording (BlockNum=1, BlockHash=A).
+ blockA := chain.addBlockAtHeight(1, 1, []*types.Transaction{tx}, true)
+ chain.sendHeadBlock(blockA)
waitStep(t, tr)
+ // Reorg: sibling B (without the tx) becomes canonical at height 1.
+ chain.addBlockAtHeight(1, 2, nil, true)
+
+ // Finalize height 1; next head triggers the finalization scan. The
+ // recorded hash A no longer matches canonical-at-1 (now B), so no
+ // credit may be emitted.
chain.setFinalBlock(1)
chain.addBlock(2, nil)
chain.sendHead(2)
waitStep(t, tr)
- stats := tr.GetAllPeerStats()
- if stats["peerA"].RecentFinalized <= 0 {
- t.Fatalf("peerA should be credited, got RecentFinalized=%f", stats["peerA"].RecentFinalized)
- }
- if stats["peerB"].RecentFinalized != 0 {
- t.Fatalf("peerB should NOT be credited, got RecentFinalized=%f", stats["peerB"].RecentFinalized)
+ if credits := consumer.last().finalized["peerA"]; credits != 0 {
+ t.Fatalf("expected no credit for orphaned inclusion, got %d", credits)
}
}
-func TestNoFinalizationCredit(t *testing.T) {
- tr := New()
- chain := newMockChain()
- tr.Start(chain)
- defer tr.Stop()
-
- tx := makeTx(1)
- tr.NotifyAccepted("peerA", []common.Hash{tx.Hash()})
-
- // Include but don't finalize.
- chain.addBlock(1, []*types.Transaction{tx})
- chain.sendHead(1)
- waitStep(t, tr)
-
- // Send more heads without finalization.
- chain.addBlock(2, nil)
- chain.sendHead(2)
- waitStep(t, tr)
-
- stats := tr.GetAllPeerStats()
- if stats["peerA"].RecentFinalized != 0 {
- t.Fatalf("expected RecentFinalized=0 without finalization, got %f", stats["peerA"].RecentFinalized)
- }
-}
-
-func TestEMADecay(t *testing.T) {
- tr := New()
- chain := newMockChain()
- tr.Start(chain)
- defer tr.Stop()
-
- tx := makeTx(1)
- tr.NotifyAccepted("peerA", []common.Hash{tx.Hash()})
-
- // Include in block 1.
- chain.addBlock(1, []*types.Transaction{tx})
- chain.sendHead(1)
- waitStep(t, tr)
-
- // Send 30 empty blocks — EMA should decay close to zero.
- for i := uint64(2); i <= 31; i++ {
- chain.addBlock(i, nil)
- chain.sendHead(i)
- waitStep(t, tr)
- }
-
- stats := tr.GetAllPeerStats()
- if stats["peerA"].RecentIncluded > 0.02 {
- t.Fatalf("expected RecentIncluded near zero after 30 empty blocks, got %f", stats["peerA"].RecentIncluded)
- }
-}
-
-// TestReorgSafety verifies that handleChainHead resolves the head block by
-// HASH (not just by number), so a head event announcing a sibling block at
-// the same height does not credit transactions from the canonical block.
-//
-// Regression check: handleChainHead uses GetBlock(hash, number) so a head
-// event announcing sibling B fetches B, not the canonical block A.
+// TestReorgSafety verifies the tracker resolves the head block by HASH
+// so a head event pointing at a sibling block does not emit inclusions
+// from the canonical block at the same height.
func TestReorgSafety(t *testing.T) {
tr := New()
chain := newMockChain()
- tr.Start(chain)
+ consumer := &mockConsumer{}
+ tr.Start(chain, consumer)
defer tr.Stop()
tx := makeTx(1)
@@ -395,77 +383,33 @@ func TestReorgSafety(t *testing.T) {
t.Fatal("sibling blocks ended up with the same hash")
}
- // Head announces sibling B. A hash-aware tracker fetches B, sees no
- // peerA txs, and leaves the EMA at zero. A number-only tracker would
- // instead fetch A and credit peerA.
+ // Head announces sibling B — emit must contain no peerA inclusions.
chain.sendHeadBlock(blockB)
waitStep(t, tr)
-
- if got := tr.GetAllPeerStats()["peerA"].RecentIncluded; got != 0 {
- t.Fatalf("expected RecentIncluded=0 after sibling-B head event, got %f (tracker followed the wrong block)", got)
+ if incl := consumer.last().inclusions["peerA"]; incl != 0 {
+ t.Fatalf("sibling-B head should emit 0 peerA inclusions, got %d", incl)
}
- // Now announce canonical A; peerA should be credited.
+ // Head announces canonical A — emit must contain 1 peerA inclusion.
chain.sendHeadBlock(blockA)
waitStep(t, tr)
-
- if got := tr.GetAllPeerStats()["peerA"].RecentIncluded; got <= 0 {
- t.Fatalf("expected RecentIncluded>0 after canonical-A head event, got %f", got)
- }
-}
-
-// TestRecentFinalizedDecays verifies that the finalization EMA decays
-// for a peer that earned credits in the past but has no new
-// finalization activity. The decay is slow (α=0.0001), so we
-// just assert monotonic decrease, not convergence to zero.
-func TestRecentFinalizedDecays(t *testing.T) {
- tr := New()
- chain := newMockChain()
- tr.Start(chain)
- defer tr.Stop()
-
- tx := makeTx(1)
- tr.NotifyAccepted("peerA", []common.Hash{tx.Hash()})
-
- // Include and finalize in block 1.
- chain.addBlock(1, []*types.Transaction{tx})
- chain.sendHead(1)
- waitStep(t, tr)
- chain.setFinalBlock(1)
- chain.addBlock(2, nil)
- chain.sendHead(2)
- waitStep(t, tr)
-
- peak := tr.GetAllPeerStats()["peerA"].RecentFinalized
- if peak <= 0 {
- t.Fatalf("expected RecentFinalized>0 after finalization, got %f", peak)
- }
-
- // Send many empty heads — peer contributes zero each block,
- // EMA should decay monotonically.
- for i := uint64(3); i <= 50; i++ {
- chain.addBlock(i, nil)
- chain.sendHead(i)
- waitStep(t, tr)
- }
-
- after := tr.GetAllPeerStats()["peerA"].RecentFinalized
- if after >= peak {
- t.Fatalf("expected RecentFinalized to decay, got %f >= peak %f", after, peak)
+ if incl := consumer.last().inclusions["peerA"]; incl != 1 {
+ t.Fatalf("canonical-A head should emit 1 peerA inclusion, got %d", incl)
}
}
// TestPreSlotGate verifies that a tx delivered at or after the slot of its
-// inclusion block earns no credit. This blocks the simple
-// post-block-propagation re-broadcast attribution attack: a peer that
+// inclusion block is not reported in the inclusion signal. This blocks the
+// simple post-block-propagation re-broadcast attribution attack: a peer that
// learns a tx from the just-mined block and re-broadcasts it to our pool
// should not gain credit when that block is processed. The finalization
-// path applies the same gate (ti.AddedAt >= blockTime) and is exercised
-// by the existing TestFinalization with the new clock semantics.
+// path applies the same gate (ti.AddedAt >= blockTime) because entries
+// skipped here never record a BlockNum/BlockHash.
func TestPreSlotGate(t *testing.T) {
tr := New()
chain := newMockChain()
- tr.Start(chain)
+ consumer := &mockConsumer{}
+ tr.Start(chain, consumer)
defer tr.Stop()
// Pin the tracker's clock so NotifyAccepted records a known addedAt.
@@ -482,9 +426,8 @@ func TestPreSlotGate(t *testing.T) {
chain.sendHead(1)
waitStep(t, tr)
- preEMA := tr.GetAllPeerStats()["peerA"].RecentIncluded
- if preEMA <= 0 {
- t.Fatalf("expected RecentIncluded>0 after pre-slot delivery, got %f", preEMA)
+ if incl := consumer.last().inclusions["peerA"]; incl != 1 {
+ t.Fatalf("expected 1 inclusion for pre-slot delivery, got %d", incl)
}
// Block 2: slot strictly BEFORE delivery — post-slot, must NOT credit.
@@ -492,10 +435,20 @@ func TestPreSlotGate(t *testing.T) {
chain.sendHead(2)
waitStep(t, tr)
- // With the gate, only EMA decay occurs (no contribution this block).
- // Without the gate, RecentIncluded would have ticked up again.
- after := tr.GetAllPeerStats()["peerA"].RecentIncluded
- if after >= preEMA {
- t.Fatalf("expected EMA to decay (no credit for post-slot tx), got %f >= preEMA %f", after, preEMA)
+ if incl := consumer.last().inclusions["peerA"]; incl != 0 {
+ t.Fatalf("expected 0 inclusions for post-slot delivery, got %d", incl)
}
}
+
+// TestHandleChainHeadNilConsumer verifies the tracker tolerates a nil
+// consumer (useful for tests that only exercise tx-lifecycle behavior).
+func TestHandleChainHeadNilConsumer(t *testing.T) {
+ tr := New()
+ chain := newMockChain()
+ tr.Start(chain, nil)
+ defer tr.Stop()
+
+ chain.addBlock(1, nil)
+ chain.sendHead(1)
+ waitStep(t, tr) // should not panic
+}
diff --git a/tests/fuzzers/txfetcher/txfetcher_fuzzer.go b/tests/fuzzers/txfetcher/txfetcher_fuzzer.go
index 6e9b8acd83..ad4a2ff30d 100644
--- a/tests/fuzzers/txfetcher/txfetcher_fuzzer.go
+++ b/tests/fuzzers/txfetcher/txfetcher_fuzzer.go
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ func fuzz(input []byte) int {
func(string, []common.Hash) error { return nil },
nil,
nil,
+ nil,
blobpool.NewBlobBuffer(blobpool.BlobBufferFunctions{
ValidateTx: func(*types.Transaction) error { return nil },
AddToPool: func(*blobpool.BlobTxForPool) error { return nil },