From b65f3b5b4ec60fe024bbcce3c6c5226e500a46e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Raneet Debnath <raneetdebnath10@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2025 10:40:32 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] consensus,miner: allow mining in case of no peers if
 DevFakeAuthor is enabled

---
 consensus/bor/bor.go | 6 +++---
 miner/worker.go      | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/consensus/bor/bor.go b/consensus/bor/bor.go
index 5303be53e2..8128dba111 100644
--- a/consensus/bor/bor.go
+++ b/consensus/bor/bor.go
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ type Bor struct {
 
 	// The fields below are for testing only
 	fakeDiff      bool // Skip difficulty verifications
-	devFakeAuthor bool
+	DevFakeAuthor bool
 
 	closeOnce sync.Once
 }
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ func New(
 		GenesisContractsClient: genesisContracts,
 		HeimdallClient:         heimdallClient,
 		spanStore:              spanStore,
-		devFakeAuthor:          devFakeAuthor,
+		DevFakeAuthor:          devFakeAuthor,
 	}
 
 	c.authorizedSigner.Store(&signer{
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ func (c *Bor) verifyCascadingFields(chain consensus.ChainHeaderReader, header *t
 func (c *Bor) snapshot(chain consensus.ChainHeaderReader, number uint64, hash common.Hash, parents []*types.Header) (*Snapshot, error) {
 	// Search for a snapshot in memory or on disk for checkpoints
 	signer := common.BytesToAddress(c.authorizedSigner.Load().signer.Bytes())
-	if c.devFakeAuthor && signer.String() != "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000" {
+	if c.DevFakeAuthor && signer.String() != "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000" {
 		log.Info("👨‍💻Using DevFakeAuthor", "signer", signer)
 
 		val := valset.NewValidator(signer, 1000)
diff --git a/miner/worker.go b/miner/worker.go
index 94a99a7a16..77185b24d6 100644
--- a/miner/worker.go
+++ b/miner/worker.go
@@ -594,11 +594,12 @@ func (w *worker) mainLoop() {
 		}
 	}()
 
+	bor, _ := w.engine.(*bor.Bor)
 	for {
 		select {
 		case req := <-w.newWorkCh:
 			if w.chainConfig.ChainID.Cmp(params.BorMainnetChainConfig.ChainID) == 0 || w.chainConfig.ChainID.Cmp(params.MumbaiChainConfig.ChainID) == 0 || w.chainConfig.ChainID.Cmp(params.AmoyChainConfig.ChainID) == 0 {
-				if w.eth.PeerCount() > 0 {
+				if w.eth.PeerCount() > 0 || bor.DevFakeAuthor {
 					//nolint:contextcheck
 					w.commitWork(req.interrupt, req.noempty, req.timestamp)
 				}