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fix(node): fail closed during sequencer recovery - #3443

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Overview

A recovery sequencer could previously treat a P2P initialization or catchup timeout as permission to start aggregation, allowing it to produce conflicting blocks before the original chain arrived. This change makes configured P2P continuity a strict startup requirement: both header and data sync services must initialize from P2P, the main store must reach the highest observed sync height, DA must reach its head, and the processing pipeline must drain.

When configured P2P recovery cannot establish continuity before catchup_timeout, startup now returns an error with the store, header, and data heights while leaving the syncer available for cleanup. Recovery without configured peers remains DA-only, and the default catchup_timeout: 0 continues to disable recovery catchup.

The P2P recovery integration test now requires all pre-recovery hashes to match before verifying production above the recovered height.

Closes #3330

Validation

  • go test ./node ./pkg/sync ./pkg/config
  • go test -tags integration ./node -run 'TestSequencerRecoveryFrom(DA|P2P)$' -count=1 -v
  • just test
  • go vet ./...
  • golangci-lint run ./...

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  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved recovery when configured P2P peers are unavailable or fail to establish continuity before the timeout.
    • Ensured timeout and cancellation errors are reported accurately instead of continuing with incomplete synchronization.
    • Improved aggregator recovery by using configured P2P peers and consistently validating recovered block data.
    • Added continued background attempts to initialize P2P recovery when required.
  • Documentation

    • Clarified DA-only and P2P-assisted catchup timeout behavior.
    • Updated CLI configuration descriptions for fatal P2P continuity timeouts.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for recovery readiness, timeout handling, cancellation, retries, and peer discovery.

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Walkthrough

Recovery now tracks P2P initialization, enforces DA and P2P continuity during catchup, fails on incomplete configured-peer recovery, and updates related tests and documentation.

Changes

Recovery catchup

Layer / File(s) Summary
P2P initialization tracking
pkg/sync/sync_service.go, pkg/sync/sync_service_test.go
SyncService records successful P2P initialization. Aggregators retry P2P initialization when catchup and configured peers are enabled.
Catchup readiness and timeout enforcement
node/failover.go, node/failover_test.go, node/sequencer_recovery_integration_test.go, pkg/config/config.go, docs/learn/config.md
Recovery checks DA completion, pending events, P2P readiness, and height continuity. Configured-peer recovery returns an error when continuity is incomplete at timeout. Tests and documentation describe the revised behavior.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to ee137

Configured P2P recovery now prevents production until continuity is verified, but retry cancellation and publisher-mode startup can leave affected nodes unable to recover when peers are temporarily unavailable or the store is empty. The change preserves safety by failing closed, but these availability issues should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merge.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Recovery
  participant SyncService
  participant Store
  participant Syncer
  Recovery->>SyncService: read P2P initialization
  Recovery->>Store: read store height
  Recovery->>Syncer: read header and data heights
  Recovery->>Recovery: evaluate catchup readiness
  Recovery-->>Recovery: continue or return timeout error
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the primary change: fail-closed behavior during sequencer recovery. It follows the repository’s semantic commit style.
Description check ✅ Passed The description includes the required Overview section, explains the problem and solution, links issue #3330, and records validation results. It is complete and relevant.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes satisfy issue #3330 [#3330]. Recovery now requires P2P continuity when peers are configured, treats timeout as fatal, preserves DA-only recovery without peers, and verifies recovered chain…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changes remain within the recovery-race objective [#3330]. Documentation, configuration text, synchronization behavior, readiness tests, timeout tests, and integration-test updates all support the…
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The changes satisfy issue #3330 [#3330]. Recovery now requires P2P continuity when peers are configured, treats timeout as fatal, preserves DA-only recovery without peers, and verifies recovered chain hashes before production.

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The changes remain within the recovery-race objective [#3330]. Documentation, configuration text, synchronization behavior, readiness tests, timeout tests, and integration-test updates all support the stated fix.

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🧹 Nitpick comments (2)
pkg/sync/sync_service_test.go (1)

85-93: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Use the mockery-generated P2P client mock.

This change adds a hand-written peerListP2PClient test double. Replace it with the repository’s mockery-generated mock and configure PeerIDs() in the test. This keeps the test aligned with future P2PClient interface changes.

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In `@pkg/sync/sync_service_test.go` around lines 85 - 93, Replace the hand-written
peerListP2PClient test double with the repository’s mockery-generated P2P client
mock, and configure its PeerIDs() return value within the test while preserving
the existing behavior.

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node/failover.go (1)

356-356: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Wrap the store-height error with recovery context.

Add context before returning this error. This preserves the failing operation when another caller handles catchupStatus.

Proposed fix
-		return catchupStatus{}, err
+		return catchupStatus{}, fmt.Errorf("get recovery store height: %w", err)

As per coding guidelines: “Wrap errors with context using fmt.Errorf in Go code.”

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In `@node/failover.go` at line 356, Update the catchupStatus error return in the
failover flow to wrap the store-height error with descriptive recovery context
using fmt.Errorf and %w, preserving the original error for unwrapping.

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In `@node/failover.go`:
- Line 356: Update the catchupStatus error return in the failover flow to wrap
the store-height error with descriptive recovery context using fmt.Errorf and
%w, preserving the original error for unwrapping.

In `@pkg/sync/sync_service_test.go`:
- Around line 85-93: Replace the hand-written peerListP2PClient test double with
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tac0turtle and others added 2 commits September 1, 2026 14:55
Do not abandon P2P initialization after the 30s Start timeout when
catchup recovery requires continuity. Keep retrying in the background
so P2PInitialized can still flip during waitForCatchup, and include
readiness flags in the timeout error.
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Recovery sequencer race: block production starts before P2P catchup completes, causing valid double-sign detection

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