fix: improve BNS database recovery after unclean shutdown - #226
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- Persist BNS processing progress every 1000 blocks.
- Reduce unnecessary rescans after an unclean shutdown.
- Roll back BNS mappings when the database is ahead of the blockchain.
- Update BNS settings after rolling back to the chain tip.
- Avoid dropping and rebuilding the entire BNS database.
- Persist BNS processing progress every 1000 blocks. - Reduce unnecessary rescans after an unclean shutdown. - Roll back BNS mappings when the database is ahead of the blockchain. - Update BNS settings after rolling back to the chain tip. - Avoid dropping and rebuilding the entire BNS database.
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WalkthroughThe BNS database now preserves the blockchain tip during recovery, prunes excess state after chain rollback, and periodically saves processing progress even when blocks contain no BNS transaction. ChangesBNS database state management
Priority: ⬇️ Low Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The recovery optimization can leave BNS mappings inconsistent with the active blockchain after a divergent rollback, while checkpoint write failures may be silently accepted. These correctness issues should be fixed before merge. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
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In `@src/cryptonote_core/beldex_name_system.cpp`:
- Line 1984: Update the settings.top_height > chain_height branch to avoid
assuming the shorter chain shares the BNS database’s history; retain the full
rebuild fallback unless recovery validates a shared ancestor hash. If
implementing checkpoint-based recovery instead, prune mappings to a verified
common ancestor and ensure load_missing_blocks_into_beldex_subsystems() resumes
from that point.
- Line 2275: Update the periodic checkpoint flow around save_settings() to check
its return value and return false immediately when persistence fails, before
setting db_transaction.commit. Only set db_transaction.commit and continue on
successful save_settings().
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| this->last_processed_hash = settings.top_hash; | ||
| assert(settings.version == static_cast<int>(DB_VERSION)); | ||
| } | ||
| else if (settings.top_height > chain_height) |
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
Do not treat a shorter chain as proof of a shared prefix.
Line 1984 only compares heights. It does not prove that the blockchain below chain_height matches the BNS database. For example, if the BNS database was built from chain A at height 100 and the blockchain is replaced by divergent chain B at height 90, this branch keeps all chain-A mappings through height 90. It then saves chain B’s tip, so load_missing_blocks_into_beldex_subsystems() starts at height 91 and does not repair the retained mappings.
Keep the full rebuild fallback for this case unless recovery can validate a shared ancestor hash. Alternatively, persist sufficient checkpoint hashes to identify and prune to a verified common ancestor.
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In `@src/cryptonote_core/beldex_name_system.cpp` at line 1984, Update the
settings.top_height > chain_height branch to avoid assuming the shorter chain
shares the BNS database’s history; retain the full rebuild fallback unless
recovery validates a shared ancestor hash. If implementing checkpoint-based
recovery instead, prune mappings to a verified common ancestor and ensure
load_missing_blocks_into_beldex_subsystems() resumes from that point.
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| { | ||
| save_settings(last_processed_height, last_processed_hash, static_cast<int>(DB_VERSION)); | ||
| db_transaction.commit = bns_parsed_from_block; | ||
| db_transaction.commit = true; |
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Propagate save_settings() failures before committing.
If save_settings() fails on a periodic checkpoint, this code commits and returns success. The caller then continues with progress that was not persisted. Return false before setting db_transaction.commit when save_settings() fails.
Proposed fix
- save_settings(last_processed_height, last_processed_hash, static_cast<int>(DB_VERSION));
+ if (!save_settings(last_processed_height, last_processed_hash, static_cast<int>(DB_VERSION)))
+ return false;
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In `@src/cryptonote_core/beldex_name_system.cpp` at line 2275, Update the periodic
checkpoint flow around save_settings() to check its return value and return
false immediately when persistence fails, before setting db_transaction.commit.
Only set db_transaction.commit and continue on successful save_settings().
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