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bitswap(messagequeue): Expose DONT_HAVE timeout knobs #701

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Wondertan opened this issue Oct 24, 2024 · 1 comment · May be fixed by #703
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bitswap(messagequeue): Expose DONT_HAVE timeout knobs #701

Wondertan opened this issue Oct 24, 2024 · 1 comment · May be fixed by #703

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Context

Don't have timeout is an important security feature that prevents malicious peers from never responding with DONT_HAVE. If a peer we sent WANT_BLOCK never responds, a Bitswap session stalls and does not re-request other peers. This mechanism has a bunch of configuration parameters .

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Expose those parameters for protocol-specific fine tuning. The defaults timeout too quickly, sometimes causing:

  • Duplclicate requests
    • A asked B for Cid -> A timed out waiting for Cid and asked C -> B kept processing requests, and with C now -> A received two responses.
  • Peers eviction from session. Once 64 DONT_HAVE received, the peer is dropped, even tho the peer is healthy.
@Wondertan Wondertan added the need/triage Needs initial labeling and prioritization label Oct 24, 2024
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(I will propose a PR)

@lidel lidel removed the need/triage Needs initial labeling and prioritization label Nov 12, 2024
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