Fix pending block/blob zero peer edge case (#13625)

* pending broadcast err if missing blobs and 0 peers

* compute request first for len check

---------

Co-authored-by: Kasey Kirkham <[email protected]>

beacon-chain/sync/pending_blocks_queue.go

@@ -192,6 +192,8 @@ func (s *Service) hasPeer() bool {
 	return len(s.cfg.p2p.Peers().Connected()) > 0
 }
 
+var errNoPeersForPending = errors.New("no suitable peers to process pending block queue, delaying")
+
 // processAndBroadcastBlock validates, processes, and broadcasts a block.
 // part of the function is to request missing blobs from peers if the block contains kzg commitments.
 func (s *Service) processAndBroadcastBlock(ctx context.Context, b interfaces.ReadOnlySignedBeaconBlock, blkRoot [32]byte) error {
@@ -202,10 +204,17 @@ func (s *Service) processAndBroadcastBlock(ctx context.Context, b interfaces.Rea
 		}
 	}
 
-	peers := s.getBestPeers()
-	peerCount := len(peers)
-	if peerCount > 0 {
-		if err := s.requestPendingBlobs(ctx, b, blkRoot, peers[rand.NewGenerator().Int()%peerCount]); err != nil {
+	request, err := s.pendingBlobsRequestForBlock(blkRoot, b)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if len(request) > 0 {
+		peers := s.getBestPeers()
+		peerCount := len(peers)
+		if peerCount == 0 {
+			return errors.Wrapf(errNoPeersForPending, "block root=%#x", blkRoot)
+		}
+		if err := s.sendAndSaveBlobSidecars(ctx, request, peers[rand.NewGenerator().Int()%peerCount], b); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}

beacon-chain/sync/rpc_beacon_blocks_by_root.go

@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ func (s *Service) sendRecentBeaconBlocksRequest(ctx context.Context, requests *t
 		}
 		return nil
 	})
-
 	for _, blk := range blks {
 		// Skip blocks before deneb because they have no blob.
 		if blk.Version() < version.Deneb {
@@ -56,11 +55,17 @@ func (s *Service) sendRecentBeaconBlocksRequest(ctx context.Context, requests *t
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		if err := s.requestPendingBlobs(ctx, blk, blkRoot, id); err != nil {
+		request, err := s.pendingBlobsRequestForBlock(blkRoot, blk)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if len(request) == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		if err := s.sendAndSaveBlobSidecars(ctx, request, id, blk); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
-
 	return err
 }
 
@@ -128,41 +133,13 @@ func (s *Service) beaconBlocksRootRPCHandler(ctx context.Context, msg interface{
 	return nil
 }
 
-// requestPendingBlobs handles the request for pending blobs based on the given beacon block.
-func (s *Service) requestPendingBlobs(ctx context.Context, block interfaces.ReadOnlySignedBeaconBlock, blockRoot [32]byte, peerID peer.ID) error {
-	if block.Version() < version.Deneb {
-		return nil // Block before deneb has no blob.
-	}
-
-	commitments, err := block.Block().Body().BlobKzgCommitments()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	if len(commitments) == 0 {
-		return nil // No operation if the block has no blob commitments.
-	}
-
-	contextByte, err := ContextByteVersionsForValRoot(s.cfg.chain.GenesisValidatorsRoot())
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	request, err := s.constructPendingBlobsRequest(ctx, blockRoot, len(commitments))
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	return s.sendAndSaveBlobSidecars(ctx, request, contextByte, peerID, block)
-}
-
 // sendAndSaveBlobSidecars sends the blob request and saves received sidecars.
-func (s *Service) sendAndSaveBlobSidecars(ctx context.Context, request types.BlobSidecarsByRootReq, contextByte ContextByteVersions, peerID peer.ID, block interfaces.ReadOnlySignedBeaconBlock) error {
+func (s *Service) sendAndSaveBlobSidecars(ctx context.Context, request types.BlobSidecarsByRootReq, peerID peer.ID, block interfaces.ReadOnlySignedBeaconBlock) error {
 	if len(request) == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	sidecars, err := SendBlobSidecarByRoot(ctx, s.cfg.clock, s.cfg.p2p, peerID, contextByte, &request)
+	sidecars, err := SendBlobSidecarByRoot(ctx, s.cfg.clock, s.cfg.p2p, peerID, s.ctxMap, &request)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -193,8 +170,25 @@ func (s *Service) sendAndSaveBlobSidecars(ctx context.Context, request types.Blo
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (s *Service) pendingBlobsRequestForBlock(root [32]byte, b interfaces.ReadOnlySignedBeaconBlock) (types.BlobSidecarsByRootReq, error) {
+	if b.Version() < version.Deneb {
+		return nil, nil // Block before deneb has no blob.
+	}
+	cc, err := b.Block().Body().BlobKzgCommitments()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if len(cc) == 0 {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	return s.constructPendingBlobsRequest(root, len(cc))
+}
+
 // constructPendingBlobsRequest creates a request for BlobSidecars by root, considering blobs already in DB.
-func (s *Service) constructPendingBlobsRequest(ctx context.Context, root [32]byte, commitments int) (types.BlobSidecarsByRootReq, error) {
+func (s *Service) constructPendingBlobsRequest(root [32]byte, commitments int) (types.BlobSidecarsByRootReq, error) {
+	if commitments == 0 {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
 	stored, err := s.cfg.blobStorage.Indices(root)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err

beacon-chain/sync/rpc_beacon_blocks_by_root_test.go

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import (
 	leakybucket "github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/v5/container/leaky-bucket"
 	"github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/v5/encoding/bytesutil"
 	enginev1 "github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/v5/proto/engine/v1"
-	"github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/v5/proto/eth/v2"
+	eth "github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/v5/proto/eth/v2"
 	ethpb "github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/v5/proto/prysm/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/v5/testing/assert"
 	"github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/v5/testing/require"
@@ -370,12 +370,16 @@ func TestRequestPendingBlobs(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("old block should not fail", func(t *testing.T) {
 		b, err := blocks.NewSignedBeaconBlock(util.NewBeaconBlock())
 		require.NoError(t, err)
-		require.NoError(t, s.requestPendingBlobs(context.Background(), b, [32]byte{}, "test"))
+		request, err := s.pendingBlobsRequestForBlock([32]byte{}, b)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.NoError(t, s.sendAndSaveBlobSidecars(context.Background(), request, "test", b))
 	})
 	t.Run("empty commitment block should not fail", func(t *testing.T) {
 		b, err := blocks.NewSignedBeaconBlock(util.NewBeaconBlock())
 		require.NoError(t, err)
-		require.NoError(t, s.requestPendingBlobs(context.Background(), b, [32]byte{}, "test"))
+		request, err := s.pendingBlobsRequestForBlock([32]byte{}, b)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.NoError(t, s.sendAndSaveBlobSidecars(context.Background(), request, "test", b))
 	})
 	t.Run("unsupported protocol", func(t *testing.T) {
 		p1 := p2ptest.NewTestP2P(t)
@@ -406,20 +410,21 @@ func TestRequestPendingBlobs(t *testing.T) {
 		b.Block.Body.BlobKzgCommitments = make([][]byte, 1)
 		b1, err := blocks.NewSignedBeaconBlock(b)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
-		require.ErrorContains(t, "protocols not supported", s.requestPendingBlobs(context.Background(), b1, [32]byte{}, p2.PeerID()))
+		request, err := s.pendingBlobsRequestForBlock([32]byte{}, b1)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.ErrorContains(t, "protocols not supported", s.sendAndSaveBlobSidecars(context.Background(), request, p2.PeerID(), b1))
 	})
 }
 
 func TestConstructPendingBlobsRequest(t *testing.T) {
 	d := db.SetupDB(t)
 	bs := filesystem.NewEphemeralBlobStorage(t)
 	s := &Service{cfg: &config{beaconDB: d, blobStorage: bs}}
-	ctx := context.Background()
 
 	// No unknown indices.
 	root := [32]byte{1}
 	count := 3
-	actual, err := s.constructPendingBlobsRequest(ctx, root, count)
+	actual, err := s.constructPendingBlobsRequest(root, count)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.Equal(t, 3, len(actual))
 	for i, id := range actual {
@@ -449,7 +454,7 @@ func TestConstructPendingBlobsRequest(t *testing.T) {
 	expected := []*eth.BlobIdentifier{
 		{Index: 1, BlockRoot: root[:]},
 	}
-	actual, err = s.constructPendingBlobsRequest(ctx, root, count)
+	actual, err = s.constructPendingBlobsRequest(root, count)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.Equal(t, expected[0].Index, actual[0].Index)
 	require.DeepEqual(t, expected[0].BlockRoot, actual[0].BlockRoot)

beacon-chain/sync/service.go

@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ type Service struct {
 	verifierWaiter                   *verification.InitializerWaiter
 	newBlobVerifier                  verification.NewBlobVerifier
 	availableBlocker                 coverage.AvailableBlocker
+	ctxMap                           ContextByteVersions
 }
 
 // NewService initializes new regular sync service.
@@ -295,6 +296,15 @@ func (s *Service) waitForChainStart() {
 	s.cfg.clock = clock
 	startTime := clock.GenesisTime()
 	log.WithField("starttime", startTime).Debug("Received state initialized event")
+
+	ctxMap, err := ContextByteVersionsForValRoot(clock.GenesisValidatorsRoot())
+	if err != nil {
+		log.WithError(err).WithField("genesis_validator_root", clock.GenesisValidatorsRoot()).
+			Error("sync service failed to initialize context version map")
+		return
+	}
+	s.ctxMap = ctxMap
+
 	// Register respective rpc handlers at state initialized event.
 	s.registerRPCHandlers()
 	// Wait for chainstart in separate routine.