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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe node now validates and applies optional direct sequencer startup. HA Docker services enable this mode by default for test clusters. Operations documentation covers launch modes and recovery procedures. The L2 execution client enables expensive metrics. ChangesDirect sequencer-mode startup
Execution-client metrics
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The opt-in devnet startup mode can still fail open when Tendermint paths are relocated, potentially starting a node that produces no blocks, and its error guidance references a deleted compose file. The risk is bounded to test/devnet workflows, so the PR is mergeable with explicit owner awareness and follow-up. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant NodeStartup
participant ApplyStartInSequencerMode
participant ValidatorAndGenesisFiles
participant UpgradeStore
NodeStartup->>ApplyStartInSequencerMode: apply direct sequencer startup
ApplyStartInSequencerMode->>ValidatorAndGenesisFiles: read validator and genesis data
ValidatorAndGenesisFiles-->>ApplyStartInSequencerMode: return configuration data
ApplyStartInSequencerMode->>UpgradeStore: set upgrade height to zero
ApplyStartInSequencerMode-->>NodeStartup: return success or error
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In `@node/devtool/start_in_sequencer_mode.go`:
- Around line 49-53: Update ApplyStartInSequencerMode to reject the
startInSequencerModeFlag when running on a production network before calling
upgrade.SetUpgradeBlockHeight(0). Preserve the existing no-op behavior when the
flag is unset, and use the existing network/environment detection and
error-reporting mechanisms to prevent startup from continuing in production.
In `@ops/docker/docker-compose-devnet.yml`:
- Around line 188-193: Update the node-0 service configuration near
MORPH_NODE_DERIVATION_VERIFY_MODE so MORPH_NODE_SEQUENCER_PRIVATE_KEY is removed
or explicitly overridden, ensuring initL1SequencerComponents does not create a
LocalSigner and node-0 remains a local-verify P2P follower rather than starting
as a sequencer.
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Blocking: the sole genesis validator can skip PBFT without ever starting the sequencer routines.
As a result, Please add an explicit startup path for the already-upgraded + blocksync-disabled case (and a regression test) so that |
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In `@ops/docker/docker-compose-devnet-skip-tendermint.yml`:
- Around line 58-60: Remove reliance on the priv_validator_key.json override as
the direct-start fix. Update the startup flow after P2P switches and reactors
initialize to perform the upgraded block-sync-disabled sequencer hand-over,
including when onlyValidatorIsUs() remains true or no Tendermint peer exists.
Add a regression test covering the sole-genesis-validator case, and retain the
mount only if the multi-node overlay requires it for P2P topology.
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| # Shadow the genesis validator key so onlyValidatorIsUs() is false and | ||
| # blockSync stays enabled. See the header for the full chain. | ||
| - "${PWD}/skip-tendermint/priv_validator_key.json:${NODE_DATA_DIR}/config/priv_validator_key.json:ro" |
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Do not use the validator-key override as the direct-start fix.
Line 60 changes onlyValidatorIsUs() so block sync can invoke the sequencer hand-over. This does not start sequencer routines when a node retains the sole genesis validator key or has no Tendermint peer. The blocking startup path from the PR objective remains untested and unresolved.
Implement the already-upgraded, block-sync-disabled hand-over after P2P switches and reactors initialize. Add a regression test for the sole-genesis-validator case. Keep this mount only if the multi-node overlay still needs it for its P2P topology.
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In `@ops/docker/docker-compose-devnet-skip-tendermint.yml` around lines 58 - 60,
Remove reliance on the priv_validator_key.json override as the direct-start fix.
Update the startup flow after P2P switches and reactors initialize to perform
the upgraded block-sync-disabled sequencer hand-over, including when
onlyValidatorIsUs() remains true or no Tendermint peer exists. Add a regression
test covering the sole-genesis-validator case, and retain the mount only if the
multi-node overlay requires it for P2P topology.
Add an isolated, test-only devtool package that lets a node boot directly in sequencer mode (skipping the pre-upgrade PBFT phase) for HA testnet / devnet bring-up. Enabled via --startInSequencerMode / MORPH_NODE_START_IN_SEQUENCER_MODE; default off, so production and normal devnet runs are unaffected. - node/devtool/start_in_sequencer_mode.go: flag + ApplyStartInSequencerMode; self-registers via init() so node/flags/flags.go is untouched. Pre-sets the upgrade block height to 0 so IsUpgraded(1) is true and the node starts the sequencer routines directly, never entering the PBFT consensus reactor. - node/cmd/node/main.go: one guarded call before the upgrade store is wired. - docker-compose-cluster.yml / docker-compose-devnet.yml: default the HA cluster to start-in-sequencer-mode and run node-0 as a local-verify P2P follower. TEST/TESTNET-ONLY. Never enable on a production network. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
MORPH_NODE_START_IN_SEQUENCER_MODE pre-sets the upgrade block height to 0, which
makes the PBFT consensus reactor return early and so the PBFT upgrade callback
never fires. The only remaining way into sequencer mode is the blocksync
hand-over, and that needs blockSync to be enabled. A node holding the ONLY
genesis validator key gets blockSync=false from onlyValidatorIsUs(), which
leaves both entry points closed: the node comes up fully healthy and never
produces a block. In the base devnet node-0 is exactly that node.
Add an overlay that avoids this the same way the ha cluster already does: no
node holds the genesis validator key. setup_nodes.py copies
priv_validator_key.json for node0 only and deletes it elsewhere, so every other
node boots with a key tendermint generated for it and onlyValidatorIsUs is
false. The overlay shadows node-0's key with a committed non-genesis one.
The result is a single-host environment covering all three L2 block-apply paths
at once, one per node:
node-0 / morph-el-0 sequencer AssembleL2BlockV2 + NewL2BlockV2 (cached)
node-1 / morph-el-1 fullnode NewL2BlockV2 (cold, P2P block sync)
node-2 / morph-el-2 verifier NewSafeL2Block (rebuilt from L1 batches)
node-0 and node-1 are each other's tendermint peer, which satisfies the second
gate: BlockPool.IsCaughtUp() returns false while the pool has no peers.
Usage:
cd ops/docker
docker compose -f docker-compose-devnet.yml \
-f docker-compose-devnet-skip-tendermint.yml up -d
Hand-over is confirmed by three log lines, in order, on node-0 and node-1:
"Already upgraded to sequencer mode, consensus reactor will not start",
"Caught up, stopping pool", "Switching to sequencer mode".
Also enable --metrics.expensive on the L2 geth entrypoint. Without it the
state-access counters behind metrics.EnabledExpensive stay zero, which not only
blanks chain/account/* and chain/storage/* but makes chain/execution wrong: it
is computed as procTime minus trie time, so with the trie terms zero it reports
the whole processing time as EVM execution. Note the flag only works as a bare
flag; --metrics.expensive=true is silently ignored because metrics.init()
string-compares os.Args.
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In `@ops/docker/docker-compose-devnet.yml`:
- Around line 188-193: Update the startup initialization path associated with
MORPH_NODE_DERIVATION_VERIFY_MODE and MORPH_NODE_START_IN_SEQUENCER_MODE to
explicitly handle an already-upgraded genesis validator when block sync is
disabled: after P2P switches and reactors initialize, start the required
consensus or sequencer routines directly so the node cannot remain active
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| # TEST-ONLY: make node-0 a local-verify follower of the start-in-sequencer-mode | ||
| # ha cluster. verify_mode=local drives P2P block-sync from the ha peers; born | ||
| # skips the PBFT/upgrade path so it matches the cluster's consensus mode. | ||
| # Never enable on a production network. | ||
| - MORPH_NODE_DERIVATION_VERIFY_MODE=local | ||
| - MORPH_NODE_START_IN_SEQUENCER_MODE=${START_IN_SEQUENCER_MODE:-true} |
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Handle the already-upgraded, block-sync-disabled startup path before enabling this mode.
This configuration enables both local verification and direct sequencer startup. When the sole genesis validator disables block sync, the consensus reactor exits because the node is already upgraded, while the broadcast reactor does not start sequencer routines. Neither callback runs, so the container can remain active without consensus or sequencer routines. Add an explicit startup path after P2P switches and reactors initialize, and add a regression test.
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In `@ops/docker/docker-compose-devnet.yml` around lines 188 - 193, Update the
startup initialization path associated with MORPH_NODE_DERIVATION_VERIFY_MODE
and MORPH_NODE_START_IN_SEQUENCER_MODE to explicitly handle an already-upgraded
genesis validator when block sync is disabled: after P2P switches and reactors
initialize, start the required consensus or sequencer routines directly so the
node cannot remain active without them. Add a regression test covering this
configuration and startup behavior.
The base compose defaulted MORPH_NODE_START_IN_SEQUENCER_MODE to true for node-0, which breaks a plain `make devnet-up`: node-0 boots in sequencer mode while still holding the only genesis validator key, so onlyValidatorIsUs() makes blockSync false, the blocksync hand-over never runs, and the pre-set upgrade height keeps the PBFT reactor from starting. Both entry points into sequencer mode are closed and the node produces no blocks at all, while looking healthy. Revert both added lines. The overlay in docker-compose-devnet-skip-tendermint.yml sets the switch explicitly for each of its nodes, so nothing there depends on this default. MORPH_NODE_DERIVATION_VERIFY_MODE=local was a no-op anyway -- node/derivation/config.go already defaults VerifyMode to local. The HA cluster keeps its default: its ha-nodes do not hold the genesis validator key, so they are not affected by this failure mode. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…ires ApplyStartInSequencerMode accepted the switch unconditionally and returned nothing, so two misconfigurations were only prevented by comments. Production networks. MORPH_NODE_START_IN_SEQUENCER_MODE surviving a copy-paste into a mainnet chart would make the node pre-set the upgrade height, treat itself as post-upgrade from block 1, skip PBFT entirely and fork off the network. The network is already resolved one call earlier in main.go for the upgrade-time log, so reuse the same two flags and refuse to boot. Sole genesis validator. A node holding the only genesis validator key cannot work in this mode, because both entry points into sequencer mode are closed: onlyValidatorIsUs() makes tendermint disable block sync (node.go:903), so the caught-up hand-over that would call StartSequencerRoutines() never runs (blocksync/reactor.go:187,608); and the pre-set upgrade height makes the consensus reactor return early (consensus/reactor.go:81-85), so the PBFT upgrade callback never fires either (node.go:1700). StateV2 is never started and the node produces nothing while looking completely healthy: containers up, RPC serving, nothing logged, height pinned at 0. Detect it and print the remedy instead. This is a guard, not a fix. Single-node start-in-sequencer-mode still needs the already-upgraded/block-sync-disabled hand-over implemented in tendermint. The guard only converts a silent hang into a startup error naming the way out, which is what the working configurations already do: setup_nodes.py copies priv_validator_key.json for node0 only, so every other node gets a non-genesis key from privval.LoadOrGenFilePV and onlyValidatorIsUs is false. The check deliberately fails open. A missing key file (the expected, working case), a missing genesis, or either file unreadable or malformed all count as "cannot tell" and let startup continue: a guard for a test-only switch must not become a new way to refuse to boot. Only a positive match blocks. The files are read and unmarshalled directly rather than through privval.LoadFilePV, which calls os.Exit on a malformed key. It also cannot cover the second requirement -- IsCaughtUp() needs at least one peer (blocksync/pool.go:186) -- because peers connect asynchronously. ApplyStartInSequencerMode now returns error; main.go propagates it. Verified against the devnet's generated node configs: flag network validator key result on mainnet genesis blocked (production) on dev genesis blocked (sole genesis validator) on dev non-genesis applied, not blocked on dev absent applied, not blocked off mainnet genesis silent, not applied off dev genesis silent, not applied Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Thanks — both reviews were correct, and the sole-genesis-validator analysis was exactly right. I reproduced it independently on a devnet before reading this thread: node-0 came up with containers healthy, RPC serving, nothing logged, and I want to be explicit about what I did and did not fix. Fixed: the base devnet no longer defaults into this state (197a246)The two lines added to Not fixed: the startup path itselfI did not add the already-upgraded / block-sync-disabled hand-over. This switch is for QA test environments, and after the revert no shipped configuration reaches the failure:
Implementing the hand-over means a cross-repo tendermint change plus a node image rebuild, and it needs a narrower trigger condition than "blockSync is false". That flag is false for two different reasons: Added instead: two guards that refuse to boot (9eed290)The real cost here is diagnosis, not repair — the failure is completely silent, and the feature's own stated goal is "as few nodes as possible for QA", so the first thing a QA engineer tries (one node) is the broken configuration. So
The check deliberately fails open: a missing key file (the expected, working case), a missing genesis, or either file unreadable or malformed all count as "cannot tell" and let startup continue. A guard for a test-only switch should not become a new way to refuse to boot. Only a positive match blocks. It reads and unmarshals the files directly rather than via It cannot cover the second requirement — This is a guard, not the fix that was requested. Single-node start-in-sequencer-mode still does not work, and if you would rather have the tendermint hand-over than the guard, say so and I will do that instead. On the requested regression testI skipped unit tests here by request, and I would not want to imply the guard is covered by a test for the hand-over — it is not the same thing. I verified it against the devnet's own generated node configs:
Overlay verificationFull clean including L1, fresh contract deploy and L2 genesis, then the overlay. Hand-over fires in order on node-0 and node-1 ( Also reproduced the failure this replaces: with the switch off on a single genesis validator, PBFT reaches height 3 and stalls at CodeRabbit — the |
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In `@node/devtool/start_in_sequencer_mode.go`:
- Around line 150-153: Update the sole-validator guard around SetRoot and its
caller to use the resolved Tendermint paths from sequencer.LoadTmConfig,
including relocated priv_validator_key_file and genesis_file values, instead of
cfg.DefaultConfig defaults. Preserve fail-open behavior only when the resolved
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| // Paths come from tendermint's defaults rooted at home. A config.toml that | ||
| // relocates either file makes this read miss and fail open, per the contract | ||
| // above. | ||
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Use the resolved Tendermint file paths for the sole-validator guard.
Line 153 creates default paths and does not load config.toml. If priv_validator_key_file or genesis_file is relocated, this guard treats an existing, readable configuration as missing and enables sequencer mode. The later node setup uses the configured paths, so a sole genesis validator can again start with neither PBFT nor sequencer routines.
Load the same Tendermint configuration used by sequencer.LoadTmConfig, or pass its resolved paths into this hook. Keep fail-open behavior only when the resolved files cannot produce a definite result. Add a regression test with a relocated key or genesis path.
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In `@node/devtool/start_in_sequencer_mode.go` around lines 150 - 153, Update the
sole-validator guard around SetRoot and its caller to use the resolved
Tendermint paths from sequencer.LoadTmConfig, including relocated
priv_validator_key_file and genesis_file values, instead of cfg.DefaultConfig
defaults. Preserve fail-open behavior only when the resolved files cannot
establish a definite result, and add a regression test covering a relocated key
or genesis path.
The skip-tendermint overlay and its committed non-genesis validator key are removed. They existed to give a single-host environment with all three L2 block-apply paths, which was a local debugging need, not a deployment one: a QA environment that manages its own configuration only needs the flag, and `make devnet-up-cluster` already produces a zero-PBFT cluster because its ha-nodes are keyless by construction. Reviewers were also right that shadowing a validator key is a workaround rather than a fix, so shipping it as the documented path was misleading. Add ops/README.md covering what is actually there: the three launch modes and what each produces, the endpoint map, and clean/restart. Two things in it are worth flagging beyond the mechanics. DEVNET_SEQUENCER_UPGRADE_OFFSET_SECONDS looks like a tunable but has one safe value. It defaults to 0, which puts the upgrade timestamp in the past by the time the first block is produced. Any value large enough to delay the upgrade past block 3 lets updateSequencerSet swap the single-validator set first, after which node-0 has no vote and the chain deadlocks at RoundStepPropose permanently. Skipping PBFT outside this devnet needs three things, not just the flag, and the first one's default points the wrong way: block_sync must be true (tendermint defaults it to false and morph never overrides it, so a stock config silently disables the hand-over), the sequencer must not be the sole genesis validator, and at least one other node must be running tendermint, i.e. two nodes minimum. Only the second is detectable at startup; the other two fail silently with containers up, RPC answering and the height stuck at 0. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Scope is now settled — I dropped the overlay rather than defending it. Summary of where each review comment landed, and why the design is what it is. Both reviews were correct; the analysis changed my mind about scope, not just about a bug@panos-xyz's mechanism was right line for line, and I reproduced it independently before reading the thread: node-0 came up with containers healthy, RPC answering, nothing logged, and But following it through led somewhere I didn't expect: most of what this PR had grown was unnecessary. What I removed
CodeRabbit's objection was the right one: shadowing a validator key so
The two lines added to What I did not do, and whyI did not implement the already-upgraded / block-sync-disabled hand-over. After the revert, no shipped configuration reaches the failure: the ha-nodes are keyless, and the base devnet has the switch off by default. The remaining exposure is a QA operator deploying by hand, which is a documentation problem. There is also a correctness reason not to add it speculatively. "blockSync is false" has two causes: If you'd prefer the hand-over over the guards, say so and I'll do that instead. What I added instead (
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| flag | network | validator key | result |
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| on | mainnet | genesis | blocked (production) |
| on | dev | genesis | blocked (sole genesis validator) |
| on | dev | non-genesis | applied, not blocked |
| on | dev | absent | applied, not blocked |
| off | mainnet | genesis | silent, not applied |
| off | dev | genesis | silent, not applied |
The four non-blocking rows proceed past the guards and fail later on an unrelated l1.rpc is required, which is what confirms the fail-open path.
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node/cmd/node/main.go | 9 +
node/devtool/start_in_sequencer_mode.go | 201 +
ops/README.md | 117 +
ops/docker/docker-compose-cluster.yml | 12 +
ops/docker/entrypoint-l2.sh | 1 +
entrypoint-l2.sh adds --metrics.expensive, which is unrelated to this feature — it's here because without it the counters behind metrics.EnabledExpensive stay zero, which blanks chain/account/* and chain/storage/* and makes chain/execution wrong (it is procTime minus trie time, so with the trie terms zero it reports all processing as EVM execution). Note it only works as a bare flag; --metrics.expensive=true is silently ignored because metrics.init() string-compares os.Args, and for the same reason its "Enabling expensive metrics collection" log never appears. Happy to split it out if you'd rather keep this PR single-purpose.
@coderabbitai the two docker-compose-devnet.yml findings were assessed at eedd0, before the revert; both files are now gone or reverted, so a re-review should clear them.
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Revert every ops/docker change. The devnet no longer enables start-in-sequencer-mode anywhere: both `make devnet-up` and `make devnet-up-cluster` go through PBFT and upgrade on the timestamp, which is what main already did. Defaulting the ha-nodes to the switch created a split-brain shape that was easy to miss. Their consensus mode is set per node, so with the switch on only there, node-0 still started PBFT — and as the sole genesis validator it is its own quorum, so it could propose and commit V1 blocks against morph-el-0 while the raft leader produced V2 blocks against ha-geth-*. Two chains from height 1. Turning the switch on for node-0 as well does not fix that: it holds the sole genesis validator key, which disables block sync and leaves it unable to start the sequencer routines at all. Keeping the switch out of every compose file avoids the whole class of problem, and the devnet loses nothing it had on main. Also drop the --metrics.expensive addition to entrypoint-l2.sh. It is unrelated to this feature and belongs in its own change. What is left is the switch itself plus its guards, for QA environments that manage their own configuration, and ops/README.md documenting the devnet and the four prerequisites for using the switch outside it. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Scope cut down again — everything under Why the devnet no longer touches this switchThe previous revision defaulted the ha-nodes to it. That created a split-brain shape I had not thought through, and which I want to record because it is easy to miss. Consensus mode is per node. With the switch on only the ha-nodes, node-0 still started PBFT — and as the sole genesis validator node-0 is its own quorum, so it could propose and commit V1 blocks against I had previously argued node-0 could not produce in cluster mode because Enabling the switch on node-0 as well does not fix it: it holds the sole genesis validator key, so block sync is disabled and it cannot start the sequencer routines at all. Both settings leave node-0 broken, just differently. Keeping the switch out of every compose file removes the whole class of problem, and the devnet keeps exactly the behaviour it has on main — PBFT for a block or two, then the timestamp upgrade, on both Also dropped the What this means for the two review threads@panos-xyz — your analysis stands and the failure it describes is still real for a hand-deployed node. What changed is that no configuration in this repo can reach it anymore, so the remaining exposure is a QA operator, which the guard and the README address. The tendermint hand-over is still not implemented, for the reason in the PR description: @coderabbitai both Fourth prerequisite worth flaggingWhile working through the fork question above I realised the README was missing one. Block production is gated on the L1 sequencer contract plus raft leadership, not on tendermint consensus, so two nodes sharing |
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It was ~90 lines (the check, its explanatory comment, and a copy of homeDir) and dead code for every configuration this repo produces: the devnet does not enable the switch anywhere, and the ha-nodes are keyless by construction. The only beneficiary was a hand-deployed QA node, and that is not worth the code — the prerequisite is documented in ops/README.md instead. It also duplicated onlyValidatorIsUs() in a second place, which would drift if the tendermint side ever changed. The production-network guard stays. That one is ~10 lines, has no false positives, and the failure it prevents is a mainnet node skipping PBFT and forking off the network rather than a devnet node failing to start. ApplyStartInSequencerMode keeps returning error for that guard. Verified after the change: --mainnet plus the switch is refused; the switch on a node holding the sole genesis validator key is now applied rather than blocked; a keyless node is applied; and with the switch off nothing happens on any network. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Trimmed further: the sole-genesis-validator guard is removed. Why it wentIt was ~90 lines — the check, a long explanatory comment, and a copy of The trap it detected is still real — I don't want the removal to read as "the problem went away". A node holding the only genesis validator key cannot work in this mode, for the reason @panos-xyz set out: What remainsThe production-network guard. ~10 lines, no false positives, and the failure it prevents is a mainnet node skipping PBFT and forking off the network rather than a devnet node failing to start. Different tier of consequence. Re-verified after the change, since removing a guard changes behaviour:
The non-blocking rows proceed past the guard and fail later on an unrelated @panos-xyz this leaves your finding unaddressed in code by choice, not by oversight. If you'd rather have the tendermint hand-over than a documented prerequisite, say so and I'll implement it — the caveat in the PR description about needing a narrower trigger than "blockSync is false" still applies. |
Without it every counter behind metrics.EnabledExpensive stays zero. That blanks chain/account/* and chain/storage/*, and it also makes chain/execution wrong: blockExecutionTimer is fed procTime minus trie read/update/hash time, so with the trie terms at zero it reports the whole processing time as EVM execution. Anyone using the devnet to attribute block cost to IO versus EVM gets a misleading answer. Measured on a devnet, same load with the flag off and on: chain/account/updates, chain/account/hashes, chain/storage/updates, chain/storage/hashes, chain/snapshot/account/reads and chain/snapshot/storage/reads are all exactly zero without it, and chain/execution reads 505us instead of 123us. Note it only works as a bare flag. --metrics.expensive=true is silently ignored, because metrics.init() string-compares os.Args before flag parsing, and for the same reason a TOML config file cannot enable it either. Its "Enabling expensive metrics collection" log line also never appears, since init() runs before the log handler is configured — so verify by metric value, not by log. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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What
Adds a test-only
node/devtoolpackage with one switch,--startInSequencerMode/
MORPH_NODE_START_IN_SEQUENCER_MODE, that makes a node boot straight intosequencer mode with no PBFT phase. Off by default; production and the devnet
are unaffected.
Plus
ops/README.md, documenting how to launch a devnet and what is required touse this switch outside one.
Why
QA needs to stand up the post-upgrade single-sequencer / HA shape without waiting
for the mainnet fork timestamp and without deploying a PBFT validator set. QA
manages its own configuration, so the only thing needed from this repo is the
switch.
How it works
ApplyStartInSequencerModepre-sets the consensus upgrade block height to 0, soIsUpgraded(1)is true at startup and the PBFT consensus reactor never starts.It runs before the upgrade store is wired, so on a fresh DB the value is not
persisted and is re-applied on every restart — idempotent.
The devnet does not use it
Earlier revisions of this PR enabled the switch in the compose files. That is
reverted; both
make devnet-upandmake devnet-up-clustergo through PBFT andupgrade on the timestamp, exactly as on main.
The reason is worth recording, because it is easy to miss. Consensus mode is per
node. Enabling the switch only on the ha-nodes left node-0 still starting PBFT,
and as the sole genesis validator node-0 is its own quorum — it could propose
and commit V1 blocks against
morph-el-0while the raft leader produced V2blocks against
ha-geth-*. Two chains from height 1. Note V1 block productiondoes not depend on the sequencer signing key: it only needs
l1MsgReader(
executor.go:136), whichsequencers.go:91-110grants based on the node'stendermint pubkey being in the sequencer set.
Enabling it on node-0 as well does not fix it either — see the next section.
Keeping the switch out of every compose file avoids the class of problem, and the
devnet loses nothing it had before.
One guard that refuses to boot
The switch used to be protected only by comments.
ApplyStartInSequencerModenowreturns an error and refuses to start when it is set on a production network.
MORPH_NODE_START_IN_SEQUENCER_MODEsurviving a copy-paste into a mainnet chartwould make the node treat itself as post-upgrade from block 1, skip PBFT and fork
off the network. The network is already resolved one call earlier in
main.goforthe upgrade-time log, so the same two flags are reused. This addresses the review
comment on
start_in_sequencer_mode.go.An earlier revision had a second guard that refused to start on a node holding the
sole genesis validator key — the liveness trap described below. It is removed. It
was ~90 lines and dead code for every configuration this repo produces (the devnet
does not enable the switch, and the ha-nodes are keyless by construction), it
duplicated
onlyValidatorIsUs()in a second place, and its only beneficiary was ahand-deployed QA node. That prerequisite is documented instead.
For the record, the trap it detected is real: a node holding the only genesis
validator key cannot work in this mode, because both entry points into sequencer
mode are closed.
onlyValidatorIsUs()makes tendermint disable block sync(
node.go:903), so the caught-up hand-over that callsStartSequencerRoutines()never runs (
blocksync/reactor.go:187,608); and the pre-set upgrade height makesthe consensus reactor return early (
consensus/reactor.go:81-85), so the PBFTupgrade callback never fires either (
node.go:1700).StateV2is never startedand the node produces nothing while looking healthy: process up, RPC answering,
nothing logged, height pinned at 0.
No hand-over fix. Single-node start-in-sequencer-mode still does not work; that
would need the already-upgraded / block-sync-disabled hand-over implemented in
tendermint. I did not add it: no shipped configuration reaches the failure, and
"blockSync is false" has two causes —
onlyValidatorIsUs(sole validator, nothingto sync from, safe to start directly) and an operator setting
BlockSyncMode=falseon a node that has peers and may be behind. In the second case a node holding the
sequencer key would start producing on a stale head:
StateV2.OnStarttakes theEL's latest block and
isActiveSequencer()only consults the L1 contract, neitherchecks whether the node is caught up. Gating on
IsCaughtUp()is what preventsthat today, so a correct fix needs a narrower trigger than requested. Happy to do
it instead of the guard if preferred.
Using the switch outside the devnet
Four things must hold, and the first one's default points the wrong way:
block_sync = trueinconfig.toml. Tendermint defaults it tofalse(
config/config.go:250) and morph never overrides it — the devnet only worksbecause
setup_nodes.py:104rewrites it. A stock config silently disables thehand-over.
IsCaughtUp()never reportscaught up with an empty peer set, so two nodes minimum. A
verify_mode=layer1node does not start tendermint and does not count.Production is gated on the L1 sequencer contract plus raft leadership, not on
tendermint consensus, so two nodes sharing
MORPH_NODE_SEQUENCER_PRIVATE_KEYwithout HA will both produce and fork. Easyto hit when satisfying Bump the go_modules group across 4 directories with 1 update #3 by copying a config.
None of the four is detected at startup, and #1 to #3 fail silently and identically. All of this is in
ops/README.md.Changes
node/devtool/start_in_sequencer_mode.go(new, 88 lines): flag,ApplyStartInSequencerMode, and the production-network guard. Self-registering viainit()sonode/flags/flags.goisuntouched. Deleting the feature is deleting this file plus the
main.gocall.node/cmd/node/main.go: one guarded call beforeSetupNode, plus errorpropagation.
ops/README.md(new).ops/docker/entrypoint-l2.sh: add--metrics.expensive.No other changes under
ops/docker/; the compose files are untouched relative tomain.
Why
--metrics.expensiveUnrelated to the switch, but small and devnet-only. Without it every counter behind
metrics.EnabledExpensivestays zero, which blankschain/account/*andchain/storage/*and also makeschain/executionwrong: it is fedprocTimeminus trie read/update/hash time, so with the trie terms at zero itreports all processing as EVM execution. Anyone using the devnet to attribute block
cost to IO versus EVM gets a misleading answer. Measured, same load, flag off vs on:
chain/account/updateschain/account/hasheschain/storage/updateschain/snapshot/account/readschain/executionIt only works as a bare flag:
--metrics.expensive=trueis silently ignored becausemetrics.init()string-comparesos.Argsbefore flag parsing, and a TOML configcannot enable it for the same reason. Its "Enabling expensive metrics collection"
log line never appears either, since
init()runs before the log handler exists —so verify by metric value, not by log. Both traps are in
ops/README.md.Verification
Guards, against the devnet's own generated node configs:
The non-blocking rows proceed past the guard and fail later on an unrelated
l1.rpc is required, which is what confirms they got past it.Unit tests were skipped by request. I don't want to imply the guards are covered
by a test for the hand-over — different thing.
Safety
TEST/TESTNET-ONLY, off by default, and now enforced rather than commented. No
production code path changes when the flag is unset.
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