proxyd/config: skip peer count check

proxyd/backend.go

@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ type Backend struct {
 	stripTrailingXFF     bool
 	proxydIP             string
 
+	skipPeerCountCheck bool
+
 	maxDegradedLatencyThreshold time.Duration
 	maxLatencyThreshold         time.Duration
 	maxErrorRateThreshold       float64
@@ -207,6 +209,12 @@ func WithProxydIP(ip string) BackendOpt {
 	}
 }
 
+func WithSkipPeerCountCheck(skipPeerCountCheck bool) BackendOpt {
+	return func(b *Backend) {
+		b.skipPeerCountCheck = skipPeerCountCheck
+	}
+}
+
 func WithMaxDegradedLatencyThreshold(maxDegradedLatencyThreshold time.Duration) BackendOpt {
 	return func(b *Backend) {
 		b.maxDegradedLatencyThreshold = maxDegradedLatencyThreshold

proxyd/config.go

@@ -81,17 +81,18 @@ type BackendOptions struct {
 }
 
 type BackendConfig struct {
-	Username         string `toml:"username"`
-	Password         string `toml:"password"`
-	RPCURL           string `toml:"rpc_url"`
-	WSURL            string `toml:"ws_url"`
-	WSPort           int    `toml:"ws_port"`
-	MaxRPS           int    `toml:"max_rps"`
-	MaxWSConns       int    `toml:"max_ws_conns"`
-	CAFile           string `toml:"ca_file"`
-	ClientCertFile   string `toml:"client_cert_file"`
-	ClientKeyFile    string `toml:"client_key_file"`
-	StripTrailingXFF bool   `toml:"strip_trailing_xff"`
+	Username           string `toml:"username"`
+	Password           string `toml:"password"`
+	RPCURL             string `toml:"rpc_url"`
+	WSURL              string `toml:"ws_url"`
+	WSPort             int    `toml:"ws_port"`
+	MaxRPS             int    `toml:"max_rps"`
+	MaxWSConns         int    `toml:"max_ws_conns"`
+	CAFile             string `toml:"ca_file"`
+	ClientCertFile     string `toml:"client_cert_file"`
+	ClientKeyFile      string `toml:"client_key_file"`
+	StripTrailingXFF   bool   `toml:"strip_trailing_xff"`
+	SkipPeerCountCheck bool   `toml:"consensus_skip_peer_count"`
 }
 
 type BackendsConfig map[string]*BackendConfig

proxyd/consensus_poller.go

@@ -227,10 +227,13 @@ func (cp *ConsensusPoller) UpdateBackend(ctx context.Context, be *Backend) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	peerCount, err := cp.getPeerCount(ctx, be)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Warn("error updating backend", "name", be.Name, "err", err)
-		return
+	var peerCount uint64
+	if !be.skipPeerCountCheck {
+		peerCount, err = cp.getPeerCount(ctx, be)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Warn("error updating backend", "name", be.Name, "err", err)
+			return
+		}
 	}
 
 	latestBlockNumber, latestBlockHash, err := cp.fetchBlock(ctx, be, "latest")
@@ -257,7 +260,7 @@ func (cp *ConsensusPoller) UpdateBackendGroupConsensus(ctx context.Context) {
 	for _, be := range cp.backendGroup.Backends {
 		peerCount, backendLatestBlockNumber, backendLatestBlockHash, lastUpdate := cp.getBackendState(be)
 
-		if peerCount < cp.minPeerCount {
+		if !be.skipPeerCountCheck && peerCount < cp.minPeerCount {
 			continue
 		}
 		if lastUpdate.Add(cp.maxUpdateThreshold).Before(time.Now()) {
@@ -306,7 +309,7 @@ func (cp *ConsensusPoller) UpdateBackendGroupConsensus(ctx context.Context) {
 			bs := cp.backendState[be]
 			notUpdated := bs.lastUpdate.Add(cp.maxUpdateThreshold).Before(time.Now())
 			isBanned := time.Now().Before(bs.bannedUntil)
-			notEnoughPeers := bs.peerCount < cp.minPeerCount
+			notEnoughPeers := !be.skipPeerCountCheck && bs.peerCount < cp.minPeerCount
 			if !be.IsHealthy() || be.IsRateLimited() || !be.Online() || notUpdated || isBanned || notEnoughPeers {
 				filteredBackendsNames = append(filteredBackendsNames, be.Name)
 				continue
@@ -384,7 +387,7 @@ func (cp *ConsensusPoller) fetchBlock(ctx context.Context, be *Backend, block st
 	return
 }
 
-// isSyncing Convenient wrapper to check if the backend is syncing from the network
+// getPeerCount Convenient wrapper to retrieve the current peer count from the backend
 func (cp *ConsensusPoller) getPeerCount(ctx context.Context, be *Backend) (count uint64, err error) {
 	var rpcRes RPCRes
 	err = be.ForwardRPC(ctx, &rpcRes, "67", "net_peerCount")

proxyd/example.config.toml

@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ ca_file = ""
 client_cert_file = ""
 # Path to a custom client key file.
 client_key_file = ""
+# Allows backends to skip peer count checking, default false
+# consensus_skip_peer_count = true
+
 
 [backends.alchemy]
 rpc_url = ""

proxyd/proxyd.go

@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ func Start(config *Config) (*Server, func(), error) {
 			opts = append(opts, WithStrippedTrailingXFF())
 		}
 		opts = append(opts, WithProxydIP(os.Getenv("PROXYD_IP")))
+		opts = append(opts, WithSkipPeerCountCheck(cfg.SkipPeerCountCheck))
 
 		back := NewBackend(name, rpcURL, wsURL, lim, rpcRequestSemaphore, opts...)
 		backendNames = append(backendNames, name)