This PR adds to the functionality of the ProposalCache by adding pending certificates (that have not yet been included in ledger) to the list of attributes to store to file.
This should increase the robustness of reboots because nodes should now not need to rely on PrimaryPings to catch up to other peers in a reboot scenario. Initial testing has observed successful restarts (in the honest case) for any number of validators (including scenarios of more than f+1 validators rebooting).
Test Plan
Burn-in tests and additional reboot testing needs to be done to ensure robustness of this change.
Motivation
This PR is an extension of https://github.com/AleoHQ/snarkOS/pull/3239 that addresses https://github.com/AleoHQ/snarkOS/issues/3171.
This PR adds to the functionality of the
ProposalCacheby adding pending certificates (that have not yet been included in ledger) to the list of attributes to store to file.This should increase the robustness of reboots because nodes should now not need to rely on
PrimaryPingsto catch up to other peers in a reboot scenario. Initial testing has observed successful restarts (in the honest case) for any number of validators (including scenarios of more thanf+1validators rebooting).Test Plan
Burn-in tests and additional reboot testing needs to be done to ensure robustness of this change.
Related PRs
Extension of https://github.com/AleoHQ/snarkOS/pull/3239