The only current use of the maximum_merge_delay config field is to print an error if the most recent STH is older than it. However we now have more sophisticated metrics like sth_age, plus alerts on those. I think we should remove maximum_merge_delay to simplify configuration of ct-woodpecker.
The only current use of the maximum_merge_delay config field is to print an error if the most recent STH is older than it. However we now have more sophisticated metrics like sth_age, plus alerts on those. I think we should remove maximum_merge_delay to simplify configuration of ct-woodpecker.