feat: debug too many shuffling promises

packages/beacon-node/src/chain/prepareNextSlot.ts

@@ -114,7 +114,12 @@ export class PrepareNextSlotScheduler {
         // the slot 0 of next epoch will likely use this Previous Root Checkpoint state for state transition so we transfer cache here
         // the resulting state with cache will be cached in Checkpoint State Cache which is used for the upcoming block processing
         // for other slots dontTransferCached=true because we don't run state transition on this state
-        {dontTransferCache: !isEpochTransition},
+        //
+        // Shuffling calculation will be done asynchronously when passing asyncShufflingCalculation=true.  Shuffling will be queued in
+        // beforeProcessEpoch and should theoretically be ready immediately after the synchronous epoch transition finished and the
+        // event loop is free.  In long periods of non-finality too many forks will cause the shufflingCache to throw an error for
+        // too many queued shufflings so only run async during normal epoch transition. See issue ChainSafe/lodestar#7244
+        {dontTransferCache: !isEpochTransition, asyncShufflingCalculation: true},
         RegenCaller.precomputeEpoch
       );
 

packages/beacon-node/src/chain/regen/interface.ts

@@ -28,8 +28,12 @@ export enum RegenFnName {
   getCheckpointState = "getCheckpointState",
 }
 
-export type StateCloneOpts = {
+export type StateRegenerationOpts = {
   dontTransferCache: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Do not queue shuffling calculation async. Forces sync JIT calculation in afterProcessEpoch if not passed as `true`
+   */
+  asyncShufflingCalculation?: boolean;
 };
 
 export interface IStateRegenerator extends IStateRegeneratorInternal {
@@ -56,15 +60,19 @@ export interface IStateRegeneratorInternal {
    * Return a valid pre-state for a beacon block
    * This will always return a state in the latest viable epoch
    */
-  getPreState(block: BeaconBlock, opts: StateCloneOpts, rCaller: RegenCaller): Promise<CachedBeaconStateAllForks>;
+  getPreState(
+    block: BeaconBlock,
+    opts: StateRegenerationOpts,
+    rCaller: RegenCaller
+  ): Promise<CachedBeaconStateAllForks>;
 
   /**
    * Return a valid checkpoint state
    * This will always return a state with `state.slot % SLOTS_PER_EPOCH === 0`
    */
   getCheckpointState(
     cp: phase0.Checkpoint,
-    opts: StateCloneOpts,
+    opts: StateRegenerationOpts,
     rCaller: RegenCaller
   ): Promise<CachedBeaconStateAllForks>;
 
@@ -74,12 +82,12 @@ export interface IStateRegeneratorInternal {
   getBlockSlotState(
     blockRoot: RootHex,
     slot: Slot,
-    opts: StateCloneOpts,
+    opts: StateRegenerationOpts,
     rCaller: RegenCaller
   ): Promise<CachedBeaconStateAllForks>;
 
   /**
    * Return the exact state with `stateRoot`
    */
-  getState(stateRoot: RootHex, rCaller: RegenCaller, opts?: StateCloneOpts): Promise<CachedBeaconStateAllForks>;
+  getState(stateRoot: RootHex, rCaller: RegenCaller, opts?: StateRegenerationOpts): Promise<CachedBeaconStateAllForks>;
 }

packages/beacon-node/src/chain/regen/queued.ts

@@ -8,7 +8,13 @@ import {JobItemQueue} from "../../util/queue/index.js";
 import {CheckpointHex, toCheckpointHex} from "../stateCache/index.js";
 import {BlockStateCache, CheckpointStateCache} from "../stateCache/types.js";
 import {RegenError, RegenErrorCode} from "./errors.js";
-import {IStateRegenerator, IStateRegeneratorInternal, RegenCaller, RegenFnName, StateCloneOpts} from "./interface.js";
+import {
+  IStateRegenerator,
+  IStateRegeneratorInternal,
+  RegenCaller,
+  RegenFnName,
+  StateRegenerationOpts,
+} from "./interface.js";
 import {RegenModules, StateRegenerator} from "./regen.js";
 
 const REGEN_QUEUE_MAX_LEN = 256;
@@ -86,7 +92,7 @@ export class QueuedStateRegenerator implements IStateRegenerator {
    */
   getPreStateSync(
     block: BeaconBlock,
-    opts: StateCloneOpts = {dontTransferCache: true}
+    opts: StateRegenerationOpts = {dontTransferCache: true}
   ): CachedBeaconStateAllForks | null {
     const parentRoot = toRootHex(block.parentRoot);
     const parentBlock = this.forkChoice.getBlockHex(parentRoot);
@@ -212,7 +218,7 @@ export class QueuedStateRegenerator implements IStateRegenerator {
    */
   async getPreState(
     block: BeaconBlock,
-    opts: StateCloneOpts,
+    opts: StateRegenerationOpts,
     rCaller: RegenCaller
   ): Promise<CachedBeaconStateAllForks> {
     this.metrics?.regenFnCallTotal.inc({caller: rCaller, entrypoint: RegenFnName.getPreState});
@@ -231,7 +237,7 @@ export class QueuedStateRegenerator implements IStateRegenerator {
 
   async getCheckpointState(
     cp: phase0.Checkpoint,
-    opts: StateCloneOpts,
+    opts: StateRegenerationOpts,
     rCaller: RegenCaller
   ): Promise<CachedBeaconStateAllForks> {
     this.metrics?.regenFnCallTotal.inc({caller: rCaller, entrypoint: RegenFnName.getCheckpointState});
@@ -256,7 +262,7 @@ export class QueuedStateRegenerator implements IStateRegenerator {
   async getBlockSlotState(
     blockRoot: RootHex,
     slot: Slot,
-    opts: StateCloneOpts,
+    opts: StateRegenerationOpts,
     rCaller: RegenCaller
   ): Promise<CachedBeaconStateAllForks> {
     this.metrics?.regenFnCallTotal.inc({caller: rCaller, entrypoint: RegenFnName.getBlockSlotState});
@@ -268,7 +274,7 @@ export class QueuedStateRegenerator implements IStateRegenerator {
   async getState(
     stateRoot: RootHex,
     rCaller: RegenCaller,
-    opts: StateCloneOpts = {dontTransferCache: true}
+    opts: StateRegenerationOpts = {dontTransferCache: true}
   ): Promise<CachedBeaconStateAllForks> {
     this.metrics?.regenFnCallTotal.inc({caller: rCaller, entrypoint: RegenFnName.getState});
 

packages/beacon-node/src/chain/regen/regen.ts

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import {getCheckpointFromState} from "../blocks/utils/checkpoint.js";
 import {ChainEvent, ChainEventEmitter} from "../emitter.js";
 import {BlockStateCache, CheckpointStateCache} from "../stateCache/types.js";
 import {RegenError, RegenErrorCode} from "./errors.js";
-import {IStateRegeneratorInternal, RegenCaller, StateCloneOpts} from "./interface.js";
+import {IStateRegeneratorInternal, RegenCaller, StateRegenerationOpts} from "./interface.js";
 
 export type RegenModules = {
   db: IBeaconDb;
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export class StateRegenerator implements IStateRegeneratorInternal {
    */
   async getPreState(
     block: BeaconBlock,
-    opts: StateCloneOpts,
+    opts: StateRegenerationOpts,
     regenCaller: RegenCaller
   ): Promise<CachedBeaconStateAllForks> {
     const parentBlock = this.modules.forkChoice.getBlock(block.parentRoot);
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ export class StateRegenerator implements IStateRegeneratorInternal {
    */
   async getCheckpointState(
     cp: phase0.Checkpoint,
-    opts: StateCloneOpts,
+    opts: StateRegenerationOpts,
     regenCaller: RegenCaller,
     allowDiskReload = false
   ): Promise<CachedBeaconStateAllForks> {
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ export class StateRegenerator implements IStateRegeneratorInternal {
   async getBlockSlotState(
     blockRoot: RootHex,
     slot: Slot,
-    opts: StateCloneOpts,
+    opts: StateRegenerationOpts,
     regenCaller: RegenCaller,
     allowDiskReload = false
   ): Promise<CachedBeaconStateAllForks> {
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ export class StateRegenerator implements IStateRegeneratorInternal {
   async getState(
     stateRoot: RootHex,
     caller: RegenCaller,
-    opts?: StateCloneOpts,
+    opts?: StateRegenerationOpts,
     // internal option, don't want to expose to external caller
     allowDiskReload = false
   ): Promise<CachedBeaconStateAllForks> {
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ async function processSlotsByCheckpoint(
   preState: CachedBeaconStateAllForks,
   slot: Slot,
   regenCaller: RegenCaller,
-  opts: StateCloneOpts
+  opts: StateRegenerationOpts
 ): Promise<CachedBeaconStateAllForks> {
   let postState = await processSlotsToNearestCheckpoint(modules, preState, slot, regenCaller, opts);
   if (postState.slot < slot) {
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ async function processSlotsToNearestCheckpoint(
   preState: CachedBeaconStateAllForks,
   slot: Slot,
   regenCaller: RegenCaller,
-  opts: StateCloneOpts
+  opts: StateRegenerationOpts
 ): Promise<CachedBeaconStateAllForks> {
   const preSlot = preState.slot;
   const postSlot = slot;

packages/beacon-node/src/chain/stateCache/blockStateCacheImpl.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import {CachedBeaconStateAllForks} from "@lodestar/state-transition";
 import {Epoch, RootHex} from "@lodestar/types";
 import {toRootHex} from "@lodestar/utils";
 import {Metrics} from "../../metrics/index.js";
-import {StateCloneOpts} from "../regen/interface.js";
+import {StateRegenerationOpts} from "../regen/interface.js";
 import {MapTracker} from "./mapMetrics.js";
 import {BlockStateCache} from "./types.js";
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export class BlockStateCacheImpl implements BlockStateCache {
     }
   }
 
-  get(rootHex: RootHex, opts?: StateCloneOpts): CachedBeaconStateAllForks | null {
+  get(rootHex: RootHex, opts?: StateRegenerationOpts): CachedBeaconStateAllForks | null {
     this.metrics?.lookups.inc();
     const item = this.head?.stateRoot === rootHex ? this.head.state : this.cache.get(rootHex);
     if (!item) {

packages/beacon-node/src/chain/stateCache/fifoBlockStateCache.ts

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import {RootHex} from "@lodestar/types";
 import {toRootHex} from "@lodestar/utils";
 import {Metrics} from "../../metrics/index.js";
 import {LinkedList} from "../../util/array.js";
-import {StateCloneOpts} from "../regen/interface.js";
+import {StateRegenerationOpts} from "../regen/interface.js";
 import {MapTracker} from "./mapMetrics.js";
 import {BlockStateCache} from "./types.js";
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ export class FIFOBlockStateCache implements BlockStateCache {
   /**
    * Get a state from this cache given a state root hex.
    */
-  get(rootHex: RootHex, opts?: StateCloneOpts): CachedBeaconStateAllForks | null {
+  get(rootHex: RootHex, opts?: StateRegenerationOpts): CachedBeaconStateAllForks | null {
     this.metrics?.lookups.inc();
     const item = this.cache.get(rootHex);
     if (!item) {

packages/beacon-node/src/chain/stateCache/inMemoryCheckpointsCache.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import {CachedBeaconStateAllForks} from "@lodestar/state-transition";
 import {Epoch, RootHex, phase0} from "@lodestar/types";
 import {MapDef, toRootHex} from "@lodestar/utils";
 import {Metrics} from "../../metrics/index.js";
-import {StateCloneOpts} from "../regen/interface.js";
+import {StateRegenerationOpts} from "../regen/interface.js";
 import {MapTracker} from "./mapMetrics.js";
 import {CacheItemType, CheckpointStateCache} from "./types.js";
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export class InMemoryCheckpointStateCache implements CheckpointStateCache {
     this.maxEpochs = maxEpochs;
   }
 
-  async getOrReload(cp: CheckpointHex, opts?: StateCloneOpts): Promise<CachedBeaconStateAllForks | null> {
+  async getOrReload(cp: CheckpointHex, opts?: StateRegenerationOpts): Promise<CachedBeaconStateAllForks | null> {
     return this.get(cp, opts);
   }
 
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export class InMemoryCheckpointStateCache implements CheckpointStateCache {
   async getOrReloadLatest(
     rootHex: string,
     maxEpoch: number,
-    opts?: StateCloneOpts
+    opts?: StateRegenerationOpts
   ): Promise<CachedBeaconStateAllForks | null> {
     return this.getLatest(rootHex, maxEpoch, opts);
   }
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ export class InMemoryCheckpointStateCache implements CheckpointStateCache {
     return 0;
   }
 
-  get(cp: CheckpointHex, opts?: StateCloneOpts): CachedBeaconStateAllForks | null {
+  get(cp: CheckpointHex, opts?: StateRegenerationOpts): CachedBeaconStateAllForks | null {
     this.metrics?.lookups.inc();
     const cpKey = toCheckpointKey(cp);
     const item = this.cache.get(cpKey);
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ export class InMemoryCheckpointStateCache implements CheckpointStateCache {
   /**
    * Searches for the latest cached state with a `root`, starting with `epoch` and descending
    */
-  getLatest(rootHex: RootHex, maxEpoch: Epoch, opts?: StateCloneOpts): CachedBeaconStateAllForks | null {
+  getLatest(rootHex: RootHex, maxEpoch: Epoch, opts?: StateRegenerationOpts): CachedBeaconStateAllForks | null {
     // sort epochs in descending order, only consider epochs lte `epoch`
     const epochs = Array.from(this.epochIndex.keys())
       .sort((a, b) => b - a)

packages/beacon-node/src/chain/stateCache/persistentCheckpointsCache.ts

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {Logger, MapDef, fromHex, sleep, toHex, toRootHex} from "@lodestar/utils"
 import {Metrics} from "../../metrics/index.js";
 import {AllocSource, BufferPool, BufferWithKey} from "../../util/bufferPool.js";
 import {IClock} from "../../util/clock.js";
-import {StateCloneOpts} from "../regen/interface.js";
+import {StateRegenerationOpts} from "../regen/interface.js";
 import {serializeState} from "../serializeState.js";
 import {ShufflingCache} from "../shufflingCache.js";
 import {CPStateDatastore, DatastoreKey, datastoreKeyToCheckpoint} from "./datastore/index.js";
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ export class PersistentCheckpointStateCache implements CheckpointStateCache {
    * - Get block for processing
    * - Regen head state
    */
-  async getOrReload(cp: CheckpointHex, opts?: StateCloneOpts): Promise<CachedBeaconStateAllForks | null> {
+  async getOrReload(cp: CheckpointHex, opts?: StateRegenerationOpts): Promise<CachedBeaconStateAllForks | null> {
     const stateOrStateBytesData = await this.getStateOrLoadDb(cp, opts);
     if (stateOrStateBytesData === null || isCachedBeaconState(stateOrStateBytesData)) {
       return stateOrStateBytesData?.clone(opts?.dontTransferCache) ?? null;
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ export class PersistentCheckpointStateCache implements CheckpointStateCache {
    */
   async getStateOrLoadDb(
     cp: CheckpointHex,
-    opts?: StateCloneOpts
+    opts?: StateRegenerationOpts
   ): Promise<CachedBeaconStateAllForks | LoadedStateBytesData | null> {
     const cpKey = toCacheKey(cp);
     const inMemoryState = this.get(cpKey, opts);
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ export class PersistentCheckpointStateCache implements CheckpointStateCache {
   /**
    * Similar to get() api without reloading from disk
    */
-  get(cpOrKey: CheckpointHex | string, opts?: StateCloneOpts): CachedBeaconStateAllForks | null {
+  get(cpOrKey: CheckpointHex | string, opts?: StateRegenerationOpts): CachedBeaconStateAllForks | null {
     this.metrics?.cpStateCache.lookups.inc();
     const cpKey = typeof cpOrKey === "string" ? cpOrKey : toCacheKey(cpOrKey);
     const cacheItem = this.cache.get(cpKey);
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ export class PersistentCheckpointStateCache implements CheckpointStateCache {
   /**
    * Searches in-memory state for the latest cached state with a `root` without reload, starting with `epoch` and descending
    */
-  getLatest(rootHex: RootHex, maxEpoch: Epoch, opts?: StateCloneOpts): CachedBeaconStateAllForks | null {
+  getLatest(rootHex: RootHex, maxEpoch: Epoch, opts?: StateRegenerationOpts): CachedBeaconStateAllForks | null {
     // sort epochs in descending order, only consider epochs lte `epoch`
     const epochs = Array.from(this.epochIndex.keys())
       .sort((a, b) => b - a)
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ export class PersistentCheckpointStateCache implements CheckpointStateCache {
   async getOrReloadLatest(
     rootHex: RootHex,
     maxEpoch: Epoch,
-    opts?: StateCloneOpts
+    opts?: StateRegenerationOpts
   ): Promise<CachedBeaconStateAllForks | null> {
     // sort epochs in descending order, only consider epochs lte `epoch`
     const epochs = Array.from(this.epochIndex.keys())

packages/beacon-node/src/chain/stateCache/types.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import {routes} from "@lodestar/api";
 import {CachedBeaconStateAllForks} from "@lodestar/state-transition";
 import {Epoch, RootHex, phase0} from "@lodestar/types";
-import {StateCloneOpts} from "../regen/interface.js";
+import {StateRegenerationOpts} from "../regen/interface.js";
 
 export type CheckpointHex = {epoch: Epoch; rootHex: RootHex};
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export type CheckpointHex = {epoch: Epoch; rootHex: RootHex};
  * The cache key is state root
  */
 export interface BlockStateCache {
-  get(rootHex: RootHex, opts?: StateCloneOpts): CachedBeaconStateAllForks | null;
+  get(rootHex: RootHex, opts?: StateRegenerationOpts): CachedBeaconStateAllForks | null;
   add(item: CachedBeaconStateAllForks): void;
   setHeadState(item: CachedBeaconStateAllForks | null): void;
   /**
@@ -60,15 +60,15 @@ export interface BlockStateCache {
  */
 export interface CheckpointStateCache {
   init?: () => Promise<void>;
-  getOrReload(cp: CheckpointHex, opts?: StateCloneOpts): Promise<CachedBeaconStateAllForks | null>;
+  getOrReload(cp: CheckpointHex, opts?: StateRegenerationOpts): Promise<CachedBeaconStateAllForks | null>;
   getStateOrBytes(cp: CheckpointHex): Promise<CachedBeaconStateAllForks | Uint8Array | null>;
-  get(cpOrKey: CheckpointHex | string, opts?: StateCloneOpts): CachedBeaconStateAllForks | null;
+  get(cpOrKey: CheckpointHex | string, opts?: StateRegenerationOpts): CachedBeaconStateAllForks | null;
   add(cp: phase0.Checkpoint, state: CachedBeaconStateAllForks): void;
-  getLatest(rootHex: RootHex, maxEpoch: Epoch, opts?: StateCloneOpts): CachedBeaconStateAllForks | null;
+  getLatest(rootHex: RootHex, maxEpoch: Epoch, opts?: StateRegenerationOpts): CachedBeaconStateAllForks | null;
   getOrReloadLatest(
     rootHex: RootHex,
     maxEpoch: Epoch,
-    opts?: StateCloneOpts
+    opts?: StateRegenerationOpts
   ): Promise<CachedBeaconStateAllForks | null>;
   updatePreComputedCheckpoint(rootHex: RootHex, epoch: Epoch): number | null;
   prune(finalizedEpoch: Epoch, justifiedEpoch: Epoch): void;