Introduce basic slot-based collator #4097

skunert · 2024-04-12T10:43:21Z

Part of #3168
On top of #3568

Changes Overview

Introduces a new collator variant in cumulus/client/consensus/aura/src/collators/slot_based/mod.rs
Two tasks are part of that module, one for block building and one for collation building and submission.
Introduces a new variant of cumulus-test-runtime which has 2s slot duration, used for zombienet testing
Zombienet tests for the new collator

Note: This collator is considered experimental and should only be used for testing and exploration for now.

Comparison with `lookahead` collator

The new variant is slot based, meaning it waits for the next slot of the parachain, then starts authoring
The search for potential parents remains mostly unchanged from lookahead
As anchor, we use the current best relay parent
In general, the new collator tends to be anchored to one relay parent earlier. lookahead generally waits for a new relay block to arrive before it attempts to build a block. This means the actual timing of parachain blocks depends on when the relay block has been authored and imported. With the slot-triggered approach we are authoring directly on the slot boundary, were a new relay chain block has probably not yet arrived.

Limitations

Overall, the current implementation focuses on the "happy path"
We assume that we want to collate close to the tip of the relay chain. It would be useful however to have some kind of configurable drift, so that we could lag behind a bit. slot-based-collator: Allow slot drift #3965
The collation task is pretty dumb currently. It checks if we have cores scheduled and if yes, submits all the messages we have received from the block builder until we have something submitted for every core. Ideally we should do some extra checks, i.e. we do not need to submit if the built block is already too old (build on a out of range relay parent) or was authored with a relay parent that is not an ancestor of the relay block we are submitting at. slot-based-collator: Collation & block-builder communication #3966
There is no throttling, we assume that we can submit velocity blocks every relay chain block. There should be communication between the collator task and block-builder task.
The parent search and ConsensusHook are not yet properly adjusted. The parent search makes assumptions about the pending candidate which no longer hold. slot-based-collator: Adjust ConsensusHook and parent search #3967
Custom triggers for block building not implemented.

Co-authored-by: Davide Galassi <[email protected]>

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Part of paritytech#3168 On top of paritytech#3568 ### Changes Overview - Introduces a new collator variant in `cumulus/client/consensus/aura/src/collators/slot_based/mod.rs` - Two tasks are part of that module, one for block building and one for collation building and submission. - Introduces a new variant of `cumulus-test-runtime` which has 2s slot duration, used for zombienet testing - Zombienet tests for the new collator **Note:** This collator is considered experimental and should only be used for testing and exploration for now. ### Comparison with `lookahead` collator - The new variant is slot based, meaning it waits for the next slot of the parachain, then starts authoring - The search for potential parents remains mostly unchanged from lookahead - As anchor, we use the current best relay parent - In general, the new collator tends to be anchored to one relay parent earlier. `lookahead` generally waits for a new relay block to arrive before it attempts to build a block. This means the actual timing of parachain blocks depends on when the relay block has been authored and imported. With the slot-triggered approach we are authoring directly on the slot boundary, were a new relay chain block has probably not yet arrived. ### Limitations - Overall, the current implementation focuses on the "happy path" - We assume that we want to collate close to the tip of the relay chain. It would be useful however to have some kind of configurable drift, so that we could lag behind a bit. paritytech#3965 - The collation task is pretty dumb currently. It checks if we have cores scheduled and if yes, submits all the messages we have received from the block builder until we have something submitted for every core. Ideally we should do some extra checks, i.e. we do not need to submit if the built block is already too old (build on a out of range relay parent) or was authored with a relay parent that is not an ancestor of the relay block we are submitting at. paritytech#3966 - There is no throttling, we assume that we can submit _velocity_ blocks every relay chain block. There should be communication between the collator task and block-builder task. - The parent search and ConsensusHook are not yet properly adjusted. The parent search makes assumptions about the pending candidate which no longer hold. paritytech#3967 - Custom triggers for block building not implemented. --------- Co-authored-by: Davide Galassi <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Andrei Sandu <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Bastian Köcher <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Javier Viola <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: command-bot <>

Resolves #4468 Gives instructions on how to enable elastic scaling MVP to parachain teams. Still a draft because it depends on further changes we make to the slot-based collator: #4097 Parachains cannot use this yet because the collator was not released and no relay chain network has been configured for elastic scaling yet

Resolves paritytech#4468 Gives instructions on how to enable elastic scaling MVP to parachain teams. Still a draft because it depends on further changes we make to the slot-based collator: paritytech#4097 Parachains cannot use this yet because the collator was not released and no relay chain network has been configured for elastic scaling yet

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…ch#4733) - unit tests for pov-recovery - elastic scaling support (recovering multiple candidates in a single relay chain block) - also some small cleanups - also switches to candidates_pending_availability in `handle_empty_block_announce_data` Fixes paritytech#3577 After paritytech#4097 is merged, we should also add a zombienet test, similar to the existing `0002-pov_recovery.toml` but which has a single collator using elastic scaling on multiple cores.

Part of paritytech#3168 On top of paritytech#3568 ### Changes Overview - Introduces a new collator variant in `cumulus/client/consensus/aura/src/collators/slot_based/mod.rs` - Two tasks are part of that module, one for block building and one for collation building and submission. - Introduces a new variant of `cumulus-test-runtime` which has 2s slot duration, used for zombienet testing - Zombienet tests for the new collator **Note:** This collator is considered experimental and should only be used for testing and exploration for now. ### Comparison with `lookahead` collator - The new variant is slot based, meaning it waits for the next slot of the parachain, then starts authoring - The search for potential parents remains mostly unchanged from lookahead - As anchor, we use the current best relay parent - In general, the new collator tends to be anchored to one relay parent earlier. `lookahead` generally waits for a new relay block to arrive before it attempts to build a block. This means the actual timing of parachain blocks depends on when the relay block has been authored and imported. With the slot-triggered approach we are authoring directly on the slot boundary, were a new relay chain block has probably not yet arrived. ### Limitations - Overall, the current implementation focuses on the "happy path" - We assume that we want to collate close to the tip of the relay chain. It would be useful however to have some kind of configurable drift, so that we could lag behind a bit. paritytech#3965 - The collation task is pretty dumb currently. It checks if we have cores scheduled and if yes, submits all the messages we have received from the block builder until we have something submitted for every core. Ideally we should do some extra checks, i.e. we do not need to submit if the built block is already too old (build on a out of range relay parent) or was authored with a relay parent that is not an ancestor of the relay block we are submitting at. paritytech#3966 - There is no throttling, we assume that we can submit _velocity_ blocks every relay chain block. There should be communication between the collator task and block-builder task. - The parent search and ConsensusHook are not yet properly adjusted. The parent search makes assumptions about the pending candidate which no longer hold. paritytech#3967 - Custom triggers for block building not implemented. --------- Co-authored-by: Davide Galassi <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Andrei Sandu <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Bastian Köcher <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Javier Viola <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: command-bot <>

Resolves paritytech#4468 Gives instructions on how to enable elastic scaling MVP to parachain teams. Still a draft because it depends on further changes we make to the slot-based collator: paritytech#4097 Parachains cannot use this yet because the collator was not released and no relay chain network has been configured for elastic scaling yet

skunert added 18 commits April 10, 2024 09:51

Refactor block building and import in collator service

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Remove unused SyncOracle, light reformat

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Add slot-based collator

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Prepare cumulus test node & runtime

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Prepare cumulus test node & runtime

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Add zombienet test

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Misc

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Remove unused dep, add issues to todos

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Remove unused dep, add issues to todos

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Enable "elastic-scaling-experimental" for cumulus test node

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Adjust parent search to allow for pending blocks with depth > 1

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Merge fixes

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Modernize zombienet test:

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Unify core schedule fetching methods

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Remove overseer_handle from parameters

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Improve logging

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Merge branch 'master' into slot-based-mvp

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Introduce basic slot-based collator #3963

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Do not return potential_parents that are not available locally

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Use commong async backing params fetching methods

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Assign cores during block building

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Merge branch 'master' into slot-based-mvp

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skunert and others added 2 commits July 4, 2024 23:37

Remove unnecessary pending condition in parent search

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Co-authored-by: Davide Galassi <[email protected]>

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