Don't request block components until having block

beacon_node/network/src/sync/block_lookups/mod.rs

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ use crate::metrics;
 use crate::sync::block_lookups::common::{ResponseType, PARENT_DEPTH_TOLERANCE};
 use crate::sync::block_lookups::parent_chain::find_oldest_fork_ancestor;
 use crate::sync::manager::{Id, SingleLookupReqId};
-use crate::sync::network_context::LookupFailure;
 use beacon_chain::block_verification_types::AsBlock;
 use beacon_chain::data_availability_checker::AvailabilityCheckErrorCategory;
 use beacon_chain::{AvailabilityProcessingStatus, BeaconChainTypes, BlockError};
@@ -325,12 +324,7 @@ impl<T: BeaconChainTypes> BlockLookups<T> {
         response: RpcProcessingResult<R::VerifiedResponseType>,
         cx: &mut SyncNetworkContext<T>,
     ) -> Result<LookupResult, LookupRequestError> {
-        // Downscore peer even if lookup is not known
-        // Only downscore lookup verify errors. RPC errors are downscored in the network handler.
-        if let Err(LookupFailure::LookupVerifyError(e)) = &response {
-            // Note: the error is displayed in full debug form on the match below
-            cx.report_peer(peer_id, PeerAction::LowToleranceError, e.into());
-        }
+        // Note: no need to downscore peers here, already downscored on network context
 
         let response_type = R::response_type();
         let Some(lookup) = self.single_block_lookups.get_mut(&id.lookup_id) else {
@@ -459,23 +453,16 @@ impl<T: BeaconChainTypes> BlockLookups<T> {
                 // if both components have been processed.
                 request_state.on_processing_success()?;
 
-                // If this was the result of a block request, we can't determined if the block peer did anything
-                // wrong. If we already had both a block and blobs response processed, we should penalize the
-                // blobs peer because they did not provide all blobs on the initial request.
                 if lookup.both_components_processed() {
-                    if let Some(blob_peer) = lookup
-                        .blob_request_state
-                        .state
-                        .on_post_process_validation_failure()?
-                    {
-                        cx.report_peer(
-                            blob_peer,
-                            PeerAction::MidToleranceError,
-                            "sent_incomplete_blobs",
-                        );
-                    }
+                    // We don't request for other block components until being sure that the block has
+                    // data. If we request blobs / columns to a peer we are sure those must exist.
+                    // Therefore if all components are processed and we still receive `MissingComponents`
+                    // it indicates an internal bug.
+                    return Err(LookupRequestError::MissingComponentsAfterAllProcessed);
+                } else {
+                    // Continue request, potentially request blobs
+                    Action::Retry
                 }
-                Action::Retry
             }
             BlockProcessingResult::Ignored => {
                 // Beacon processor signalled to ignore the block processing result.

beacon_node/network/src/sync/block_lookups/single_block_lookup.rs

@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ pub enum LookupRequestError {
     BadState(String),
     /// Lookup failed for some other reason and should be dropped
     Failed,
+    /// Received MissingComponents when all components have been processed. This should never
+    /// happen, and indicates some internal bug
+    MissingComponentsAfterAllProcessed,
     /// Attempted to retrieve a not known lookup id
     UnknownLookup,
     /// Received a download result for a different request id than the in-flight request.
@@ -158,7 +161,7 @@ impl<T: BeaconChainTypes> SingleBlockLookup<T> {
     }
 
     /// Potentially makes progress on this request if it's in a progress-able state
-    pub fn continue_request<R: RequestState<T>>(
+    fn continue_request<R: RequestState<T>>(
         &mut self,
         cx: &mut SyncNetworkContext<T>,
     ) -> Result<(), LookupRequestError> {
@@ -285,10 +288,8 @@ pub enum State<T: Clone> {
     AwaitingProcess(DownloadResult<T>),
     /// Request is processing, sent by lookup sync
     Processing(DownloadResult<T>),
-    /// Request is processed:
-    /// - `Processed(Some)` if lookup sync downloaded and sent to process this request
-    /// - `Processed(None)` if another source (i.e. gossip) sent this component for processing
-    Processed(Option<PeerId>),
+    /// Request is processed
+    Processed,
 }
 
 /// Object representing the state of a single block or blob lookup request.
@@ -463,8 +464,8 @@ impl<T: Clone> SingleLookupRequestState<T> {
 
     pub fn on_processing_success(&mut self) -> Result<(), LookupRequestError> {
         match &self.state {
-            State::Processing(result) => {
-                self.state = State::Processed(Some(result.peer_id));
+            State::Processing(_) => {
+                self.state = State::Processed;
                 Ok(())
             }
             other => Err(LookupRequestError::BadState(format!(
@@ -473,27 +474,11 @@ impl<T: Clone> SingleLookupRequestState<T> {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn on_post_process_validation_failure(
-        &mut self,
-    ) -> Result<Option<PeerId>, LookupRequestError> {
-        match &self.state {
-            State::Processed(peer_id) => {
-                let peer_id = *peer_id;
-                self.failed_processing = self.failed_processing.saturating_add(1);
-                self.state = State::AwaitingDownload;
-                Ok(peer_id)
-            }
-            other => Err(LookupRequestError::BadState(format!(
-                "Bad state on_post_process_validation_failure expected Processed got {other}"
-            ))),
-        }
-    }
-
     /// Mark a request as complete without any download or processing
     pub fn on_completed_request(&mut self) -> Result<(), LookupRequestError> {
         match &self.state {
             State::AwaitingDownload => {
-                self.state = State::Processed(None);
+                self.state = State::Processed;
                 Ok(())
             }
             other => Err(LookupRequestError::BadState(format!(