bitcoin/test/functional/interface_ipc_mining.py
Sjors Provoost a11297a904
mining: add cooldown argument to createNewBlock()
At startup, if the needs to catch up, connected mining clients will
receive a flood of new templates as new blocks are connected.

Fix this by adding a cooldown argument to createNewBlock(). When set
to true, block template creation is briefly paused while the best
header chain is ahead of the tip.

This wait only happens when the best header extends the current tip,
to ignore competing branches.

Additionally, cooldown waits for isInitialBlockDownload() to latch to
false, which happens when there is less than a day of blocks left to sync.

When cooldown is false createNewBlock() returns immediately. The argument
is optional, because many tests are negatively impacted by this
mechanism, and single miner signets could end up stuck if no block
was mined for a day.

The getblocktemplate RPC also opts out, because it would add a delay
to each call.

Fixes #33994
2026-02-20 16:49:15 +01:00

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
# Copyright (c) The Bitcoin Core developers
# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
"""Test the IPC (multiprocess) Mining interface."""
import asyncio
import time
from contextlib import AsyncExitStack
from io import BytesIO
import re
from test_framework.blocktools import NULL_OUTPOINT
from test_framework.messages import (
MAX_BLOCK_WEIGHT,
CBlockHeader,
CTransaction,
CTxIn,
CTxOut,
CTxInWitness,
ser_uint256,
COIN,
from_hex,
msg_headers,
)
from test_framework.script import (
CScript,
CScriptNum,
)
from test_framework.test_framework import BitcoinTestFramework
from test_framework.util import (
assert_equal,
assert_greater_than_or_equal,
assert_not_equal
)
from test_framework.wallet import MiniWallet
from test_framework.p2p import P2PInterface
from test_framework.ipc_util import (
destroying,
mining_create_block_template,
load_capnp_modules,
make_capnp_init_ctx,
mining_get_block,
mining_get_coinbase_tx,
mining_wait_next_template,
wait_and_do,
)
# Test may be skipped and not have capnp installed
try:
import capnp # type: ignore[import] # noqa: F401
except ModuleNotFoundError:
pass
class IPCMiningTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
def skip_test_if_missing_module(self):
self.skip_if_no_ipc()
self.skip_if_no_py_capnp()
def set_test_params(self):
self.num_nodes = 2
def setup_nodes(self):
self.extra_init = [{"ipcbind": True}, {}]
super().setup_nodes()
# Use this function to also load the capnp modules (we cannot use set_test_params for this,
# as it is being called before knowing whether capnp is available).
self.capnp_modules = load_capnp_modules(self.config)
async def build_coinbase_test(self, template, ctx, miniwallet):
self.log.debug("Build coinbase transaction using getCoinbaseTx()")
assert template is not None
coinbase_res = await mining_get_coinbase_tx(template, ctx)
coinbase_tx = CTransaction()
coinbase_tx.version = coinbase_res.version
coinbase_tx.vin = [CTxIn()]
coinbase_tx.vin[0].prevout = NULL_OUTPOINT
coinbase_tx.vin[0].nSequence = coinbase_res.sequence
# Verify there's no dummy extraNonce in the coinbase scriptSig
current_block_height = self.nodes[0].getchaintips()[0]["height"]
expected_scriptsig = CScript([CScriptNum(current_block_height + 1)])
assert_equal(coinbase_res.scriptSigPrefix.hex(), expected_scriptsig.hex())
# Typically a mining pool appends its name and an extraNonce
coinbase_tx.vin[0].scriptSig = coinbase_res.scriptSigPrefix
# We currently always provide a coinbase witness, even for empty
# blocks, but this may change, so always check:
has_witness = coinbase_res.witness is not None
if has_witness:
coinbase_tx.wit.vtxinwit = [CTxInWitness()]
coinbase_tx.wit.vtxinwit[0].scriptWitness.stack = [coinbase_res.witness]
# First output is our payout
coinbase_tx.vout = [CTxOut()]
coinbase_tx.vout[0].scriptPubKey = miniwallet.get_output_script()
coinbase_tx.vout[0].nValue = coinbase_res.blockRewardRemaining
# Add SegWit OP_RETURN. This is currently always present even for
# empty blocks, but this may change.
for output_data in coinbase_res.requiredOutputs:
output = CTxOut()
output.deserialize(BytesIO(output_data))
coinbase_tx.vout.append(output)
coinbase_tx.nLockTime = coinbase_res.lockTime
return coinbase_tx
async def make_mining_ctx(self):
"""Create IPC context and Mining proxy object."""
ctx, init = await make_capnp_init_ctx(self)
self.log.debug("Create Mining proxy object")
mining = init.makeMining(ctx).result
return ctx, mining
def run_mining_interface_test(self):
"""Test Mining interface methods."""
self.log.info("Running Mining interface test")
block_hash_size = 32
timeout = 1000.0 # 1000 milliseconds
async def async_routine():
ctx, mining = await self.make_mining_ctx()
blockref = await mining.getTip(ctx)
current_block_height = self.nodes[0].getchaintips()[0]["height"]
assert_equal(blockref.result.height, current_block_height)
self.log.debug("Mine a block")
newblockref = (await wait_and_do(
mining.waitTipChanged(ctx, blockref.result.hash, timeout),
lambda: self.generate(self.nodes[0], 1))).result
assert_equal(len(newblockref.hash), block_hash_size)
assert_equal(newblockref.height, current_block_height + 1)
self.log.debug("Wait for timeout")
oldblockref = (await mining.waitTipChanged(ctx, newblockref.hash, timeout)).result
assert_equal(len(newblockref.hash), block_hash_size)
assert_equal(oldblockref.hash, newblockref.hash)
assert_equal(oldblockref.height, newblockref.height)
asyncio.run(capnp.run(async_routine()))
def run_block_template_test(self):
"""Test BlockTemplate interface methods."""
self.log.info("Running BlockTemplate interface test")
block_header_size = 80
timeout = 1000.0 # 1000 milliseconds
async def async_routine():
ctx, mining = await self.make_mining_ctx()
async with AsyncExitStack() as stack:
self.log.debug("createNewBlock() should wait if tip is still updating")
self.disconnect_nodes(0, 1)
node1_block_hash = self.generate(self.nodes[1], 1, sync_fun=self.no_op)[0]
header = from_hex(CBlockHeader(), self.nodes[1].getblockheader(node1_block_hash, False))
header_only_peer = self.nodes[0].add_p2p_connection(P2PInterface())
header_only_peer.send_and_ping(msg_headers([header]))
start = time.time()
async with destroying((await mining.createNewBlock(ctx, self.default_block_create_options)).result, ctx):
pass
# Lower-bound only: a heavily loaded CI host might still exceed 0.9s
# even without the cooldown, so this can miss regressions but avoids
# spurious failures.
assert_greater_than_or_equal(time.time() - start, 0.9)
header_only_peer.peer_disconnect()
self.connect_nodes(0, 1)
self.sync_all()
self.log.debug("Create a template")
template = await mining_create_block_template(mining, stack, ctx, self.default_block_create_options)
assert template is not None
self.log.debug("Test some inspectors of Template")
header = (await template.getBlockHeader(ctx)).result
assert_equal(len(header), block_header_size)
block = await mining_get_block(template, ctx)
current_tip = self.nodes[0].getbestblockhash()
assert_equal(ser_uint256(block.hashPrevBlock), ser_uint256(int(current_tip, 16)))
assert_greater_than_or_equal(len(block.vtx), 1)
txfees = await template.getTxFees(ctx)
assert_equal(len(txfees.result), 0)
txsigops = await template.getTxSigops(ctx)
assert_equal(len(txsigops.result), 0)
self.log.debug("Wait for a new template")
waitoptions = self.capnp_modules['mining'].BlockWaitOptions()
waitoptions.timeout = timeout
waitoptions.feeThreshold = 1
template2 = await wait_and_do(
mining_wait_next_template(template, stack, ctx, waitoptions),
lambda: self.generate(self.nodes[0], 1))
assert template2 is not None
block2 = await mining_get_block(template2, ctx)
assert_equal(len(block2.vtx), 1)
self.log.debug("Wait for another, but time out")
template3 = await mining_wait_next_template(template2, stack, ctx, waitoptions)
assert template3 is None
self.log.debug("Wait for another, get one after increase in fees in the mempool")
template4 = await wait_and_do(
mining_wait_next_template(template2, stack, ctx, waitoptions),
lambda: self.miniwallet.send_self_transfer(fee_rate=10, from_node=self.nodes[0]))
assert template4 is not None
block3 = await mining_get_block(template4, ctx)
assert_equal(len(block3.vtx), 2)
self.log.debug("Wait again, this should return the same template, since the fee threshold is zero")
waitoptions.feeThreshold = 0
template5 = await mining_wait_next_template(template4, stack, ctx, waitoptions)
assert template5 is not None
block4 = await mining_get_block(template5, ctx)
assert_equal(len(block4.vtx), 2)
waitoptions.feeThreshold = 1
self.log.debug("Wait for another, get one after increase in fees in the mempool")
template6 = await wait_and_do(
mining_wait_next_template(template5, stack, ctx, waitoptions),
lambda: self.miniwallet.send_self_transfer(fee_rate=10, from_node=self.nodes[0]))
assert template6 is not None
block4 = await mining_get_block(template6, ctx)
assert_equal(len(block4.vtx), 3)
self.log.debug("Wait for another, but time out, since the fee threshold is set now")
template7 = await mining_wait_next_template(template6, stack, ctx, waitoptions)
assert template7 is None
self.log.debug("interruptWait should abort the current wait")
async def wait_for_block():
new_waitoptions = self.capnp_modules['mining'].BlockWaitOptions()
new_waitoptions.timeout = timeout * 60 # 1 minute wait
new_waitoptions.feeThreshold = 1
template7 = await mining_wait_next_template(template6, stack, ctx, new_waitoptions)
assert template7 is None
await wait_and_do(wait_for_block(), template6.interruptWait())
asyncio.run(capnp.run(async_routine()))
def run_ipc_option_override_test(self):
self.log.info("Running IPC option override test")
# Set an absurd reserved weight. `-blockreservedweight` is RPC-only, so
# with this setting RPC templates would be empty. IPC clients set
# blockReservedWeight per template request and are unaffected; later in
# the test the IPC template includes a mempool transaction.
self.restart_node(0, extra_args=[f"-blockreservedweight={MAX_BLOCK_WEIGHT}"])
async def async_routine():
ctx, mining = await self.make_mining_ctx()
self.miniwallet.send_self_transfer(fee_rate=10, from_node=self.nodes[0])
async with AsyncExitStack() as stack:
opts = self.capnp_modules['mining'].BlockCreateOptions()
template = await mining_create_block_template(mining, stack, ctx, opts)
assert template is not None
block = await mining_get_block(template, ctx)
assert_equal(len(block.vtx), 2)
self.log.debug("Use absurdly large reserved weight to force an empty template")
opts.blockReservedWeight = MAX_BLOCK_WEIGHT
empty_template = await mining_create_block_template(mining, stack, ctx, opts)
assert empty_template is not None
empty_block = await mining_get_block(empty_template, ctx)
assert_equal(len(empty_block.vtx), 1)
self.log.debug("Enforce minimum reserved weight for IPC clients too")
opts.blockReservedWeight = 0
try:
await mining.createNewBlock(ctx, opts)
raise AssertionError("createNewBlock unexpectedly succeeded")
except capnp.lib.capnp.KjException as e:
if e.type == "DISCONNECTED":
# The remote exception isn't caught currently and leads to a
# std::terminate call. Just detect and restart in this case.
# This bug is fixed with
# https://github.com/bitcoin-core/libmultiprocess/pull/218
assert_equal(e.description, "Peer disconnected.")
self.nodes[0].wait_until_stopped(expected_ret_code=(-11, -6, 1, 66), expected_stderr=re.compile(""))
self.start_node(0)
else:
assert_equal(e.description, "remote exception: std::exception: block_reserved_weight (0) must be at least 2000 weight units")
assert_equal(e.type, "FAILED")
asyncio.run(capnp.run(async_routine()))
def run_coinbase_and_submission_test(self):
"""Test coinbase construction (getCoinbaseTx) and block submission (submitSolution)."""
self.log.info("Running coinbase construction and submission test")
async def async_routine():
ctx, mining = await self.make_mining_ctx()
current_block_height = self.nodes[0].getchaintips()[0]["height"]
check_opts = self.capnp_modules['mining'].BlockCheckOptions()
async with destroying((await mining.createNewBlock(ctx, self.default_block_create_options)).result, ctx) as template:
block = await mining_get_block(template, ctx)
balance = self.miniwallet.get_balance()
coinbase = await self.build_coinbase_test(template, ctx, self.miniwallet)
# Reduce payout for balance comparison simplicity
coinbase.vout[0].nValue = COIN
block.vtx[0] = coinbase
block.hashMerkleRoot = block.calc_merkle_root()
original_version = block.nVersion
self.log.debug("Submit a block with a bad version")
block.nVersion = 0
block.solve()
check = await mining.checkBlock(ctx, block.serialize(), check_opts)
assert_equal(check.result, False)
assert_equal(check.reason, "bad-version(0x00000000)")
submitted = (await template.submitSolution(ctx, block.nVersion, block.nTime, block.nNonce, coinbase.serialize())).result
assert_equal(submitted, False)
self.log.debug("Submit a valid block")
block.nVersion = original_version
block.solve()
self.log.debug("First call checkBlock()")
block_valid = (await mining.checkBlock(ctx, block.serialize(), check_opts)).result
assert_equal(block_valid, True)
# The remote template block will be mutated, capture the original:
remote_block_before = await mining_get_block(template, ctx)
self.log.debug("Submitted coinbase must include witness")
assert_not_equal(coinbase.serialize_without_witness().hex(), coinbase.serialize().hex())
submitted = (await template.submitSolution(ctx, block.nVersion, block.nTime, block.nNonce, coinbase.serialize_without_witness())).result
assert_equal(submitted, False)
self.log.debug("Even a rejected submitSolution() mutates the template's block")
# Can be used by clients to download and inspect the (rejected)
# reconstructed block.
remote_block_after = await mining_get_block(template, ctx)
assert_not_equal(remote_block_before.serialize().hex(), remote_block_after.serialize().hex())
self.log.debug("Submit again, with the witness")
submitted = (await template.submitSolution(ctx, block.nVersion, block.nTime, block.nNonce, coinbase.serialize())).result
assert_equal(submitted, True)
self.log.debug("Block should propagate")
# Check that the IPC node actually updates its own chain
assert_equal(self.nodes[0].getchaintips()[0]["height"], current_block_height + 1)
# Stalls if a regression causes submitSolution() to accept an invalid block:
self.sync_all()
# Check that the other node accepts the block
assert_equal(self.nodes[0].getchaintips()[0], self.nodes[1].getchaintips()[0])
self.miniwallet.rescan_utxos()
assert_equal(self.miniwallet.get_balance(), balance + 1)
self.log.debug("Check block should fail now, since it is a duplicate")
check = await mining.checkBlock(ctx, block.serialize(), check_opts)
assert_equal(check.result, False)
assert_equal(check.reason, "inconclusive-not-best-prevblk")
asyncio.run(capnp.run(async_routine()))
def run_test(self):
self.miniwallet = MiniWallet(self.nodes[0])
self.default_block_create_options = self.capnp_modules['mining'].BlockCreateOptions()
self.run_mining_interface_test()
self.run_block_template_test()
self.run_coinbase_and_submission_test()
self.run_ipc_option_override_test()
if __name__ == '__main__':
IPCMiningTest(__file__).main()