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Rebroadcast last round messages when stuck at step longer than timeout #243

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anorth opened this issue May 17, 2024 · 0 comments
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anorth commented May 17, 2024

After some timeout that's longer than the usual step timeout, if stuck in a phase (haven't received from >2/3 of power), rebroadcast messages sent for the current and previous round that will support another node catching up. The simplest is probably to re-send everything since (inclusive) PREPARE from the prior round.

Note the DECIDE step is a special case, where only DECIDE need be rebroadcast.

See filecoin-project/FIPs#998

@anorth anorth added the gossipbft Relates to core GossipPBFT protocol label May 17, 2024
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