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Description

Block fetcher validation failures during live network sync lacked diagnostic visibility. Added structured debug logging across the fetch pipeline to enable step-by-step troubleshooting of header/body request cycles, validation failures, and peer interactions.

Proposed Solution

Enhanced logging at each critical decision point in the fetch workflow:

BlockFetcher.scala

  • Fetch initiation: Queue state (ready blocks, waiting headers), block ranges, known top
  • Validation failures: Specific error type (sequence mismatch, ready block mismatch), block ranges, peer ID
  • Block invalidation: Reason, affected peer, new state after rollback
  • NewBlock handling: State analysis (on top, expected vs received block number)

HeadersFetcher.scala

  • Request/response cycle: Block number/hash, amount requested, peer ID, header ranges
  • Empty responses: Warning with peer ID for troubleshooting stalled peers
  • Retry logic: Exception details, retry intervals

BodiesFetcher.scala

  • Request details: Hash count, expected body count
  • Response validation: Received count, peer ID
  • Empty body warnings: Expected vs received count

FetchRequest.scala

  • Request results: Peer ID for all response types (success, failure, no peer available)
  • Retry intervals: Explicit logging of wait times

Important Changes Introduced

All logging uses existing SLF4J patterns with appropriate levels:

  • DEBUG: Request flow, state transitions, validation details
  • WARN: Empty responses, validation failures
  • INFO: Status summaries

Enable via logback.xml:

<logger name="com.chipprbots.ethereum.blockchain.sync.regular.BlockFetcher" level="DEBUG" />

Testing

All BlockFetcherSpec tests pass. Logging verified in test output showing peer tracking and validation details for body/header fetch failures.

Original prompt

This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>block fetch validation</issue_title>
<issue_description>during the latest test run for network sync on the live network or logs indicated that block fetcher was not functionjng correctly. add more verbose debug logging so we can trouble shoot each step of the process to identify the failure point.

use sbt run to capture new logs prior to declaring the problem solved or some code is a smokeling gum

newlog.txt</issue_description>

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Copilot AI and others added 2 commits November 10, 2025 02:50
Co-authored-by: realcodywburns <13103499+realcodywburns@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: realcodywburns <13103499+realcodywburns@users.noreply.github.com>
Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Add verbose debug logging for block fetcher Add comprehensive debug logging to BlockFetcher for network sync troubleshooting Nov 10, 2025
Copilot AI requested a review from realcodywburns November 10, 2025 03:05
Copilot finished work on behalf of realcodywburns November 10, 2025 03:05
@realcodywburns realcodywburns marked this pull request as ready for review November 10, 2025 03:08
@realcodywburns realcodywburns merged commit b0705d6 into develop Nov 10, 2025
@realcodywburns realcodywburns deleted the copilot/add-verbose-debug-logging branch November 10, 2025 03:08
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