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zebra_node_services/
mempool.rs

1//! The Zebra mempool.
2//!
3//! A service that manages known unmined Zcash transactions.
4
5use std::{collections::HashSet, net::SocketAddr};
6
7use tokio::sync::oneshot;
8use zebra_chain::{
9    block,
10    transaction::{self, UnminedTx, UnminedTxId, VerifiedUnminedTx},
11    transparent,
12};
13
14use crate::BoxError;
15
16mod gossip;
17mod mempool_change;
18mod service_trait;
19mod transaction_dependencies;
20
21pub use self::{
22    gossip::Gossip,
23    mempool_change::{MempoolChange, MempoolChangeKind, MempoolTxSubscriber},
24    service_trait::MempoolService,
25    transaction_dependencies::TransactionDependencies,
26};
27
28/// A mempool service request.
29///
30/// Requests can query the current set of mempool transactions,
31/// queue transactions to be downloaded and verified, or
32/// run the mempool to check for newly verified transactions.
33///
34/// Requests can't modify the mempool directly,
35/// because all mempool transactions must be verified.
36#[derive(Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
37pub enum Request {
38    /// Query all [`UnminedTxId`]s in the mempool.
39    TransactionIds,
40
41    /// Query matching [`UnminedTx`] in the mempool,
42    /// using a unique set of [`UnminedTxId`]s.
43    TransactionsById(HashSet<UnminedTxId>),
44
45    /// Query matching [`UnminedTx`] in the mempool,
46    /// using a unique set of [`transaction::Hash`]es. Pre-V5 transactions are matched
47    /// directly; V5 transaction are matched just by the Hash, disregarding
48    /// the [`AuthDigest`](zebra_chain::transaction::AuthDigest).
49    TransactionsByMinedId(HashSet<transaction::Hash>),
50
51    /// Request a [`transparent::Output`] identified by the given [`OutPoint`](transparent::OutPoint),
52    /// waiting until it becomes available if it is unknown.
53    ///
54    /// This request is purely informational, and there are no guarantees about
55    /// whether the UTXO remains unspent or is on the best chain, or any chain.
56    /// Its purpose is to allow orphaned mempool transaction verification.
57    ///
58    /// # Correctness
59    ///
60    /// Output requests should be wrapped in a timeout, so that
61    /// out-of-order and invalid requests do not hang indefinitely.
62    ///
63    /// Outdated requests are pruned on a regular basis.
64    AwaitOutput(transparent::OutPoint),
65
66    /// Request a [`VerifiedUnminedTx`] and its dependencies by its mined id.
67    TransactionWithDepsByMinedId(transaction::Hash),
68
69    /// Get all the [`VerifiedUnminedTx`] in the mempool.
70    ///
71    /// Equivalent to `TransactionsById(TransactionIds)`,
72    /// but each transaction also includes the `miner_fee` and `legacy_sigop_count` fields.
73    //
74    // TODO: make the Transactions response return VerifiedUnminedTx,
75    //       and remove the FullTransactions variant
76    FullTransactions,
77
78    /// Query matching cached rejected transaction IDs in the mempool,
79    /// using a unique set of [`UnminedTxId`]s.
80    RejectedTransactionIds(HashSet<UnminedTxId>),
81
82    /// Queue a list of gossiped transactions or transaction IDs, or
83    /// crawled transaction IDs.
84    ///
85    /// The transaction downloader checks for duplicates across IDs and transactions.
86    Queue(Vec<Gossip>),
87
88    /// Queue transaction IDs advertised by a specific peer via an `Inv`
89    /// message, tagging each one with the announcing peer so the downloader
90    /// can enforce a per-peer queue cap. See `GHSA-4fc2-h7jh-287c`.
91    QueueFromPeer {
92        /// The transaction IDs advertised by the peer.
93        txids: HashSet<UnminedTxId>,
94        /// The address of the peer that advertised them.
95        source: SocketAddr,
96    },
97
98    /// Check for newly verified transactions.
99    ///
100    /// The transaction downloader does not push transactions into the mempool.
101    /// So a task should send this request regularly (every 5-10 seconds).
102    ///
103    /// These checks also happen for other request variants,
104    /// but we can't rely on peers to send queries regularly,
105    /// and crawler queue requests depend on peer responses.
106    /// Also, crawler requests aren't frequent enough for transaction propagation.
107    ///
108    /// # Correctness
109    ///
110    /// This request is required to avoid hangs in the mempool.
111    ///
112    /// The queue checker task can't call `poll_ready` directly on the mempool
113    /// service, because the service is wrapped in a `Buffer`. Calling
114    /// `Buffer::poll_ready` reserves a buffer slot, which can cause hangs
115    /// when too many slots are reserved but unused:
116    /// <https://docs.rs/tower/0.4.10/tower/buffer/struct.Buffer.html#a-note-on-choosing-a-bound>
117    CheckForVerifiedTransactions,
118
119    /// Request summary statistics from the mempool for `getmempoolinfo`.
120    QueueStats,
121
122    /// Check whether a transparent output is spent in the mempool.
123    UnspentOutput(transparent::OutPoint),
124}
125
126/// A response to a mempool service request.
127///
128/// Responses can read the current set of mempool transactions,
129/// check the queued status of transactions to be downloaded and verified, or
130/// confirm that the mempool has been checked for newly verified transactions.
131#[derive(Debug)]
132pub enum Response {
133    /// Returns all [`UnminedTxId`]s from the mempool.
134    TransactionIds(HashSet<UnminedTxId>),
135
136    /// Returns matching [`UnminedTx`] from the mempool.
137    ///
138    /// Since the [`Request::TransactionsById`] request is unique,
139    /// the response transactions are also unique. The same applies to
140    /// [`Request::TransactionsByMinedId`] requests, since the mempool does not allow
141    /// different transactions with different mined IDs.
142    Transactions(Vec<UnminedTx>),
143
144    /// Response to [`Request::AwaitOutput`] with the transparent output
145    UnspentOutput(transparent::Output),
146
147    /// Response to [`Request::TransactionWithDepsByMinedId`].
148    TransactionWithDeps {
149        /// The queried transaction
150        transaction: VerifiedUnminedTx,
151        /// A list of dependencies of the queried transaction.
152        dependencies: HashSet<transaction::Hash>,
153    },
154
155    /// Returns all [`VerifiedUnminedTx`] in the mempool.
156    //
157    // TODO: make the Transactions response return VerifiedUnminedTx,
158    //       and remove the FullTransactions variant
159    FullTransactions {
160        /// All [`VerifiedUnminedTx`]s in the mempool
161        transactions: Vec<VerifiedUnminedTx>,
162
163        /// All transaction dependencies in the mempool
164        transaction_dependencies: TransactionDependencies,
165
166        /// Last seen chain tip hash by mempool service
167        last_seen_tip_hash: zebra_chain::block::Hash,
168    },
169
170    /// Returns matching cached rejected [`UnminedTxId`]s from the mempool,
171    RejectedTransactionIds(HashSet<UnminedTxId>),
172
173    /// Returns a list of initial queue checks results and a oneshot receiver
174    /// for awaiting download and/or verification results.
175    ///
176    /// Each result matches the request at the corresponding vector index.
177    Queued(Vec<Result<oneshot::Receiver<Result<(), BoxError>>, BoxError>>),
178
179    /// Confirms that the mempool has checked for recently verified transactions.
180    CheckedForVerifiedTransactions,
181
182    /// Summary statistics for the mempool: count, total size, memory usage, and regtest info.
183    QueueStats {
184        /// Number of transactions currently in the mempool
185        size: usize,
186        /// Total size in bytes of all transactions
187        bytes: usize,
188        /// Estimated memory usage in bytes
189        usage: usize,
190        /// Whether all transactions have been fully notified (regtest only)
191        fully_notified: Option<bool>,
192    },
193
194    /// Returns whether a transparent output is created or spent in the mempool, if present.
195    TransparentOutput(Option<CreatedOrSpent>),
196}
197
198/// Indicates whether an output was created or spent by a mempool transaction.
199#[derive(Debug)]
200pub enum CreatedOrSpent {
201    /// An unspent output that was created by a transaction in the mempool and not spent by any other mempool tx.
202    Created {
203        /// The output
204        output: transparent::Output,
205        /// The version
206        tx_version: u32,
207        /// The last seen hash
208        last_seen_hash: block::Hash,
209    },
210    /// Indicates that an output was spent by a mempool transaction.
211    Spent,
212}