fix: expire requests by their own creation timestamp - #70
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Stamp each request with its creation time (16-bit, 4 s units, in the former QueueItem padding) and purge by comparing it to Clock.unix_timestamp. Expiry no longer depends on the slot duration or on the EpochSchedule sysvar. Oracle: back off exponentially on purges that leave the request in place, combined with the existing error backoff, and refresh the blockhash after the wait.
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WalkthroughThe change stores wrapped request creation timestamps, uses wall-clock age for queue expiry, updates purge tests for controlled time, and adds exponential backoff for accepted purge transactions in the oracle. ChangesQueue expiry and purge retry
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Change: Bug fix Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to Expired requests can still be fulfilled and callbacks can run, while clock skew and unconfirmed purge submissions can delay cleanup. These correctness and availability risks should be resolved before merge. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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In `@program/src/purge_expired_requests.rs`:
- Line 45: Update both transaction-selection checks in prepare_transaction so
they determine expiry using QueueItem::created_at_from and the chain timestamp,
matching the existing wall-clock predicate rather than slot age. Preserve the
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Use the same wall-clock rule as the program instead of a slot-count estimate, so the oracle and the purge agree on when a request expires.
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A request stamped slightly ahead of the host's time read as ~72 h old through the wrap; treat stamps up to 60 s in the future as age 0.
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29-57: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy liftUse the on-chain
Clockfor expiry decisionsIf the host clock trails
Clock::unix_timestampby more than 60 seconds,age_secscan treat an on-chain-expired request as fresh. The processor then selectsprovide_randomness;process_provide_randomnessdoes not recheck the TTL, so it can remove the expired request and invoke its callback instead of purging it. Read the on-chain clock for this decision, or stop processing when the measured clock skew exceeds 60 seconds.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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369-438: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winDo not increase purge backoff on RPC submission alone.
send_transactionreturnsOkfromRpcClient::send_transaction_with_config, which only accepts the submission; it does not confirm purge execution. If the request remains in the queue, the task retries with delays of 2, 4, … up to 256 slots, which can materially delay queue cleanup after a dropped or failed purge. Increase the delay only after observing queue removal, or use a bounded retry delay independent of submission count.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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31-45: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winReject expired requests in
process_provide_randomness
ProvideRandomnessreachesprocess_provide_randomness, which checks only request existence and slot ordering before proof verification and removal. It does not checkitem.age_secs(QueueItem::created_at_from(Clock::get()?.unix_timestamp))againstQUEUE_TTL_SECONDS. If the request remains queued, a prepared fulfillment can therefore land after the wall-clock TTL, remove the request, and invoke its callback. Add the same wall-clock age guard before proof verification and removal.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@program/src/purge_expired_requests.rs`:
- Around line 31-45: Update process_provide_randomness to compute the current
timestamp and reject the request when
item.age_secs(QueueItem::created_at_from(Clock::get()?.unix_timestamp)) exceeds
QUEUE_TTL_SECONDS, before proof verification and removal. Preserve the existing
request-existence and slot-order checks for non-expired requests.
In `@vrf-oracle/src/oracle/processor.rs`:
- Around line 29-57: Update age_secs and its callers to base expiry decisions on
the on-chain Clock::unix_timestamp rather than the host SystemTime, or stop
processing when host/on-chain clock skew exceeds 60 seconds. Ensure expired
requests cannot proceed through provide_randomness and are purged instead,
preserving the existing TTL behavior.
- Around line 369-438: Update the purge retry accounting around the
send_transaction result so purges_sent is not incremented when submission merely
returns Ok. Increase purge delay only after observing the request’s removal from
the queue, or replace it with a bounded retry delay independent of submission
count; preserve existing error backoff and retry behavior.
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Requests now carry their own creation time and expire by comparing it to
Clock.unix_timestamp. Expiry no longer depends on the slot duration or on theEpochSchedulesysvar.QueueItem.created_at: creation time in 4 s units, 16-bit wrapping, stored in the former padding bytes. Layout and size unchanged.age_secs(now) > QUEUE_TTL_SECONDS, division-free per item; the 512 KiB max-size purge stays within the mainnet compute cap.Tests cover wall-clock expiry, stamp wrap-around, and independence from
EpochSchedule. Requests already queued at upgrade time have a zero stamp and read as an arbitrary age.Summary by CodeRabbit
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