ChainSafe / ChainSafe/lodestar
Select req/resp request type based on negotiated version
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- TypeScript
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Description
It's not trivial in our architecture to select req/resp request type based on negotiated version as we serialize the data in the main thread, but protocol negotiation (done by libp2p) happens in the network thread.
See https://github.com/ChainSafe/lodestar/pull/8168 for more details.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reading the architecture described in this issue and the linked pull request #8168. Trace how protocol negotiation occurs in the libp2p network thread and how request/response data is serialized in the main thread. Done means the request type is selected from the negotiated version without breaking this thread boundary.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- distributed-systems, networking
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100