hyperweb-io / hyperweb-io/starship

bug: 2nd validator node errors and does not recover

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Description

## Overview
If there is a bug on a validator node (after the genesis node), then it does not seem to recover and get into a state of `CrashLoopBackOff`, specially from `postStartHook` which performs the `create-validator` txn

## Proposal
Inorder to make a robust setup, we need to make the nodes self-healing, using the primitives of k8s itself.

We can utilize the liveliness and readiness probes, to check the state and as well force validator nodes to restart properly.

### Option 1: Clean start on failure
Delete `~/.` after it fails

### Option 2: PostStartHook fallback
Since we use postStartHook for registring the validator node, we can make the post startup hook more robust, and be aware of the failure

## Problem
Validator node can be failing for multiple reasons, and one way of recovery can cause issues in other types of transient errors. We need a more robust way of recovering failing nodes.

Nodes can also be manually shut down, in that case the `postStartHook` should not run itself.

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Research direction

Start by tracing the validator node's postStartHook and the current Kubernetes liveness and readiness probe configuration. Compare recovery behavior for transient validator failures with manually shut-down nodes, then define the expected restart and registration behavior. Done means validator nodes recover reliably without rerunning registration after a manual shutdown.

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Assessment

Tech stack
helm, kubernetes
Domain
devops, infrastructure
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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