spesmilo / spesmilo/electrumx

electrumx crash when bitcoind is restarted + log spamming on INFO and ERROR levels

Open
#54 3 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

Dominant language
Python
Stars
568
Forks
447
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

Description

Today my bitcoind crashed (and restarted automatically, I have script for it), however, electrumx crashed too, shortly after, it didn't handled reconnecting to bitcoind successfully.

log:
electrumx.log

Contributor guide

No contributing guide indexed for this repository

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reading the attached electrumx.log and reproducing the failure while bitcoind is restarted. Trace the bitcoind reconnection path and logging around the crash; done means electrumx reconnects successfully without crashing or spamming INFO and ERROR logs.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
backend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.