refactor: remove mDNS

.github/workflows/merge.yml

@@ -974,11 +974,11 @@ jobs:
               echo "EVM_NETWORK has been set to $EVM_NETWORK"
           fi
 
-      - name: Verify the routing tables of the nodes
-        run: cargo test --release -p ant-node --test verify_routing_table -- --nocapture
-        env:
-          CARGO_TARGET_DIR: ${{ matrix.os == 'windows-latest' && './test-target' || '.' }}
-        timeout-minutes: 5
+      # - name: Verify the routing tables of the nodes
+      #   run: cargo test --release -p ant-node --test verify_routing_table -- --nocapture
+      #   env:
+      #     CARGO_TARGET_DIR: ${{ matrix.os == 'windows-latest' && './test-target' || '.' }}
+      #   timeout-minutes: 5
 
       - name: Verify the location of the data on the network
         run: cargo test --release -p ant-node --test verify_data_location -- --nocapture

ant-bootstrap/src/cache_store.rs

@@ -184,26 +184,20 @@ impl BootstrapCacheStore {
         let mut config = if let Some(cfg) = config {
             cfg
         } else {
-            BootstrapCacheConfig::default_config()?
+            BootstrapCacheConfig::default_config(peers_arg.local)?
         };
         if let Some(bootstrap_cache_path) = peers_arg.get_bootstrap_cache_path()? {
             config.cache_file_path = bootstrap_cache_path;
         }
 
-        let mut store = Self::new(config)?;
+        let store = Self::new(config)?;
 
         // If it is the first node, clear the cache.
         if peers_arg.first {
             info!("First node in network, writing empty cache to disk");
             store.write()?;
         }
 
-        // If local mode is enabled, return empty store (will use mDNS)
-        if peers_arg.local {
-            info!("Setting config to not write to cache, as 'local' mode is enabled");
-            store.config.disable_cache_writing = true;
-        }
-
         Ok(store)
     }
 

ant-bootstrap/src/config.rs

@@ -50,16 +50,15 @@ pub struct BootstrapCacheConfig {
 
 impl BootstrapCacheConfig {
     /// Creates a new BootstrapConfig with default settings
-    pub fn default_config() -> Result<Self> {
+    pub fn default_config(local: bool) -> Result<Self> {
+        let cache_file_path = if local {
+            default_cache_path_local()?
+        } else {
+            default_cache_path()?
+        };
         Ok(Self {
-            addr_expiry_duration: ADDR_EXPIRY_DURATION,
-            max_peers: MAX_PEERS,
-            max_addrs_per_peer: MAX_ADDRS_PER_PEER,
-            cache_file_path: default_cache_path()?,
-            disable_cache_writing: false,
-            min_cache_save_duration: MIN_BOOTSTRAP_CACHE_SAVE_INTERVAL,
-            max_cache_save_duration: MAX_BOOTSTRAP_CACHE_SAVE_INTERVAL,
-            cache_save_scaling_factor: 2,
+            cache_file_path,
+            ..Self::empty()
         })
     }
 
@@ -110,19 +109,35 @@ impl BootstrapCacheConfig {
 
 /// Returns the default path for the bootstrap cache file
 fn default_cache_path() -> Result<PathBuf> {
+    Ok(default_cache_dir()?.join(cache_file_name()))
+}
+/// Returns the default path for the bootstrap cache file that is used for
+/// local networks
+fn default_cache_path_local() -> Result<PathBuf> {
+    Ok(default_cache_dir()?.join(cache_file_name_local()))
+}
+
+/// Returns the default dir that should contain the bootstrap cache file
+fn default_cache_dir() -> Result<PathBuf> {
     let dir = dirs_next::data_dir()
         .ok_or_else(|| Error::CouldNotObtainDataDir)?
         .join("autonomi")
         .join("bootstrap_cache");
 
     std::fs::create_dir_all(&dir)?;
 
-    let path = dir.join(cache_file_name());
-
-    Ok(path)
+    Ok(dir)
 }
 
 /// Returns the name of the cache file
 pub fn cache_file_name() -> String {
     format!("bootstrap_cache_{}.json", crate::get_network_version())
 }
+
+/// Returns the name of the cache file for local networks
+pub fn cache_file_name_local() -> String {
+    format!(
+        "bootstrap_cache_local_{}.json",
+        crate::get_network_version()
+    )
+}

ant-bootstrap/src/initial_peers.rs

@@ -54,8 +54,6 @@ pub struct PeersArgs {
     #[clap(long, conflicts_with = "first", value_delimiter = ',')]
     pub network_contacts_url: Vec<String>,
     /// Set to indicate this is a local network.
-    ///
-    /// This would use mDNS for peer discovery.
     #[clap(long, conflicts_with = "network_contacts_url", default_value = "false")]
     pub local: bool,
     /// Set to indicate this is a testnet.
@@ -116,12 +114,6 @@ impl PeersArgs {
             return Ok(bootstrap_addresses);
         }
 
-        // If local mode is enabled, return empty store (will use mDNS)
-        if self.local {
-            info!("Local mode enabled, using only local discovery.");
-            return Ok(vec![]);
-        }
-
         // Add addrs from arguments if present
         for addr in &self.addrs {
             if let Some(addr) = craft_valid_multiaddr(addr, false) {
@@ -146,7 +138,7 @@ impl PeersArgs {
             let cfg = if let Some(config) = config {
                 Some(config)
             } else {
-                BootstrapCacheConfig::default_config().ok()
+                BootstrapCacheConfig::default_config(self.local).ok()
             };
             if let Some(mut cfg) = cfg {
                 if let Some(file_path) = self.get_bootstrap_cache_path()? {
@@ -177,7 +169,7 @@ impl PeersArgs {
         }
 
         // If we have a network contacts URL, fetch addrs from there.
-        if !self.network_contacts_url.is_empty() {
+        if !self.local && !self.network_contacts_url.is_empty() {
             info!(
                 "Fetching bootstrap address from network contacts URLs: {:?}",
                 self.network_contacts_url
@@ -204,7 +196,7 @@ impl PeersArgs {
             }
         }
 
-        if !self.disable_mainnet_contacts {
+        if !self.local && !self.disable_mainnet_contacts {
             let mut contacts_fetcher = ContactsFetcher::with_mainnet_endpoints()?;
             if let Some(count) = count {
                 contacts_fetcher.set_max_addrs(count);

ant-bootstrap/tests/cli_integration_tests.rs

@@ -109,40 +109,6 @@ async fn test_network_contacts_fallback() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Erro
     Ok(())
 }
 
-#[tokio::test]
-async fn test_local_mode() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
-    let _guard = LogBuilder::init_single_threaded_tokio_test("cli_integration_tests", false);
-
-    let temp_dir = TempDir::new()?;
-    let cache_path = temp_dir.path().join("cache.json");
-
-    // Create a config with some peers in the cache
-    let config = BootstrapCacheConfig::empty().with_cache_path(&cache_path);
-
-    // Create args with local mode enabled
-    let args = PeersArgs {
-        first: false,
-        addrs: vec![],
-        network_contacts_url: vec![],
-        local: true,
-        disable_mainnet_contacts: false,
-        ignore_cache: false,
-        bootstrap_cache_dir: None,
-    };
-
-    let addrs = args.get_addrs(Some(config), None).await?;
-
-    assert!(addrs.is_empty(), "Local mode should have no peers");
-
-    // Verify cache was not touched
-    assert!(
-        !cache_path.exists(),
-        "Cache file should not exist in local mode"
-    );
-
-    Ok(())
-}
-
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn test_test_network_peers() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     let _guard = LogBuilder::init_single_threaded_tokio_test("cli_integration_tests", false);

ant-networking/Cargo.toml

@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ itertools = "~0.12.1"
 libp2p = { version = "0.54.1", features = [
     "tokio",
     "dns",
-    "mdns",
     "kad",
     "macros",
     "request-response",

ant-networking/src/driver.rs

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ use ant_protocol::{
 use ant_registers::SignedRegister;
 use futures::future::Either;
 use futures::StreamExt;
+use libp2p::swarm::behaviour::toggle::Toggle;
 use libp2p::{core::muxing::StreamMuxerBox, relay};
 use libp2p::{
     identity::Keypair,
@@ -56,7 +57,6 @@ use libp2p::{
     },
     Multiaddr, PeerId,
 };
-use libp2p::{mdns, swarm::behaviour::toggle::Toggle};
 use libp2p::{swarm::SwarmEvent, Transport as _};
 #[cfg(feature = "open-metrics")]
 use prometheus_client::metrics::info::Info;
@@ -253,8 +253,6 @@ pub(super) struct NodeBehaviour {
     pub(super) blocklist:
         libp2p::allow_block_list::Behaviour<libp2p::allow_block_list::BlockedPeers>,
     pub(super) identify: libp2p::identify::Behaviour,
-    /// mDNS behaviour to use in local mode
-    pub(super) mdns: Toggle<mdns::tokio::Behaviour>,
     #[cfg(feature = "upnp")]
     pub(super) upnp: Toggle<libp2p::upnp::tokio::Behaviour>,
     pub(super) relay_client: libp2p::relay::client::Behaviour,
@@ -432,7 +430,7 @@ impl NetworkBuilder {
             ProtocolSupport::Full,
             #[cfg(feature = "upnp")]
             upnp,
-        )?;
+        );
 
         // Listen on the provided address
         let listen_socket_addr = listen_addr.ok_or(NetworkError::ListenAddressNotProvided)?;
@@ -449,7 +447,7 @@ impl NetworkBuilder {
     }
 
     /// Same as `build_node` API but creates the network components in client mode
-    pub fn build_client(self) -> Result<(Network, mpsc::Receiver<NetworkEvent>, SwarmDriver)> {
+    pub fn build_client(self) -> (Network, mpsc::Receiver<NetworkEvent>, SwarmDriver) {
         // Create a Kademlia behaviour for client mode, i.e. set req/resp protocol
         // to outbound-only mode and don't listen on any address
         let mut kad_cfg = kad::Config::new(KAD_STREAM_PROTOCOL_ID); // default query timeout is 60 secs
@@ -471,9 +469,9 @@ impl NetworkBuilder {
             ProtocolSupport::Outbound,
             #[cfg(feature = "upnp")]
             false,
-        )?;
+        );
 
-        Ok((network, net_event_recv, driver))
+        (network, net_event_recv, driver)
     }
 
     /// Private helper to create the network components with the provided config and req/res behaviour
@@ -484,7 +482,7 @@ impl NetworkBuilder {
         is_client: bool,
         req_res_protocol: ProtocolSupport,
         #[cfg(feature = "upnp")] upnp: bool,
-    ) -> Result<(Network, mpsc::Receiver<NetworkEvent>, SwarmDriver)> {
+    ) -> (Network, mpsc::Receiver<NetworkEvent>, SwarmDriver) {
         let identify_protocol_str = IDENTIFY_PROTOCOL_STR
             .read()
             .expect("Failed to obtain read lock for IDENTIFY_PROTOCOL_STR")
@@ -619,22 +617,6 @@ impl NetworkBuilder {
             }
         };
 
-        let mdns = if self.local {
-            debug!("Enabling mDNS behavior (because of local mode)");
-
-            let mdns_config = mdns::Config {
-                // lower query interval to speed up peer discovery this
-                // increases traffic, but means we no longer have clients
-                // unable to connect after a few minutes
-                query_interval: Duration::from_secs(5),
-                ..Default::default()
-            };
-            Some(mdns::tokio::Behaviour::new(mdns_config, peer_id)?)
-        } else {
-            None
-        }
-        .into(); // Into `Toggle<T>`
-
         let agent_version = if is_client {
             IDENTIFY_CLIENT_VERSION_STR
                 .read()
@@ -687,7 +669,6 @@ impl NetworkBuilder {
             request_response,
             kademlia,
             identify,
-            mdns,
         };
 
         let swarm_config = libp2p::swarm::Config::with_tokio_executor()
@@ -767,7 +748,7 @@ impl NetworkBuilder {
             self.keypair,
         );
 
-        Ok((network, network_event_receiver, swarm_driver))
+        (network, network_event_receiver, swarm_driver)
     }
 }
 

ant-networking/src/event/mod.rs

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ mod swarm;
 use crate::{driver::SwarmDriver, error::Result};
 use core::fmt;
 use custom_debug::Debug as CustomDebug;
-use libp2p::mdns;
 use libp2p::{
     kad::{Addresses, Record, RecordKey, K_VALUE},
     request_response::ResponseChannel as PeerResponseChannel,
@@ -45,7 +44,6 @@ pub(super) enum NodeEvent {
     Upnp(libp2p::upnp::Event),
     MsgReceived(libp2p::request_response::Event<Request, Response>),
     Kademlia(libp2p::kad::Event),
-    Mdns(Box<mdns::Event>),
     Identify(Box<libp2p::identify::Event>),
     RelayClient(Box<libp2p::relay::client::Event>),
     RelayServer(Box<libp2p::relay::Event>),
@@ -71,12 +69,6 @@ impl From<libp2p::kad::Event> for NodeEvent {
     }
 }
 
-impl From<mdns::Event> for NodeEvent {
-    fn from(event: mdns::Event) -> Self {
-        NodeEvent::Mdns(Box::new(event))
-    }
-}
-
 impl From<libp2p::identify::Event> for NodeEvent {
     fn from(event: libp2p::identify::Event) -> Self {
         NodeEvent::Identify(Box::new(event))