fix(rpc): Return verification errors from `sendrawtransaction` RPC method (#8788)

* Adds a mempool request to wait for a transaction verification result and uses it in `sendrawtransaction` RPC method

* removes unnecessary clone

* fix clippy warnings

* returns verification errors for all `mempool::Queue` requests, removes `QueueRpc` request variant

* returns oneshot channel in mempool::Response::Queue

* updates a test vector to check for download or verification error in mempool::response::Queued result receiver

* Always require tokio as a dependency in zebra-node-services

* checks for closed channel errors in sendrawtransaction and updates a prop test to check that verification errors are propagated correctly

zebra-node-services/Cargo.toml

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ rpc-client = [
     "serde_json",
 ]
 
-shielded-scan = ["tokio"]
+shielded-scan = []
 
 [dependencies]
 zebra-chain = { path = "../zebra-chain" , version = "1.0.0-beta.39" }
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jsonrpc-core = { version = "18.0.0", optional = true }
 reqwest = { version = "0.11.26", default-features = false, features = ["rustls-tls"], optional = true }
 serde = { version = "1.0.204", optional = true }
 serde_json = { version = "1.0.122", optional = true }
-tokio = { version = "1.39.2", features = ["time"], optional = true }
+tokio = { version = "1.39.2", features = ["time", "sync"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 

zebra-node-services/src/mempool.rs

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 use std::collections::HashSet;
 
+use tokio::sync::oneshot;
 use zebra_chain::transaction::{self, UnminedTx, UnminedTxId};
 
 #[cfg(feature = "getblocktemplate-rpcs")]
@@ -114,13 +115,11 @@ pub enum Response {
     /// Returns matching cached rejected [`UnminedTxId`]s from the mempool,
     RejectedTransactionIds(HashSet<UnminedTxId>),
 
-    /// Returns a list of queue results.
+    /// Returns a list of initial queue checks results and a oneshot receiver
-    ///
+    /// for awaiting download and/or verification results.
-    /// These are the results of the initial queue checks.
-    /// The transaction may also fail download or verification later.
     ///
     /// Each result matches the request at the corresponding vector index.
-    Queued(Vec<Result<(), BoxError>>),
+    Queued(Vec<Result<oneshot::Receiver<Result<(), BoxError>>, BoxError>>),
 
     /// Confirms that the mempool has checked for recently verified transactions.
     CheckedForVerifiedTransactions,

zebra-rpc/src/methods.rs

@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ where
 
             let response = mempool.oneshot(request).await.map_server_error()?;
 
-            let queue_results = match response {
+            let mut queue_results = match response {
                 mempool::Response::Queued(results) => results,
                 _ => unreachable!("incorrect response variant from mempool service"),
             };
@@ -675,10 +675,17 @@ where
                 "mempool service returned more results than expected"
             );
 
-            tracing::debug!("sent transaction to mempool: {:?}", &queue_results[0]);
+            let queue_result = queue_results
+                .pop()
+                .expect("there should be exactly one item in Vec")
+                .inspect_err(|err| tracing::debug!("sent transaction to mempool: {:?}", &err))
+                .map_server_error()?
+                .await;
 
-            queue_results[0]
+            tracing::debug!("sent transaction to mempool: {:?}", &queue_result);
-                .as_ref()
+
+            queue_result
+                .map_server_error()?
                 .map(|_| SentTransactionHash(transaction_hash))
                 .map_server_error()
         }

zebra-rpc/src/methods/tests/prop.rs

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use hex::ToHex;
 use jsonrpc_core::{Error, ErrorCode};
 use proptest::{collection::vec, prelude::*};
 use thiserror::Error;
+use tokio::sync::oneshot;
 use tower::buffer::Buffer;
 
 use zebra_chain::{
@@ -61,7 +62,9 @@ proptest! {
 
             let unmined_transaction = UnminedTx::from(transaction);
             let expected_request = mempool::Request::Queue(vec![unmined_transaction.into()]);
-            let response = mempool::Response::Queued(vec![Ok(())]);
+            let (rsp_tx, rsp_rx) = oneshot::channel();
+            let _ = rsp_tx.send(Ok(()));
+            let response = mempool::Response::Queued(vec![Ok(rsp_rx)]);
 
             mempool
                 .expect_request(expected_request)
@@ -111,10 +114,10 @@ proptest! {
                 .expect("Transaction serializes successfully");
             let transaction_hex = hex::encode(&transaction_bytes);
 
-            let send_task = tokio::spawn(rpc.send_raw_transaction(transaction_hex));
+            let send_task = tokio::spawn(rpc.send_raw_transaction(transaction_hex.clone()));
 
             let unmined_transaction = UnminedTx::from(transaction);
-            let expected_request = mempool::Request::Queue(vec![unmined_transaction.into()]);
+            let expected_request = mempool::Request::Queue(vec![unmined_transaction.clone().into()]);
 
             mempool
                 .expect_request(expected_request)
@@ -138,6 +141,32 @@ proptest! {
                 "Result is not a server error: {result:?}"
             );
 
+            let send_task = tokio::spawn(rpc.send_raw_transaction(transaction_hex));
+
+            let expected_request = mempool::Request::Queue(vec![unmined_transaction.clone().into()]);
+
+            let (rsp_tx, rsp_rx) = oneshot::channel();
+            let _ = rsp_tx.send(Err("any verification error".into()));
+            mempool
+                .expect_request(expected_request)
+                .await?
+                .respond(Ok::<_, BoxError>(mempool::Response::Queued(vec![Ok(rsp_rx)])));
+
+            let result = send_task
+                .await
+                .expect("Sending raw transactions should not panic");
+
+            prop_assert!(
+                matches!(
+                    result,
+                    Err(Error {
+                        code: ErrorCode::ServerError(_),
+                        ..
+                    })
+                ),
+                "Result is not a server error: {result:?}"
+            );
+
             // The queue task should continue without errors or panics
             let rpc_tx_queue_task_result = rpc_tx_queue_task_handle.now_or_never();
             prop_assert!(rpc_tx_queue_task_result.is_none());
@@ -897,7 +926,9 @@ proptest! {
             // now a retry will be sent to the mempool
             let expected_request =
                 mempool::Request::Queue(vec![mempool::Gossip::Tx(tx_unmined.clone())]);
-            let response = mempool::Response::Queued(vec![Ok(())]);
+            let (rsp_tx, rsp_rx) = oneshot::channel();
+            let _ = rsp_tx.send(Ok(()));
+            let response = mempool::Response::Queued(vec![Ok(rsp_rx)]);
 
             mempool
                 .expect_request(expected_request)
@@ -997,7 +1028,9 @@ proptest! {
             for tx in txs.clone() {
                 let expected_request =
                     mempool::Request::Queue(vec![mempool::Gossip::Tx(UnminedTx::from(tx))]);
-                let response = mempool::Response::Queued(vec![Ok(())]);
+                let (rsp_tx, rsp_rx) = oneshot::channel();
+                let _ = rsp_tx.send(Ok(()));
+                let response = mempool::Response::Queued(vec![Ok(rsp_rx)]);
 
                 mempool
                     .expect_request(expected_request)

zebra-rpc/src/queue/tests/prop.rs

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use std::{collections::HashSet, env, sync::Arc};
 use proptest::prelude::*;
 
 use chrono::Duration;
-use tokio::time;
+use tokio::{sync::oneshot, time};
 use tower::ServiceExt;
 
 use zebra_chain::{
@@ -196,7 +196,9 @@ proptest! {
             let request = Request::Queue(vec![Gossip::Tx(unmined_transaction.clone())]);
             let expected_request = Request::Queue(vec![Gossip::Tx(unmined_transaction.clone())]);
             let send_task = tokio::spawn(mempool.clone().oneshot(request));
-            let response = Response::Queued(vec![Ok(())]);
+            let (rsp_tx, rsp_rx) = oneshot::channel();
+            let _ = rsp_tx.send(Ok(()));
+            let response = Response::Queued(vec![Ok(rsp_rx)]);
 
             mempool
                 .expect_request(expected_request)
@@ -337,7 +339,9 @@ proptest! {
             // retry will queue the transaction to mempool
             let gossip = Gossip::Tx(UnminedTx::from(transaction.clone()));
             let expected_request = Request::Queue(vec![gossip]);
-            let response = Response::Queued(vec![Ok(())]);
+            let (rsp_tx, rsp_rx) = oneshot::channel();
+            let _ = rsp_tx.send(Ok(()));
+            let response = Response::Queued(vec![Ok(rsp_rx)]);
 
             mempool
                 .expect_request(expected_request)

zebrad/src/components/mempool.rs

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ use std::{
 };
 
 use futures::{future::FutureExt, stream::Stream};
-use tokio::sync::broadcast;
+use tokio::sync::{broadcast, oneshot};
 use tokio_stream::StreamExt;
 use tower::{buffer::Buffer, timeout::Timeout, util::BoxService, Service};
 
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ impl Service<Request> for Mempool {
                 for tx in tx_retries {
                     // This is just an efficiency optimisation, so we don't care if queueing
                     // transaction requests fails.
-                    let _result = tx_downloads.download_if_needed_and_verify(tx);
+                    let _result = tx_downloads.download_if_needed_and_verify(tx, None);
                 }
             }
 
@@ -608,8 +608,8 @@ impl Service<Request> for Mempool {
                             tracing::trace!("chain grew during tx verification, retrying ..",);
 
                             // We don't care if re-queueing the transaction request fails.
-                            let _result =
+                            let _result = tx_downloads
-                                tx_downloads.download_if_needed_and_verify(tx.transaction.into());
+                                .download_if_needed_and_verify(tx.transaction.into(), None);
                         }
                     }
                     Ok(Err((txid, error))) => {
@@ -758,14 +758,22 @@ impl Service<Request> for Mempool {
                 Request::Queue(gossiped_txs) => {
                     trace!(req_count = ?gossiped_txs.len(), "got mempool Queue request");
 
-                    let rsp: Vec<Result<(), BoxError>> = gossiped_txs
+                    let rsp: Vec<Result<oneshot::Receiver<Result<(), BoxError>>, BoxError>> =
+                        gossiped_txs
                             .into_iter()
-                        .map(|gossiped_tx| -> Result<(), MempoolError> {
+                            .map(
+                                |gossiped_tx| -> Result<
+                                    oneshot::Receiver<Result<(), BoxError>>,
+                                    MempoolError,
+                                > {
+                                    let (rsp_tx, rsp_rx) = oneshot::channel();
                                     storage.should_download_or_verify(gossiped_tx.id())?;
-                            tx_downloads.download_if_needed_and_verify(gossiped_tx)?;
+                                    tx_downloads
+                                        .download_if_needed_and_verify(gossiped_tx, Some(rsp_tx))?;
 
-                            Ok(())
+                                    Ok(rsp_rx)
-                        })
+                                },
+                            )
                             .map(|result| result.map_err(BoxError::from))
                             .collect();
 

zebrad/src/components/mempool/crawler/tests/prop.rs

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use proptest::{
     collection::{hash_set, vec},
     prelude::*,
 };
-use tokio::time;
+use tokio::{sync::oneshot, time};
 
 use zebra_chain::{
     chain_sync_status::ChainSyncStatus, parameters::Network, transaction::UnminedTxId,
@@ -317,9 +317,17 @@ async fn respond_to_queue_request(
     expected_transaction_ids: HashSet<UnminedTxId>,
     response: impl IntoIterator<Item = Result<(), MempoolError>>,
 ) -> Result<(), TestCaseError> {
-    let response = response
+    let response: Vec<Result<oneshot::Receiver<Result<(), BoxError>>, BoxError>> = response
         .into_iter()
-        .map(|result| result.map_err(BoxError::from))
+        .map(|result| {
+            result
+                .map(|_| {
+                    let (rsp_tx, rsp_rx) = oneshot::channel();
+                    let _ = rsp_tx.send(Ok(()));
+                    rsp_rx
+                })
+                .map_err(BoxError::from)
+        })
         .collect();
 
     mempool

zebrad/src/components/mempool/downloads.rs

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ use zebra_chain::{
 use zebra_consensus::transaction as tx;
 use zebra_network as zn;
 use zebra_node_services::mempool::Gossip;
-use zebra_state as zs;
+use zebra_state::{self as zs, CloneError};
 
 use crate::components::sync::{BLOCK_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT, BLOCK_VERIFY_TIMEOUT};
 
@@ -105,17 +105,17 @@ pub const MAX_INBOUND_CONCURRENCY: usize = 25;
 struct CancelDownloadAndVerify;
 
 /// Errors that can occur while downloading and verifying a transaction.
-#[derive(Error, Debug)]
+#[derive(Error, Debug, Clone)]
 #[allow(dead_code)]
 pub enum TransactionDownloadVerifyError {
     #[error("transaction is already in state")]
     InState,
 
     #[error("error in state service")]
-    StateError(#[source] BoxError),
+    StateError(#[source] CloneError),
 
     #[error("error downloading transaction")]
-    DownloadFailed(#[source] BoxError),
+    DownloadFailed(#[source] CloneError),
 
     #[error("transaction download / verification was cancelled")]
     Cancelled,
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ where
     pub fn download_if_needed_and_verify(
         &mut self,
         gossiped_tx: Gossip,
+        rsp_tx: Option<oneshot::Sender<Result<(), BoxError>>>,
     ) -> Result<(), MempoolError> {
         let txid = gossiped_tx.id();
 
@@ -295,7 +296,7 @@ where
                     Ok((Some(height), next_height))
                 }
                 Ok(_) => unreachable!("wrong response"),
-                Err(e) => Err(TransactionDownloadVerifyError::StateError(e)),
+                Err(e) => Err(TransactionDownloadVerifyError::StateError(e.into())),
             }?;
 
             trace!(?txid, ?next_height, "got next height");
@@ -307,11 +308,12 @@ where
                     let tx = match network
                         .oneshot(req)
                         .await
+                        .map_err(CloneError::from)
                         .map_err(TransactionDownloadVerifyError::DownloadFailed)?
                     {
                         zn::Response::Transactions(mut txs) => txs.pop().ok_or_else(|| {
                             TransactionDownloadVerifyError::DownloadFailed(
-                                "no transactions returned".into(),
+                                BoxError::from("no transactions returned").into(),
                             )
                         })?,
                         _ => unreachable!("wrong response to transaction request"),
@@ -373,7 +375,7 @@ where
 
         let task = tokio::spawn(async move {
             // Prefer the cancel handle if both are ready.
-            tokio::select! {
+            let result = tokio::select! {
                 biased;
                 _ = &mut cancel_rx => {
                     trace!("task cancelled prior to completion");
@@ -381,7 +383,19 @@ where
                     Err((TransactionDownloadVerifyError::Cancelled, txid))
                 }
                 verification = fut => verification,
+            };
+
+            // Send the result to responder channel if one was provided.
+            if let Some(rsp_tx) = rsp_tx {
+                let _ = rsp_tx.send(
+                    result
+                        .as_ref()
+                        .map(|_| ())
+                        .map_err(|(err, _)| err.clone().into()),
+                );
             }
+
+            result
         });
 
         self.pending.push(task);
@@ -458,6 +472,7 @@ where
         match state
             .ready()
             .await
+            .map_err(CloneError::from)
             .map_err(TransactionDownloadVerifyError::StateError)?
             .call(zs::Request::Transaction(txid.mined_id()))
             .await
@@ -465,7 +480,7 @@ where
             Ok(zs::Response::Transaction(None)) => Ok(()),
             Ok(zs::Response::Transaction(Some(_))) => Err(TransactionDownloadVerifyError::InState),
             Ok(_) => unreachable!("wrong response"),
-            Err(e) => Err(TransactionDownloadVerifyError::StateError(e)),
+            Err(e) => Err(TransactionDownloadVerifyError::StateError(e.into())),
         }?;
 
         Ok(())

zebrad/src/components/mempool/tests/vector.rs

@@ -445,12 +445,17 @@ async fn mempool_cancel_mined() -> Result<(), Report> {
         .call(Request::Queue(vec![txid.into()]))
         .await
         .unwrap();
-    let queued_responses = match response {
+    let mut queued_responses = match response {
         Response::Queued(queue_responses) => queue_responses,
         _ => unreachable!("will never happen in this test"),
     };
     assert_eq!(queued_responses.len(), 1);
-    assert!(queued_responses[0].is_ok());
+
+    let queued_response = queued_responses
+        .pop()
+        .expect("already checked that there is exactly 1 item in Vec")
+        .expect("initial queue checks result should be Ok");
+
     assert_eq!(mempool.tx_downloads().in_flight(), 1);
 
     // Push block 2 to the state
@@ -489,6 +494,14 @@ async fn mempool_cancel_mined() -> Result<(), Report> {
     // Check if download was cancelled.
     assert_eq!(mempool.tx_downloads().in_flight(), 0);
 
+    assert!(
+        queued_response
+            .await
+            .expect("channel should not be closed")
+            .is_err(),
+        "queued tx should fail to download and verify due to chain tip change"
+    );
+
     Ok(())
 }