Fix TTL for watch calls on replay

.github/workflows/add-issues-to-project.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#  Add Issues to Project Workflow
+#
+#  Purpose: Automatically add every newly opened issue in this repository to the
+#           bsv-blockchain organization project board so triage and planning stay
+#           in sync without manual intervention.
+#
+#  Triggers: Runs whenever an issue is opened in this repository.
+#
+#  Maintainer: @mrz1836
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+name: add-issues-to-project
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Trigger Configuration
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+on:
+  issues:
+    types:
+      - opened
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Permissions
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+permissions: read-all
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Concurrency Control
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.issue.number }}
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+
+jobs:
+  add-to-project:
+    name: Add issue to bsv-blockchain project #18
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      # The org-level project token is supplied via ADD_TO_PROJECT_PAT; no
+      # repository-scoped write permissions are required here.
+      contents: read
+    steps:
+      # --------------------------------------------------------------------
+      # Add the newly opened issue to the configured organization project
+      # --------------------------------------------------------------------
+      - name: Add issue to project
+        uses: actions/add-to-project@5afcf98fcd03f1c2f92c3c83f58ae24323cc57fd # v2.0.0
+        with:
+          project-url: https://github.com/orgs/bsv-blockchain/projects/18
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.ADD_TO_PROJECT_PAT }}

config/config.go

@@ -323,9 +323,28 @@ type PropagationConfig struct {
 	RegisterReplayOnStart *bool `mapstructure:"register_replay_on_start"`
 	// RegisterReplayLookbackHours bounds how far back IterateStatusesSince
 	// scans when replaying. Older txs are very likely terminal already
-	// (MINED/IMMUTABLE) and skipping them avoids walking months of history
-	// on every boot. Defaults to 168 (7 days).
+	// (MINED/IMMUTABLE), and a non-terminal tx older than this window has
+	// almost certainly stalled — re-registering it on every boot won't
+	// unstick it. Defaults to 24 (one day), tightened from the original
+	// 7 days after issue #145.
 	RegisterReplayLookbackHours int `mapstructure:"register_replay_lookback_hours"`
+	// MerkleReplaySkipRecentMinutes lets the startup replay skip txs whose
+	// MerkleRegisteredAt is within this window. /watch is INSERT ... ON
+	// CONFLICT DO NOTHING on the merkle-service side and does not refresh
+	// expires_at, so re-registering a tx merkle-service already knows about
+	// is wasted work. Default 30 (matches merkle-service postMineTTLSec).
+	// Set to 0 to disable the skip and re-register every non-terminal tx —
+	// useful for forcing a full re-sync after a known merkle-service wipe.
+	// Issue #145.
+	MerkleReplaySkipRecentMinutes int `mapstructure:"merkle_replay_skip_recent_minutes"`
+	// MerkleReplayRPS caps the average requests-per-second the startup
+	// replay issues against merkle-service. Implemented as an inter-batch
+	// sleep proportional to batch size, so the actual rate hovers around
+	// the configured RPS rather than burst-then-stall. 0 disables
+	// throttling. Default 50 — a 24h replay over a 1.85M-row store would
+	// otherwise pin merkle-service at its postgres write ceiling for hours.
+	// Issue #145.
+	MerkleReplayRPS int `mapstructure:"merkle_replay_rps"`
 	// MaxPending caps the in-memory pending-batch slice the propagation
 	// consumer accumulates between flushes. Once full, new messages are
 	// returned as errors from handleMessage so the Kafka consumer's
@@ -665,7 +684,9 @@ func setDefaults() {
 	// drops its registration state and arcade silently stops receiving
 	// callbacks for everything in-flight.
 	viper.SetDefault("propagation.register_replay_on_start", true)
-	viper.SetDefault("propagation.register_replay_lookback_hours", 168)
+	viper.SetDefault("propagation.register_replay_lookback_hours", 24)
+	viper.SetDefault("propagation.merkle_replay_skip_recent_minutes", 30)
+	viper.SetDefault("propagation.merkle_replay_rps", 50)
 
 	viper.SetDefault("network", NetworkMainnet)
 

models/transaction.go

@@ -62,6 +62,12 @@ type TransactionStatus struct {
 	RetryCount   int       `json:"retryCount,omitempty"`
 	NextRetryAt  time.Time `json:"nextRetryAt,omitempty"`
 	CreatedAt    time.Time `json:"-"`
+	// MerkleRegisteredAt is the wall-clock time of the most recent
+	// successful merkle-service /watch registration for this txid. Zero
+	// value means "never registered" (or registered before this field was
+	// added). The startup replay loop reads this to skip rows registered
+	// within MerkleReplaySkipRecentMinutes — see issue #145.
+	MerkleRegisteredAt time.Time `json:"merkleRegisteredAt,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // Status represents the various states a transaction can be in

services/api_server/handlers_test.go

@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ func (m *mockStore) SetMinedByTxIDs(context.Context, string, uint64, []string) (
 	return nil, nil
 }
 
+func (m *mockStore) MarkMerkleRegisteredByTxIDs(context.Context, []string, time.Time) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (m *mockStore) InsertSubmission(_ context.Context, sub *models.Submission) error {
 	m.mu.Lock()
 	defer m.mu.Unlock()

services/propagation/propagator.go

@@ -383,10 +383,12 @@ func (p *Propagator) registerBatch(ctx context.Context, batch []propagationMsg)
 	metrics.PropagationMerkleRegisterDuration.Observe(time.Since(start).Seconds())
 
 	registered = make([]propagationMsg, 0, len(batch))
+	successTxIDs := make([]string, 0, len(batch))
 	var failedCount int
 	for i, err := range errs {
 		if err == nil {
 			registered = append(registered, batch[i])
+			successTxIDs = append(successTxIDs, batch[i].TXID)
 			continue
 		}
 		failedCount++
@@ -412,6 +414,22 @@ func (p *Propagator) registerBatch(ctx context.Context, batch []propagationMsg)
 	default:
 		metrics.PropagationMerkleRegisterBatchOutcomeTotal.WithLabelValues("partial").Inc()
 	}
+	// Stamp merkle_registered_at on every tx we successfully registered. The
+	// startup replay loop reads this and skips rows registered within
+	// MerkleReplaySkipRecentMinutes — without it, every restart re-walks the
+	// whole watchlist regardless of whether merkle-service already has it
+	// (issue #145). A failure here must not block broadcast: the mark is a
+	// hint, not part of the F-024 invariant. Worst case a missed mark causes
+	// one redundant /watch on the next replay.
+	if len(successTxIDs) > 0 {
+		if err := p.store.MarkMerkleRegisteredByTxIDs(ctx, successTxIDs, time.Now()); err != nil {
+			p.logger.Warn(
+				"mark merkle-registered failed",
+				zap.Int("count", len(successTxIDs)),
+				zap.Error(err),
+			)
+		}
+	}
 	return registered
 }