@aztec/p2p 0.0.1-commit.fce3e4f → 0.0.1-commit.ff7989d6c

package/src/services/reqresp/batch-tx-requester/batch_tx_requester.ts

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+import { chunkWrapAround } from '@aztec/foundation/collection';
+import { TimeoutError } from '@aztec/foundation/error';
+import { type Logger, createLogger } from '@aztec/foundation/log';
+import { FifoMemoryQueue, type ISemaphore, Semaphore } from '@aztec/foundation/queue';
+import { sleep } from '@aztec/foundation/sleep';
+import { DateProvider, executeTimeout } from '@aztec/foundation/timer';
+import { PeerErrorSeverity } from '@aztec/stdlib/p2p';
+import { Tx, TxArray, TxHash } from '@aztec/stdlib/tx';
+
+import type { PeerId } from '@libp2p/interface';
+import { peerIdFromString } from '@libp2p/peer-id';
+
+import type { IMissingTxsTracker } from '../../tx_collection/missing_txs_tracker.js';
+import { ReqRespSubProtocol } from '.././interface.js';
+import { BlockTxsRequest, BlockTxsResponse, type BlockTxsSource } from '.././protocols/index.js';
+import { ReqRespStatus } from '.././status.js';
+import {
+  DEFAULT_BATCH_TX_REQUESTER_BAD_PEER_THRESHOLD,
+  DEFAULT_BATCH_TX_REQUESTER_DUMB_PARALLEL_WORKER_COUNT,
+  DEFAULT_BATCH_TX_REQUESTER_SMART_PARALLEL_WORKER_COUNT,
+  DEFAULT_BATCH_TX_REQUESTER_TX_BATCH_SIZE,
+} from './config.js';
+import type { BatchTxRequesterLibP2PService, BatchTxRequesterOptions, ITxMetadataCollection } from './interface.js';
+import { MissingTxMetadataCollection } from './missing_txs.js';
+import { type IPeerCollection, PeerCollection } from './peer_collection.js';
+import { BatchRequestTxValidator, type IBatchRequestTxValidator } from './tx_validator.js';
+
+/*
+ * Tries to fetch all missing transaction until deadline is hit.
+ * Transactions are yield by calling run*() method
+ *
+ * We have a couple of peer types:
+ * - Pinned peer is the one who sent us the block proposal
+ * - Dumb peer:
+ *    - We query this peer blindly because we don't know which txs it has
+ *    - We hope it might have some of the transactions we asked for
+ *    - When this peer sends response it might become Smart peer
+ * - Smart peer:
+ *    - Initially there are no smart peers, all are considered "dumb"
+ *    - Peer becomes smart when in response it tels us exactly which transactions it has
+ *      AND we are missing some of those transactions
+ * - Bad peer:
+ *    - Is the peer which was unable to send us successful response N times in a row
+ * */
+export class BatchTxRequester {
+  private readonly blockTxsSource: BlockTxsSource;
+  private readonly pinnedPeer: PeerId | undefined;
+  private readonly timeoutMs: number;
+  private readonly p2pService: BatchTxRequesterLibP2PService;
+  private readonly logger: Logger;
+  private readonly dateProvider: DateProvider;
+  private readonly opts: BatchTxRequesterOptions;
+  private readonly peers: IPeerCollection;
+  private readonly txsMetadata: ITxMetadataCollection;
+  private readonly deadline: number;
+  private readonly smartRequesterSemaphore: ISemaphore;
+  private readonly txQueue: FifoMemoryQueue<Tx>;
+  private readonly txValidator: IBatchRequestTxValidator;
+  private readonly smartParallelWorkerCount: number;
+  private readonly dumbParallelWorkerCount: number;
+  private readonly txBatchSize: number;
+
+  constructor(
+    missingTxsTracker: IMissingTxsTracker,
+    blockTxsSource: BlockTxsSource,
+    pinnedPeer: PeerId | undefined,
+    timeoutMs: number,
+    p2pService: BatchTxRequesterLibP2PService,
+    logger?: Logger,
+    dateProvider?: DateProvider,
+    opts?: BatchTxRequesterOptions,
+  ) {
+    this.blockTxsSource = blockTxsSource;
+    this.pinnedPeer = pinnedPeer;
+    this.timeoutMs = timeoutMs;
+    this.p2pService = p2pService;
+    this.logger = logger ?? createLogger('p2p:reqresp_batch');
+    this.dateProvider = dateProvider ?? new DateProvider();
+    this.opts = opts ?? {};
+
+    this.smartParallelWorkerCount =
+      this.opts.smartParallelWorkerCount ?? DEFAULT_BATCH_TX_REQUESTER_SMART_PARALLEL_WORKER_COUNT;
+    this.dumbParallelWorkerCount =
+      this.opts.dumbParallelWorkerCount ?? DEFAULT_BATCH_TX_REQUESTER_DUMB_PARALLEL_WORKER_COUNT;
+    this.txBatchSize = this.opts.txBatchSize ?? DEFAULT_BATCH_TX_REQUESTER_TX_BATCH_SIZE;
+    this.deadline = this.dateProvider.now() + this.timeoutMs;
+    this.txQueue = new FifoMemoryQueue(this.logger);
+    this.txValidator = this.opts.txValidator ?? new BatchRequestTxValidator(this.p2pService.txValidatorConfig);
+
+    if (this.opts.peerCollection) {
+      this.peers = this.opts.peerCollection;
+    } else {
+      const initialPeers = this.p2pService.connectionSampler.getPeerListSortedByConnectionCountAsc();
+      const badPeerThreshold = this.opts.badPeerThreshold ?? DEFAULT_BATCH_TX_REQUESTER_BAD_PEER_THRESHOLD;
+      this.peers = new PeerCollection(
+        initialPeers,
+        this.pinnedPeer,
+        this.dateProvider,
+        badPeerThreshold,
+        this.p2pService.peerScoring,
+      );
+    }
+    this.txsMetadata = new MissingTxMetadataCollection(missingTxsTracker, this.txBatchSize);
+    this.smartRequesterSemaphore = this.opts.semaphore ?? new Semaphore(0);
+  }
+
+  /*
+   * Fetches all missing transactions and yields them  one by one
+   * */
+  public async *run(): AsyncGenerator<Tx, Tx | undefined, unknown> {
+    // Our timeout is represented in milliseconds but queue expects seconds
+    // We also want to make sure we wait at least 1 second in case of very low timeouts
+    const timeoutQueueAfter = Math.max(Math.ceil(this.timeoutMs / 1_000), 1);
+    try {
+      if (this.txsMetadata.getMissingTxHashes().size === 0) {
+        return undefined;
+      }
+
+      // Start workers in background
+      const workersPromise = executeTimeout(
+        () => Promise.allSettled([this.smartRequester(), this.dumbRequester(), this.pinnedPeerRequester()]),
+        this.timeoutMs,
+      ).finally(() => {
+        this.txQueue.end();
+      });
+
+      while (true) {
+        const tx = await this.txQueue.get(timeoutQueueAfter);
+
+        // null indicates that the queue has ended
+        if (tx === null) {
+          break;
+        }
+
+        yield tx;
+
+        if (this.shouldStop()) {
+          // Drain queue before ending
+          let remaining;
+          while ((remaining = this.txQueue.getImmediate()) !== undefined) {
+            yield remaining;
+          }
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+
+      this.unlockSmartRequesterSemaphores();
+      await workersPromise;
+    } catch (e: any) {
+      this.logger.error(`Batch tx requester failed with error: ${e.message}`, { error: e });
+    } finally {
+      this.txQueue.end();
+      this.unlockSmartRequesterSemaphores();
+    }
+  }
+
+  /*
+   * Fetches all missing transactions
+   * @returns Collection of fetched transactions */
+  public static async collectAllTxs(generator: AsyncGenerator<Tx, Tx | undefined, unknown>): Promise<Tx[]> {
+    const txs: Tx[] = [];
+    for await (const tx of generator) {
+      if (tx === undefined) {
+        break;
+      }
+      txs.push(tx);
+    }
+    return txs;
+  }
+
+  /*
+   * Handles so-called pinned peer
+   * The pinned peer is the one who sent us block proposal
+   * We expect pinned peer to have all transactions from the proposal at some point
+   * This holds because they them selves have to attest to proposal and thus fetch all missing transactions
+   *
+   * Given the reasoning above - we query pinned peer separately from dumb/smart peers
+   * */
+  private async pinnedPeerRequester() {
+    if (!this.pinnedPeer) {
+      this.logger.debug('No pinned peer to request from');
+      return;
+    }
+
+    while (!this.shouldStop()) {
+      // We've hit rate limits on the pinned peer - wait until rate limit expires (clamped to deadline)
+      const rateLimitDelay = this.peers.getPeerRateLimitDelayMs(this.pinnedPeer);
+      const pinnedPeerIsRateLimited = rateLimitDelay !== undefined;
+      if (pinnedPeerIsRateLimited) {
+        await this.sleepClampedToDeadline(rateLimitDelay);
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      const pinnedPeerWentBad = this.peers.getBadPeers().has(this.pinnedPeer.toString());
+      if (pinnedPeerWentBad) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      // From pinned peer we always request transactions so that we first request the least requested and not in flight
+      // This makes sense since pinned peer should have ALL transactions,
+      // Thus if it has all it is best to ask pinned first for the transactions we have trouble getting from other peers
+      const txs = this.txsMetadata.getTxsToRequestFromThePeer(this.pinnedPeer);
+      if (txs.length === 0) {
+        this.logger.debug(`Pinned peer ${this.pinnedPeer.toString()} has no txs to request`);
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const request = BlockTxsRequest.fromTxsSourceAndMissingTxs(this.blockTxsSource, txs);
+      if (!request) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      txs.forEach(tx => {
+        this.txsMetadata.markRequested(tx);
+        this.txsMetadata.markInFlightBySmartPeer(tx);
+      });
+
+      await this.requestTxBatch(this.pinnedPeer, request);
+
+      txs.forEach(tx => {
+        this.txsMetadata.markNotInFlightBySmartPeer(tx);
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  /*
+   * Starts dumb worker loops
+   * */
+  private async dumbRequester() {
+    const nextPeerIndex = this.makeRoundRobinIndexer();
+    const nextBatchIndex = this.makeRoundRobinIndexer();
+
+    // Chunk missing tx hashes into batches of txBatchSize, wrapping around to ensure no peer gets less than txBatchSize
+    const txChunks = () => {
+      const missingHashes = Array.from(this.txsMetadata.getMissingTxHashes());
+      return chunkWrapAround(missingHashes, this.txBatchSize);
+    };
+
+    const makeRequest = (_pid: PeerId) => {
+      const chunks = txChunks();
+      const idx = nextBatchIndex(() => chunks.length);
+      const noMoreTxsToRequest = idx === undefined;
+      if (noMoreTxsToRequest) {
+        return undefined;
+      }
+
+      const txs = chunks[idx].map(t => TxHash.fromString(t));
+
+      // If peer is dumb peer, we don't know yet if they received full blockProposal
+      // there is solid chance that peer didn't receive proposal yet, thus we must send full hashes
+      const includeFullHashesInRequestNotJustIndices = true;
+      const blockRequest = BlockTxsRequest.fromTxsSourceAndMissingTxs(
+        this.blockTxsSource,
+        txs,
+        includeFullHashesInRequestNotJustIndices,
+      );
+      const blockRequestHasNoMissingTxsFromTheProposal = !blockRequest;
+
+      if (blockRequestHasNoMissingTxsFromTheProposal) {
+        return undefined;
+      }
+
+      return { blockRequest, txs };
+    };
+
+    const nextPeer = () => {
+      const peers = this.peers.getDumbPeersToQuery();
+      const idx = nextPeerIndex(() => peers.length);
+      return idx === undefined ? undefined : peerIdFromString(peers[idx]);
+    };
+
+    const workerCount = Math.min(this.dumbParallelWorkerCount, this.peers.getAllPeers().size);
+    const workers = Array.from({ length: workerCount }, (_, index) =>
+      this.dumbWorkerLoop(nextPeer, makeRequest, index + 1),
+    );
+
+    await Promise.allSettled(workers);
+  }
+
+  /*
+   * Dumb worker loop.
+   * It fetches next available dumb peer and builds request for that peer
+   * Loops until shouldStop condition is not met or there are no more dubm peers to query
+   *   This can happen if e.g. all "dumb" peers transition to "smart" or e.g. become "bad"
+   * */
+  private async dumbWorkerLoop(
+    pickNextPeer: () => PeerId | undefined,
+    request: (pid: PeerId) => { blockRequest: BlockTxsRequest; txs: TxHash[] } | undefined,
+    workerIndex: number,
+  ) {
+    try {
+      this.logger.debug(`Dumb worker ${workerIndex} started`);
+      while (!this.shouldStop()) {
+        const peerId = pickNextPeer();
+        const weRanOutOfPeersToQuery = peerId === undefined;
+        if (weRanOutOfPeersToQuery) {
+          const nextDumbPeerDelay = this.peers.getNextDumbPeerAvailabilityDelayMs();
+          const thereAreSomeRateLimitedDumbPeers = nextDumbPeerDelay !== undefined;
+          if (thereAreSomeRateLimitedDumbPeers) {
+            // There are still some dumb peers to query but they have been rate limited
+            // Sleep until the earliest one gets unblocked (clamped to deadline)
+            await this.sleepClampedToDeadline(nextDumbPeerDelay);
+            continue;
+          }
+
+          this.logger.debug(`Worker loop dumb: No more peers to query`);
+          break;
+        }
+
+        const nextBatchTxRequest = request(peerId);
+        if (!nextBatchTxRequest) {
+          this.logger.debug(`Worker loop dumb: no txs to request, exiting`);
+          break;
+        }
+
+        const { blockRequest, txs } = nextBatchTxRequest;
+
+        this.logger.debug(
+          `Worker type dumb: Requesting txs from peer ${peerId.toString()}: ${txs.map(tx => tx.toString()).join(', ')}`,
+        );
+
+        await this.requestTxBatch(peerId, blockRequest);
+      }
+    } catch (err: any) {
+      this.logger.error(`Dumb worker ${workerIndex} encountered an error: ${err}`);
+    } finally {
+      this.logger.debug(`Dumb worker ${workerIndex} finished`);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /*
+   * Starts smart worker loops
+   * */
+  private async smartRequester() {
+    const nextPeerIndex = this.makeRoundRobinIndexer();
+
+    const nextPeer = () => {
+      const peers = this.peers.getSmartPeersToQuery();
+      const idx = nextPeerIndex(() => peers.length);
+      return idx === undefined ? undefined : peerIdFromString(peers[idx]);
+    };
+
+    const makeRequest = (pid: PeerId) => {
+      const txs = this.txsMetadata.getTxsToRequestFromThePeer(pid);
+      const blockRequest = BlockTxsRequest.fromTxsSourceAndMissingTxs(this.blockTxsSource, txs);
+      if (!blockRequest) {
+        return undefined;
+      }
+
+      return { blockRequest, txs };
+    };
+
+    const workers = Array.from(
+      { length: Math.min(this.smartParallelWorkerCount, this.peers.getAllPeers().size) },
+      (_, index) => this.smartWorkerLoop(nextPeer, makeRequest, index + 1),
+    );
+
+    await Promise.allSettled(workers);
+  }
+
+  /*
+   * Smart worker loop.
+   * It fetches next available smart peer and builds request for that peer
+   * Loops until shouldStop condition is not met
+   *
+   * Notes:
+   * - We don't start worker loop immediately, but block on semaphore
+   *   until some dumb peer transactions to smart peer
+   * - We might run out of smart peers, because:
+   *    - they "went bad"
+   *    - there are less smart peers than worker loops
+   *   In such scenario we either wait for next dumb peer to become smart or kill the worker loop
+   * */
+  private async smartWorkerLoop(
+    pickNextPeer: () => PeerId | undefined,
+    request: (pid: PeerId) => { blockRequest: BlockTxsRequest; txs: TxHash[] } | undefined,
+    workerIndex: number,
+  ) {
+    try {
+      this.logger.trace(`Smart worker ${workerIndex} started`);
+      await executeTimeout((_: AbortSignal) => this.smartRequesterSemaphore.acquire(), this.timeoutMs);
+      this.logger.trace(`Smart worker ${workerIndex} acquired semaphore`);
+
+      while (!this.shouldStop()) {
+        const peerId = pickNextPeer();
+        const weRanOutOfPeersToQuery = peerId === undefined;
+        if (weRanOutOfPeersToQuery) {
+          this.logger.debug(`Worker loop smart: No more peers to query`);
+
+          // If there are no more dumb peers to query then none of our peers can become smart,
+          // thus we can simply exit this worker
+          const noMoreDumbPeersToQuery = this.peers.getDumbPeersToQuery().length === 0;
+          if (noMoreDumbPeersToQuery) {
+            // These might be either smart peers that will get unblocked after _some time_
+            const nextSmartPeerDelay = this.peers.getNextSmartPeerAvailabilityDelayMs();
+            const thereAreSomeRateLimitedSmartPeers = nextSmartPeerDelay !== undefined;
+            if (thereAreSomeRateLimitedSmartPeers) {
+              await this.sleepClampedToDeadline(nextSmartPeerDelay);
+              continue;
+            }
+
+            this.logger.debug(`Worker loop smart: No more smart peers to query killing ${workerIndex}`);
+            break;
+          }
+
+          // Otherwise there are still some dumb peers that could become smart.
+          // We end up here when all known smart peers became temporarily unavailable via combination of
+          // (bad, in-flight, or rate-limited) or in some weird scenario all current smart peers turn bad which is permanent
+          // but dumb peers still exist that could become smart.
+          //
+          // When a dumb peer responds with valid txIndices, it gets
+          // promoted to smart and releases the semaphore, waking this worker.
+          await executeTimeout((_: AbortSignal) => this.smartRequesterSemaphore.acquire(), this.timeoutMs);
+          this.logger.debug(`Worker loop smart: acquired next smart peer`);
+          continue;
+        }
+
+        const nextBatchTxRequest = request(peerId);
+        if (!nextBatchTxRequest) {
+          this.logger.debug(`Worker loop smart: no txs to request, exiting`);
+          break;
+        }
+
+        const { blockRequest, txs } = nextBatchTxRequest;
+
+        // We only mark transactions as in flight if queried by Smart peer
+        // Because asking them from dumb peer is shot in the dark (there is a good chance they won't have it)
+        // So we don't gain anything if we mark txs in-flight for dumb peers
+        txs.forEach(tx => {
+          this.txsMetadata.markRequested(tx);
+          this.txsMetadata.markInFlightBySmartPeer(tx);
+        });
+
+        await this.requestTxBatch(peerId, blockRequest);
+        txs.forEach(tx => {
+          this.txsMetadata.markNotInFlightBySmartPeer(tx);
+        });
+      }
+    } catch (err: any) {
+      if (err instanceof TimeoutError) {
+        this.logger.debug(`Smart worker ${workerIndex} timed out waiting for semaphore`);
+      } else {
+        this.logger.error(`Smart worker ${workerIndex} encountered an error: ${err}`);
+      }
+    } finally {
+      this.logger.debug(`Smart worker ${workerIndex} finished`);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /*
+   * Sends actual request to the peer and handles response
+   *
+   * @param peerId - the peer to send request to
+   * @param request - the actual request
+   */
+  private async requestTxBatch(peerId: PeerId, request: BlockTxsRequest): Promise<void> {
+    try {
+      this.peers.markPeerInFlight(peerId);
+      const response = await this.p2pService.reqResp.sendRequestToPeer(
+        peerId,
+        ReqRespSubProtocol.BLOCK_TXS,
+        request.toBuffer(),
+      );
+      if (response.status !== ReqRespStatus.SUCCESS) {
+        this.logger.debug(`Peer ${peerId.toString()} failed to respond with status: ${response.status}`);
+        this.handleFailResponseFromPeer(peerId, response.status);
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const blockResponse = BlockTxsResponse.fromBuffer(response.data);
+      await this.handleSuccessResponseFromPeer(peerId, blockResponse);
+    } catch (err: any) {
+      this.logger.error(`Failed to get valid response from peer ${peerId.toString()}: ${err.message}`, {
+        peerId,
+        error: err,
+      });
+
+      this.handleFailResponseFromPeer(peerId, ReqRespStatus.UNKNOWN);
+    } finally {
+      this.peers.unMarkPeerInFlight(peerId);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /*
+   * Handles failed response form the peer
+   * There are 3 scenarios
+   * - RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED: We mark this and don't query this peer again for some_time
+   * - FAILURE and UNKNOWN: We penalise this, if peer has been penalised this way N times they are not queried again
+   *   this implies we will query these peers couple of more times and give them a chance to "redeem" themselves before completely ignoring them
+   */
+  private handleFailResponseFromPeer(peerId: PeerId, responseStatus: ReqRespStatus) {
+    //TODO: Should we ban these peers?
+    if (responseStatus === ReqRespStatus.FAILURE || responseStatus === ReqRespStatus.UNKNOWN) {
+      this.peers.penalisePeer(peerId, PeerErrorSeverity.HighToleranceError);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (responseStatus === ReqRespStatus.RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED) {
+      this.peers.markPeerRateLimitExceeded(peerId);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /*
+   * Handles successful response form the peer, this includes
+   * - Handling received transactions
+   * - Deciding if the peer is "smart" or not
+   * */
+  private async handleSuccessResponseFromPeer(peerId: PeerId, response: BlockTxsResponse) {
+    this.logger.debug(`Received txs: ${response.txs.length} from peer ${peerId.toString()} `);
+    await this.handleReceivedTxs(peerId, response.txs);
+
+    this.decideIfPeerIsSmart(peerId, response);
+  }
+
+  /*
+   * Handles received txs.
+   * Transactions are validated and then put on async queue
+   * to be yielded by main running loop
+   * */
+  private async handleReceivedTxs(peerId: PeerId, txs: TxArray) {
+    const newTxs = txs.filter(tx => !this.txsMetadata.alreadyFetched(tx.txHash));
+
+    if (newTxs.length === 0) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    //TODO: this validation can be slow, maybe spawn worker just for validation
+    // We could use the async queue for communication.
+    const validationResults = await Promise.allSettled(
+      newTxs.map(async tx => ({
+        tx,
+        isValid: (await this.txValidator.validateRequestedTx(tx)).result === 'valid',
+      })),
+    );
+
+    let hasInvalidTx = false;
+    validationResults.forEach(result => {
+      if (result.status === 'fulfilled' && result.value.isValid) {
+        if (this.txsMetadata.markFetched(peerId, result.value.tx)) {
+          this.txQueue.put(result.value.tx);
+        }
+      } else {
+        hasInvalidTx = true;
+      }
+    });
+
+    if (hasInvalidTx) {
+      this.peers.penalisePeer(peerId, PeerErrorSeverity.LowToleranceError);
+    } else {
+      // If we have received successful response from the peer, they have "redeemed" themselves and not considered bad anymore
+      this.peers.unMarkPeerAsBad(peerId);
+    }
+
+    const missingTxHashes = this.txsMetadata.getMissingTxHashes();
+    if (missingTxHashes.size === 0) {
+      // wake sleepers so they can see shouldStop() and exit before waiting on timeout
+      this.unlockSmartRequesterSemaphores();
+    } else {
+      this.logger.trace(
+        `Missing txs: ${Array.from(this.txsMetadata.getMissingTxHashes())
+          .map(tx => tx.toString())
+          .join(', ')}`,
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
+  /*
+   * Peer is smart if:
+   * - They are not pinned peer
+   * - They have sent successful response indicating which txs from Block proposal they have
+   * - They have transactions we are missing
+   */
+  private decideIfPeerIsSmart(peerId: PeerId, response: BlockTxsResponse) {
+    const pinnedPeerShouldNeverBeMarkedAsSmart = this.pinnedPeer && peerId.toString() === this.pinnedPeer.toString();
+    if (pinnedPeerShouldNeverBeMarkedAsSmart) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const smartPeersAreDisabled = this.smartParallelWorkerCount === 0;
+    if (smartPeersAreDisabled) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // If block response is invalid we still want to query this peer in the future
+    // Because they sent successful response, so they might become smart peer in the future
+    // Or send us needed txs
+    if (!this.isBlockResponseValid(response)) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // We mark peer as "smart" only if they have some txs we are missing
+    // Otherwise we keep them as "dumb" in hope they'll receive some new txs we are missing in the future
+    if (!this.peerHasSomeTxsWeAreMissing(peerId, response)) {
+      this.logger.debug(`${peerId.toString()} has no txs we are missing, skipping`);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    this.peers.markPeerSmart(peerId);
+    this.markTxsPeerHas(peerId, response);
+
+    // Unblock smart workers
+    if (this.peers.getSmartPeersToQuery().length <= this.smartParallelWorkerCount) {
+      this.smartRequesterSemaphore.release();
+    }
+  }
+
+  private isBlockResponseValid(response: BlockTxsResponse): boolean {
+    const archiveRootsMatch = this.blockTxsSource.archive.toString() === response.archiveRoot.toString();
+    const peerHasSomeTxsFromProposal = !response.txIndices.isEmpty();
+    return archiveRootsMatch && peerHasSomeTxsFromProposal;
+  }
+
+  private peerHasSomeTxsWeAreMissing(_peerId: PeerId, response: BlockTxsResponse): boolean {
+    const txsPeerHas = new Set(this.extractHashesPeerHasFromResponse(response).map(h => h.toString()));
+    return this.txsMetadata.getMissingTxHashes().intersection(txsPeerHas).size > 0;
+  }
+
+  private markTxsPeerHas(peerId: PeerId, response: BlockTxsResponse) {
+    const txsPeerHas = this.extractHashesPeerHasFromResponse(response);
+    this.logger.debug(`${peerId.toString()} has txs: ${txsPeerHas.map(tx => tx.toString()).join(', ')}`);
+    this.txsMetadata.markPeerHas(peerId, txsPeerHas);
+  }
+
+  private extractHashesPeerHasFromResponse(response: BlockTxsResponse): Array<TxHash> {
+    const hashes: TxHash[] = [];
+    const indicesOfHashesPeerHas = new Set(response.txIndices.getTrueIndices());
+    this.blockTxsSource.txHashes.forEach((hash, idx) => {
+      if (indicesOfHashesPeerHas.has(idx)) {
+        hashes.push(hash);
+      }
+    });
+
+    return hashes;
+  }
+
+  /*
+   * Helper function to crate round robin indexer -
+   * i.e. the "thing" which returns next index/number in round robin fashion
+   **/
+  private makeRoundRobinIndexer(start = 0) {
+    let i = start;
+    /*
+     * Function to calculate next round-robin number
+     * Idea is that we pass in an array size and based on it and previous state we call next
+     * Array size can change between calls thus it is passed as function
+     *
+     * @returns next index or undefined if size is 0
+     */
+    return (size: () => number) => {
+      const length = size();
+      if (length === 0) {
+        return undefined;
+      }
+
+      const current = i % length;
+      i = (current + 1) % length;
+      return current;
+    };
+  }
+
+  /*
+   * @returns true if all missing txs have been fetched */
+  private fetchedAllTxs() {
+    return this.txsMetadata.getMissingTxHashes().size == 0;
+  }
+
+  /*
+   * Checks if the BatchTxRequester should stop fetching missing txs
+   * Conditions for stopping are:
+   * - There have been no missing transactions to start with
+   * - All transactions have been fetched
+   * - The deadline has been hit (no more time to fetch)
+   * - This process has been cancelled via abortSignal
+   *
+   * @returns true if BatchTxRequester should stop, otherwise false*/
+  private shouldStop() {
+    const aborted = this.opts.abortSignal?.aborted ?? false;
+    if (aborted) {
+      this.unlockSmartRequesterSemaphores();
+    }
+
+    return aborted || this.fetchedAllTxs() || this.dateProvider.now() > this.deadline;
+  }
+
+  /*
+   * Helper function which unlocks all smart requester semaphores
+   * @note This is needed otherwise they will block forever
+   * */
+  private unlockSmartRequesterSemaphores() {
+    for (let i = 0; i < this.smartParallelWorkerCount; i++) {
+      this.smartRequesterSemaphore.release();
+    }
+  }
+
+  /*
+   * Sleeps for the given duration, but clamped to the deadline.
+   * This ensures we don't sleep past the deadline.
+   * */
+  private async sleepClampedToDeadline(durationMs: number) {
+    const remaining = this.deadline - this.dateProvider.now();
+    const thereIsTimeRemaining = remaining > 0;
+    if (thereIsTimeRemaining) {
+      await sleep(Math.min(durationMs, remaining));
+    }
+  }
+}