@devtion/backend 0.0.0-92056fa → 0.0.0-9239207

package/dist/src/functions/index.mjs

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /**
- * @module @devtion/backend
- * @version 1.0.6
+ * @module @p0tion/backend
+ * @version 1.2.4
  * @file MPC Phase 2 backend for Firebase services management
  * @copyright Ethereum Foundation 2022
  * @license MIT
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 import admin from 'firebase-admin';
 import * as functions from 'firebase-functions';
 import dotenv from 'dotenv';
-import { getCircuitsCollectionPath, getTimeoutsCollectionPath, commonTerms, finalContributionIndex, getContributionsCollectionPath, githubReputation, getBucketName, vmBootstrapCommand, vmDependenciesAndCacheArtifactsCommand, vmBootstrapScriptFilename, computeDiskSizeForVM, createEC2Instance, getParticipantsCollectionPath, terminateEC2Instance, formatZkeyIndex, getTranscriptStorageFilePath, getZkeyStorageFilePath, startEC2Instance, vmContributionVerificationCommand, runCommandUsingSSM, getPotStorageFilePath, genesisZkeyIndex, createCustomLoggerForFile, blake512FromPath, getVerificationKeyStorageFilePath, getVerifierContractStorageFilePath, computeSHA256ToHex, retrieveCommandStatus, checkIfRunning, retrieveCommandOutput, stopEC2Instance, verificationKeyAcronym, verifierSmartContractAcronym } from '@devtion/actions';
+import { getCircuitsCollectionPath, getTimeoutsCollectionPath, commonTerms, finalContributionIndex, getContributionsCollectionPath, githubReputation, getBucketName, vmBootstrapCommand, vmDependenciesAndCacheArtifactsCommand, vmBootstrapScriptFilename, computeDiskSizeForVM, createEC2Instance, getParticipantsCollectionPath, terminateEC2Instance, formatZkeyIndex, getTranscriptStorageFilePath, getZkeyStorageFilePath, retrieveCommandOutput, blake512FromPath, stopEC2Instance, startEC2Instance, vmContributionVerificationCommand, runCommandUsingSSM, getPotStorageFilePath, genesisZkeyIndex, createCustomLoggerForFile, getVerificationKeyStorageFilePath, getVerifierContractStorageFilePath, computeSHA256ToHex, checkIfRunning, verificationKeyAcronym, verifierSmartContractAcronym, retrieveCommandStatus } from '@p0tion/actions';
 import { encode } from 'html-entities';
 import { Timestamp, FieldValue } from 'firebase-admin/firestore';
 import { S3Client, GetObjectCommand, PutObjectCommand, DeleteObjectCommand, HeadBucketCommand, CreateBucketCommand, PutPublicAccessBlockCommand, PutBucketCorsCommand, HeadObjectCommand, CreateMultipartUploadCommand, UploadPartCommand, CompleteMultipartUploadCommand } from '@aws-sdk/client-s3';
@@ -19,16 +19,19 @@ import { pipeline } from 'node:stream';
 import { promisify } from 'node:util';
 import fs, { readFileSync } from 'fs';
 import mime from 'mime-types';
-import { setTimeout } from 'timers/promises';
+import { setTimeout as setTimeout$1 } from 'timers/promises';
 import fetch from '@adobe/node-fetch-retry';
 import path from 'path';
 import os from 'os';
 import { SSMClient, CommandInvocationStatus } from '@aws-sdk/client-ssm';
 import { EC2Client } from '@aws-sdk/client-ec2';
+import ethers from 'ethers';
 import * as functionsV1 from 'firebase-functions/v1';
 import * as functionsV2 from 'firebase-functions/v2';
 import { Timer } from 'timer-node';
-import { zKey } from 'snarkjs';
+import { zKey, groth16 } from 'snarkjs';
+import { ApiSdk } from '@bandada/api-sdk';
+import { getAuth } from 'firebase-admin/auth';
 
 /**
  * Log levels.
@@ -49,7 +52,7 @@ var LogLevel;
  * @notice the set of Firebase Functions status codes. The codes are the same at the
  * ones exposed by {@link https://github.com/grpc/grpc/blob/master/doc/statuscodes.md | gRPC}.
  * @param errorCode <FunctionsErrorCode> - the set of possible error codes.
- * @param message <string> - the error messge.
+ * @param message <string> - the error message.
  * @param [details] <string> - the details of the error (optional).
  * @returns <HttpsError>
  */
@@ -121,7 +124,8 @@ const SPECIFIC_ERRORS = {
     SE_VM_FAILED_COMMAND_EXECUTION: makeError("failed-precondition", "VM command execution failed", "Please, contact the coordinator if this error persists."),
     SE_VM_TIMEDOUT_COMMAND_EXECUTION: makeError("deadline-exceeded", "VM command execution took too long and has been timed-out", "Please, contact the coordinator if this error persists."),
     SE_VM_CANCELLED_COMMAND_EXECUTION: makeError("cancelled", "VM command execution has been cancelled", "Please, contact the coordinator if this error persists."),
-    SE_VM_DELAYED_COMMAND_EXECUTION: makeError("unavailable", "VM command execution has been delayed since there were no available instance at the moment", "Please, contact the coordinator if this error persists.")
+    SE_VM_DELAYED_COMMAND_EXECUTION: makeError("unavailable", "VM command execution has been delayed since there were no available instance at the moment", "Please, contact the coordinator if this error persists."),
+    SE_VM_UNKNOWN_COMMAND_STATUS: makeError("unavailable", "VM command execution has failed due to an unknown status code", "Please, contact the coordinator if this error persists.")
 };
 /**
  * A set of common errors.
@@ -140,6 +144,8 @@ const COMMON_ERRORS = {
     CM_INVALID_COMMAND_EXECUTION: makeError("unknown", "There was an error while executing the command on the VM", "Please, contact the coordinator if the error persists.")
 };
 
+dotenv.config();
+let provider;
 /**
  * Return a configured and connected instance of the AWS S3 client.
  * @dev this method check and utilize the environment variables to configure the connection
@@ -162,6 +168,36 @@ const getS3Client = async () => {
         region: process.env.AWS_REGION
     });
 };
+/**
+ * Returns a Prvider, connected via a configured JSON URL or else
+ * the ethers.js default provider, using configured API keys.
+ * @returns <ethers.providers.Provider> An Eth node provider
+ */
+const setEthProvider = () => {
+    if (provider)
+        return provider;
+    console.log(`setting new provider`);
+    // Use JSON URL if defined
+    // if ((hardhat as any).ethers) {
+    //     console.log(`using hardhat.ethers provider`)
+    //     provider = (hardhat as any).ethers.provider
+    // } else
+    if (process.env.ETH_PROVIDER_JSON_URL) {
+        console.log(`JSON URL provider at ${process.env.ETH_PROVIDER_JSON_URL}`);
+        provider = new ethers.providers.JsonRpcProvider({
+            url: process.env.ETH_PROVIDER_JSON_URL,
+            skipFetchSetup: true
+        });
+    }
+    else {
+        // Otherwise, connect the default provider with ALchemy, Infura, or both
+        provider = ethers.providers.getDefaultProvider("homestead", {
+            alchemy: process.env.ETH_PROVIDER_ALCHEMY_API_KEY,
+            infura: process.env.ETH_PROVIDER_INFURA_API_KEY
+        });
+    }
+    return provider;
+};
 
 dotenv.config();
 /**
@@ -191,7 +227,7 @@ const getCurrentServerTimestampInMillis = () => Timestamp.now().toMillis();
  * Interrupt the current execution for a specified amount of time.
  * @param ms <number> - the amount of time expressed in milliseconds.
  */
-const sleep = async (ms) => setTimeout(ms);
+const sleep = async (ms) => setTimeout$1(ms);
 /**
  * Query for ceremony circuits.
  * @notice the order by sequence position is fundamental to maintain parallelism among contributions for different circuits.
@@ -264,7 +300,7 @@ const queryOpenedCeremonies = async () => {
 const getCircuitDocumentByPosition = async (ceremonyId, sequencePosition) => {
     // Query for all ceremony circuits.
     const circuits = await getCeremonyCircuits(ceremonyId);
-    // Apply a filter using the sequence postion.
+    // Apply a filter using the sequence position.
     const matchedCircuits = circuits.filter((circuit) => circuit.data().sequencePosition === sequencePosition);
     if (matchedCircuits.length !== 1)
         logAndThrowError(COMMON_ERRORS.CM_NO_CIRCUIT_FOR_GIVEN_SEQUENCE_POSITION);
@@ -305,7 +341,7 @@ const downloadArtifactFromS3Bucket = async (bucketName, objectKey, localFilePath
     const writeStream = createWriteStream(localFilePath);
     const streamPipeline = promisify(pipeline);
     await streamPipeline(response.body, writeStream);
-    writeStream.on('finish', () => {
+    writeStream.on("finish", () => {
         writeStream.end();
     });
 };
@@ -429,12 +465,14 @@ const htmlEncodeCircuitData = (circuitDocument) => ({
 const getGitHubVariables = () => {
     if (!process.env.GITHUB_MINIMUM_FOLLOWERS ||
         !process.env.GITHUB_MINIMUM_FOLLOWING ||
-        !process.env.GITHUB_MINIMUM_PUBLIC_REPOS)
+        !process.env.GITHUB_MINIMUM_PUBLIC_REPOS ||
+        !process.env.GITHUB_MINIMUM_AGE)
         logAndThrowError(COMMON_ERRORS.CM_WRONG_CONFIGURATION);
     return {
         minimumFollowers: Number(process.env.GITHUB_MINIMUM_FOLLOWERS),
         minimumFollowing: Number(process.env.GITHUB_MINIMUM_FOLLOWING),
-        minimumPublicRepos: Number(process.env.GITHUB_MINIMUM_PUBLIC_REPOS)
+        minimumPublicRepos: Number(process.env.GITHUB_MINIMUM_PUBLIC_REPOS),
+        minimumAge: Number(process.env.GITHUB_MINIMUM_AGE)
     };
 };
 /**
@@ -444,7 +482,7 @@ const getGitHubVariables = () => {
 const getAWSVariables = () => {
     if (!process.env.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID ||
         !process.env.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY ||
-        !process.env.AWS_ROLE_ARN ||
+        !process.env.AWS_INSTANCE_PROFILE_ARN ||
         !process.env.AWS_AMI_ID ||
         !process.env.AWS_SNS_TOPIC_ARN)
         logAndThrowError(COMMON_ERRORS.CM_WRONG_CONFIGURATION);
@@ -452,7 +490,7 @@ const getAWSVariables = () => {
         accessKeyId: process.env.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID,
         secretAccessKey: process.env.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY,
         region: process.env.AWS_REGION || "eu-central-1",
-        roleArn: process.env.AWS_ROLE_ARN,
+        instanceProfileArn: process.env.AWS_INSTANCE_PROFILE_ARN,
         amiId: process.env.AWS_AMI_ID,
         snsTopic: process.env.AWS_SNS_TOPIC_ARN
     };
@@ -498,7 +536,7 @@ dotenv.config();
 const registerAuthUser = functions
     .region("europe-west1")
     .runWith({
-    memory: "512MB"
+    memory: "1GB"
 })
     .auth.user()
     .onCreate(async (user) => {
@@ -530,16 +568,18 @@ const registerAuthUser = functions
         email === process.env.CUSTOM_CLAIMS_COORDINATOR_EMAIL_ADDRESS_OR_DOMAIN)) {
         const auth = admin.auth();
         // if provider == github.com let's use our functions to check the user's reputation
-        if (user.providerData[0].providerId === "github.com") {
+        if (user.providerData.length > 0 && user.providerData[0].providerId === "github.com") {
             const vars = getGitHubVariables();
             // this return true or false
             try {
-                const { reputable, avatarUrl: avatarURL } = await githubReputation(user.providerData[0].uid, vars.minimumFollowing, vars.minimumFollowers, vars.minimumPublicRepos);
+                const { reputable, avatarUrl: avatarURL } = await githubReputation(user.providerData[0].uid, vars.minimumFollowing, vars.minimumFollowers, vars.minimumPublicRepos, vars.minimumAge);
                 if (!reputable) {
                     // Delete user
                     await auth.deleteUser(user.uid);
                     // Throw error
-                    logAndThrowError(makeError("permission-denied", "The user is not allowed to sign up because their Github reputation is not high enough.", `The user ${user.displayName === "Null" || user.displayName === null ? user.uid : user.displayName} is not allowed to sign up because their Github reputation is not high enough. Please contact the administrator if you think this is a mistake.`));
+                    logAndThrowError(makeError("permission-denied", "The user is not allowed to sign up because their Github reputation is not high enough.", `The user ${user.displayName === "Null" || user.displayName === null
+                        ? user.uid
+                        : user.displayName} is not allowed to sign up because their Github reputation is not high enough. Please contact the administrator if you think this is a mistake.`));
                 }
                 // store locally
                 avatarUrl = avatarURL;
@@ -554,13 +594,13 @@ const registerAuthUser = functions
     }
     // Set document (nb. we refer to providerData[0] because we use Github OAuth provider only).
     // In future releases we might want to loop through the providerData array as we support
-    // more providers. 
+    // more providers.
     await userRef.set({
         name: encodedDisplayName,
         encodedDisplayName,
         // Metadata.
         creationTime,
-        lastSignInTime,
+        lastSignInTime: lastSignInTime || creationTime,
         // Optional.
         email: email || "",
         emailVerified: emailVerified || false,
@@ -570,7 +610,7 @@ const registerAuthUser = functions
     // we want to create a new collection for the users to store the avatars
     const avatarRef = firestore.collection(commonTerms.collections.avatars.name).doc(uid);
     await avatarRef.set({
-        avatarUrl: avatarUrl || "",
+        avatarUrl: avatarUrl || ""
     });
     printLog(`Authenticated user document with identifier ${uid} has been correctly stored`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
     printLog(`Authenticated user avatar with identifier ${uid} has been correctly stored`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
@@ -583,7 +623,7 @@ const registerAuthUser = functions
 const processSignUpWithCustomClaims = functions
     .region("europe-west1")
     .runWith({
-    memory: "512MB"
+    memory: "1GB"
 })
     .auth.user()
     .onCreate(async (user) => {
@@ -624,7 +664,7 @@ dotenv.config();
 const startCeremony = functions
     .region("europe-west1")
     .runWith({
-    memory: "512MB"
+    memory: "1GB"
 })
     .pubsub.schedule(`every 30 minutes`)
     .onRun(async () => {
@@ -646,7 +686,7 @@ const startCeremony = functions
 const stopCeremony = functions
     .region("europe-west1")
     .runWith({
-    memory: "512MB"
+    memory: "1GB"
 })
     .pubsub.schedule(`every 30 minutes`)
     .onRun(async () => {
@@ -668,7 +708,7 @@ const stopCeremony = functions
 const setupCeremony = functions
     .region("europe-west1")
     .runWith({
-    memory: "512MB"
+    memory: "1GB"
 })
     .https.onCall(async (data, context) => {
     // Check if the user has the coordinator claim.
@@ -710,7 +750,7 @@ const setupCeremony = functions
         // Check if using the VM approach for contribution verification.
         if (circuit.verification.cfOrVm === "VM" /* CircuitContributionVerificationMechanism.VM */) {
             // VM command to be run at the startup.
-            const startupCommand = vmBootstrapCommand(bucketName);
+            const startupCommand = vmBootstrapCommand(`${bucketName}/circuits/${circuit.name}`);
             // Get EC2 client.
             const ec2Client = await createEC2Client();
             // Get AWS variables.
@@ -719,7 +759,8 @@ const setupCeremony = functions
             const vmCommands = vmDependenciesAndCacheArtifactsCommand(`${bucketName}/${circuit.files?.initialZkeyStoragePath}`, `${bucketName}/${circuit.files?.potStoragePath}`, snsTopic, region);
             printLog(`Check VM dependencies and cache artifacts commands ${vmCommands.join("\n")}`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
             // Upload the post-startup commands script file.
-            await uploadFileToBucketNoFile(bucketName, vmBootstrapScriptFilename, vmCommands.join("\n"));
+            printLog(`Uploading VM post-startup commands script file ${vmBootstrapScriptFilename}`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
+            await uploadFileToBucketNoFile(bucketName, `circuits/${circuit.name}/${vmBootstrapScriptFilename}`, vmCommands.join("\n"));
             // Compute the VM disk space requirement (in GB).
             const vmDiskSize = computeDiskSizeForVM(circuit.zKeySizeInBytes, circuit.metadata?.pot);
             printLog(`Check VM startup commands ${startupCommand.join("\n")}`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
@@ -792,7 +833,7 @@ const initEmptyWaitingQueueForCircuit = functions
 const finalizeCeremony = functions
     .region("europe-west1")
     .runWith({
-    memory: "512MB"
+    memory: "1GB"
 })
     .https.onCall(async (data, context) => {
     if (!context.auth || !context.auth.token.coordinator)
@@ -813,7 +854,7 @@ const finalizeCeremony = functions
     // Get ceremony circuits.
     const circuits = await getCeremonyCircuits(ceremonyId);
     // Get final contribution for each circuit.
-    // nb. the `getFinalContributionDocument` checks the existance of the final contribution document (if not present, throws).
+    // nb. the `getFinalContributionDocument` checks the existence of the final contribution document (if not present, throws).
     // Therefore, we just need to call the method without taking any data to verify the pre-condition of having already computed
     // the final contributions for each ceremony circuit.
     for await (const circuit of circuits)
@@ -866,9 +907,9 @@ dotenv.config();
  * @dev true when the participant can participate (1.A, 3.B, 1.D); otherwise false.
  */
 const checkParticipantForCeremony = functions
-    .region('europe-west1')
+    .region("europe-west1")
     .runWith({
-    memory: "512MB"
+    memory: "1GB"
 })
     .https.onCall(async (data, context) => {
     if (!context.auth || (!context.auth.token.participant && !context.auth.token.coordinator))
@@ -937,7 +978,7 @@ const checkParticipantForCeremony = functions
             participantDoc.ref.update({
                 status: "EXHUMED" /* ParticipantStatus.EXHUMED */,
                 contributions,
-                tempContributionData: tempContributionData ? tempContributionData : FieldValue.delete(),
+                tempContributionData: tempContributionData || FieldValue.delete(),
                 contributionStep: "DOWNLOADING" /* ParticipantContributionStep.DOWNLOADING */,
                 contributionStartedAt: 0,
                 verificationStartedAt: FieldValue.delete(),
@@ -970,9 +1011,9 @@ const checkParticipantForCeremony = functions
  * 2) the participant has just finished the contribution for a circuit (contributionProgress != 0 && status = CONTRIBUTED && contributionStep = COMPLETED).
  */
 const progressToNextCircuitForContribution = functions
-    .region('europe-west1')
+    .region("europe-west1")
     .runWith({
-    memory: "512MB"
+    memory: "1GB"
 })
     .https.onCall(async (data, context) => {
     if (!context.auth || (!context.auth.token.participant && !context.auth.token.coordinator))
@@ -1017,9 +1058,9 @@ const progressToNextCircuitForContribution = functions
  * 5) Completed contribution computation and verification.
  */
 const progressToNextContributionStep = functions
-    .region('europe-west1')
+    .region("europe-west1")
     .runWith({
-    memory: "512MB"
+    memory: "1GB"
 })
     .https.onCall(async (data, context) => {
     if (!context.auth || (!context.auth.token.participant && !context.auth.token.coordinator))
@@ -1068,9 +1109,9 @@ const progressToNextContributionStep = functions
  * @dev enable the current contributor to resume a contribution from where it had left off.
  */
 const permanentlyStoreCurrentContributionTimeAndHash = functions
-    .region('europe-west1')
+    .region("europe-west1")
     .runWith({
-    memory: "512MB"
+    memory: "1GB"
 })
     .https.onCall(async (data, context) => {
     if (!context.auth || (!context.auth.token.participant && !context.auth.token.coordinator))
@@ -1110,9 +1151,9 @@ const permanentlyStoreCurrentContributionTimeAndHash = functions
  * @dev enable the current contributor to resume a multi-part upload from where it had left off.
  */
 const temporaryStoreCurrentContributionMultiPartUploadId = functions
-    .region('europe-west1')
+    .region("europe-west1")
     .runWith({
-    memory: "512MB"
+    memory: "1GB"
 })
     .https.onCall(async (data, context) => {
     if (!context.auth || (!context.auth.token.participant && !context.auth.token.coordinator))
@@ -1148,9 +1189,9 @@ const temporaryStoreCurrentContributionMultiPartUploadId = functions
  * @dev enable the current contributor to resume a multi-part upload from where it had left off.
  */
 const temporaryStoreCurrentContributionUploadedChunkData = functions
-    .region('europe-west1')
+    .region("europe-west1")
     .runWith({
-    memory: "512MB"
+    memory: "1GB"
 })
     .https.onCall(async (data, context) => {
     if (!context.auth || (!context.auth.token.participant && !context.auth.token.coordinator))
@@ -1190,9 +1231,9 @@ const temporaryStoreCurrentContributionUploadedChunkData = functions
  * contributed to every selected ceremony circuits (= DONE).
  */
 const checkAndPrepareCoordinatorForFinalization = functions
-    .region('europe-west1')
+    .region("europe-west1")
     .runWith({
-    memory: "512MB"
+    memory: "1GB"
 })
     .https.onCall(async (data, context) => {
     if (!context.auth || !context.auth.token.coordinator)
@@ -1342,54 +1383,74 @@ const coordinate = async (participant, circuit, isSingleParticipantCoordination,
  * Wait until the command has completed its execution inside the VM.
  * @dev this method implements a custom interval to check 5 times after 1 minute if the command execution
  * has been completed or not by calling the `retrieveCommandStatus` method.
- * @param {any} resolve the promise.
- * @param {any} reject the promise.
  * @param {SSMClient} ssm the SSM client.
  * @param {string} vmInstanceId the unique identifier of the VM instance.
  * @param {string} commandId the unique identifier of the VM command.
  * @returns <Promise<void>> true when the command execution succeed; otherwise false.
  */
-const waitForVMCommandExecution = (resolve, reject, ssm, vmInstanceId, commandId) => {
-    const interval = setInterval(async () => {
+const waitForVMCommandExecution = (ssm, vmInstanceId, commandId) => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const poll = async () => {
         try {
             // Get command status.
             const cmdStatus = await retrieveCommandStatus(ssm, vmInstanceId, commandId);
             printLog(`Checking command ${commandId} status => ${cmdStatus}`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
-            if (cmdStatus === CommandInvocationStatus.SUCCESS) {
-                printLog(`Command ${commandId} successfully completed`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
-                // Resolve the promise.
-                resolve();
-            }
-            else if (cmdStatus === CommandInvocationStatus.FAILED) {
-                logAndThrowError(SPECIFIC_ERRORS.SE_VM_FAILED_COMMAND_EXECUTION);
-                reject();
-            }
-            else if (cmdStatus === CommandInvocationStatus.TIMED_OUT) {
-                logAndThrowError(SPECIFIC_ERRORS.SE_VM_TIMEDOUT_COMMAND_EXECUTION);
-                reject();
-            }
-            else if (cmdStatus === CommandInvocationStatus.CANCELLED) {
-                logAndThrowError(SPECIFIC_ERRORS.SE_VM_CANCELLED_COMMAND_EXECUTION);
-                reject();
+            let error;
+            switch (cmdStatus) {
+                case CommandInvocationStatus.CANCELLING:
+                case CommandInvocationStatus.CANCELLED: {
+                    error = SPECIFIC_ERRORS.SE_VM_CANCELLED_COMMAND_EXECUTION;
+                    break;
+                }
+                case CommandInvocationStatus.DELAYED: {
+                    error = SPECIFIC_ERRORS.SE_VM_DELAYED_COMMAND_EXECUTION;
+                    break;
+                }
+                case CommandInvocationStatus.FAILED: {
+                    error = SPECIFIC_ERRORS.SE_VM_FAILED_COMMAND_EXECUTION;
+                    break;
+                }
+                case CommandInvocationStatus.TIMED_OUT: {
+                    error = SPECIFIC_ERRORS.SE_VM_TIMEDOUT_COMMAND_EXECUTION;
+                    break;
+                }
+                case CommandInvocationStatus.IN_PROGRESS:
+                case CommandInvocationStatus.PENDING: {
+                    // wait a minute and poll again
+                    setTimeout(poll, 60000);
+                    return;
+                }
+                case CommandInvocationStatus.SUCCESS: {
+                    printLog(`Command ${commandId} successfully completed`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
+                    // Resolve the promise.
+                    resolve();
+                    return;
+                }
+                default: {
+                    logAndThrowError(SPECIFIC_ERRORS.SE_VM_UNKNOWN_COMMAND_STATUS);
+                }
             }
-            else if (cmdStatus === CommandInvocationStatus.DELAYED) {
-                logAndThrowError(SPECIFIC_ERRORS.SE_VM_DELAYED_COMMAND_EXECUTION);
-                reject();
+            if (error) {
+                logAndThrowError(error);
             }
         }
         catch (error) {
             printLog(`Invalid command ${commandId} execution`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
+            const ec2 = await createEC2Client();
+            // if it errors out, let's just log it as a warning so the coordinator is aware
+            try {
+                await stopEC2Instance(ec2, vmInstanceId);
+            }
+            catch (error) {
+                printLog(`Error while stopping VM instance ${vmInstanceId} - Error ${error}`, LogLevel.WARN);
+            }
             if (!error.toString().includes(commandId))
                 logAndThrowError(COMMON_ERRORS.CM_INVALID_COMMAND_EXECUTION);
             // Reject the promise.
             reject();
         }
-        finally {
-            // Clear the interval.
-            clearInterval(interval);
-        }
-    }, 60000); // 1 minute.
-};
+    };
+    setTimeout(poll, 60000);
+});
 /**
  * This method is used to coordinate the waiting queues of ceremony circuits.
  * @dev this cloud function is triggered whenever an update of a document related to a participant of a ceremony occurs.
@@ -1410,9 +1471,9 @@ const waitForVMCommandExecution = (resolve, reject, ssm, vmInstanceId, commandId
  * - Just completed a contribution or all contributions for each circuit. If yes, coordinate (multi-participant scenario).
  */
 const coordinateCeremonyParticipant = functionsV1
-    .region('europe-west1')
+    .region("europe-west1")
     .runWith({
-    memory: "512MB"
+    memory: "1GB"
 })
     .firestore.document(`${commonTerms.collections.ceremonies.name}/{ceremonyId}/${commonTerms.collections.participants.name}/{participantId}`)
     .onUpdate(async (participantChanges) => {
@@ -1481,11 +1542,9 @@ const checkIfVMRunning = async (ec2, vmInstanceId, attempts = 5) => {
     const isVMRunning = await checkIfRunning(ec2, vmInstanceId);
     if (!isVMRunning) {
         printLog(`VM not running, ${attempts - 1} attempts remaining. Retrying in 1 minute...`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
-        return await checkIfVMRunning(ec2, vmInstanceId, attempts - 1);
-    }
-    else {
-        return true;
+        return checkIfVMRunning(ec2, vmInstanceId, attempts - 1);
     }
+    return true;
 };
 /**
  * Verify the contribution of a participant computed while contributing to a specific circuit of a ceremony.
@@ -1513,256 +1572,266 @@ const checkIfVMRunning = async (ec2, vmInstanceId, attempts = 5) => {
  *       1.A.4.C.1) If true, update circuit waiting for queue and average timings accordingly to contribution verification results;
  * 2) Send all updates atomically to the Firestore database.
  */
-const verifycontribution = functionsV2.https.onCall({ memory: "16GiB", timeoutSeconds: 3600, region: 'europe-west1' }, async (request) => {
-    if (!request.auth || (!request.auth.token.participant && !request.auth.token.coordinator))
-        logAndThrowError(SPECIFIC_ERRORS.SE_AUTH_NO_CURRENT_AUTH_USER);
-    if (!request.data.ceremonyId ||
-        !request.data.circuitId ||
-        !request.data.contributorOrCoordinatorIdentifier ||
-        !request.data.bucketName)
-        logAndThrowError(COMMON_ERRORS.CM_MISSING_OR_WRONG_INPUT_DATA);
-    if (!process.env.CUSTOM_CONTRIBUTION_VERIFICATION_SOFTWARE_NAME ||
-        !process.env.CUSTOM_CONTRIBUTION_VERIFICATION_SOFTWARE_VERSION ||
-        !process.env.CUSTOM_CONTRIBUTION_VERIFICATION_SOFTWARE_COMMIT_HASH)
-        logAndThrowError(COMMON_ERRORS.CM_WRONG_CONFIGURATION);
-    // Step (0).
-    // Prepare and start timer.
-    const verifyContributionTimer = new Timer({ label: commonTerms.cloudFunctionsNames.verifyContribution });
-    verifyContributionTimer.start();
-    // Get DB.
-    const firestore = admin.firestore();
-    // Prepare batch of txs.
-    const batch = firestore.batch();
-    // Extract data.
-    const { ceremonyId, circuitId, contributorOrCoordinatorIdentifier, bucketName } = request.data;
-    const userId = request.auth?.uid;
-    // Look for the ceremony, circuit and participant document.
-    const ceremonyDoc = await getDocumentById(commonTerms.collections.ceremonies.name, ceremonyId);
-    const circuitDoc = await getDocumentById(getCircuitsCollectionPath(ceremonyId), circuitId);
-    const participantDoc = await getDocumentById(getParticipantsCollectionPath(ceremonyId), userId);
-    if (!ceremonyDoc.data() || !circuitDoc.data() || !participantDoc.data())
-        logAndThrowError(COMMON_ERRORS.CM_INEXISTENT_DOCUMENT_DATA);
-    // Extract documents data.
-    const { state } = ceremonyDoc.data();
-    const { status, contributions, verificationStartedAt, contributionStartedAt } = participantDoc.data();
-    const { waitingQueue, prefix, avgTimings, verification, files } = circuitDoc.data();
-    const { completedContributions, failedContributions } = waitingQueue;
-    const { contributionComputation: avgContributionComputationTime, fullContribution: avgFullContributionTime, verifyCloudFunction: avgVerifyCloudFunctionTime } = avgTimings;
-    const { cfOrVm, vm } = verification;
-    // we might not have it if the circuit is not using VM.
-    let vmInstanceId = "";
-    if (vm)
-        vmInstanceId = vm.vmInstanceId;
-    // Define pre-conditions.
-    const isFinalizing = state === "CLOSED" /* CeremonyState.CLOSED */ && request.auth && request.auth.token.coordinator; // true only when the coordinator verifies the final contributions.
-    const isContributing = status === "CONTRIBUTING" /* ParticipantStatus.CONTRIBUTING */;
-    const isUsingVM = cfOrVm === "VM" /* CircuitContributionVerificationMechanism.VM */ && !!vmInstanceId;
-    // Prepare state.
-    let isContributionValid = false;
-    let verifyCloudFunctionExecutionTime = 0; // time spent while executing the verify contribution cloud function.
-    let verifyCloudFunctionTime = 0; // time spent while executing the core business logic of this cloud function.
-    let fullContributionTime = 0; // time spent while doing non-verification contributions tasks (download, compute, upload).
-    let contributionComputationTime = 0; // time spent while computing the contribution.
-    let lastZkeyBlake2bHash = ""; // the Blake2B hash of the last zKey.
-    let verificationTranscriptTemporaryLocalPath = ""; // the local temporary path for the verification transcript.
-    let transcriptBlake2bHash = ""; // the Blake2B hash of the verification transcript.
-    let commandId = ""; // the unique identifier of the VM command.
-    // Derive necessary data.
-    const lastZkeyIndex = formatZkeyIndex(completedContributions + 1);
-    const verificationTranscriptCompleteFilename = `${prefix}_${isFinalizing
-        ? `${contributorOrCoordinatorIdentifier}_${finalContributionIndex}_verification_transcript.log`
-        : `${lastZkeyIndex}_${contributorOrCoordinatorIdentifier}_verification_transcript.log`}`;
-    const lastZkeyFilename = `${prefix}_${isFinalizing ? finalContributionIndex : lastZkeyIndex}.zkey`;
-    // Prepare state for VM verification (if needed).
-    const ec2 = await createEC2Client();
-    const ssm = await createSSMClient();
-    // Step (1.A.1).
-    // Get storage paths.
-    const verificationTranscriptStoragePathAndFilename = getTranscriptStorageFilePath(prefix, verificationTranscriptCompleteFilename);
-    // the zKey storage path is required to be sent to the VM api
-    const lastZkeyStoragePath = getZkeyStorageFilePath(prefix, `${prefix}_${isFinalizing ? finalContributionIndex : lastZkeyIndex}.zkey`);
-    const verificationTaskTimer = new Timer({ label: `${ceremonyId}-${circuitId}-${participantDoc.id}` });
-    const completeVerification = async () => {
-        // Stop verification task timer.
-        printLog("Completing verification", LogLevel.DEBUG);
-        verificationTaskTimer.stop();
-        verifyCloudFunctionExecutionTime = verificationTaskTimer.ms();
-        if (isUsingVM) {
-            // Create temporary path.
-            verificationTranscriptTemporaryLocalPath = createTemporaryLocalPath(`${circuitId}_${participantDoc.id}.log`);
-            await sleep(1000); // wait 1s for file creation.
-            // Download from bucket.
-            // nb. the transcript MUST be uploaded from the VM by verification commands.
-            await downloadArtifactFromS3Bucket(bucketName, verificationTranscriptStoragePathAndFilename, verificationTranscriptTemporaryLocalPath);
-            // Read the verification trascript and validate data by checking for core info ("ZKey Ok!").
-            const content = fs.readFileSync(verificationTranscriptTemporaryLocalPath, "utf-8");
-            if (content.includes("ZKey Ok!"))
-                isContributionValid = true;
-            // If the contribution is valid, then format and store the trascript.
+const verifycontribution = functionsV2.https.onCall({ memory: "16GiB", timeoutSeconds: 3600, region: "europe-west1" }, async (request) => {
+    try {
+        if (!request.auth || (!request.auth.token.participant && !request.auth.token.coordinator))
+            logAndThrowError(SPECIFIC_ERRORS.SE_AUTH_NO_CURRENT_AUTH_USER);
+        if (!request.data.ceremonyId ||
+            !request.data.circuitId ||
+            !request.data.contributorOrCoordinatorIdentifier ||
+            !request.data.bucketName)
+            logAndThrowError(COMMON_ERRORS.CM_MISSING_OR_WRONG_INPUT_DATA);
+        if (!process.env.CUSTOM_CONTRIBUTION_VERIFICATION_SOFTWARE_NAME ||
+            !process.env.CUSTOM_CONTRIBUTION_VERIFICATION_SOFTWARE_VERSION ||
+            !process.env.CUSTOM_CONTRIBUTION_VERIFICATION_SOFTWARE_COMMIT_HASH)
+            logAndThrowError(COMMON_ERRORS.CM_WRONG_CONFIGURATION);
+        // Step (0).
+        // Prepare and start timer.
+        const verifyContributionTimer = new Timer({ label: commonTerms.cloudFunctionsNames.verifyContribution });
+        verifyContributionTimer.start();
+        // Get DB.
+        const firestore = admin.firestore();
+        // Prepare batch of txs.
+        const batch = firestore.batch();
+        // Extract data.
+        const { ceremonyId, circuitId, contributorOrCoordinatorIdentifier, bucketName } = request.data;
+        const userId = request.auth?.uid;
+        // Look for the ceremony, circuit and participant document.
+        const ceremonyDoc = await getDocumentById(commonTerms.collections.ceremonies.name, ceremonyId);
+        const circuitDoc = await getDocumentById(getCircuitsCollectionPath(ceremonyId), circuitId);
+        const participantDoc = await getDocumentById(getParticipantsCollectionPath(ceremonyId), userId);
+        if (!ceremonyDoc.data() || !circuitDoc.data() || !participantDoc.data())
+            logAndThrowError(COMMON_ERRORS.CM_INEXISTENT_DOCUMENT_DATA);
+        // Extract documents data.
+        const { state } = ceremonyDoc.data();
+        const { status, contributions, verificationStartedAt, contributionStartedAt } = participantDoc.data();
+        const { waitingQueue, prefix, avgTimings, verification, files } = circuitDoc.data();
+        const { completedContributions, failedContributions } = waitingQueue;
+        const { contributionComputation: avgContributionComputationTime, fullContribution: avgFullContributionTime, verifyCloudFunction: avgVerifyCloudFunctionTime } = avgTimings;
+        const { cfOrVm, vm } = verification;
+        // we might not have it if the circuit is not using VM.
+        let vmInstanceId = "";
+        if (vm)
+            vmInstanceId = vm.vmInstanceId;
+        // Define pre-conditions.
+        const isFinalizing = state === "CLOSED" /* CeremonyState.CLOSED */ && request.auth && request.auth.token.coordinator; // true only when the coordinator verifies the final contributions.
+        const isContributing = status === "CONTRIBUTING" /* ParticipantStatus.CONTRIBUTING */;
+        const isUsingVM = cfOrVm === "VM" /* CircuitContributionVerificationMechanism.VM */ && !!vmInstanceId;
+        // Prepare state.
+        let isContributionValid = false;
+        let verifyCloudFunctionExecutionTime = 0; // time spent while executing the verify contribution cloud function.
+        let verifyCloudFunctionTime = 0; // time spent while executing the core business logic of this cloud function.
+        let fullContributionTime = 0; // time spent while doing non-verification contributions tasks (download, compute, upload).
+        let contributionComputationTime = 0; // time spent while computing the contribution.
+        let lastZkeyBlake2bHash = ""; // the Blake2B hash of the last zKey.
+        let verificationTranscriptTemporaryLocalPath = ""; // the local temporary path for the verification transcript.
+        let transcriptBlake2bHash = ""; // the Blake2B hash of the verification transcript.
+        let commandId = ""; // the unique identifier of the VM command.
+        // Derive necessary data.
+        const lastZkeyIndex = formatZkeyIndex(completedContributions + 1);
+        const verificationTranscriptCompleteFilename = `${prefix}_${isFinalizing
+            ? `${contributorOrCoordinatorIdentifier}_${finalContributionIndex}_verification_transcript.log`
+            : `${lastZkeyIndex}_${contributorOrCoordinatorIdentifier}_verification_transcript.log`}`;
+        const lastZkeyFilename = `${prefix}_${isFinalizing ? finalContributionIndex : lastZkeyIndex}.zkey`;
+        // Prepare state for VM verification (if needed).
+        const ec2 = await createEC2Client();
+        const ssm = await createSSMClient();
+        // Step (1.A.1).
+        // Get storage paths.
+        const verificationTranscriptStoragePathAndFilename = getTranscriptStorageFilePath(prefix, verificationTranscriptCompleteFilename);
+        // the zKey storage path is required to be sent to the VM api
+        const lastZkeyStoragePath = getZkeyStorageFilePath(prefix, `${prefix}_${isFinalizing ? finalContributionIndex : lastZkeyIndex}.zkey`);
+        const verificationTaskTimer = new Timer({ label: `${ceremonyId}-${circuitId}-${participantDoc.id}` });
+        const completeVerification = async () => {
+            // Stop verification task timer.
+            printLog("Completing verification", LogLevel.DEBUG);
+            verificationTaskTimer.stop();
+            verifyCloudFunctionExecutionTime = verificationTaskTimer.ms();
+            if (isUsingVM) {
+                // Create temporary path.
+                verificationTranscriptTemporaryLocalPath = createTemporaryLocalPath(`${circuitId}_${participantDoc.id}.log`);
+                await sleep(1000); // wait 1s for file creation.
+                // Download from bucket.
+                // nb. the transcript MUST be uploaded from the VM by verification commands.
+                await downloadArtifactFromS3Bucket(bucketName, verificationTranscriptStoragePathAndFilename, verificationTranscriptTemporaryLocalPath);
+                // Read the verification trascript and validate data by checking for core info ("ZKey Ok!").
+                const content = fs.readFileSync(verificationTranscriptTemporaryLocalPath, "utf-8");
+                if (content.includes("ZKey Ok!"))
+                    isContributionValid = true;
+                // If the contribution is valid, then format and store the trascript.
+                if (isContributionValid) {
+                    // eslint-disable-next-line no-control-regex
+                    const updated = content.replace(/\x1b[[0-9;]*m/g, "");
+                    fs.writeFileSync(verificationTranscriptTemporaryLocalPath, updated);
+                }
+            }
+            printLog(`The contribution has been verified - Result ${isContributionValid}`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
+            // Create a new contribution document.
+            const contributionDoc = await firestore
+                .collection(getContributionsCollectionPath(ceremonyId, circuitId))
+                .doc()
+                .get();
+            // Step (1.A.4).
             if (isContributionValid) {
-                // eslint-disable-next-line no-control-regex
-                const updated = content.replace(/\x1b[[0-9;]*m/g, "");
-                fs.writeFileSync(verificationTranscriptTemporaryLocalPath, updated);
+                // Sleep ~3 seconds to wait for verification transcription.
+                await sleep(3000);
+                // Step (1.A.4.A.1).
+                if (isUsingVM) {
+                    // Retrieve the contribution hash from the command output.
+                    lastZkeyBlake2bHash = await retrieveCommandOutput(ssm, vmInstanceId, commandId);
+                    const hashRegex = /[a-fA-F0-9]{64}/;
+                    const match = lastZkeyBlake2bHash.match(hashRegex);
+                    lastZkeyBlake2bHash = match.at(0);
+                    // re upload the formatted verification transcript
+                    await uploadFileToBucket(bucketName, verificationTranscriptStoragePathAndFilename, verificationTranscriptTemporaryLocalPath, true);
+                }
+                else {
+                    // Upload verification transcript.
+                    /// nb. do not use multi-part upload here due to small file size.
+                    await uploadFileToBucket(bucketName, verificationTranscriptStoragePathAndFilename, verificationTranscriptTemporaryLocalPath, true);
+                }
+                // Compute verification transcript hash.
+                transcriptBlake2bHash = await blake512FromPath(verificationTranscriptTemporaryLocalPath);
+                // Free resources by unlinking transcript temporary file.
+                fs.unlinkSync(verificationTranscriptTemporaryLocalPath);
+                // Filter participant contributions to find the data related to the one verified.
+                const participantContributions = contributions.filter((contribution) => !!contribution.hash && !!contribution.computationTime && !contribution.doc);
+                /// @dev (there must be only one contribution with an empty 'doc' field).
+                if (participantContributions.length !== 1)
+                    logAndThrowError(SPECIFIC_ERRORS.SE_VERIFICATION_NO_PARTICIPANT_CONTRIBUTION_DATA);
+                // Get contribution computation time.
+                contributionComputationTime = contributions.at(0).computationTime;
+                // Step (1.A.4.A.2).
+                batch.create(contributionDoc.ref, {
+                    participantId: participantDoc.id,
+                    contributionComputationTime,
+                    verificationComputationTime: verifyCloudFunctionExecutionTime,
+                    zkeyIndex: isFinalizing ? finalContributionIndex : lastZkeyIndex,
+                    files: {
+                        transcriptFilename: verificationTranscriptCompleteFilename,
+                        lastZkeyFilename,
+                        transcriptStoragePath: verificationTranscriptStoragePathAndFilename,
+                        lastZkeyStoragePath,
+                        transcriptBlake2bHash,
+                        lastZkeyBlake2bHash
+                    },
+                    verificationSoftware: {
+                        name: String(process.env.CUSTOM_CONTRIBUTION_VERIFICATION_SOFTWARE_NAME),
+                        version: String(process.env.CUSTOM_CONTRIBUTION_VERIFICATION_SOFTWARE_VERSION),
+                        commitHash: String(process.env.CUSTOM_CONTRIBUTION_VERIFICATION_SOFTWARE_COMMIT_HASH)
+                    },
+                    valid: isContributionValid,
+                    lastUpdated: getCurrentServerTimestampInMillis()
+                });
+                verifyContributionTimer.stop();
+                verifyCloudFunctionTime = verifyContributionTimer.ms();
             }
-        }
-        printLog(`The contribution has been verified - Result ${isContributionValid}`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
-        // Create a new contribution document.
-        const contributionDoc = await firestore
-            .collection(getContributionsCollectionPath(ceremonyId, circuitId))
-            .doc()
-            .get();
-        // Step (1.A.4).
-        if (isContributionValid) {
-            // Sleep ~3 seconds to wait for verification transcription.
-            await sleep(3000);
-            // Step (1.A.4.A.1).
+            else {
+                // Step (1.A.4.B).
+                // Free-up storage by deleting invalid contribution.
+                await deleteObject(bucketName, lastZkeyStoragePath);
+                // Step (1.A.4.B.1).
+                batch.create(contributionDoc.ref, {
+                    participantId: participantDoc.id,
+                    verificationComputationTime: verifyCloudFunctionExecutionTime,
+                    zkeyIndex: isFinalizing ? finalContributionIndex : lastZkeyIndex,
+                    verificationSoftware: {
+                        name: String(process.env.CUSTOM_CONTRIBUTION_VERIFICATION_SOFTWARE_NAME),
+                        version: String(process.env.CUSTOM_CONTRIBUTION_VERIFICATION_SOFTWARE_VERSION),
+                        commitHash: String(process.env.CUSTOM_CONTRIBUTION_VERIFICATION_SOFTWARE_COMMIT_HASH)
+                    },
+                    valid: isContributionValid,
+                    lastUpdated: getCurrentServerTimestampInMillis()
+                });
+            }
+            // Stop VM instance
             if (isUsingVM) {
-                // Retrieve the contribution hash from the command output.
-                lastZkeyBlake2bHash = await retrieveCommandOutput(ssm, vmInstanceId, commandId);
-                const hashRegex = /[a-fA-F0-9]{64}/;
-                const match = lastZkeyBlake2bHash.match(hashRegex);
-                lastZkeyBlake2bHash = match.at(0);
-                // re upload the formatted verification transcript
-                await uploadFileToBucket(bucketName, verificationTranscriptStoragePathAndFilename, verificationTranscriptTemporaryLocalPath, true);
-                // Stop VM instance.
-                await stopEC2Instance(ec2, vmInstanceId);
+                // using try and catch as the VM stopping function can throw
+                // however we want to continue without stopping as the
+                // verification was valid, and inform the coordinator
+                try {
+                    await stopEC2Instance(ec2, vmInstanceId);
+                }
+                catch (error) {
+                    printLog(`Error while stopping VM instance ${vmInstanceId} - Error ${error}`, LogLevel.WARN);
+                }
             }
-            else {
-                // Upload verification transcript.
-                /// nb. do not use multi-part upload here due to small file size.
-                await uploadFileToBucket(bucketName, verificationTranscriptStoragePathAndFilename, verificationTranscriptTemporaryLocalPath, true);
+            // Step (1.A.4.C)
+            if (!isFinalizing) {
+                // Step (1.A.4.C.1)
+                // Compute new average contribution/verification time.
+                fullContributionTime = Number(verificationStartedAt) - Number(contributionStartedAt);
+                const newAvgContributionComputationTime = avgContributionComputationTime > 0
+                    ? (avgContributionComputationTime + contributionComputationTime) / 2
+                    : contributionComputationTime;
+                const newAvgFullContributionTime = avgFullContributionTime > 0
+                    ? (avgFullContributionTime + fullContributionTime) / 2
+                    : fullContributionTime;
+                const newAvgVerifyCloudFunctionTime = avgVerifyCloudFunctionTime > 0
+                    ? (avgVerifyCloudFunctionTime + verifyCloudFunctionTime) / 2
+                    : verifyCloudFunctionTime;
+                // Prepare tx to update circuit average contribution/verification time.
+                const updatedCircuitDoc = await getDocumentById(getCircuitsCollectionPath(ceremonyId), circuitId);
+                const { waitingQueue: updatedWaitingQueue } = updatedCircuitDoc.data();
+                /// @dev this must happen only for valid contributions.
+                batch.update(circuitDoc.ref, {
+                    avgTimings: {
+                        contributionComputation: isContributionValid
+                            ? newAvgContributionComputationTime
+                            : avgContributionComputationTime,
+                        fullContribution: isContributionValid ? newAvgFullContributionTime : avgFullContributionTime,
+                        verifyCloudFunction: isContributionValid
+                            ? newAvgVerifyCloudFunctionTime
+                            : avgVerifyCloudFunctionTime
+                    },
+                    waitingQueue: {
+                        ...updatedWaitingQueue,
+                        completedContributions: isContributionValid
+                            ? completedContributions + 1
+                            : completedContributions,
+                        failedContributions: isContributionValid ? failedContributions : failedContributions + 1
+                    },
+                    lastUpdated: getCurrentServerTimestampInMillis()
+                });
+            }
+            // Step (2).
+            await batch.commit();
+            printLog(`The contribution #${isFinalizing ? finalContributionIndex : lastZkeyIndex} of circuit ${circuitId} (ceremony ${ceremonyId}) has been verified as ${isContributionValid ? "valid" : "invalid"} for the participant ${participantDoc.id}`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
+        };
+        // Step (1).
+        if (isContributing || isFinalizing) {
+            // Prepare timer.
+            verificationTaskTimer.start();
+            // Step (1.A.3.0).
+            if (isUsingVM) {
+                printLog(`Starting the VM mechanism`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
+                // Prepare for VM execution.
+                let isVMRunning = false; // true when the VM is up, otherwise false.
+                // Step (1.A.3.1).
+                await startEC2Instance(ec2, vmInstanceId);
+                await sleep(60000); // nb. wait for VM startup (1 mins + retry).
+                // Check if the startup is running.
+                isVMRunning = await checkIfVMRunning(ec2, vmInstanceId);
+                printLog(`VM running: ${isVMRunning}`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
+                // Step (1.A.3.2).
+                // Prepare.
+                const verificationCommand = vmContributionVerificationCommand(bucketName, lastZkeyStoragePath, verificationTranscriptStoragePathAndFilename);
+                // Run.
+                commandId = await runCommandUsingSSM(ssm, vmInstanceId, verificationCommand);
+                printLog(`Starting the execution of command ${commandId}`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
+                // Step (1.A.3.3).
+                return waitForVMCommandExecution(ssm, vmInstanceId, commandId)
+                    .then(async () => {
+                    // Command execution successfully completed.
+                    printLog(`Command ${commandId} execution has been successfully completed`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
+                    await completeVerification();
+                })
+                    .catch((error) => {
+                    // Command execution aborted.
+                    printLog(`Command ${commandId} execution has been aborted - Error ${error}`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
+                    logAndThrowError(COMMON_ERRORS.CM_INVALID_COMMAND_EXECUTION);
+                });
             }
-            // Compute verification transcript hash.
-            transcriptBlake2bHash = await blake512FromPath(verificationTranscriptTemporaryLocalPath);
-            // Free resources by unlinking transcript temporary file.
-            fs.unlinkSync(verificationTranscriptTemporaryLocalPath);
-            // Filter participant contributions to find the data related to the one verified.
-            const participantContributions = contributions.filter((contribution) => !!contribution.hash && !!contribution.computationTime && !contribution.doc);
-            /// @dev (there must be only one contribution with an empty 'doc' field).
-            if (participantContributions.length !== 1)
-                logAndThrowError(SPECIFIC_ERRORS.SE_VERIFICATION_NO_PARTICIPANT_CONTRIBUTION_DATA);
-            // Get contribution computation time.
-            contributionComputationTime = contributions.at(0).computationTime;
-            // Step (1.A.4.A.2).
-            batch.create(contributionDoc.ref, {
-                participantId: participantDoc.id,
-                contributionComputationTime,
-                verificationComputationTime: verifyCloudFunctionExecutionTime,
-                zkeyIndex: isFinalizing ? finalContributionIndex : lastZkeyIndex,
-                files: {
-                    transcriptFilename: verificationTranscriptCompleteFilename,
-                    lastZkeyFilename,
-                    transcriptStoragePath: verificationTranscriptStoragePathAndFilename,
-                    lastZkeyStoragePath,
-                    transcriptBlake2bHash,
-                    lastZkeyBlake2bHash
-                },
-                verificationSoftware: {
-                    name: String(process.env.CUSTOM_CONTRIBUTION_VERIFICATION_SOFTWARE_NAME),
-                    version: String(process.env.CUSTOM_CONTRIBUTION_VERIFICATION_SOFTWARE_VERSION),
-                    commitHash: String(process.env.CUSTOM_CONTRIBUTION_VERIFICATION_SOFTWARE_COMMIT_HASH)
-                },
-                valid: isContributionValid,
-                lastUpdated: getCurrentServerTimestampInMillis()
-            });
-            verifyContributionTimer.stop();
-            verifyCloudFunctionTime = verifyContributionTimer.ms();
-        }
-        else {
-            // Step (1.A.4.B).
-            // Free-up storage by deleting invalid contribution.
-            await deleteObject(bucketName, lastZkeyStoragePath);
-            // Step (1.A.4.B.1).
-            batch.create(contributionDoc.ref, {
-                participantId: participantDoc.id,
-                verificationComputationTime: verifyCloudFunctionExecutionTime,
-                zkeyIndex: isFinalizing ? finalContributionIndex : lastZkeyIndex,
-                verificationSoftware: {
-                    name: String(process.env.CUSTOM_CONTRIBUTION_VERIFICATION_SOFTWARE_NAME),
-                    version: String(process.env.CUSTOM_CONTRIBUTION_VERIFICATION_SOFTWARE_VERSION),
-                    commitHash: String(process.env.CUSTOM_CONTRIBUTION_VERIFICATION_SOFTWARE_COMMIT_HASH)
-                },
-                valid: isContributionValid,
-                lastUpdated: getCurrentServerTimestampInMillis()
-            });
-        }
-        // Step (1.A.4.C)
-        if (!isFinalizing) {
-            // Step (1.A.4.C.1)
-            // Compute new average contribution/verification time.
-            fullContributionTime = Number(verificationStartedAt) - Number(contributionStartedAt);
-            const newAvgContributionComputationTime = avgContributionComputationTime > 0
-                ? (avgContributionComputationTime + contributionComputationTime) / 2
-                : contributionComputationTime;
-            const newAvgFullContributionTime = avgFullContributionTime > 0
-                ? (avgFullContributionTime + fullContributionTime) / 2
-                : fullContributionTime;
-            const newAvgVerifyCloudFunctionTime = avgVerifyCloudFunctionTime > 0
-                ? (avgVerifyCloudFunctionTime + verifyCloudFunctionTime) / 2
-                : verifyCloudFunctionTime;
-            // Prepare tx to update circuit average contribution/verification time.    
-            const updatedCircuitDoc = await getDocumentById(getCircuitsCollectionPath(ceremonyId), circuitId);
-            const { waitingQueue: updatedWaitingQueue } = updatedCircuitDoc.data();
-            /// @dev this must happen only for valid contributions.
-            batch.update(circuitDoc.ref, {
-                avgTimings: {
-                    contributionComputation: isContributionValid
-                        ? newAvgContributionComputationTime
-                        : avgContributionComputationTime,
-                    fullContribution: isContributionValid ? newAvgFullContributionTime : avgFullContributionTime,
-                    verifyCloudFunction: isContributionValid
-                        ? newAvgVerifyCloudFunctionTime
-                        : avgVerifyCloudFunctionTime
-                },
-                waitingQueue: {
-                    ...updatedWaitingQueue,
-                    completedContributions: isContributionValid
-                        ? completedContributions + 1
-                        : completedContributions,
-                    failedContributions: isContributionValid ? failedContributions : failedContributions + 1
-                },
-                lastUpdated: getCurrentServerTimestampInMillis()
-            });
-        }
-        // Step (2).
-        await batch.commit();
-        printLog(`The contribution #${isFinalizing ? finalContributionIndex : lastZkeyIndex} of circuit ${circuitId} (ceremony ${ceremonyId}) has been verified as ${isContributionValid ? "valid" : "invalid"} for the participant ${participantDoc.id}`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
-    };
-    // Step (1).
-    if (isContributing || isFinalizing) {
-        // Prepare timer.
-        verificationTaskTimer.start();
-        // Step (1.A.3.0).
-        if (isUsingVM) {
-            printLog(`Starting the VM mechanism`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
-            // Prepare for VM execution.
-            let isVMRunning = false; // true when the VM is up, otherwise false.
-            // Step (1.A.3.1).
-            await startEC2Instance(ec2, vmInstanceId);
-            await sleep(60000); // nb. wait for VM startup (1 mins + retry).
-            // Check if the startup is running.
-            isVMRunning = await checkIfVMRunning(ec2, vmInstanceId);
-            printLog(`VM running: ${isVMRunning}`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
-            // Step (1.A.3.2).
-            // Prepare.
-            const verificationCommand = vmContributionVerificationCommand(bucketName, lastZkeyStoragePath, verificationTranscriptStoragePathAndFilename);
-            // Run.
-            commandId = await runCommandUsingSSM(ssm, vmInstanceId, verificationCommand);
-            printLog(`Starting the execution of command ${commandId}`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
-            // Step (1.A.3.3).
-            return new Promise((resolve, reject) => waitForVMCommandExecution(resolve, reject, ssm, vmInstanceId, commandId))
-                .then(async () => {
-                // Command execution successfully completed.
-                printLog(`Command ${commandId} execution has been successfully completed`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
-                await completeVerification();
-            })
-                .catch((error) => {
-                // Command execution aborted.
-                printLog(`Command ${commandId} execution has been aborted - Error ${error}`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
-                logAndThrowError(COMMON_ERRORS.CM_INVALID_COMMAND_EXECUTION);
-            });
-        }
-        else {
             // CF approach.
             printLog(`CF mechanism`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
             const potStoragePath = getPotStorageFilePath(files.potFilename);
@@ -1797,6 +1866,9 @@ const verifycontribution = functionsV2.https.onCall({ memory: "16GiB", timeoutSe
             await completeVerification();
         }
     }
+    catch (error) {
+        logAndThrowError(makeError("unknown", error));
+    }
 });
 /**
  * Update the related participant's document after verification of its last contribution.
@@ -1804,9 +1876,9 @@ const verifycontribution = functionsV2.https.onCall({ memory: "16GiB", timeoutSe
  * this does not happen if the participant is actually the coordinator who is finalizing the ceremony.
  */
 const refreshParticipantAfterContributionVerification = functionsV1
-    .region('europe-west1')
+    .region("europe-west1")
     .runWith({
-    memory: "512MB"
+    memory: "1GB"
 })
     .firestore.document(`/${commonTerms.collections.ceremonies.name}/{ceremony}/${commonTerms.collections.circuits.name}/{circuit}/${commonTerms.collections.contributions.name}/{contributions}`)
     .onCreate(async (createdContribution) => {
@@ -1865,9 +1937,9 @@ const refreshParticipantAfterContributionVerification = functionsV1
  * and verification key extracted from the circuit final contribution (as part of the ceremony finalization process).
  */
 const finalizeCircuit = functionsV1
-    .region('europe-west1')
+    .region("europe-west1")
     .runWith({
-    memory: "512MB"
+    memory: "1GB"
 })
     .https.onCall(async (data, context) => {
     if (!context.auth || !context.auth.token.coordinator)
@@ -2011,7 +2083,7 @@ const checkIfBucketIsDedicatedToCeremony = async (bucketName) => {
 const createBucket = functions
     .region("europe-west1")
     .runWith({
-    memory: "512MB"
+    memory: "1GB"
 })
     .https.onCall(async (data, context) => {
     // Check if the user has the coordinator claim.
@@ -2062,8 +2134,10 @@ const createBucket = functions
                     CORSConfiguration: {
                         CORSRules: [
                             {
-                                AllowedMethods: ["GET"],
-                                AllowedOrigins: ["*"]
+                                AllowedMethods: ["GET", "PUT"],
+                                AllowedOrigins: ["*"],
+                                ExposeHeaders: ["ETag", "Content-Length"],
+                                AllowedHeaders: ["*"]
                             }
                         ]
                     }
@@ -2099,7 +2173,7 @@ const createBucket = functions
 const checkIfObjectExist = functions
     .region("europe-west1")
     .runWith({
-    memory: "512MB"
+    memory: "1GB"
 })
     .https.onCall(async (data, context) => {
     // Check if the user has the coordinator claim.
@@ -2145,7 +2219,7 @@ const checkIfObjectExist = functions
 const generateGetObjectPreSignedUrl = functions
     .region("europe-west1")
     .runWith({
-    memory: "512MB"
+    memory: "1GB"
 })
     .https.onCall(async (data, context) => {
     if (!context.auth)
@@ -2185,7 +2259,7 @@ const generateGetObjectPreSignedUrl = functions
 const startMultiPartUpload = functions
     .region("europe-west1")
     .runWith({
-    memory: "512MB"
+    memory: "2GB"
 })
     .https.onCall(async (data, context) => {
     if (!context.auth || (!context.auth.token.participant && !context.auth.token.coordinator))
@@ -2240,7 +2314,8 @@ const startMultiPartUpload = functions
 const generatePreSignedUrlsParts = functions
     .region("europe-west1")
     .runWith({
-    memory: "512MB"
+    memory: "1GB",
+    timeoutSeconds: 300
 })
     .https.onCall(async (data, context) => {
     if (!context.auth || (!context.auth.token.participant && !context.auth.token.coordinator))
@@ -2300,7 +2375,7 @@ const generatePreSignedUrlsParts = functions
 const completeMultiPartUpload = functions
     .region("europe-west1")
     .runWith({
-    memory: "512MB"
+    memory: "2GB"
 })
     .https.onCall(async (data, context) => {
     if (!context.auth || (!context.auth.token.participant && !context.auth.token.coordinator))
@@ -2349,6 +2424,216 @@ const completeMultiPartUpload = functions
     }
 });
 
+const VKEY_DATA = {
+    protocol: "groth16",
+    curve: "bn128",
+    nPublic: 3,
+    vk_alpha_1: [
+        "20491192805390485299153009773594534940189261866228447918068658471970481763042",
+        "9383485363053290200918347156157836566562967994039712273449902621266178545958",
+        "1"
+    ],
+    vk_beta_2: [
+        [
+            "6375614351688725206403948262868962793625744043794305715222011528459656738731",
+            "4252822878758300859123897981450591353533073413197771768651442665752259397132"
+        ],
+        [
+            "10505242626370262277552901082094356697409835680220590971873171140371331206856",
+            "21847035105528745403288232691147584728191162732299865338377159692350059136679"
+        ],
+        ["1", "0"]
+    ],
+    vk_gamma_2: [
+        [
+            "10857046999023057135944570762232829481370756359578518086990519993285655852781",
+            "11559732032986387107991004021392285783925812861821192530917403151452391805634"
+        ],
+        [
+            "8495653923123431417604973247489272438418190587263600148770280649306958101930",
+            "4082367875863433681332203403145435568316851327593401208105741076214120093531"
+        ],
+        ["1", "0"]
+    ],
+    vk_delta_2: [
+        [
+            "3697618915467790705869942236922063775466274665053173890632463796679068973252",
+            "14948341351907992175709156460547989243732741534604949238422596319735704165658"
+        ],
+        [
+            "3028459181652799888716942141752307629938889957960373621898607910203491239368",
+            "11380736494786911280692284374675752681598754560757720296073023058533044108340"
+        ],
+        ["1", "0"]
+    ],
+    vk_alphabeta_12: [
+        [
+            [
+                "2029413683389138792403550203267699914886160938906632433982220835551125967885",
+                "21072700047562757817161031222997517981543347628379360635925549008442030252106"
+            ],
+            [
+                "5940354580057074848093997050200682056184807770593307860589430076672439820312",
+                "12156638873931618554171829126792193045421052652279363021382169897324752428276"
+            ],
+            [
+                "7898200236362823042373859371574133993780991612861777490112507062703164551277",
+                "7074218545237549455313236346927434013100842096812539264420499035217050630853"
+            ]
+        ],
+        [
+            [
+                "7077479683546002997211712695946002074877511277312570035766170199895071832130",
+                "10093483419865920389913245021038182291233451549023025229112148274109565435465"
+            ],
+            [
+                "4595479056700221319381530156280926371456704509942304414423590385166031118820",
+                "19831328484489333784475432780421641293929726139240675179672856274388269393268"
+            ],
+            [
+                "11934129596455521040620786944827826205713621633706285934057045369193958244500",
+                "8037395052364110730298837004334506829870972346962140206007064471173334027475"
+            ]
+        ]
+    ],
+    IC: [
+        [
+            "12951059800758687233303204819298121944551181861362200875212570257618182506154",
+            "5751958719396509176593242305268064754837298673622815112953832050159760501392",
+            "1"
+        ],
+        [
+            "9561588427935871983444704959674198910445823619407211599507208879011862515257",
+            "14576201570478094842467636169770180675293504492823217349086195663150934064643",
+            "1"
+        ],
+        [
+            "4811967233483727873912563574622036989372099129165459921963463310078093941559",
+            "1874883809855039536107616044787862082553628089593740724610117059083415551067",
+            "1"
+        ],
+        [
+            "12252730267779308452229639835051322390696643456253768618882001876621526827161",
+            "7899194018737016222260328309937800777948677569409898603827268776967707173231",
+            "1"
+        ]
+    ]
+};
+dotenv.config();
+const { BANDADA_API_URL, BANDADA_GROUP_ID } = process.env;
+const bandadaApi = new ApiSdk(BANDADA_API_URL);
+const bandadaValidateProof = functions
+    .region("europe-west1")
+    .runWith({
+    memory: "512MB"
+})
+    .https.onCall(async (data) => {
+    if (!BANDADA_GROUP_ID)
+        throw new Error("BANDADA_GROUP_ID is not defined in .env");
+    const { proof, publicSignals } = data;
+    const isCorrect = groth16.verify(VKEY_DATA, publicSignals, proof);
+    if (!isCorrect)
+        return {
+            valid: false,
+            message: "Invalid proof",
+            token: ""
+        };
+    const commitment = data.publicSignals[1];
+    const isMember = await bandadaApi.isGroupMember(BANDADA_GROUP_ID, commitment);
+    if (!isMember)
+        return {
+            valid: false,
+            message: "Not a member of the group",
+            token: ""
+        };
+    const auth = getAuth();
+    try {
+        await admin.auth().createUser({
+            uid: commitment
+        });
+    }
+    catch (error) {
+        // if user already exist then just pass
+        if (error.code !== "auth/uid-already-exists") {
+            throw new Error(error);
+        }
+    }
+    const token = await auth.createCustomToken(commitment);
+    return {
+        valid: true,
+        message: "Valid proof and group member",
+        token
+    };
+});
+
+dotenv.config();
+const checkNonceOfSIWEAddress = functions
+    .region("europe-west1")
+    .runWith({ memory: "1GB" })
+    .https.onCall(async (data) => {
+    try {
+        const { auth0Token } = data;
+        const result = (await fetch(`${process.env.AUTH0_APPLICATION_URL}/userinfo`, {
+            method: "GET",
+            headers: {
+                "content-type": "application/json",
+                authorization: `Bearer ${auth0Token}`
+            }
+        }).then((_res) => _res.json()));
+        if (!result.sub) {
+            return {
+                valid: false,
+                message: "No user detected. Please check device flow token"
+            };
+        }
+        const auth = getAuth();
+        // check nonce
+        const parts = result.sub.split("|");
+        const address = decodeURIComponent(parts[2]).split(":")[2];
+        const minimumNonce = Number(process.env.ETH_MINIMUM_NONCE);
+        const nonceBlockHeight = "latest"; // process.env.ETH_NONCE_BLOCK_HEIGHT
+        // look up nonce for address @block
+        let nonceOk = true;
+        if (minimumNonce > 0) {
+            const provider = setEthProvider();
+            console.log(`got provider - block # ${await provider.getBlockNumber()}`);
+            const nonce = await provider.getTransactionCount(address, nonceBlockHeight);
+            console.log(`nonce ${nonce}`);
+            nonceOk = nonce >= minimumNonce;
+        }
+        console.log(`checking nonce ${nonceOk}`);
+        if (!nonceOk) {
+            return {
+                valid: false,
+                message: "Eth address does not meet the nonce requirements"
+            };
+        }
+        try {
+            await admin.auth().createUser({
+                displayName: address,
+                uid: address
+            });
+        }
+        catch (error) {
+            // if user already exist then just pass
+            if (error.code !== "auth/uid-already-exists") {
+                throw new Error(error);
+            }
+        }
+        const token = await auth.createCustomToken(address);
+        return {
+            valid: true,
+            token
+        };
+    }
+    catch (error) {
+        return {
+            valid: false,
+            message: `Something went wrong ${error}`
+        };
+    }
+});
+
 dotenv.config();
 /**
  * Check and remove the current contributor if it doesn't complete the contribution on the specified amount of time.
@@ -2371,7 +2656,7 @@ dotenv.config();
 const checkAndRemoveBlockingContributor = functions
     .region("europe-west1")
     .runWith({
-    memory: "512MB"
+    memory: "1GB"
 })
     .pubsub.schedule("every 1 minutes")
     .onRun(async () => {
@@ -2390,7 +2675,7 @@ const checkAndRemoveBlockingContributor = functions
             // Get ceremony circuits.
             const circuits = await getCeremonyCircuits(ceremony.id);
             // Extract ceremony data.
-            const { timeoutMechanismType, penalty } = ceremony.data();
+            const { timeoutType: timeoutMechanismType, penalty } = ceremony.data();
             for (const circuit of circuits) {
                 if (!circuit.data())
                     // Do not use `logAndThrowError` method to avoid the function to exit before checking every ceremony.
@@ -2440,7 +2725,8 @@ const checkAndRemoveBlockingContributor = functions
                             if (timeoutExpirationDateInMsForBlockingContributor < currentServerTimestamp &&
                                 (contributionStep === "DOWNLOADING" /* ParticipantContributionStep.DOWNLOADING */ ||
                                     contributionStep === "COMPUTING" /* ParticipantContributionStep.COMPUTING */ ||
-                                    contributionStep === "UPLOADING" /* ParticipantContributionStep.UPLOADING */))
+                                    contributionStep === "UPLOADING" /* ParticipantContributionStep.UPLOADING */ ||
+                                    contributionStep === "COMPLETED" /* ParticipantContributionStep.COMPLETED */))
                                 timeoutType = "BLOCKING_CONTRIBUTION" /* TimeoutType.BLOCKING_CONTRIBUTION */;
                             if (timeoutExpirationDateInMsForVerificationCloudFunction > 0 &&
                                 timeoutExpirationDateInMsForVerificationCloudFunction < currentServerTimestamp &&
@@ -2517,7 +2803,7 @@ const checkAndRemoveBlockingContributor = functions
 const resumeContributionAfterTimeoutExpiration = functions
     .region("europe-west1")
     .runWith({
-    memory: "512MB"
+    memory: "1GB"
 })
     .https.onCall(async (data, context) => {
     if (!context.auth || (!context.auth.token.participant && !context.auth.token.coordinator))
@@ -2540,7 +2826,8 @@ const resumeContributionAfterTimeoutExpiration = functions
     if (status === "EXHUMED" /* ParticipantStatus.EXHUMED */)
         await participantDoc.ref.update({
             status: "READY" /* ParticipantStatus.READY */,
-            lastUpdated: getCurrentServerTimestampInMillis()
+            lastUpdated: getCurrentServerTimestampInMillis(),
+            tempContributionData: {}
         });
     else
         logAndThrowError(SPECIFIC_ERRORS.SE_CONTRIBUTE_CANNOT_PROGRESS_TO_NEXT_CIRCUIT);
@@ -2549,4 +2836,4 @@ const resumeContributionAfterTimeoutExpiration = functions
 
 admin.initializeApp();
 
-export { checkAndPrepareCoordinatorForFinalization, checkAndRemoveBlockingContributor, checkIfObjectExist, checkParticipantForCeremony, completeMultiPartUpload, coordinateCeremonyParticipant, createBucket, finalizeCeremony, finalizeCircuit, generateGetObjectPreSignedUrl, generatePreSignedUrlsParts, initEmptyWaitingQueueForCircuit, permanentlyStoreCurrentContributionTimeAndHash, processSignUpWithCustomClaims, progressToNextCircuitForContribution, progressToNextContributionStep, refreshParticipantAfterContributionVerification, registerAuthUser, resumeContributionAfterTimeoutExpiration, setupCeremony, startCeremony, startMultiPartUpload, stopCeremony, temporaryStoreCurrentContributionMultiPartUploadId, temporaryStoreCurrentContributionUploadedChunkData, verifycontribution };
+export { bandadaValidateProof, checkAndPrepareCoordinatorForFinalization, checkAndRemoveBlockingContributor, checkIfObjectExist, checkNonceOfSIWEAddress, checkParticipantForCeremony, completeMultiPartUpload, coordinateCeremonyParticipant, createBucket, finalizeCeremony, finalizeCircuit, generateGetObjectPreSignedUrl, generatePreSignedUrlsParts, initEmptyWaitingQueueForCircuit, permanentlyStoreCurrentContributionTimeAndHash, processSignUpWithCustomClaims, progressToNextCircuitForContribution, progressToNextContributionStep, refreshParticipantAfterContributionVerification, registerAuthUser, resumeContributionAfterTimeoutExpiration, setupCeremony, startCeremony, startMultiPartUpload, stopCeremony, temporaryStoreCurrentContributionMultiPartUploadId, temporaryStoreCurrentContributionUploadedChunkData, verifycontribution };