@devtion/backend 0.0.0-9843891 → 0.0.0-9d46256

package/dist/src/functions/index.mjs

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /**
  * @module @p0tion/backend
- * @version 1.2.3
+ * @version 1.2.8
  * @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, checkIfRunning, retrieveCommandOutput, stopEC2Instance, verificationKeyAcronym, verifierSmartContractAcronym, retrieveCommandStatus } from '@p0tion/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';
@@ -125,7 +125,8 @@ const SPECIFIC_ERRORS = {
     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_UNKNOWN_COMMAND_STATUS: makeError("unavailable", "VM command execution has failed due to an unknown status code", "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."),
+    WRONG_BUCKET_NAME: makeError("invalid-argument", "The provided bucket name is not valid.", "Bucket names must be between 3 and 63 characters long, can only contain lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens, and must start and end with a letter or number.")
 };
 /**
  * A set of common errors.
@@ -746,7 +747,9 @@ const setupCeremony = functions
         // The VM unique identifier (if any).
         let vmInstanceId = "";
         // Get a new circuit document.
-        const circuitDoc = await firestore.collection(getCircuitsCollectionPath(ceremonyDoc.ref.id)).doc().get();
+        const ccp = getCircuitsCollectionPath(ceremonyDoc.ref.id);
+        printLog(`CircuitsCollectionPath = ${ccp}`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
+        const circuitDoc = await firestore.collection(ccp).doc().get();
         // Check if using the VM approach for contribution verification.
         if (circuit.verification.cfOrVm === "VM" /* CircuitContributionVerificationMechanism.VM */) {
             // VM command to be run at the startup.
@@ -783,12 +786,14 @@ const setupCeremony = functions
         }
         // Encode circuit data.
         const encodedCircuit = htmlEncodeCircuitData(circuit);
+        printLog(`writing circuit data...`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
         // Prepare tx to write circuit data.
         batch.create(circuitDoc.ref, {
             ...encodedCircuit,
             lastUpdated: getCurrentServerTimestampInMillis()
         });
     }
+    printLog(`Done handling circuits...`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
     // Send txs in a batch (to avoid race conditions).
     await batch.commit();
     printLog(`Setup completed for ceremony ${ceremonyDoc.id}`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
@@ -801,7 +806,7 @@ const setupCeremony = functions
 const initEmptyWaitingQueueForCircuit = functions
     .region("europe-west1")
     .runWith({
-    memory: "512MB"
+    memory: "1GB"
 })
     .firestore.document(`/${commonTerms.collections.ceremonies.name}/{ceremony}/${commonTerms.collections.circuits.name}/{circuit}`)
     .onCreate(async (doc) => {
@@ -833,7 +838,7 @@ 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)
@@ -1310,7 +1315,7 @@ const coordinate = async (participant, circuit, isSingleParticipantCoordination,
     if (isSingleParticipantCoordination) {
         // Scenario (A).
         if (emptyWaitingQueue) {
-            printLog(`Coordinate - executing scenario A - emptyWaitingQueue`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
+            printLog(`Coordinate - executing scenario A - emptyWaitingQueue`, LogLevel.INFO);
             // Update.
             newCurrentContributorId = participant.id;
             newParticipantStatus = "CONTRIBUTING" /* ParticipantStatus.CONTRIBUTING */;
@@ -1319,14 +1324,14 @@ const coordinate = async (participant, circuit, isSingleParticipantCoordination,
         }
         // Scenario (A).
         else if (participantResumingAfterTimeoutExpiration) {
-            printLog(`Coordinate - executing scenario A - single - participantResumingAfterTimeoutExpiration`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
+            printLog(`Coordinate - executing scenario A - single - participantResumingAfterTimeoutExpiration`, LogLevel.INFO);
             newParticipantStatus = "CONTRIBUTING" /* ParticipantStatus.CONTRIBUTING */;
             newContributionStep = "DOWNLOADING" /* ParticipantContributionStep.DOWNLOADING */;
             newCurrentContributorId = participant.id;
         }
         // Scenario (B).
         else if (participantIsNotCurrentContributor) {
-            printLog(`Coordinate - executing scenario B - single - participantIsNotCurrentContributor`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
+            printLog(`Coordinate - executing scenario B - single - participantIsNotCurrentContributor`, LogLevel.INFO);
             newCurrentContributorId = currentContributor;
             newParticipantStatus = "WAITING" /* ParticipantStatus.WAITING */;
             newContributors.push(participant.id);
@@ -1345,7 +1350,7 @@ const coordinate = async (participant, circuit, isSingleParticipantCoordination,
         });
     }
     else if (participantIsCurrentContributor && participantCompletedOneOrAllContributions && !!ceremonyId) {
-        printLog(`Coordinate - executing scenario C - multi - participantIsCurrentContributor && participantCompletedOneOrAllContributions`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
+        printLog(`Coordinate - executing scenario C - multi - participantIsCurrentContributor && participantCompletedOneOrAllContributions`, LogLevel.INFO);
         newParticipantStatus = "CONTRIBUTING" /* ParticipantStatus.CONTRIBUTING */;
         newContributionStep = "DOWNLOADING" /* ParticipantContributionStep.DOWNLOADING */;
         // Remove from waiting queue of circuit X.
@@ -1363,7 +1368,7 @@ const coordinate = async (participant, circuit, isSingleParticipantCoordination,
                 contributionStartedAt: getCurrentServerTimestampInMillis(),
                 lastUpdated: getCurrentServerTimestampInMillis()
             });
-            printLog(`Participant ${newCurrentContributorId} is the new current contributor for circuit ${circuit.id}`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
+            printLog(`Participant ${newCurrentContributorId} is the new current contributor for circuit ${circuit.id}`, LogLevel.INFO);
         }
     }
     // Prepare tx - must be done for all Scenarios.
@@ -1440,8 +1445,8 @@ const waitForVMCommandExecution = (ssm, vmInstanceId, commandId) => new Promise(
             try {
                 await stopEC2Instance(ec2, vmInstanceId);
             }
-            catch (error) {
-                printLog(`Error while stopping VM instance ${vmInstanceId} - Error ${error}`, LogLevel.WARN);
+            catch (stopError) {
+                printLog(`Error while stopping VM instance ${vmInstanceId} - Error ${stopError}`, LogLevel.WARN);
             }
             if (!error.toString().includes(commandId))
                 logAndThrowError(COMMON_ERRORS.CM_INVALID_COMMAND_EXECUTION);
@@ -1489,8 +1494,8 @@ const coordinateCeremonyParticipant = functionsV1
     // Extract data.
     const { contributionProgress: prevContributionProgress, status: prevStatus, contributionStep: prevContributionStep } = exParticipant.data();
     const { contributionProgress: changedContributionProgress, status: changedStatus, contributionStep: changedContributionStep } = changedParticipant.data();
-    printLog(`Coordinate participant ${exParticipant.id} for ceremony ${ceremonyId}`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
-    printLog(`Participant status: ${prevStatus} => ${changedStatus} - Participant contribution step: ${prevContributionStep} => ${changedContributionStep}`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
+    printLog(`Coordinate participant ${exParticipant.id} for ceremony ${ceremonyId}`, LogLevel.INFO);
+    printLog(`Participant status: ${prevStatus} => ${changedStatus} - Participant contribution step: ${prevContributionStep} => ${changedContributionStep}`, LogLevel.INFO);
     // Define pre-conditions.
     const participantReadyToContribute = changedStatus === "READY" /* ParticipantStatus.READY */;
     const participantReadyForFirstContribution = participantReadyToContribute && prevContributionProgress === 0;
@@ -1500,8 +1505,8 @@ const coordinateCeremonyParticipant = functionsV1
         prevContributionProgress !== 0;
     const participantCompletedEveryCircuitContribution = changedStatus === "DONE" /* ParticipantStatus.DONE */ && prevStatus !== "DONE" /* ParticipantStatus.DONE */;
     const participantCompletedContribution = prevContributionProgress === changedContributionProgress &&
-        prevStatus === "CONTRIBUTING" /* ParticipantStatus.CONTRIBUTING */ &&
-        prevContributionStep === "VERIFYING" /* ParticipantContributionStep.VERIFYING */ &&
+        (prevStatus === "CONTRIBUTING" /* ParticipantStatus.CONTRIBUTING */ ||
+            prevContributionStep === "VERIFYING" /* ParticipantContributionStep.VERIFYING */) &&
         changedStatus === "CONTRIBUTED" /* ParticipantStatus.CONTRIBUTED */ &&
         changedContributionStep === "COMPLETED" /* ParticipantContributionStep.COMPLETED */;
     // Step (2).
@@ -1509,7 +1514,7 @@ const coordinateCeremonyParticipant = functionsV1
         participantResumingContributionAfterTimeout ||
         participantReadyForNextContribution) {
         // Step (2.A).
-        printLog(`Participant is ready for first contribution (${participantReadyForFirstContribution}) or for the next contribution (${participantReadyForNextContribution}) or is resuming after a timeout expiration (${participantResumingContributionAfterTimeout})`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
+        printLog(`Participant is ready for first contribution (${participantReadyForFirstContribution}) or for the next contribution (${participantReadyForNextContribution}) or is resuming after a timeout expiration (${participantResumingContributionAfterTimeout})`, LogLevel.INFO);
         // Get the circuit.
         const circuit = await getCircuitDocumentByPosition(ceremonyId, changedContributionProgress);
         // Coordinate.
@@ -1518,7 +1523,7 @@ const coordinateCeremonyParticipant = functionsV1
     }
     else if (participantCompletedContribution || participantCompletedEveryCircuitContribution) {
         // Step (2.B).
-        printLog(`Participant completed a contribution (${participantCompletedContribution}) or every contribution for each circuit (${participantCompletedEveryCircuitContribution})`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
+        printLog(`Participant completed a contribution (${participantCompletedContribution}) or every contribution for each circuit (${participantCompletedEveryCircuitContribution})`, LogLevel.INFO);
         // Get the circuit.
         const circuit = await getCircuitDocumentByPosition(ceremonyId, prevContributionProgress);
         // Coordinate.
@@ -1572,297 +1577,325 @@ 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.
-            if (isContributionValid) {
-                // eslint-disable-next-line no-control-regex
-                const updated = content.replace(/\x1b[[0-9;]*m/g, "");
-                fs.writeFileSync(verificationTranscriptTemporaryLocalPath, updated);
+const verifycontribution = functionsV2.https.onCall({ memory: "32GiB", timeoutSeconds: 3600, region: "europe-west1", cpu: 8 }, 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);
+        const BUCKET_NAME_REGEX = /^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9-]{1,61}[a-z0-9]$/;
+        if (!BUCKET_NAME_REGEX.test(request.data.bucketName))
+            logAndThrowError(SPECIFIC_ERRORS.WRONG_BUCKET_NAME);
+        // 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 dumpLog = async (path) => {
+            printLog(`transcript >>>>>>`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
+            try {
+                const data = await fs.promises.readFile(path, "utf8");
+                printLog(data, LogLevel.DEBUG);
             }
-        }
-        printLog(`The contribution has been verified - Result ${isContributionValid}`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
-        // Create a new contribution document.
-        const contributionDoc = await firestore
-            .collection(getContributionsCollectionPath(ceremonyId, circuitId))
-            .doc()
-            .get();
-        // Step (1.A.4).
-        if (isContributionValid) {
-            // Sleep ~3 seconds to wait for verification transcription.
-            await sleep(3000);
-            // Step (1.A.4.A.1).
+            catch (readError) {
+                printLog(readError, LogLevel.ERROR);
+            }
+        };
+        const completeVerification = async () => {
+            // Stop verification task timer.
+            printLog("Completing verification", LogLevel.DEBUG);
+            verificationTaskTimer.stop();
+            verifyCloudFunctionExecutionTime = verificationTaskTimer.ms();
             if (isUsingVM) {
-                // Retrieve the contribution hash from the command output.
-                lastZkeyBlake2bHash = await retrieveCommandOutput(ssm, vmInstanceId, commandId);
-                const hashRegex = /[a-fA-F0-9]{64}/;
-                const match = lastZkeyBlake2bHash.match(hashRegex);
-                lastZkeyBlake2bHash = match.at(0);
-                // re upload the formatted verification transcript
-                await uploadFileToBucket(bucketName, verificationTranscriptStoragePathAndFilename, verificationTranscriptTemporaryLocalPath, true);
+                // Create temporary path.
+                verificationTranscriptTemporaryLocalPath = createTemporaryLocalPath(`${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) {
+                // 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();
             }
             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.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()
+                });
             }
-            // 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()
-            });
-        }
-        // Stop VM instance
-        if (isUsingVM) {
-            // 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
+            // Stop VM instance
+            if (isUsingVM) {
+                // 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);
+                }
+            }
+            // 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.INFO);
+        };
+        // 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 await 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 ${error}`, LogLevel.WARN);
+                    logAndThrowError(COMMON_ERRORS.CM_INVALID_COMMAND_EXECUTION);
+                });
+            }
+            // CF approach.
+            printLog(`CF mechanism`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
+            const potStoragePath = getPotStorageFilePath(files.potFilename);
+            const firstZkeyStoragePath = getZkeyStorageFilePath(prefix, `${prefix}_${genesisZkeyIndex}.zkey`);
+            printLog(`pot file: ${potStoragePath}`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
+            printLog(`zkey file: ${firstZkeyStoragePath}`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
+            // Prepare temporary file paths.
+            // (nb. these are needed to download the necessary artifacts for verification from AWS S3).
+            verificationTranscriptTemporaryLocalPath = createTemporaryLocalPath(verificationTranscriptCompleteFilename);
+            const potTempFilePath = createTemporaryLocalPath(`${circuitId}_${participantDoc.id}.pot`);
+            const firstZkeyTempFilePath = createTemporaryLocalPath(`${circuitId}_${participantDoc.id}_genesis.zkey`);
+            const lastZkeyTempFilePath = createTemporaryLocalPath(`${circuitId}_${participantDoc.id}_last.zkey`);
+            printLog(`pot file: ${potTempFilePath}`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
+            printLog(`firstZkey file: ${firstZkeyTempFilePath}`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
+            printLog(`last zkey file: ${lastZkeyTempFilePath}`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
+            // Create and populate transcript.
+            const transcriptLogger = createCustomLoggerForFile(verificationTranscriptTemporaryLocalPath);
+            transcriptLogger.info(`${isFinalizing ? `Final verification` : `Verification`} transcript for ${prefix} circuit Phase 2 contribution.\n${isFinalizing ? `Coordinator ` : `Contributor # ${Number(lastZkeyIndex)}`} (${contributorOrCoordinatorIdentifier})\n`);
+            // Step (1.A.2).
+            await downloadArtifactFromS3Bucket(bucketName, potStoragePath, potTempFilePath);
+            await downloadArtifactFromS3Bucket(bucketName, firstZkeyStoragePath, firstZkeyTempFilePath);
+            await downloadArtifactFromS3Bucket(bucketName, lastZkeyStoragePath, lastZkeyTempFilePath);
+            // Step (1.A.4).
+            isContributionValid = await zKey.verifyFromInit(firstZkeyTempFilePath, potTempFilePath, lastZkeyTempFilePath, transcriptLogger);
+            await dumpLog(verificationTranscriptTemporaryLocalPath);
+            // Compute contribution hash.
+            lastZkeyBlake2bHash = await blake512FromPath(lastZkeyTempFilePath);
+            // Free resources by unlinking temporary folders.
+            // Do not free-up verification transcript path here.
             try {
-                await stopEC2Instance(ec2, vmInstanceId);
+                fs.unlinkSync(potTempFilePath);
+                fs.unlinkSync(firstZkeyTempFilePath);
+                fs.unlinkSync(lastZkeyTempFilePath);
             }
             catch (error) {
-                printLog(`Error while stopping VM instance ${vmInstanceId} - Error ${error}`, LogLevel.WARN);
+                printLog(`Error while unlinking temporary files - Error ${error}`, LogLevel.WARN);
             }
+            await completeVerification();
         }
-        // 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 ${error}`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
-                logAndThrowError(COMMON_ERRORS.CM_INVALID_COMMAND_EXECUTION);
-            });
-        }
-        // CF approach.
-        printLog(`CF mechanism`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
-        const potStoragePath = getPotStorageFilePath(files.potFilename);
-        const firstZkeyStoragePath = getZkeyStorageFilePath(prefix, `${prefix}_${genesisZkeyIndex}.zkey`);
-        // Prepare temporary file paths.
-        // (nb. these are needed to download the necessary artifacts for verification from AWS S3).
-        verificationTranscriptTemporaryLocalPath = createTemporaryLocalPath(verificationTranscriptCompleteFilename);
-        const potTempFilePath = createTemporaryLocalPath(`${circuitId}_${participantDoc.id}.pot`);
-        const firstZkeyTempFilePath = createTemporaryLocalPath(`${circuitId}_${participantDoc.id}_genesis.zkey`);
-        const lastZkeyTempFilePath = createTemporaryLocalPath(`${circuitId}_${participantDoc.id}_last.zkey`);
-        // Create and populate transcript.
-        const transcriptLogger = createCustomLoggerForFile(verificationTranscriptTemporaryLocalPath);
-        transcriptLogger.info(`${isFinalizing ? `Final verification` : `Verification`} transcript for ${prefix} circuit Phase 2 contribution.\n${isFinalizing ? `Coordinator ` : `Contributor # ${Number(lastZkeyIndex)}`} (${contributorOrCoordinatorIdentifier})\n`);
-        // Step (1.A.2).
-        await downloadArtifactFromS3Bucket(bucketName, potStoragePath, potTempFilePath);
-        await downloadArtifactFromS3Bucket(bucketName, firstZkeyStoragePath, firstZkeyTempFilePath);
-        await downloadArtifactFromS3Bucket(bucketName, lastZkeyStoragePath, lastZkeyTempFilePath);
-        // Step (1.A.4).
-        isContributionValid = await zKey.verifyFromInit(firstZkeyTempFilePath, potTempFilePath, lastZkeyTempFilePath, transcriptLogger);
-        // Compute contribution hash.
-        lastZkeyBlake2bHash = await blake512FromPath(lastZkeyTempFilePath);
-        // Free resources by unlinking temporary folders.
-        // Do not free-up verification transcript path here.
-        try {
-            fs.unlinkSync(potTempFilePath);
-            fs.unlinkSync(firstZkeyTempFilePath);
-            fs.unlinkSync(lastZkeyTempFilePath);
-        }
-        catch (error) {
-            printLog(`Error while unlinking temporary files - Error ${error}`, LogLevel.WARN);
-        }
-        await completeVerification();
+        return null;
+    }
+    catch (error) {
+        logAndThrowError(makeError("unknown", error));
+        return null;
     }
 });
 /**
@@ -1924,7 +1957,7 @@ const refreshParticipantAfterContributionVerification = functionsV1
         lastUpdated: getCurrentServerTimestampInMillis()
     });
     await batch.commit();
-    printLog(`Participant ${participantId} refreshed after contribution ${createdContribution.id} - The participant was finalizing the ceremony ${isFinalizing}`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
+    printLog(`Participant ${participantId} refreshed after contribution ${createdContribution.id} - The participant was finalizing the ceremony? ${isFinalizing}`, LogLevel.INFO);
 });
 /**
  * Finalize the ceremony circuit.
@@ -2089,6 +2122,7 @@ const createBucket = functions
     // Connect to S3 client.
     const S3 = await getS3Client();
     try {
+        printLog(`Creating AWS S3 bucket ${data.bucketName} ...`, LogLevel.LOG);
         // Try to get information about the bucket.
         await S3.send(new HeadBucketCommand({ Bucket: data.bucketName }));
         // If the command succeeded, the bucket exists, throw an error.
@@ -2419,110 +2453,110 @@ 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"
+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: "1GB"
+})
+    .https.onCall(async (data) => {
+    const VKEY_DATA = {
+        protocol: "groth16",
+        curve: "bn128",
+        nPublic: 3,
+        vk_alpha_1: [
+            "20491192805390485299153009773594534940189261866228447918068658471970481763042",
+            "9383485363053290200918347156157836566562967994039712273449902621266178545958",
+            "1"
         ],
-        ["1", "0"]
-    ],
-    vk_delta_2: [
-        [
-            "3697618915467790705869942236922063775466274665053173890632463796679068973252",
-            "14948341351907992175709156460547989243732741534604949238422596319735704165658"
+        vk_beta_2: [
+            [
+                "6375614351688725206403948262868962793625744043794305715222011528459656738731",
+                "4252822878758300859123897981450591353533073413197771768651442665752259397132"
+            ],
+            [
+                "10505242626370262277552901082094356697409835680220590971873171140371331206856",
+                "21847035105528745403288232691147584728191162732299865338377159692350059136679"
+            ],
+            ["1", "0"]
         ],
-        [
-            "3028459181652799888716942141752307629938889957960373621898607910203491239368",
-            "11380736494786911280692284374675752681598754560757720296073023058533044108340"
+        vk_gamma_2: [
+            [
+                "10857046999023057135944570762232829481370756359578518086990519993285655852781",
+                "11559732032986387107991004021392285783925812861821192530917403151452391805634"
+            ],
+            [
+                "8495653923123431417604973247489272438418190587263600148770280649306958101930",
+                "4082367875863433681332203403145435568316851327593401208105741076214120093531"
+            ],
+            ["1", "0"]
         ],
-        ["1", "0"]
-    ],
-    vk_alphabeta_12: [
-        [
+        vk_delta_2: [
+            [
+                "3697618915467790705869942236922063775466274665053173890632463796679068973252",
+                "14948341351907992175709156460547989243732741534604949238422596319735704165658"
+            ],
             [
-                "2029413683389138792403550203267699914886160938906632433982220835551125967885",
-                "21072700047562757817161031222997517981543347628379360635925549008442030252106"
+                "3028459181652799888716942141752307629938889957960373621898607910203491239368",
+                "11380736494786911280692284374675752681598754560757720296073023058533044108340"
             ],
+            ["1", "0"]
+        ],
+        vk_alphabeta_12: [
             [
-                "5940354580057074848093997050200682056184807770593307860589430076672439820312",
-                "12156638873931618554171829126792193045421052652279363021382169897324752428276"
+                [
+                    "2029413683389138792403550203267699914886160938906632433982220835551125967885",
+                    "21072700047562757817161031222997517981543347628379360635925549008442030252106"
+                ],
+                [
+                    "5940354580057074848093997050200682056184807770593307860589430076672439820312",
+                    "12156638873931618554171829126792193045421052652279363021382169897324752428276"
+                ],
+                [
+                    "7898200236362823042373859371574133993780991612861777490112507062703164551277",
+                    "7074218545237549455313236346927434013100842096812539264420499035217050630853"
+                ]
             ],
             [
-                "7898200236362823042373859371574133993780991612861777490112507062703164551277",
-                "7074218545237549455313236346927434013100842096812539264420499035217050630853"
+                [
+                    "7077479683546002997211712695946002074877511277312570035766170199895071832130",
+                    "10093483419865920389913245021038182291233451549023025229112148274109565435465"
+                ],
+                [
+                    "4595479056700221319381530156280926371456704509942304414423590385166031118820",
+                    "19831328484489333784475432780421641293929726139240675179672856274388269393268"
+                ],
+                [
+                    "11934129596455521040620786944827826205713621633706285934057045369193958244500",
+                    "8037395052364110730298837004334506829870972346962140206007064471173334027475"
+                ]
             ]
         ],
-        [
+        IC: [
+            [
+                "12951059800758687233303204819298121944551181861362200875212570257618182506154",
+                "5751958719396509176593242305268064754837298673622815112953832050159760501392",
+                "1"
+            ],
             [
-                "7077479683546002997211712695946002074877511277312570035766170199895071832130",
-                "10093483419865920389913245021038182291233451549023025229112148274109565435465"
+                "9561588427935871983444704959674198910445823619407211599507208879011862515257",
+                "14576201570478094842467636169770180675293504492823217349086195663150934064643",
+                "1"
             ],
             [
-                "4595479056700221319381530156280926371456704509942304414423590385166031118820",
-                "19831328484489333784475432780421641293929726139240675179672856274388269393268"
+                "4811967233483727873912563574622036989372099129165459921963463310078093941559",
+                "1874883809855039536107616044787862082553628089593740724610117059083415551067",
+                "1"
             ],
             [
-                "11934129596455521040620786944827826205713621633706285934057045369193958244500",
-                "8037395052364110730298837004334506829870972346962140206007064471173334027475"
+                "12252730267779308452229639835051322390696643456253768618882001876621526827161",
+                "7899194018737016222260328309937800777948677569409898603827268776967707173231",
+                "1"
             ]
         ]
-    ],
-    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;
@@ -2683,7 +2717,7 @@ const checkAndRemoveBlockingContributor = functions
                     // Case (A).
                     if (!currentContributor)
                         // Do not use `logAndThrowError` method to avoid the function to exit before checking every ceremony.
-                        printLog(`No current contributor for circuit ${circuit.id} - ceremony ${ceremony.id}`, LogLevel.WARN);
+                        printLog(`No current contributor for circuit ${circuit.id} - ceremony ${ceremony.id}`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
                     else if (avgFullContribution === 0 &&
                         avgContributionComputation === 0 &&
                         avgVerifyCloudFunction === 0 &&
@@ -2709,7 +2743,7 @@ const checkAndRemoveBlockingContributor = functions
                                 ? Number(contributionStartedAt) +
                                     Number(avgFullContribution) +
                                     Number(timeoutDynamicThreshold)
-                                : Number(contributionStartedAt) + Number(fixedTimeWindow) * 60000; // * 60000 = convert minutes to millis.
+                                : (Number(contributionStartedAt) + Number(fixedTimeWindow)) * 60000; // * 60000 = convert minutes to millis.
                             // Case (D).
                             const timeoutExpirationDateInMsForVerificationCloudFunction = contributionStep === "VERIFYING" /* ParticipantContributionStep.VERIFYING */ &&
                                 !!verificationStartedAt
@@ -2727,11 +2761,11 @@ const checkAndRemoveBlockingContributor = functions
                                 timeoutExpirationDateInMsForVerificationCloudFunction < currentServerTimestamp &&
                                 contributionStep === "VERIFYING" /* ParticipantContributionStep.VERIFYING */)
                                 timeoutType = "BLOCKING_CLOUD_FUNCTION" /* TimeoutType.BLOCKING_CLOUD_FUNCTION */;
-                            printLog(`${timeoutType} detected for circuit ${circuit.id} - ceremony ${ceremony.id}`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
                             if (!timeoutType)
                                 // Do not use `logAndThrowError` method to avoid the function to exit before checking every ceremony.
-                                printLog(`No timeout for circuit ${circuit.id} - ceremony ${ceremony.id}`, LogLevel.WARN);
+                                printLog(`No timeout for circuit ${circuit.id} - ceremony ${ceremony.id}`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
                             else {
+                                printLog(`${timeoutType} detected for circuit ${circuit.id} - ceremony ${ceremony.id}`, LogLevel.WARN);
                                 // Case (E).
                                 let nextCurrentContributorId = "";
                                 // Prepare Firestore batch of txs.
@@ -2782,7 +2816,7 @@ const checkAndRemoveBlockingContributor = functions
                                 });
                                 // Send atomic update for Firestore.
                                 await batch.commit();
-                                printLog(`The contributor ${participant.id} has been identified as potential blocking contributor. A timeout of type ${timeoutType} has been triggered w/ a penalty of ${timeoutPenaltyInMs} ms`, LogLevel.DEBUG);
+                                printLog(`The contributor ${participant.id} has been identified as potential blocking contributor. A timeout of type ${timeoutType} has been triggered w/ a penalty of ${timeoutPenaltyInMs} ms`, LogLevel.WARN);
                             }
                         }
                     }