Can't specify protocols for a network with a known network id

[davidyuk]

---
peers: []

http:
  external:
    port: 3013

chain:
  hard_forks:
    "1": 0
    "6": 1

fork_management:
  network_id: "ae_test"

this config file specifies protocols

$ curl http://localhost:3013/v3/status | jq .
{
  "difficulty": 16777216,
  "genesis_key_block_hash": "kh_u67eeSHhKif1kxSyPSz1kwFQuBsYk1Q4ctoLENewGRh5zCY1o",
  "listening": true,
  "network_id": "ae_test",
  "node_revision": "a42c1b1e84dabdad350005213a2a9334113a6832",
  "node_version": "6.8.1",
  "peer_connections": {
    "inbound": 0,
    "outbound": 0
  },
  "peer_count": 0,
  "peer_pubkey": "pp_w6kXkyM856A2Abk6eRuM51smJGYHt2SZHr6Tm3crCEaiKFnZX",
  "pending_transactions_count": 0,
  "protocols": [
    {
      "effective_at_height": 1,
      "version": 6
    },
    {
      "effective_at_height": 0,
      "version": 1
    }
  ],
  "solutions": 0,
  "sync_progress": 100.0,
  "syncing": false,
  "top_block_height": 0,
  "top_key_block_hash": "kh_u67eeSHhKif1kxSyPSz1kwFQuBsYk1Q4ctoLENewGRh5zCY1o"
}

but the defined protocols get rejected if I replace ae_test with ae_uat

$ curl http://localhost:3013/v3/status | jq .
{
  "difficulty": 16777216,
  "genesis_key_block_hash": "kh_wUCideEB8aDtUaiHCtKcfywU6oHZW6gnyci8Mw6S1RSTCnCRu",
  "listening": true,
  "network_id": "ae_uat",
  "node_revision": "a42c1b1e84dabdad350005213a2a9334113a6832",
  "node_version": "6.8.1",
  "peer_connections": {
    "inbound": 0,
    "outbound": 0
  },
  "peer_count": 4,
  "peer_pubkey": "pp_24EpfgZtVbhdzABMXQ4ur3PiRGicBzuooiLj12LS3iwTjXayLj",
  "pending_transactions_count": 0,
  "protocols": [
    {
      "effective_at_height": 425900,
      "version": 5
    },
    {
      "effective_at_height": 154300,
      "version": 4
    },
    {
      "effective_at_height": 82900,
      "version": 3
    },
    {
      "effective_at_height": 40900,
      "version": 2
    },
    {
      "effective_at_height": 0,
      "version": 1
    }
  ],
  "solutions": 0,
  "sync_progress": 100,
  "syncing": false,
  "top_block_height": 0,
  "top_key_block_hash": "kh_wUCideEB8aDtUaiHCtKcfywU6oHZW6gnyci8Mw6S1RSTCnCRu"
}

I need to provide one of ae_mainnet or ae_uat to fool the middleware since it works only with these network ids. But this would be useless if I had to stick to the first protocol. In general, custom protocols for known networks can be useful for testing purposes.

[dincho]

This sounds like mdw problem, allowing overwriting protocols for "official" (hardcoded) networks sound like asking for troubles to me.

[dincho]

This, however might suggest the node needs a bit more of config validation that fails with error when trying to overwrite hardcoded network parameters