change bypass-min-fee-types parsing; change defaults

app/app.go

@@ -186,11 +186,21 @@ func NewGaiaApp(
 	app.MountTransientStores(app.GetTransientStoreKey())
 	app.MountMemoryStores(app.GetMemoryStoreKey())
 
-	bypassMinFeeMsgTypes := cast.ToStringSlice(appOpts.Get(gaiaappparams.BypassMinFeeMsgTypesKey))
-	if bypassMinFeeMsgTypes == nil {
+	var bypassMinFeeMsgTypes []string
+	bypassMinFeeMsgTypesOptions := appOpts.Get(gaiaappparams.BypassMinFeeMsgTypesKey)
+	if bypassMinFeeMsgTypesOptions == nil {
 		bypassMinFeeMsgTypes = GetDefaultBypassFeeMessages()
+	} else {
+		bypassMinFeeMsgTypes = cast.ToStringSlice(bypassMinFeeMsgTypesOptions)
 	}
 
+	if err := app.ValidateBypassFeeMsgTypes(bypassMinFeeMsgTypes); err != nil {
+		app.Logger().Error("invalid 'bypass-min-fee-msg-types' config option", "error", err)
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("invalid 'bypass-min-fee-msg-types' config option: %s", err))
+	}
+
+	app.Logger().Info("min fee bypass activated for message types", "types", bypassMinFeeMsgTypes)
+
 	anteHandler, err := gaiaante.NewAnteHandler(
 		gaiaante.HandlerOptions{
 			HandlerOptions: ante.HandlerOptions{
@@ -235,6 +245,17 @@ func GetDefaultBypassFeeMessages() []string {
 	}
 }
 
+// ValidateBypassFeeMsgTypes checks that a proto message type exists for all MsgTypes in bypassMinFeeMsgTypes
+// An error is returned for the first msgType that cannot be resolved
+func (app *GaiaApp) ValidateBypassFeeMsgTypes(bypassMinFeeMsgTypes []string) error {
+	for _, msgType := range bypassMinFeeMsgTypes {
+		if _, err := app.interfaceRegistry.Resolve(msgType); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // Name returns the name of the App
 func (app *GaiaApp) Name() string { return app.BaseApp.Name() }
 

app/params/config.go

@@ -19,9 +19,14 @@ var (
 ###############################################################################
 # bypass-min-fee-msg-types defines custom message types the operator may set that
 # will bypass minimum fee checks during CheckTx.
+# NOTE:
+# bypass-min-fee-msg-types = [] will deactivate the bypass - no messages will be allowed to bypass the minimum fee check
+# bypass-min-fee-msg-types = [<MsgType>...] will allow messages of specified type to bypass the minimum fee check
+# removing bypass-min-fee-msg-types from the config file will apply the default values:
+# ["/ibc.core.channel.v1.MsgRecvPacket", "/ibc.core.channel.v1.MsgAcknowledgement", "/ibc.core.client.v1.MsgUpdateClient"]
 #
 # Example:
-# ["/ibc.core.channel.v1.MsgRecvPacket", "/ibc.core.channel.v1.MsgAcknowledgement", ...]
+# bypass-min-fee-msg-types = ["/ibc.core.channel.v1.MsgRecvPacket", "/ibc.core.channel.v1.MsgAcknowledgement", "/ibc.core.client.v1.MsgUpdateClient"]
 bypass-min-fee-msg-types = [{{ range .BypassMinFeeMsgTypes }}{{ printf "%q, " . }}{{end}}]
 `
 )
@@ -42,5 +47,9 @@ type CustomAppConfig struct {
 
 	// BypassMinFeeMsgTypes defines custom message types the operator may set that
 	// will bypass minimum fee checks during CheckTx.
+	// NOTE:
+	// bypass-min-fee-msg-types = [] will deactivate the bypass - no messages will be allowed to bypass the minimum fee check
+	// bypass-min-fee-msg-types = [<some_msg_type>] will allow messages of specified type to bypass the minimum fee check
+	// omitting bypass-min-fee-msg-types from the config file will use the default values: ["/ibc.core.channel.v1.MsgRecvPacket", "/ibc.core.channel.v1.MsgAcknowledgement", "/ibc.core.client.v1.MsgUpdateClient"]
 	BypassMinFeeMsgTypes []string `mapstructure:"bypass-min-fee-msg-types"`
 }

cmd/gaiad/cmd/root.go

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func initAppConfig() (string, interface{}) {
 
 	return params.CustomConfigTemplate(), params.CustomAppConfig{
 		Config:               *srvCfg,
-		BypassMinFeeMsgTypes: gaia.GetDefaultBypassFeeMessages(),
+		BypassMinFeeMsgTypes: []string{},
 	}
 }