[bug]: lnd (master 15d2ff0) is stalling connections at startup using `externalhosts` #7924

blckbx · 2023-08-25T14:15:03Z

Background

Follow-up issue of #7921

Good news first: externalip is working now (with and without Tor).
Bad news: using externalhosts LND still stalls connections and lnd becomes unresponsive with ~~and without~~ Tor.

Compiled master branch from source (15d2ff0).
LND now starts up without go runtime error but stalls after a while trying to reconnect to peers.
seeing all connections (in and out) timing out

[INF] PEER: Peer(x): disconnecting x@x.x.x.x:37298, reason: unable to start peer: unable to send init msg: write tcp 10.151.111.76:9738->x.x.x.x:58556: write: broken pipe

[ERR] CMGR: Can't accept connection: unable to accept connection from x.x.x.x:56404: read tcp 10.151.111.76:9738->x.x.x.x:56404: i/o timeout

local lncli commands are getting stuck and rpc calls are running into timeouts, finally getting cancelled.

Startup log show that lnd is resolving the DNS correctly:

[INF] NANN: HostAnnouncer starting
[DBG] NANN: IP change detected! lightning.airdns.org:9738: <nil> -> 195.206.105.203:9738

[DBG] NANN: HostAnnouncer checking for any IP changes...
[DBG] NANN: No IP changes detected for hosts: [lightning.airdns.org:9738]

Your environment

version of lnd: v0.17.0-beta.rc1-g15d2ff0c4
which operating system (uname -a on *Nix): Linux node 5.15.0-79-generic 86-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jul 10 16:07:21 UTC 2023 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
version of btcd, bitcoind, or other backend: bitcoind v25.0
any other relevant environment details: using hybrid mode (Tor + externalhosts) setting in combination with vpn service

Steps to reproduce

compile 15d2ff0 from source
lnd.conf: set a DNS address for externalhosts
startup LND
LND comes to halt trying to connect to peers and stops responding to rpc calls

Expected behaviour

LND is starting up without issues and responding to calls.

Actual behaviour

LND starts up with externalhosts set but comes to halt and stops responding to lncli commands.

I can provide a full log for externalhosts and externalip scenario privately, if required.

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Roasbeef · 2023-08-26T00:58:55Z

Are you able to repro this without Tor? Just tried to repro and seems fine.

Re Tor, seems related to this issue perhaps #7917 (comment)? Might be an intermittent Tor issue. I can try it out on my hybrid tor node once we get the next rc out (rc2).

Roasbeef · 2023-08-26T01:07:42Z

using hybrid mode (Tor + externalhosts)

What tor flags are you running with? lnd.tor.skip-proxy-for-clearnet-targets=1 as well?

blckbx · 2023-08-26T06:05:13Z

Are you able to repro this without Tor? Just tried to repro and seems fine.

Yes, I ran into this with and without Tor before.
With active Tor, tor.skip-proxy-for-clearnet-targets=true was set, yes.

Just ran new tests today:

externalhosts + no Tor:

listen=0.0.0.0:9738
externalhosts=lightning.airdns.org:9738

[tor]
tor.active=false
tor.v3=false

LND stalls after 15 minutes, it's caught in state server is still in the process of starting.
No lncli and rpc calls possible.

externalhosts + Tor:

listen=0.0.0.0:9738
externalhosts=lightning.airdns.org:9738

[tor]
tor.active=true
tor.v3=true
tor.streamisolation=false
tor.skip-proxy-for-clearnet-targets=true

LND works fine now. I think for this test case, it could have been a Tor glitch yesterday.
lncli and rpc calls are working fine.

So the only problem left seems to be: running clearnet-only with externalhosts setting.
I have recorded logs for both test cases.

Roasbeef · 2023-08-28T22:30:21Z

So the only problem left seems to be: running clearnet-only with externalhosts setting.

Next time things stall, do you think you can grab a profile? https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/blob/master/docs/debugging_lnd.md#capturing-pprof-data-with-lnd

I ran with tor hybrid and external host and wasn't able to repro.

blckbx · 2023-08-29T08:35:33Z

I ran with tor hybrid and external host and wasn't able to repro.

This case is not a problem anymore (thanks to Elle's fix).
If Tor is turned off completely (no hybrid mode, clearnet only), then LND is stalling connections.

pprof.txt

Roasbeef · 2023-08-29T17:23:35Z

@blckbx can you get a goroutine dump from that? https://go.dev/blog/pprof

Then we can see what is actually blocked.

guggero · 2023-08-29T17:30:49Z

There is a goroutine dump here: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/files/12462101/pprof.txt, though it's in a bit of a different format from what a goroutine dump normally looks like.

blckbx · 2023-08-29T17:53:38Z

There is a goroutine dump here: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/files/12462101/pprof.txt, though it's in a bit of a different format from what a goroutine dump normally looks like.

Sorry I'm new to this tool. This I copied from the curl command mentioned in debugging guide:
$ curl http://localhost:9736/debug/pprof/goroutine?debug=1.

What exact command do I need to run to get the output you can work with?

guggero · 2023-08-29T18:01:25Z

No this is fine, thanks.

In this commit, we attempt to fix circular waiting scenario introduced inadvertently when [fixing a race condition scenario](lightningnetwork#7856). With that PR, we added a new channel that would block `Disconnect`, and `WaitForDisconnect` to ensure that only until the `Start` method has finished would those calls be allowed to succeed. The issue is that if the server is trying to disconnect a peer due to a concurrent connection, but `Start` is blocked on `maybeSendNodeAnn`, which then wants to grab the main server mutex, then `Start` can never exit, which causes `startReady` to never be closed, which then causes the server to be blocked. This PR attempts to fix the issue by calling `maybeSendNodeAnn` in a goroutine, so it can grab the server mutex and not block the `Start` method. Fixes lightningnetwork#7924 Fixes lightningnetwork#7928 Fixes lightningnetwork#7866

Roasbeef · 2023-08-29T21:20:59Z

We have a candidate fix here: #7928

mercurytoxic · 2023-08-30T06:25:25Z

Pull request #7938 fixed all stalling issues for me.

blckbx · 2023-08-30T08:35:16Z

We have a candidate fix here: #7928

This indeed fixes the issue with node running clearnet-only using externalhosts setting and thus solves #7924.

…7938) In this commit, we attempt to fix circular waiting scenario introduced inadvertently when [fixing a race condition scenario](#7856). With that PR, we added a new channel that would block `Disconnect`, and `WaitForDisconnect` to ensure that only until the `Start` method has finished would those calls be allowed to succeed. The issue is that if the server is trying to disconnect a peer due to a concurrent connection, but `Start` is blocked on `maybeSendNodeAnn`, which then wants to grab the main server mutex, then `Start` can never exit, which causes `startReady` to never be closed, which then causes the server to be blocked. This PR attempts to fix the issue by calling `maybeSendNodeAnn` in a goroutine, so it can grab the server mutex and not block the `Start` method. Fixes #7924 Fixes #7928 Fixes #7866

blckbx added bug Unintended code behaviour needs triage labels Aug 25, 2023

Reckless-Satoshi mentioned this issue Aug 26, 2023

[bug]: LND can't connect to peers/channels, sync to chain is lost #7917

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Roasbeef added this to the v0.17.0 milestone Aug 28, 2023

saubyk added networking P1 MUST be fixed or reviewed labels Aug 29, 2023

Roasbeef mentioned this issue Aug 29, 2023

peer: eliminate circular waiting by calling maybeSendNodeAnn async #7938

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saubyk removed the needs triage label Aug 30, 2023

Roasbeef closed this as completed in #7938 Aug 30, 2023

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[bug]: lnd (master 15d2ff0) is stalling connections at startup using `externalhosts` #7924

[bug]: lnd (master 15d2ff0) is stalling connections at startup using `externalhosts` #7924

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[bug]: lnd (master 15d2ff0) is stalling connections at startup using externalhosts #7924

[bug]: lnd (master 15d2ff0) is stalling connections at startup using externalhosts #7924

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[bug]: lnd (master 15d2ff0) is stalling connections at startup using `externalhosts` #7924

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