Add functional test for block sync from inbound peers

Author: sdaftuar

test/functional/p2p_block_sync.py

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# Copyright (c) 2022 The Bitcoin Core developers
+# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+"""Test block download
+
+Ensure that even in IBD, we'll eventually sync chain from inbound peers
+(whether we have only inbound peers or both inbound and outbound peers).
+"""
+
+from test_framework.test_framework import BitcoinTestFramework
+
+class BlockSyncTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
+
+    def set_test_params(self):
+        self.setup_clean_chain = True
+        self.num_nodes = 3
+
+    def setup_network(self):
+        self.setup_nodes()
+        # Construct a network:
+        # node0 -> node1 -> node2
+        # So node1 has both an inbound and outbound peer.
+        # In our test, we will mine a block on node0, and ensure that it makes
+        # to to both node1 and node2.
+        self.connect_nodes(0, 1)
+        self.connect_nodes(1, 2)
+
+    def run_test(self):
+        self.log.info("Setup network: node0->node1->node2")
+        self.log.info("Mining one block on node0 and verify all nodes sync")
+        self.generate(self.nodes[0], 1)
+        self.log.info("Success!")
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    BlockSyncTest().main()

test/functional/test_runner.py

@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@
     'wallet_avoidreuse.py --descriptors',
     'mempool_reorg.py',
     'mempool_persist.py',
+    'p2p_block_sync.py',
     'wallet_multiwallet.py --legacy-wallet',
     'wallet_multiwallet.py --descriptors',
     'wallet_multiwallet.py --usecli',