feat(fortuna): Dynamically increase gas limit for a transaction on failure

apps/fortuna/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "fortuna"
-version = "6.7.2"
+version = "6.8.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]

apps/fortuna/config.sample.yaml

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ chains:
     # Keeper configuration for the chain
     reveal_delay_blocks: 0
     gas_limit: 500000
+    # Increase the transaction gas limit by 10% each time the callback fails
+    # defaults to 100 (i.e., don't change the gas limit) if not specified.
+    backoff_gas_multiplier_pct: 110
     min_keeper_balance: 100000000000000000
 
     # Provider configuration

apps/fortuna/src/config.rs

@@ -134,6 +134,10 @@ pub struct EthereumConfig {
     /// The gas limit to use for entropy callback transactions.
     pub gas_limit: u64,
 
+    /// The percentage multiplier to apply to the gas limit for each backoff.
+    #[serde(default = "default_backoff_gas_multiplier_pct")]
+    pub backoff_gas_multiplier_pct: u64,
+
     /// The minimum percentage profit to earn as a function of the callback cost.
     /// For example, 20 means a profit of 20% over the cost of the callback.
     /// The fee will be raised if the profit is less than this number.
@@ -172,6 +176,10 @@ pub struct EthereumConfig {
     pub priority_fee_multiplier_pct: u64,
 }
 
+fn default_backoff_gas_multiplier_pct() -> u64 {
+    100
+}
+
 /// A commitment that the provider used to generate random numbers at some point in the past.
 /// These historical commitments need to be stored in the configuration to support transition points where
 /// the commitment changes. In theory, this information is stored on the blockchain, but unfortunately it

apps/fortuna/src/keeper.rs

@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ const UPDATE_COMMITMENTS_INTERVAL: Duration = Duration::from_secs(30);
 const UPDATE_COMMITMENTS_THRESHOLD_FACTOR: f64 = 0.95;
 /// Rety last N blocks
 const RETRY_PREVIOUS_BLOCKS: u64 = 100;
+/// By default, we scale the gas estimate by 25% when submitting the tx.
+const DEFAULT_GAS_ESTIMATE_MULTIPLIER_PCT: u64 = 125;
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Hash, PartialEq, Eq, EncodeLabelSet)]
 pub struct AccountLabel {
@@ -254,6 +256,7 @@ pub async fn run_keeper_threads(
             },
             contract.clone(),
             gas_limit,
+            chain_eth_config.backoff_gas_multiplier_pct,
             chain_state.clone(),
             metrics.clone(),
             fulfilled_requests_cache.clone(),
@@ -279,6 +282,7 @@ pub async fn run_keeper_threads(
             rx,
             Arc::clone(&contract),
             gas_limit,
+            chain_eth_config.backoff_gas_multiplier_pct,
             metrics.clone(),
             fulfilled_requests_cache.clone(),
         )
@@ -303,7 +307,9 @@ pub async fn run_keeper_threads(
             chain_state.provider_address,
             ADJUST_FEE_INTERVAL,
             chain_eth_config.legacy_tx,
-            chain_eth_config.gas_limit,
+            // NOTE: we adjust fees based on the maximum gas that the keeper will submit a callback with.
+            // This number is *larger* than the configured gas limit, as we pad gas on transaction submission for reliability.
+            (chain_eth_config.gas_limit * DEFAULT_GAS_ESTIMATE_MULTIPLIER_PCT) / 100,
             chain_eth_config.min_profit_pct,
             chain_eth_config.target_profit_pct,
             chain_eth_config.max_profit_pct,
@@ -372,6 +378,7 @@ pub async fn process_event_with_backoff(
     chain_state: BlockchainState,
     contract: Arc<InstrumentedSignablePythContract>,
     gas_limit: U256,
+    backoff_gas_multiplier_pct: u64,
     metrics: Arc<KeeperMetrics>,
 ) {
     let start_time = std::time::Instant::now();
@@ -388,13 +395,35 @@ pub async fn process_event_with_backoff(
         max_elapsed_time: Some(Duration::from_secs(300)), // retry for 5 minutes
         ..Default::default()
     };
+
+    let current_multiplier = Arc::new(AtomicU64::new(DEFAULT_GAS_ESTIMATE_MULTIPLIER_PCT));
+
     match backoff::future::retry_notify(
         backoff,
         || async {
-            process_event(&event, &chain_state, &contract, gas_limit, metrics.clone()).await
+            let multiplier = current_multiplier.load(std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed);
+            process_event(
+                &event,
+                &chain_state,
+                &contract,
+                gas_limit,
+                multiplier,
+                metrics.clone(),
+            )
+            .await
         },
         |e, dur| {
-            tracing::error!("Error happened at {:?}: {}", dur, e);
+            let multiplier = current_multiplier.load(std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed);
+            tracing::error!(
+                "Error at duration {:?} with gas multiplier {}: {}",
+                dur,
+                multiplier,
+                e
+            );
+            current_multiplier.store(
+                multiplier.saturating_mul(backoff_gas_multiplier_pct) / 100,
+                std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed,
+            );
         },
     )
     .await
@@ -436,6 +465,8 @@ pub async fn process_event(
     chain_config: &BlockchainState,
     contract: &InstrumentedSignablePythContract,
     gas_limit: U256,
+    // A value of 100 submits the tx with the same gas as the estimate.
+    gas_estimate_multiplier_pct: u64,
     metrics: Arc<KeeperMetrics>,
 ) -> Result<(), backoff::Error<anyhow::Error>> {
     // ignore requests that are not for the configured provider
@@ -466,6 +497,8 @@ pub async fn process_event(
         backoff::Error::transient(anyhow!("Error estimating gas for reveal: {:?}", e))
     })?;
 
+    // The gas limit on the simulated transaction is the configured gas limit on the chain,
+    // but we are willing to pad the gas a bit to ensure reliable submission.
     if gas_estimate > gas_limit {
         return Err(backoff::Error::permanent(anyhow!(
             "Gas estimate for reveal with callback is higher than the gas limit {} > {}",
@@ -474,8 +507,10 @@ pub async fn process_event(
         )));
     }
 
-    // Pad the gas estimate by 25% after checking it against the gas limit
-    let gas_estimate = gas_estimate.saturating_mul(5.into()) / 4;
+    // Pad the gas estimate after checking it against the simulation gas limit, ensuring that
+    // the padded gas estimate doesn't exceed the maximum amount of gas we are willing to use.
+    let gas_estimate = gas_estimate.saturating_mul(gas_estimate_multiplier_pct.into()) / 100;
+    let gas_estimate = gas_estimate.min((gas_limit * DEFAULT_GAS_ESTIMATE_MULTIPLIER_PCT) / 100);
 
     let contract_call = contract
         .reveal_with_callback(
@@ -589,6 +624,7 @@ pub async fn process_block_range(
     block_range: BlockRange,
     contract: Arc<InstrumentedSignablePythContract>,
     gas_limit: U256,
+    backoff_gas_multiplier_pct: u64,
     chain_state: api::BlockchainState,
     metrics: Arc<KeeperMetrics>,
     fulfilled_requests_cache: Arc<RwLock<HashSet<u64>>>,
@@ -612,6 +648,7 @@ pub async fn process_block_range(
             },
             contract.clone(),
             gas_limit,
+            backoff_gas_multiplier_pct,
             chain_state.clone(),
             metrics.clone(),
             fulfilled_requests_cache.clone(),
@@ -634,6 +671,7 @@ pub async fn process_single_block_batch(
     block_range: BlockRange,
     contract: Arc<InstrumentedSignablePythContract>,
     gas_limit: U256,
+    backoff_gas_multiplier_pct: u64,
     chain_state: api::BlockchainState,
     metrics: Arc<KeeperMetrics>,
     fulfilled_requests_cache: Arc<RwLock<HashSet<u64>>>,
@@ -660,6 +698,7 @@ pub async fn process_single_block_batch(
                                 chain_state.clone(),
                                 contract.clone(),
                                 gas_limit,
+                                backoff_gas_multiplier_pct,
                                 metrics.clone(),
                             )
                             .in_current_span(),
@@ -806,6 +845,7 @@ pub async fn process_new_blocks(
     mut rx: mpsc::Receiver<BlockRange>,
     contract: Arc<InstrumentedSignablePythContract>,
     gas_limit: U256,
+    backoff_gas_multiplier_pct: u64,
     metrics: Arc<KeeperMetrics>,
     fulfilled_requests_cache: Arc<RwLock<HashSet<u64>>>,
 ) {
@@ -816,6 +856,7 @@ pub async fn process_new_blocks(
                 block_range,
                 Arc::clone(&contract),
                 gas_limit,
+                backoff_gas_multiplier_pct,
                 chain_state.clone(),
                 metrics.clone(),
                 fulfilled_requests_cache.clone(),
@@ -832,6 +873,7 @@ pub async fn process_backlog(
     backlog_range: BlockRange,
     contract: Arc<InstrumentedSignablePythContract>,
     gas_limit: U256,
+    backoff_gas_multiplier_pct: u64,
     chain_state: BlockchainState,
     metrics: Arc<KeeperMetrics>,
     fulfilled_requests_cache: Arc<RwLock<HashSet<u64>>>,
@@ -841,6 +883,7 @@ pub async fn process_backlog(
         backlog_range,
         contract,
         gas_limit,
+        backoff_gas_multiplier_pct,
         chain_state,
         metrics,
         fulfilled_requests_cache,