Log if not producing because of stale production

[heifner]

Add a log of Not producing block because stale production not enabled which was the only cases that didn't already log when a node would produce but doesn't for some reason. Noticed this on a recent test failure when looking at the logs.

Also sets the flag that prevents the producer_plugin from going into an infinite wait for a block. Since you are a configured producer you should keep trying to produce.

[spoonincode]

curiously when I tried this I got

error 2025-04-16T21:10:57.938 nodeos    producer_plugin.cpp:2063      determine_pending_bl ] Not producing block because stale production not enabled, block 2025-04-16T21:10:58.000
error 2025-04-16T21:10:58.438 nodeos    producer_plugin.cpp:2063      determine_pending_bl ] Not producing block because stale production not enabled, block 2025-04-16T21:10:58.500

and then output ceased. What causes only 2 logs to be printed instead of continuing at each slot?

[heifner]

and then output ceased. What causes only 2 logs to be printed instead of continuing at each slot?

Either no longer the producer for that slot or a recent block received.

[spoonincode]

Just running nodeos -peosio --delete-all gives me only 2 logs

[heifner]

Just running nodeos -peosio --delete-all gives me only 2 logs

https://github.com/AntelopeIO/spring/blob/main/plugins/producer_plugin/producer_plugin.cpp#L2116-L2125

This allows two messages before it stops because it is waiting for a block.

Thanks for pointing this out. I believe the correct behavior here is to set not_producing_when_time = true in this case. Then you repeatably get the error message for each block.

[linh2931]

Do you want to log the producer name?

[heifner]

I thought about it, but none of the other Not producing block because log statements log the producer. I didn't want to change any of the existing ones and just kept this consistent. Under normal operation the BP should know their one and only one producer name.