changing design a little bit based on feedback

validator/client/runner.go

@@ -63,11 +63,7 @@ func run(ctx context.Context, v iface.Validator) {
 	}
 	deadline := time.Now().Add(5 * time.Minute)
 	if err := v.PushProposerSettings(ctx, km, headSlot, deadline); err != nil {
-		if errors.Is(err, ErrBuilderValidatorRegistration) {
-			log.WithError(err).Warn("Push proposer settings error")
-		} else {
-			log.WithError(err).Fatal("Failed to update proposer settings") // allow fatal. skipcq
-		}
+		log.WithError(err).Fatal("Failed to update proposer settings") // allow fatal. skipcq
 	}
 	for {
 		ctx, span := trace.StartSpan(ctx, "validator.processSlot")
@@ -101,11 +97,9 @@ func run(ctx context.Context, v iface.Validator) {
 			// call push proposer settings often to account for the following edge cases:
 			// proposer is activated at the start of epoch and tries to propose immediately
 			// account has changed in the middle of an epoch
-			go func() {
-				if err := v.PushProposerSettings(ctx, km, slot, time.Now().Add(1*time.Minute)); err != nil {
-					log.WithError(err).Warn("Failed to update proposer settings")
-				}
-			}()
+			if err := v.PushProposerSettings(ctx, km, slot, time.Now().Add(1*time.Minute)); err != nil {
+				log.WithError(err).Warn("Failed to update proposer settings")
+			}
 
 			// Start fetching domain data for the next epoch.
 			if slots.IsEpochEnd(slot) {

validator/client/runner_test.go

@@ -370,37 +370,3 @@ func TestUpdateProposerSettingsAt_EpochEndOk(t *testing.T) {
 	// can't test "Failed to update proposer settings" because of log.fatal
 	assert.LogsContain(t, hook, "Mock updated proposer settings")
 }
-
-func TestUpdateProposerSettings_ContinuesAfterValidatorRegistrationFails(t *testing.T) {
-	errSomeOtherError := errors.New("some internal error")
-	ctrl := gomock.NewController(t)
-	defer ctrl.Finish()
-	node := healthTesting.NewMockHealthClient(ctrl)
-	tracker := beacon.NewNodeHealthTracker(node)
-	node.EXPECT().IsHealthy(gomock.Any()).Return(true).AnyTimes()
-	v := &testutil.FakeValidator{
-		ProposerSettingsErr: errors.Wrap(ErrBuilderValidatorRegistration, errSomeOtherError.Error()),
-		Km:                  &mockKeymanager{accountsChangedFeed: &event.Feed{}},
-		Tracker:             tracker,
-	}
-	err := v.SetProposerSettings(context.Background(), &proposer.Settings{
-		DefaultConfig: &proposer.Option{
-			FeeRecipientConfig: &proposer.FeeRecipientConfig{
-				FeeRecipient: common.HexToAddress("0x046Fb65722E7b2455012BFEBf6177F1D2e9738D9"),
-			},
-		},
-	})
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-	hook := logTest.NewGlobal()
-	slot := params.BeaconConfig().SlotsPerEpoch
-	ticker := make(chan primitives.Slot)
-	v.NextSlotRet = ticker
-	go func() {
-		ticker <- slot
-
-		cancel()
-	}()
-	run(ctx, v)
-	assert.LogsContain(t, hook, ErrBuilderValidatorRegistration.Error())
-}

validator/client/validator.go

@@ -1125,6 +1125,7 @@ func (v *validator) PushProposerSettings(ctx context.Context, km keymanager.IKey
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+
 	proposerReqs, err := v.buildPrepProposerReqs(filteredKeys)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -1139,16 +1140,21 @@ func (v *validator) PushProposerSettings(ctx context.Context, km keymanager.IKey
 			"proposerSettingsRequestCount": len(proposerReqs),
 		}).Debugln("Request count did not match included validator count. Only keys that have been activated will be included in the request.")
 	}
+
 	if _, err := v.validatorClient.PrepareBeaconProposer(ctx, &ethpb.PrepareBeaconProposerRequest{
 		Recipients: proposerReqs,
 	}); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-
 	signedRegReqs := v.buildSignedRegReqs(ctx, filteredKeys, km.Sign)
-	if err := SubmitValidatorRegistrations(ctx, v.validatorClient, signedRegReqs, v.validatorsRegBatchSize); err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrap(ErrBuilderValidatorRegistration, err.Error())
+	if len(signedRegReqs) > 0 {
+		go func() {
+			if err := SubmitValidatorRegistrations(ctx, v.validatorClient, signedRegReqs, v.validatorsRegBatchSize); err != nil {
+				log.WithError(errors.Wrap(ErrBuilderValidatorRegistration, err.Error())).Warn("failed to register validator on builder")
+			}
+		}()
 	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 

validator/client/validator_test.go

@@ -1477,6 +1477,7 @@ func TestValidator_PushSettings(t *testing.T) {
 			feeRecipientMap      map[primitives.ValidatorIndex]string
 			mockExpectedRequests []ExpectedValidatorRegistration
 			err                  string
+			logDelay             time.Duration
 			logMessages          []string
 			doesntContainLogs    bool
 		}{
@@ -1993,7 +1994,8 @@ func TestValidator_PushSettings(t *testing.T) {
 					).Return(&empty.Empty{}, errors.New("request failed"))
 					return &v
 				},
-				err: "could not submit signed registrations to beacon node",
+				logMessages: []string{"request failed"},
+				logDelay:    1 * time.Second,
 			},
 		}
 		for _, tt := range tests {
@@ -2030,6 +2032,9 @@ func TestValidator_PushSettings(t *testing.T) {
 					assert.ErrorContains(t, tt.err, err)
 				}
 				if len(tt.logMessages) > 0 {
+					if tt.logDelay > 0 {
+						time.Sleep(tt.logDelay)
+					}
 					for _, message := range tt.logMessages {
 						if tt.doesntContainLogs {
 							assert.LogsDoNotContain(t, hook, message)