autopilot: Make autopilot aware of channel open failures

autopilot/agent.go

@@ -177,13 +177,17 @@ type chanOpenUpdate struct {
 	newChan Channel
 }
 
+// chanOpenFailureUpdate is a type of external state update that indicates
+// a previous channel open failed, and that it might be possible to try again.
+type chanOpenFailureUpdate struct{}
+
 // chanCloseUpdate is a type of external state update that indicates that the
 // backing Lightning Node has closed a previously open channel.
 type chanCloseUpdate struct {
 	closedChans []lnwire.ShortChannelID
 }
 
-// OnBalanceChange is a callback that should be executed each the balance of
+// OnBalanceChange is a callback that should be executed each time the balance of
 // the backing wallet changes.
 func (a *Agent) OnBalanceChange(delta btcutil.Amount) {
 	go func() {
@@ -203,6 +207,15 @@ func (a *Agent) OnChannelOpen(c Channel) {
 	}()
 }
 
+// OnChannelOpenFailure is a callback that should be executed when the
+// autopilot has attempted to open a channel, but failed. In this case we can
+// retry channel creation with a different node.
+func (a *Agent) OnChannelOpenFailure() {
+	go func() {
+		a.stateUpdates <- &chanOpenFailureUpdate{}
+	}()
+}
+
 // OnChannelClose is a callback that should be executed each time a prior
 // channel has been closed for any reason. This includes regular
 // closes, force closes, and channel breaches.
@@ -294,6 +307,11 @@ func (a *Agent) controller(startingBalance btcutil.Amount) {
 
 				a.totalBalance += update.balanceDelta
 
+			// The channel we tried to open previously failed for
+			// whatever reason.
+			case *chanOpenFailureUpdate:
+				log.Debug("Retrying after previous channel open failure.")
+
 			// A new channel has been opened successfully. This was
 			// either opened by the Agent, or an external system
 			// that is able to drive the Lightning Node.
@@ -412,6 +430,10 @@ func (a *Agent) controller(startingBalance btcutil.Amount) {
 						delete(pendingOpens, nID)
 						pendingMtx.Unlock()
 
+						// Trigger the autopilot controller to
+						// re-evaluate everything and possibly
+						// retry with a different node.
+						a.OnChannelOpenFailure()
 					}
 
 				}(chanCandidate)

autopilot/agent_test.go

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"github.com/roasbeef/btcd/btcec"
 	"github.com/roasbeef/btcd/wire"
 	"github.com/roasbeef/btcutil"
@@ -218,6 +220,119 @@ func TestAgentChannelOpenSignal(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// A mockFailingChanController always fails to open a channel.
+type mockFailingChanController struct {
+}
+
+func (m *mockFailingChanController) OpenChannel(target *btcec.PublicKey, amt btcutil.Amount,
+	addrs []net.Addr) error {
+	return errors.New("failure")
+}
+
+func (m *mockFailingChanController) CloseChannel(chanPoint *wire.OutPoint) error {
+	return nil
+}
+func (m *mockFailingChanController) SpliceIn(chanPoint *wire.OutPoint,
+	amt btcutil.Amount) (*Channel, error) {
+	return nil, nil
+}
+func (m *mockFailingChanController) SpliceOut(chanPoint *wire.OutPoint,
+	amt btcutil.Amount) (*Channel, error) {
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+var _ ChannelController = (*mockFailingChanController)(nil)
+
+// TestAgentChannelFailureSignal tests that if an autopilot channel fails to
+// open, the agent is signalled to make a new decision.
+func TestAgentChannelFailureSignal(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	// First, we'll create all the dependencies that we'll need in order to
+	// create the autopilot agent.
+	self, err := randKey()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unable to generate key: %v", err)
+	}
+	heuristic := &mockHeuristic{
+		moreChansResps: make(chan moreChansResp),
+		directiveResps: make(chan []AttachmentDirective),
+	}
+	chanController := &mockFailingChanController{}
+	memGraph, _, _ := newMemChanGraph()
+
+	// With the dependencies we created, we can now create the initial
+	// agent itself.
+	testCfg := Config{
+		Self:           self,
+		Heuristic:      heuristic,
+		ChanController: chanController,
+		WalletBalance: func() (btcutil.Amount, error) {
+			return 0, nil
+		},
+		Graph: memGraph,
+	}
+
+	initialChans := []Channel{}
+	agent, err := New(testCfg, initialChans)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unable to create agent: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// With the autopilot agent and all its dependencies we'll start the
+	// primary controller goroutine.
+	if err := agent.Start(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unable to start agent: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer agent.Stop()
+
+	// First ensure the agent will attempt to open a new channel. Return
+	// that we need more channels, and have 5BTC to use.
+	select {
+	case heuristic.moreChansResps <- moreChansResp{true, 5 * btcutil.SatoshiPerBitcoin}:
+		fmt.Println("Returning 5BTC from heuristic")
+	case <-time.After(time.Second * 10):
+		t.Fatal("heuristic wasn't queried in time")
+	}
+
+	// At this point, the agent should now be querying the heuristic to
+	// request attachment directives, return a fake so the agent will attempt
+	// to open a channel.
+	var fakeDirective = AttachmentDirective{
+		PeerKey: self,
+		ChanAmt: btcutil.SatoshiPerBitcoin,
+		Addrs: []net.Addr{
+			&net.TCPAddr{
+				IP: bytes.Repeat([]byte("a"), 16),
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	select {
+	case heuristic.directiveResps <- []AttachmentDirective{fakeDirective}:
+		fmt.Println("Returning a node to connect to from heuristic")
+	case <-time.After(time.Second * 10):
+		t.Fatal("heuristic wasn't queried in time")
+	}
+
+	// At this point the agent will attempt to create a channel and fail.
+
+	// Now ensure that the controller loop is re-executed.
+	select {
+	case heuristic.moreChansResps <- moreChansResp{true, 5 * btcutil.SatoshiPerBitcoin}:
+		fmt.Println("Returning need more channels from heuristic")
+	case <-time.After(time.Second * 10):
+		t.Fatal("heuristic wasn't queried in time")
+	}
+
+	select {
+	case heuristic.directiveResps <- []AttachmentDirective{}:
+		fmt.Println("Returning an empty directives list")
+	case <-time.After(time.Second * 10):
+		t.Fatal("heuristic wasn't queried in time")
+	}
+}
+
 // TestAgentChannelCloseSignal ensures that once the agent receives an outside
 // signal of a channel belonging to the backing LN node being closed, then it
 // will query the heuristic to make its next decision.