Mainnet zebrad ends up with a very small number of peers

[teor2345]

Version

zebrad main branch, 2020-12-01.

Platform

Linux ... 5.4.75 #1-NixOS SMP Thu Nov 5 10:43:38 UTC 2020 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Description

After syncing overnight, zebrad trails the tip by at least 100,000 blocks, and has a very small number of peers (4) on Mainnet. 3 of these peers are local peers that specifically whitelist connections from the local network.

Detailed Logs

Dec 01 10:01:10.413  INFO sync:obtain_tips:state: zebra_state::util: created block locator tip_height=Height(914254) min_locator_height=914155 locators=[Height(914254), Height(914253), Height
(914252), Height(914250), Height(914246), Height(914238), Height(914222), Height(914190), Height(914155)]
Dec 01 10:01:16.414  INFO sync: zebrad::components::sync: exhausted prospective tip set
Dec 01 10:01:16.414  INFO sync: zebrad::components::sync: waiting to restart sync timeout=45s
Dec 01 10:02:01.415  INFO sync: zebrad::components::sync: starting sync, obtaining new tips
Dec 01 10:02:01.415  INFO sync:obtain_tips:state: zebra_state::util: created block locator tip_height=Height(914254) min_locator_height=914155 locators=[Height(914254), Height(914253), Height (914252), Height(914250), Height(914246), Height(914238), Height(914222), Height(914190), Height(914155)]
Dec 01 10:02:01.415  INFO sync:obtain_tips: zebra_network::peer_set::set: network request with no ready peers: finding more peers, waiting for 4 peers to answer requests. Hint: configure fast and reliable initial peers
Dec 01 10:02:07.416  INFO sync: zebrad::components::sync: exhausted prospective tip set
Dec 01 10:02:07.416  INFO sync: zebrad::components::sync: waiting to restart sync timeout=45s
Dec 01 10:02:52.417  INFO sync: zebrad::components::sync: starting sync, obtaining new tips
Dec 01 10:02:52.417  INFO sync:obtain_tips: zebra_state::service: pruned utxo requests old_len=12 new_len=10 prune_count=2 tip=Some((Height(914254), block::Hash("00000000010d5268529faa69c186d
433c486c7ef6726ee465fc0071207235e25")))
Dec 01 10:02:52.417  INFO sync:obtain_tips:state: zebra_state::util: created block locator tip_height=Height(914254) min_locator_height=914155 locators=[Height(914254), Height(914253), Height(914252), Height(914250), Height(914246), Height(914238), Height(914222), Height(914190), Height(914155)]
Dec 01 10:02:58.418  INFO sync: zebrad::components::sync: exhausted prospective tip set
Dec 01 10:02:58.418  INFO sync: zebrad::components::sync: waiting to restart sync timeout=45s
Dec 01 10:03:43.419  INFO sync: zebrad::components::sync: starting sync, obtaining new tips
Dec 01 10:03:43.419  INFO sync:obtain_tips:state: zebra_state::util: created block locator tip_height=Height(914254) min_locator_height=914155 locators=[Height(914254), Height(914253), Height(914252), Height(914250), Height(914246), Height(914238), Height(914222), Height(914190), Height(914155)]
Dec 01 10:03:49.420  INFO sync: zebrad::components::sync: exhausted prospective tip set
Dec 01 10:03:49.420  INFO sync: zebrad::components::sync: waiting to restart sync timeout=45s
Dec 01 10:04:34.421  INFO sync: zebrad::components::sync: starting sync, obtaining new tips