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feat: implement gateway/node-optimization heuristic lib #138

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SgtPooki opened this issue Aug 31, 2023 · 0 comments
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feat: implement gateway/node-optimization heuristic lib #138

SgtPooki opened this issue Aug 31, 2023 · 0 comments
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[...] create a library that builds gateway reputation over time (sliding window) and changes the order of gateways, prioritizing the one that responds the fastest. [...]

ps. this extra heuristic is not specific to IPLD Explorer, the ipfs-geoip used on Peers screen in webui would benefit from the same thing – currently it tries gateways in serial.
Perhaps worth extracting to standalone project and reusing in both places? (follow-up issue/pr)

I think we should create a library for this, as I've been thinking about this since I starting working with IPFS, but always in the context of a flat "gateway-racer" that queries given gateways in parallel.

It would be much more useful to the entire ecosystem if we built a library that queried various endpoints (kubo node, network via helia, gateways via trustless-fetch, IPNI routing, etc) and kept a weight-sorted array that auto-adjusted based on response timings and success frequencies. Each consumer fetching content have their own latencies from various gateways/endpoints/etc, as well as various spikes to popular services that may be overloaded at a particular time.

A library that automatically corrects to the fastest, most successful content provider would reduce load hot-spots throughout the IPFS network while improving every consumer's experience.

I think this would make sense both in the "helia-fetch" library we've discussed creating a number of times and as a plugin/addon/consumer of that library.

See ipfs/ipld-explorer-components#379 (comment) for more information about the origin of this issue.

cc @lidel @whizzzkid

@SgtPooki SgtPooki added the need/triage Needs initial labeling and prioritization label Aug 31, 2023
@SgtPooki SgtPooki added kind/enhancement A net-new feature or improvement to an existing feature dif/hard Having worked on the specific codebase is important P1 High: Likely tackled by core team if no one steps up need/maintainers-input Needs input from the current maintainer(s) need/community-input Needs input from the wider community effort/days Estimated to take multiple days, but less than a week status/ready Ready to be worked Epic and removed need/triage Needs initial labeling and prioritization labels Sep 5, 2023
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