Parity Sync Freezes midway!

[rasarasan]

I'm running:

Which Parity version?: Parity v1.11.1-20180515 beta
Which operating system?: MacOS
How installed?: via installer
Are you fully synchronized?: no
Which network are you connected to?: ethereum
Did you try to restart the node?: yes

I have my storj tokens in my parity wallet. But it has been syncing for days/weeks now. After a while it freezes with no progress or end in sight :( Please see the attached screenshot. Will appreciate a quick response as I have spent too much on time on this already !

[Tbaut]

I'm sorry to hear you're having problems getting in sync. Syncing with warp is tricky these days because of several issues we're working on. To give us the best chances to succeed, you should learn how to launch parity with the command line. Here are my rules of thumb :

1. make sure parity UI is shut down an no parity process is running.
2. delete your database using parity db kill (in the terminal)
3. start parity again with the flag parity --warp-barrier 5680000
4. if the node starts downloading snapshots, you're good, let it do the warp sync. If the node starts syncing showing block numbers (and not the snapshots) it means failed to warp sync.
5. stop parity and start it again -> jump back to 2.
6. if after 4-5 attempts you never get the warp sync.. then stop the process, grab a coffee and try later

Here is an extensive explanation of what the command line output means: https://wiki.parity.io/FAQ-CLI,-Mining,-and-Networks.html#what-does-paritys-command-line-output-mean
This is not per se a parity problem, just some challenges brought by the growing network, it's a good thing :)

[rasarasan]

Followed your steps. Let me know if this is right. (attached screenshot)

[Tbaut]

Yes, this looks good. Just need to wait for the warp sync to end and the latest blocks to sync. Depending on your connection it can take ~3h overall.

[pro-respirator]

Is it just pure luck as to whether it works or not? I've tried this process with variations at least 50 times with no success whatsoever, the warp sync never gets beyond 15% before it fails normally and running with the --warp-barrier flag prevents it from syncing at all, it just sits at 0 forever. Is there anything else I can do that might help matters?

[Tbaut]

We've found some issues in the v1.11.1 related to the sync (#8710 #8544 #8658) that will be resolved in the next minor release (should come this week). From this point, warp sync should be more reliable.

[rasarasan]

My node is almost synced and I am able to see my tokens now. When I try to transfer I get this error now. :( I dont have any local key file :(

[Tbaut]

This is not a related issue @rasarasan. Please open a new one (in https://github.com/Parity-JS/shell/issues if related to the UI).