fix: should not self-acknowledge messages (#2528)

* introduce `MessageId` type

* fix deprecated import

* test: own messages are not used for acks

* fix: own messages are not used for ack

* fix: own messages are not used for ack

* test: do not self-possible-ack

* doc: long term solution is SDS protocol change

packages/sds/src/message_channel/events.ts

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export enum MessageChannelEvent {
   SyncReceived = "syncReceived"
 }
 
+export type MessageId = string;
 export type Message = proto_sds_message.SdsMessage;
 export type HistoryEntry = proto_sds_message.HistoryEntry;
 export type ChannelId = string;
@@ -26,13 +27,13 @@ export function decodeMessage(data: Uint8Array): Message {
 export type MessageChannelEvents = {
   [MessageChannelEvent.MessageSent]: CustomEvent<Message>;
   [MessageChannelEvent.MessageDelivered]: CustomEvent<{
-    messageId: string;
+    messageId: MessageId;
     sentOrReceived: "sent" | "received";
   }>;
   [MessageChannelEvent.MessageReceived]: CustomEvent<Message>;
-  [MessageChannelEvent.MessageAcknowledged]: CustomEvent<string>;
+  [MessageChannelEvent.MessageAcknowledged]: CustomEvent<MessageId>;
   [MessageChannelEvent.PartialAcknowledgement]: CustomEvent<{
-    messageId: string;
+    messageId: MessageId;
     count: number;
   }>;
   [MessageChannelEvent.MissedMessages]: CustomEvent<HistoryEntry[]>;

packages/sds/src/message_channel/message_channel.spec.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { expect } from "chai";
 
 import { DefaultBloomFilter } from "../bloom_filter/bloom.js";
 
-import { HistoryEntry, Message } from "./events.js";
+import { HistoryEntry, Message, MessageId } from "./events.js";
 import {
   DEFAULT_BLOOM_FILTER_OPTIONS,
   MessageChannel
@@ -293,6 +293,21 @@ describe("MessageChannel", function () {
       );
     });
 
+    it("should not mark messages in causal history as acknowledged if it's our own message", async () => {
+      for (const m of messagesA) {
+        await sendMessage(channelA, utf8ToBytes(m), async (message) => {
+          await receiveMessage(channelA, message); // same channel used on purpose
+          return { success: true };
+        });
+      }
+      await channelA.processTasks();
+
+      // All messages remain in the buffer
+      expect((channelA as any).outgoingBuffer.length).to.equal(
+        messagesA.length
+      );
+    });
+
     it("should track probabilistic acknowledgements of messages received in bloom filter", async () => {
       const acknowledgementCount = (channelA as any).acknowledgementCount;
 
@@ -326,7 +341,7 @@ describe("MessageChannel", function () {
         }
       );
 
-      const acknowledgements: ReadonlyMap<string, number> = (channelA as any)
+      const acknowledgements: ReadonlyMap<MessageId, number> = (channelA as any)
         .acknowledgements;
       // Other than the message IDs which were included in causal history,
       // the remaining messages sent by channel A should be considered possibly acknowledged
@@ -376,6 +391,20 @@ describe("MessageChannel", function () {
         ).to.equal(true);
       });
     });
+
+    it("should not track probabilistic acknowledgements of messages received in bloom filter of own messages", async () => {
+      for (const m of messagesA) {
+        await sendMessage(channelA, utf8ToBytes(m), async (message) => {
+          await receiveMessage(channelA, message);
+          return { success: true };
+        });
+      }
+
+      const acknowledgements: ReadonlyMap<MessageId, number> = (channelA as any)
+        .acknowledgements;
+
+      expect(acknowledgements.size).to.equal(0);
+    });
   });
 
   describe("Sweeping incoming buffer", () => {
@@ -566,7 +595,7 @@ describe("MessageChannel", function () {
 
       const localLog = (channelA as any).localHistory as {
         timestamp: number;
-        messageId: string;
+        messageId: MessageId;
       }[];
       expect(localLog.length).to.equal(0);
     });
@@ -585,7 +614,7 @@ describe("MessageChannel", function () {
 
       const localLog = (channelB as any).localHistory as {
         timestamp: number;
-        messageId: string;
+        messageId: MessageId;
       }[];
       expect(localLog.length).to.equal(0);
 

packages/sds/src/message_channel/message_channel.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { TypedEventEmitter } from "@libp2p/interface";
-import { sha256 } from "@noble/hashes/sha256";
+import { sha256 } from "@noble/hashes/sha2";
 import { bytesToHex } from "@noble/hashes/utils";
 import { Logger } from "@waku/utils";
 
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ import {
   HistoryEntry,
   Message,
   MessageChannelEvent,
-  MessageChannelEvents
+  MessageChannelEvents,
+  type MessageId
 } from "./events.js";
 
 export const DEFAULT_BLOOM_FILTER_OPTIONS = {
@@ -35,14 +36,16 @@ export class MessageChannel extends TypedEventEmitter<MessageChannelEvents> {
   private lamportTimestamp: number;
   private filter: DefaultBloomFilter;
   private outgoingBuffer: Message[];
-  private acknowledgements: Map<string, number>;
+  private acknowledgements: Map<MessageId, number>;
   private incomingBuffer: Message[];
   private localHistory: { timestamp: number; historyEntry: HistoryEntry }[];
-  private causalHistorySize: number;
-  private acknowledgementCount: number;
-  private timeReceived: Map<string, number>;
-  private receivedMessageTimeoutEnabled: boolean;
-  private receivedMessageTimeout: number;
+  private timeReceived: Map<MessageId, number>;
+  // TODO: To be removed once sender id is added to SDS protocol
+  private outgoingMessages: Set<MessageId>;
+  private readonly causalHistorySize: number;
+  private readonly acknowledgementCount: number;
+  private readonly receivedMessageTimeoutEnabled: boolean;
+  private readonly receivedMessageTimeout: number;
 
   private tasks: Task[] = [];
   private handlers: Handlers = {
@@ -83,9 +86,10 @@ export class MessageChannel extends TypedEventEmitter<MessageChannelEvents> {
       options.receivedMessageTimeoutEnabled ?? false;
     this.receivedMessageTimeout =
       options.receivedMessageTimeout ?? DEFAULT_RECEIVED_MESSAGE_TIMEOUT;
+    this.outgoingMessages = new Set();
   }
 
-  public static getMessageId(payload: Uint8Array): string {
+  public static getMessageId(payload: Uint8Array): MessageId {
     return bytesToHex(sha256(payload));
   }
 
@@ -354,6 +358,15 @@ export class MessageChannel extends TypedEventEmitter<MessageChannelEvents> {
       return;
     }
 
+    const isOwnOutgoingMessage =
+      message.content &&
+      message.content.length > 0 &&
+      this.outgoingMessages.has(MessageChannel.getMessageId(message.content));
+
+    if (isOwnOutgoingMessage) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     if (!message.lamportTimestamp) {
       this.deliverMessage(message);
       return;
@@ -427,6 +440,8 @@ export class MessageChannel extends TypedEventEmitter<MessageChannelEvents> {
 
     const messageId = MessageChannel.getMessageId(payload);
 
+    this.outgoingMessages.add(messageId);
+
     const message: Message = {
       messageId,
       channelId: this.channelId,