From 06c3f87461263d7c5f512578cd2d309d2d5696cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: gabrielmer <101006718+gabrielmer@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 12:07:12 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] chore: wait before starting watchdog (#3502)

---
 library/waku_context.nim | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/library/waku_context.nim b/library/waku_context.nim
index 2dd9e9c95..6a565c117 100644
--- a/library/waku_context.nim
+++ b/library/waku_context.nim
@@ -118,8 +118,12 @@ proc watchdogThreadBody(ctx: ptr WakuContext) {.thread.} =
   ## Watchdog thread that monitors the Waku thread and notifies the library user if it hangs.
 
   let watchdogRun = proc(ctx: ptr WakuContext) {.async.} =
+    const WatchdogStartDelay = 10.seconds
     const WatchdogTimeinterval = 1.seconds
     const WakuNotRespondingTimeout = 3.seconds
+
+    # Give time for the node to be created and up before sending watchdog requests
+    await sleepAsync(WatchdogStartDelay)
     while true:
       await sleepAsync(WatchdogTimeinterval)