From c8acdbbb3e65926bdb1d69b4b065e9ed4a23df4b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SionoiS <simvivier@status.im>
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 10:06:19 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] remove randomwalk

---
 waku/discovery/waku_kademlia.nim | 14 +++++++-------
 waku/node/waku_node.nim          |  8 +++++---
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/waku/discovery/waku_kademlia.nim b/waku/discovery/waku_kademlia.nim
index 3ea24a31f..5798a11f3 100644
--- a/waku/discovery/waku_kademlia.nim
+++ b/waku/discovery/waku_kademlia.nim
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ type WakuKademlia* = ref object
   protocol*: KademliaDiscovery
   peerManager: PeerManager
   loopInterval: Duration
-  periodicWalkFut: Future[void]
+  #periodicWalkFut: Future[void]
   periodicLookupFut: Future[void]
 
 proc toRemotePeerInfo(record: ExtendedPeerRecord): Option[RemotePeerInfo] =
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ proc toRemotePeerInfo(record: ExtendedPeerRecord): Option[RemotePeerInfo] =
     )
   )
 
-proc randomWalk*(
+#[ proc randomWalk*(
     self: WakuKademlia
 ): Future[seq[RemotePeerInfo]] {.async: (raises: []).} =
   let res = catch:
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ proc randomWalk*(
 
     peerInfos.add(peerInfo)
 
-  return peerInfos
+  return peerInfos ]#
 
 proc lookup*(
     self: WakuKademlia, codec: string
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ proc lookup*(
 
   return peerInfos
 
-proc periodicRandomWalk(
+#[ proc periodicRandomWalk(
     self: WakuKademlia, interval: Duration
 ) {.async: (raises: [CancelledError]).} =
   debug "periodic random walk started", interval = interval
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ proc periodicRandomWalk(
   while true:
     await sleepAsync(interval)
 
-    discard await self.randomWalk()
+    discard await self.randomWalk() ]#
 
 proc periodicLookup(
     self: WakuKademlia, interval: Duration
@@ -173,8 +173,8 @@ proc new*(
   )
 
 proc start*(self: WakuKademlia) =
-  if self.periodicWalkFut.isNil():
-    self.periodicWalkFut = self.periodicRandomWalk(self.loopInterval)
+  #if self.periodicWalkFut.isNil():
+  #self.periodicWalkFut = self.periodicRandomWalk(self.loopInterval)
 
   if self.periodicLookupFut.isNil():
     self.periodicLookupFut = self.periodicLookup(self.loopInterval)
diff --git a/waku/node/waku_node.nim b/waku/node/waku_node.nim
index a1d243eec..85166a4cc 100644
--- a/waku/node/waku_node.nim
+++ b/waku/node/waku_node.nim
@@ -573,7 +573,8 @@ proc start*(node: WakuNode) {.async.} =
   if not node.wakuRendezvousClient.isNil():
     await node.wakuRendezvousClient.start()
 
-  node.wakuKademlia.start()
+  if not node.wakuKademlia.isNil():
+    node.wakuKademlia.start()
 
   ## The switch uses this mapper to update peer info addrs
   ## with announced addrs after start
@@ -618,8 +619,6 @@ proc stop*(node: WakuNode) {.async.} =
 
   node.peerManager.stop()
 
-  node.wakuKademlia.stop()
-
   if not node.wakuRlnRelay.isNil():
     try:
       await node.wakuRlnRelay.stop() ## this can raise an exception
@@ -642,6 +641,9 @@ proc stop*(node: WakuNode) {.async.} =
   if not node.wakuRendezvousClient.isNil():
     await node.wakuRendezvousClient.stopWait()
 
+  if not node.wakuKademlia.isNil():
+    node.wakuKademlia.stop()
+
   node.started = false
 
 proc isReady*(node: WakuNode): Future[bool] {.async: (raises: [Exception]).} =