fix: enable bandwidth stats depending on node config setting

params/config.go

@@ -597,6 +597,9 @@ type ShhextConfig struct {
 
 	// AnonMetricsServerPostgresURI is the uri used to connect to a postgres db
 	AnonMetricsServerPostgresURI string
+
+	// BandwidthStatsEnabled indicates if a signal is going to be emitted to indicate the upload and download rate
+	BandwidthStatsEnabled bool
 }
 
 // Validate validates the ShhextConfig struct and returns an error if inconsistent values are found

services/ext/service.go

@@ -164,7 +164,11 @@ func (s *Service) StartMessenger() (*protocol.MessengerResponse, error) {
 	}
 	go s.retrieveMessagesLoop(time.Second, s.cancelMessenger)
 	go s.verifyTransactionLoop(30*time.Second, s.cancelMessenger)
-	go s.retrieveStats(5*time.Second, s.cancelMessenger)
+
+	if s.config.BandwidthStatsEnabled {
+		go s.retrieveStats(5*time.Second, s.cancelMessenger)
+	}
+
 	return response, nil
 }