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node/status_node_services.go

@@ -318,14 +318,12 @@ func (b *StatusNode) wakuV2Service(nodeConfig *params.NodeConfig, telemetryServe
 			KeepAliveInterval:       nodeConfig.WakuV2Config.KeepAliveInterval,
 			Rendezvous:              nodeConfig.Rendezvous,
 			WakuNodes:               nodeConfig.ClusterConfig.WakuNodes,
-			EnablePeerExchangeServer: nodeConfig.WakuV2Config.PeerExchange,
 			EnableStore:             nodeConfig.WakuV2Config.EnableStore,
 			StoreCapacity:           nodeConfig.WakuV2Config.StoreCapacity,
 			StoreSeconds:            nodeConfig.WakuV2Config.StoreSeconds,
 			DiscoveryLimit:          nodeConfig.WakuV2Config.DiscoveryLimit,
 			DiscV5BootstrapNodes:    nodeConfig.ClusterConfig.DiscV5BootstrapNodes,
 			Nameserver:              nodeConfig.WakuV2Config.Nameserver,
-			EnableDiscV5:             nodeConfig.WakuV2Config.EnableDiscV5,
 			UDPPort:                 nodeConfig.WakuV2Config.UDPPort,
 			AutoUpdate:              nodeConfig.WakuV2Config.AutoUpdate,
 			DefaultShardPubsubTopic: shard.DefaultShardPubsubTopic(),
@@ -334,13 +332,15 @@ func (b *StatusNode) wakuV2Service(nodeConfig *params.NodeConfig, telemetryServe
 			ClusterID:               nodeConfig.ClusterConfig.ClusterID,
 		}
 
-		// apply peer exchange settings
+		// Configure peer exchange and discv5 settings based on node type
 		if cfg.LightClient {
 			cfg.EnablePeerExchangeServer = false
 			cfg.EnablePeerExchangeClient = true
+			cfg.EnableDiscV5 = false
 		} else {
 			cfg.EnablePeerExchangeServer = true
 			cfg.EnablePeerExchangeClient = false
+			cfg.EnableDiscV5 = true
 		}
 
 		if nodeConfig.WakuV2Config.MaxMessageSize > 0 {

params/config.go

@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ type WakuV2Config struct {
 	Nameserver string
 
 	// EnableDiscV5 indicates if DiscoveryV5 is enabled or not
+	// Deprecated: will be calculated based on LightClient
 	EnableDiscV5 bool
 
 	// UDPPort number to start discovery v5

wakuv2/config.go

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ package wakuv2
 import (
 	"errors"
 
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
+
 	"github.com/waku-org/go-waku/waku/v2/protocol/relay"
 
 	"github.com/status-im/status-go/protocol/common/shard"
@@ -30,6 +32,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/status-im/status-go/wakuv2/common"
 )
 
+var (
+	ErrBadLightClientConfig = errors.New("either peer exchange server or discv5 must be disabled, and the peer exchange client must be enabled")
+	ErrBadFullNodeConfig    = errors.New("peer exchange server and discv5 must be enabled, and the peer exchange client must be disabled")
+)
+
 // Config represents the configuration state of a waku node.
 type Config struct {
 	MaxMessageSize           uint32           `toml:",omitempty"` // Maximal message length allowed by the waku node
@@ -61,12 +68,14 @@ type Config struct {
 	SkipPublishToTopic       bool             `toml:",omitempty"` // Used in testing
 }
 
-func (c *Config) Validate() error {
+func (c *Config) Validate(logger *zap.Logger) error {
 	if c.LightClient && (c.EnablePeerExchangeServer || c.EnableDiscV5 || !c.EnablePeerExchangeClient) {
-		return errors.New("bad configuration for a light client: either peer exchange server or discv5 must be disabled, and the peer exchange client must be enabled")
+		logger.Warn("bad configuration for a light client", zap.Error(ErrBadLightClientConfig))
+		return nil
 	}
 	if !c.LightClient && (!c.EnablePeerExchangeServer || !c.EnableDiscV5 || c.EnablePeerExchangeClient) {
-		return errors.New("bad configuration for a full node: peer exchange server and discv5 must be enabled, and the peer exchange client must be disabled")
+		logger.Warn("bad configuration for a full node", zap.Error(ErrBadFullNodeConfig))
+		return nil
 	}
 	return nil
 }

wakuv2/waku.go

@@ -170,8 +170,8 @@ func New(nodeKey string, fleet string, cfg *Config, logger *zap.Logger, appDB *s
 	}
 
 	cfg = setDefaults(cfg)
-	if err = cfg.Validate(); err != nil {
+	if err = cfg.Validate(logger); err != nil {
-		logger.Warn("bad wakuv2 configuration", zap.Error(err))
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	logger.Info("starting wakuv2 with config", zap.Any("config", cfg))