RequestHistoricMessages response (#1009)

* refactor TestRequestMessageFromMailboxAsync to use s.requestHistoricMessages helper

* send p2pRequestResponseCode from mailserver

* send p2p message response to after sending all historic messages

* mailserver sends `whisper.NewSentMessage` as response

* add mailserver Client and p2pRequestAckCode watchers

* send event with envelopeFeed when p2pRequestAckCode is received

* test request completed event in tracker

* rename mailserver response events and code to RequestCompleteCode

* wait for mailserver response in e2e test

* use SendHistoricMessageResponse method name for mailserver response

* fix lint warnings

* add mailserver request expiration

* send mailserver response without envelope

* add `ttl` to Request struct in shhext_requestMessages

* test that tracker calls handler.MailServerRequestExpired

* add geth patch

* rename TTL to Timeout

* split tracker.handleEvent in multiple methods

_assets/patches/geth/0032-send-mailserver-request-completed-code.patch

@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+diff --git a/whisper/whisperv6/doc.go b/whisper/whisperv6/doc.go
+index 4bbf554..2fcc9e6 100644
+--- a/whisper/whisperv6/doc.go
++++ b/whisper/whisperv6/doc.go
+@@ -44,13 +44,14 @@ const (
+ 	ProtocolName       = "shh"     // Nickname of the protocol in geth
+ 
+ 	// whisper protocol message codes, according to EIP-627
+-	statusCode           = 0   // used by whisper protocol
+-	messagesCode         = 1   // normal whisper message
+-	powRequirementCode   = 2   // PoW requirement
+-	bloomFilterExCode    = 3   // bloom filter exchange
+-	p2pRequestCode       = 126 // peer-to-peer message, used by Dapp protocol
+-	p2pMessageCode       = 127 // peer-to-peer message (to be consumed by the peer, but not forwarded any further)
+-	NumberOfMessageCodes = 128
++	statusCode             = 0   // used by whisper protocol
++	messagesCode           = 1   // normal whisper message
++	powRequirementCode     = 2   // PoW requirement
++	bloomFilterExCode      = 3   // bloom filter exchange
++	p2pRequestCompleteCode = 125 // peer-to-peer message, used by Dapp protocol
++	p2pRequestCode         = 126 // peer-to-peer message, used by Dapp protocol
++	p2pMessageCode         = 127 // peer-to-peer message (to be consumed by the peer, but not forwarded any further)
++	NumberOfMessageCodes   = 128
+ 
+ 	SizeMask      = byte(3) // mask used to extract the size of payload size field from the flags
+ 	signatureFlag = byte(4)
+diff --git a/whisper/whisperv6/events.go b/whisper/whisperv6/events.go
+index e03ec9d..1665539 100644
+--- a/whisper/whisperv6/events.go
++++ b/whisper/whisperv6/events.go
+@@ -1,23 +1,27 @@
+ package whisperv6
+ 
+ import (
+-       "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
+-       "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p/discover"
++	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
++	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p/discover"
+ )
+ 
+ // EventType used to define known envelope events.
+ type EventType string
+ 
+ const (
+-       // EventEnvelopeSent fires when envelope was sent to a peer.
+-       EventEnvelopeSent EventType = "envelope.sent"
+-       // EventEnvelopeExpired fires when envelop expired
+-       EventEnvelopeExpired EventType = "envelope.expired"
++	// EventEnvelopeSent fires when envelope was sent to a peer.
++	EventEnvelopeSent EventType = "envelope.sent"
++	// EventEnvelopeExpired fires when envelop expired
++	EventEnvelopeExpired EventType = "envelope.expired"
++	// EventMailServerRequestCompleted fires after mailserver sends all the requested messages
++	EventMailServerRequestCompleted EventType = "mailserver.request.completed"
++	// EventMailServerRequestExpired fires after mailserver the request TTL ends
++	EventMailServerRequestExpired EventType = "mailserver.request.expired"
+ )
+ 
+ // EnvelopeEvent used for envelopes events.
+ type EnvelopeEvent struct {
+-       Event EventType
+-       Hash  common.Hash
+-       Peer  discover.NodeID
++	Event EventType
++	Hash  common.Hash
++	Peer  discover.NodeID
+ }
+diff --git a/whisper/whisperv6/whisper.go b/whisper/whisperv6/whisper.go
+index 697f0ec..4a7b006 100644
+--- a/whisper/whisperv6/whisper.go
++++ b/whisper/whisperv6/whisper.go
+@@ -378,6 +378,15 @@ func (whisper *Whisper) RequestHistoricMessages(peerID []byte, envelope *Envelop
+ 	return p2p.Send(p.ws, p2pRequestCode, envelope)
+ }
+ 
++func (whisper *Whisper) SendHistoricMessageResponse(peer *Peer, requestID common.Hash) error {
++	size, r, err := rlp.EncodeToReader(requestID)
++	if err != nil {
++		return err
++	}
++
++	return peer.ws.WriteMsg(p2p.Msg{Code: p2pRequestCompleteCode, Size: uint32(size), Payload: r})
++}
++
+ // SendP2PMessage sends a peer-to-peer message to a specific peer.
+ func (whisper *Whisper) SendP2PMessage(peerID []byte, envelope *Envelope) error {
+ 	p, err := whisper.getPeer(peerID)
+@@ -821,8 +830,22 @@ func (whisper *Whisper) runMessageLoop(p *Peer, rw p2p.MsgReadWriter) error {
+ 					log.Warn("failed to decode p2p request message, peer will be disconnected", "peer", p.peer.ID(), "err", err)
+ 					return errors.New("invalid p2p request")
+ 				}
++
+ 				whisper.mailServer.DeliverMail(p, &request)
+ 			}
++		case p2pRequestCompleteCode:
++			if p.trusted {
++				var requestID common.Hash
++				if err := packet.Decode(&requestID); err != nil {
++					log.Warn("failed to decode response message, peer will be disconnected", "peer", p.peer.ID(), "err", err)
++					return errors.New("invalid request response message")
++				}
++
++				whisper.envelopeFeed.Send(EnvelopeEvent{
++					Hash:  requestID,
++					Event: EventMailServerRequestCompleted,
++				})
++			}
+ 		default:
+ 			// New message types might be implemented in the future versions of Whisper.
+ 			// For forward compatibility, just ignore.

mailserver/mailserver.go

@@ -190,6 +190,9 @@ func (s *WMailServer) DeliverMail(peer *whisper.Peer, request *whisper.Envelope)
 
 	if ok, lower, upper, bloom := s.validateRequest(peer.ID(), request); ok {
 		s.processRequest(peer, lower, upper, bloom)
+		if err := s.sendHistoricMessageResponse(peer, request); err != nil {
+			log.Error(fmt.Sprintf("SendHistoricMessageResponse error: %s", err))
+		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -260,6 +263,10 @@ func (s *WMailServer) processRequest(peer *whisper.Peer, lower, upper uint32, bl
 	return ret
 }
 
+func (s *WMailServer) sendHistoricMessageResponse(peer *whisper.Peer, request *whisper.Envelope) error {
+	return s.w.SendHistoricMessageResponse(peer, request.Hash())
+}
+
 // validateRequest runs different validations on the current request.
 func (s *WMailServer) validateRequest(peerID []byte, request *whisper.Envelope) (bool, uint32, uint32, []byte) {
 	if s.pow > 0.0 && request.PoW() < s.pow {

services/shhext/api.go

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ import (
 const (
 	// defaultWorkTime is a work time reported in messages sent to MailServer nodes.
 	defaultWorkTime = 5
+	// defaultRequestTimeout is the default request timeout in seconds
+	defaultRequestTimeout = 10
 )
 
 var (
@@ -50,6 +52,10 @@ type MessagesRequest struct {
 	// SymKeyID is an ID of a symmetric key to authenticate to MailServer.
 	// It's derived from MailServer password.
 	SymKeyID string `json:"symKeyID"`
+
+	// Timeout is the time to live of the request specified in seconds.
+	// Default is 10 seconds
+	Timeout time.Duration `json:"timeout"`
 }
 
 func (r *MessagesRequest) setDefaults(now time.Time) {
@@ -66,6 +72,10 @@ func (r *MessagesRequest) setDefaults(now time.Time) {
 			r.From = r.To - oneDay
 		}
 	}
+
+	if r.Timeout == 0 {
+		r.Timeout = defaultRequestTimeout
+	}
 }
 
 // -----
@@ -100,30 +110,34 @@ func (api *PublicAPI) Post(ctx context.Context, req whisper.NewMessage) (hash he
 }
 
 // RequestMessages sends a request for historic messages to a MailServer.
-func (api *PublicAPI) RequestMessages(_ context.Context, r MessagesRequest) (bool, error) {
+func (api *PublicAPI) RequestMessages(_ context.Context, r MessagesRequest) (hexutil.Bytes, error) {
 	api.log.Info("RequestMessages", "request", r)
 	shh := api.service.w
 	now := api.service.w.GetCurrentTime()
 	r.setDefaults(now)
 	mailServerNode, err := discover.ParseNode(r.MailServerPeer)
 	if err != nil {
-		return false, fmt.Errorf("%v: %v", ErrInvalidMailServerPeer, err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%v: %v", ErrInvalidMailServerPeer, err)
 	}
 
 	symKey, err := shh.GetSymKey(r.SymKeyID)
 	if err != nil {
-		return false, fmt.Errorf("%v: %v", ErrInvalidSymKeyID, err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%v: %v", ErrInvalidSymKeyID, err)
 	}
 
 	envelope, err := makeEnvelop(makePayload(r), symKey, api.service.nodeID, shh.MinPow(), now)
 	if err != nil {
-		return false, err
+		return nil, err
-	}
-	if err := shh.RequestHistoricMessages(mailServerNode.ID[:], envelope); err != nil {
-		return false, err
 	}
 
-	return true, nil
+	hash := envelope.Hash()
+	if err := shh.RequestHistoricMessages(mailServerNode.ID[:], envelope); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	api.service.tracker.AddRequest(hash, time.After(r.Timeout*time.Second))
+
+	return hash[:], nil
 }
 
 // GetNewFilterMessages is a prototype method with deduplication

services/shhext/api_test.go

@@ -23,20 +23,25 @@ func TestMessagesRequest_setDefaults(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{
 			&MessagesRequest{From: 0, To: 0},
-			&MessagesRequest{From: yesterday, To: now},
+			&MessagesRequest{From: yesterday, To: now, Timeout: defaultRequestTimeout},
 		},
 		{
 			&MessagesRequest{From: 1, To: 0},
-			&MessagesRequest{From: uint32(1), To: now},
+			&MessagesRequest{From: uint32(1), To: now, Timeout: defaultRequestTimeout},
 		},
 		{
 			&MessagesRequest{From: 0, To: yesterday},
-			&MessagesRequest{From: daysAgo(tnow, 2), To: yesterday},
+			&MessagesRequest{From: daysAgo(tnow, 2), To: yesterday, Timeout: defaultRequestTimeout},
 		},
 		// 100 - 1 day would be invalid, so we set From to 0
 		{
 			&MessagesRequest{From: 0, To: 100},
-			&MessagesRequest{From: 0, To: 100},
+			&MessagesRequest{From: 0, To: 100, Timeout: defaultRequestTimeout},
+		},
+		// set Timeout
+		{
+			&MessagesRequest{From: 0, To: 0, Timeout: 100},
+			&MessagesRequest{From: yesterday, To: now, Timeout: 100},
 		},
 	}
 

services/shhext/service.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package shhext
 import (
 	"crypto/ecdsa"
 	"sync"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
@@ -22,12 +23,16 @@ const (
 	EnvelopePosted EnvelopeState = iota
 	// EnvelopeSent is set when envelope is sent to atleast one peer.
 	EnvelopeSent
+	// MailServerRequestSent is set when p2p request is sent to the mailserver
+	MailServerRequestSent
 )
 
 // EnvelopeEventsHandler used for two different event types.
 type EnvelopeEventsHandler interface {
 	EnvelopeSent(common.Hash)
 	EnvelopeExpired(common.Hash)
+	MailServerRequestCompleted(common.Hash)
+	MailServerRequestExpired(common.Hash)
 }
 
 // Service is a service that provides some additional Whisper API.
@@ -123,6 +128,26 @@ func (t *tracker) Add(hash common.Hash) {
 	t.cache[hash] = EnvelopePosted
 }
 
+// Add request hash to a tracker.
+func (t *tracker) AddRequest(hash common.Hash, timerC <-chan time.Time) {
+	t.mu.Lock()
+	defer t.mu.Unlock()
+	t.cache[hash] = MailServerRequestSent
+	go t.expireRequest(hash, timerC)
+}
+
+func (t *tracker) expireRequest(hash common.Hash, timerC <-chan time.Time) {
+	select {
+	case <-t.quit:
+		return
+	case <-timerC:
+		t.handleEvent(whisper.EnvelopeEvent{
+			Event: whisper.EventMailServerRequestExpired,
+			Hash:  hash,
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 // handleEnvelopeEvents processes whisper envelope events
 func (t *tracker) handleEnvelopeEvents() {
 	events := make(chan whisper.EnvelopeEvent, 100) // must be buffered to prevent blocking whisper
@@ -141,10 +166,22 @@ func (t *tracker) handleEnvelopeEvents() {
 // handleEvent based on type of the event either triggers
 // confirmation handler or removes hash from tracker
 func (t *tracker) handleEvent(event whisper.EnvelopeEvent) {
+	handlers := map[whisper.EventType]func(whisper.EnvelopeEvent){
+		whisper.EventEnvelopeSent:               t.handleEventEnvelopeSent,
+		whisper.EventEnvelopeExpired:            t.handleEventEnvelopeExpired,
+		whisper.EventMailServerRequestCompleted: t.handleEventMailServerRequestCompleted,
+		whisper.EventMailServerRequestExpired:   t.handleEventMailServerRequestExpired,
+	}
+
+	if handler, ok := handlers[event.Event]; ok {
+		handler(event)
+	}
+}
+
+func (t *tracker) handleEventEnvelopeSent(event whisper.EnvelopeEvent) {
 	t.mu.Lock()
 	defer t.mu.Unlock()
-	switch event.Event {
+
-	case whisper.EventEnvelopeSent:
 	state, ok := t.cache[event.Hash]
 	// if we didn't send a message using extension - skip it
 	// if message was already confirmed - skip it
@@ -156,7 +193,12 @@ func (t *tracker) handleEvent(event whisper.EnvelopeEvent) {
 	if t.handler != nil {
 		t.handler.EnvelopeSent(event.Hash)
 	}
-	case whisper.EventEnvelopeExpired:
+}
+
+func (t *tracker) handleEventEnvelopeExpired(event whisper.EnvelopeEvent) {
+	t.mu.Lock()
+	defer t.mu.Unlock()
+
 	if state, ok := t.cache[event.Hash]; ok {
 		log.Debug("envelope expired", "hash", event.Hash, "state", state)
 		delete(t.cache, event.Hash)
@@ -167,5 +209,34 @@ func (t *tracker) handleEvent(event whisper.EnvelopeEvent) {
 			t.handler.EnvelopeExpired(event.Hash)
 		}
 	}
+}
+
+func (t *tracker) handleEventMailServerRequestCompleted(event whisper.EnvelopeEvent) {
+	t.mu.Lock()
+	defer t.mu.Unlock()
+
+	state, ok := t.cache[event.Hash]
+	if !ok || state != MailServerRequestSent {
+		return
+	}
+	log.Debug("mailserver response received", "hash", event.Hash)
+	delete(t.cache, event.Hash)
+	if t.handler != nil {
+		t.handler.MailServerRequestCompleted(event.Hash)
+	}
+}
+
+func (t *tracker) handleEventMailServerRequestExpired(event whisper.EnvelopeEvent) {
+	t.mu.Lock()
+	defer t.mu.Unlock()
+
+	state, ok := t.cache[event.Hash]
+	if !ok || state != MailServerRequestSent {
+		return
+	}
+	log.Debug("mailserver response expired", "hash", event.Hash)
+	delete(t.cache, event.Hash)
+	if t.handler != nil {
+		t.handler.MailServerRequestExpired(event.Hash)
 	}
 }

services/shhext/service_test.go

@@ -18,12 +18,16 @@ func newHandlerMock(buf int) handlerMock {
 	return handlerMock{
 		confirmations:     make(chan common.Hash, buf),
 		expirations:       make(chan common.Hash, buf),
+		requestsCompleted: make(chan common.Hash, buf),
+		requestsExpired:   make(chan common.Hash, buf),
 	}
 }
 
 type handlerMock struct {
 	confirmations     chan common.Hash
 	expirations       chan common.Hash
+	requestsCompleted chan common.Hash
+	requestsExpired   chan common.Hash
 }
 
 func (t handlerMock) EnvelopeSent(hash common.Hash) {
@@ -34,6 +38,14 @@ func (t handlerMock) EnvelopeExpired(hash common.Hash) {
 	t.expirations <- hash
 }
 
+func (t handlerMock) MailServerRequestCompleted(hash common.Hash) {
+	t.requestsCompleted <- hash
+}
+
+func (t handlerMock) MailServerRequestExpired(hash common.Hash) {
+	t.requestsExpired <- hash
+}
+
 func TestShhExtSuite(t *testing.T) {
 	suite.Run(t, new(ShhExtSuite))
 }
@@ -159,29 +171,29 @@ func (s *ShhExtSuite) TestRequestMessages() {
 		mailServerPeer = "enode://b7e65e1bedc2499ee6cbd806945af5e7df0e59e4070c96821570bd581473eade24a489f5ec95d060c0db118c879403ab88d827d3766978f28708989d35474f87@[::]:51920"
 	)
 
-	var result bool
+	var hash []byte
 
 	// invalid MailServer enode address
-	result, err = api.RequestMessages(context.TODO(), MessagesRequest{MailServerPeer: "invalid-address"})
+	hash, err = api.RequestMessages(context.TODO(), MessagesRequest{MailServerPeer: "invalid-address"})
-	s.False(result)
+	s.Nil(hash)
 	s.EqualError(err, "invalid mailServerPeer value: invalid URL scheme, want \"enode\"")
 
 	// non-existent symmetric key
-	result, err = api.RequestMessages(context.TODO(), MessagesRequest{
+	hash, err = api.RequestMessages(context.TODO(), MessagesRequest{
 		MailServerPeer: mailServerPeer,
 	})
-	s.False(result)
+	s.Nil(hash)
 	s.EqualError(err, "invalid symKeyID value: non-existent key ID")
 
 	// with a symmetric key
 	symKeyID, symKeyErr := shh.AddSymKeyFromPassword("some-pass")
 	s.NoError(symKeyErr)
-	result, err = api.RequestMessages(context.TODO(), MessagesRequest{
+	hash, err = api.RequestMessages(context.TODO(), MessagesRequest{
 		MailServerPeer: mailServerPeer,
 		SymKeyID:       symKeyID,
 	})
 	s.Contains(err.Error(), "Could not find peer with ID")
-	s.False(result)
+	s.Nil(hash)
 
 	// with a peer acting as a mailserver
 	// prepare a node first
@@ -209,12 +221,14 @@ func (s *ShhExtSuite) TestRequestMessages() {
 	time.Sleep(time.Second) // wait for the peer to be added
 
 	// send a request
-	result, err = api.RequestMessages(context.TODO(), MessagesRequest{
+	hash, err = api.RequestMessages(context.TODO(), MessagesRequest{
 		MailServerPeer: mailNode.Server().Self().String(),
 		SymKeyID:       symKeyID,
 	})
 	s.NoError(err)
-	s.True(result)
+	s.NotNil(hash)
+
+	s.Contains(api.service.tracker.cache, common.BytesToHash(hash))
 }
 
 func (s *ShhExtSuite) TearDown() {
@@ -272,3 +286,34 @@ func (s *TrackerSuite) TestRemoved() {
 	})
 	s.NotContains(s.tracker.cache, testHash)
 }
+
+func (s *TrackerSuite) TestRequestCompleted() {
+	s.tracker.AddRequest(testHash, time.After(defaultRequestTimeout*time.Second))
+	s.Contains(s.tracker.cache, testHash)
+	s.Equal(MailServerRequestSent, s.tracker.cache[testHash])
+	s.tracker.handleEvent(whisper.EnvelopeEvent{
+		Event: whisper.EventMailServerRequestCompleted,
+		Hash:  testHash,
+	})
+	s.NotContains(s.tracker.cache, testHash)
+}
+
+func (s *TrackerSuite) TestRequestExpiration() {
+	mock := newHandlerMock(1)
+	s.tracker.handler = mock
+	c := make(chan time.Time)
+	s.tracker.AddRequest(testHash, c)
+	s.Contains(s.tracker.cache, testHash)
+	s.Equal(MailServerRequestSent, s.tracker.cache[testHash])
+	s.tracker.handleEvent(whisper.EnvelopeEvent{
+		Event: whisper.EventMailServerRequestExpired,
+		Hash:  testHash,
+	})
+	select {
+	case requestID := <-mock.requestsExpired:
+		s.Equal(testHash, requestID)
+		s.NotContains(s.tracker.cache, testHash)
+	case <-time.After(10 * time.Second):
+		s.Fail("timed out while waiting for request expiration")
+	}
+}

services/shhext/signal.go

@@ -17,3 +17,13 @@ func (h EnvelopeSignalHandler) EnvelopeSent(hash common.Hash) {
 func (h EnvelopeSignalHandler) EnvelopeExpired(hash common.Hash) {
 	signal.SendEnvelopeExpired(hash)
 }
+
+// MailServerRequestCompleted triggered when mailserver send a ack with a requesID sent previously
+func (h EnvelopeSignalHandler) MailServerRequestCompleted(hash common.Hash) {
+	signal.SendMailServerRequestCompleted(hash)
+}
+
+// MailServerRequestExpired triggered when mail server request expires
+func (h EnvelopeSignalHandler) MailServerRequestExpired(hash common.Hash) {
+	signal.SendMailServerRequestExpired(hash)
+}

signal/events_shhext.go

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package signal
 
-import "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
+import (
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
+)
 
 const (
 	// EventEnvelopeSent is triggered when envelope was sent at least to a one peer.
@@ -9,6 +11,12 @@ const (
 	// EventEnvelopeExpired is triggered when envelop was dropped by a whisper without being sent
 	// to any peer
 	EventEnvelopeExpired = "envelope.expired"
+
+	// EventMailServerRequestCompleted is triggered when whisper receives a message ack from the mailserver
+	EventMailServerRequestCompleted = "mailserver.request.completed"
+
+	// EventMailServerRequestExpired is triggered when request TTL ends
+	EventMailServerRequestExpired = "mailserver.request.expired"
 )
 
 // EnvelopeSignal includes hash of the envelope.
@@ -25,3 +33,13 @@ func SendEnvelopeSent(hash common.Hash) {
 func SendEnvelopeExpired(hash common.Hash) {
 	send(EventEnvelopeExpired, EnvelopeSignal{hash})
 }
+
+// SendMailServerRequestCompleted triggered when mail server response has been received
+func SendMailServerRequestCompleted(hash common.Hash) {
+	send(EventMailServerRequestCompleted, EnvelopeSignal{hash})
+}
+
+// SendMailServerRequestExpired triggered when mail server request expires
+func SendMailServerRequestExpired(hash common.Hash) {
+	send(EventMailServerRequestExpired, EnvelopeSignal{hash})
+}

t/e2e/whisper/whisper_mailbox_test.go

@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 package whisper
 
 import (
+	"encoding/hex"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
 	"os"
 
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/hexutil"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p/discover"
@@ -96,25 +99,12 @@ func (s *WhisperMailboxSuite) TestRequestMessageFromMailboxAsync() {
 
 	// Act.
 
+	events := make(chan whisper.EnvelopeEvent)
+	senderWhisperService.SubscribeEnvelopeEvents(events)
+
 	// Request messages (including the previous one, expired) from mailbox.
-	from := senderWhisperService.GetCurrentTime().Add(-12 * time.Hour)
+	result := s.requestHistoricMessages(senderWhisperService, rpcClient, mailboxPeerStr, MailServerKeyID, topic.String())
-	reqMessagesBody := `{
+	requestID := common.BytesToHash(result)
-		"jsonrpc": "2.0",
-		"id": 1,
-		"method": "shhext_requestMessages",
-		"params": [{
-					"mailServerPeer":"` + mailboxPeerStr + `",
-					"topic":"` + topic.String() + `",
-					"symKeyID":"` + MailServerKeyID + `",
-					"from":` + strconv.FormatInt(from.Unix(), 10) + `,
-					"to":` + strconv.FormatInt(senderWhisperService.GetCurrentTime().Unix(), 10) + `
-		}]
-	}`
-	resp := rpcClient.CallRaw(reqMessagesBody)
-	reqMessagesResp := baseRPCResponse{}
-	err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(resp), &reqMessagesResp)
-	s.Require().NoError(err)
-	s.Require().Nil(reqMessagesResp.Error)
 
 	// Wait to receive message.
 	time.Sleep(time.Second)
@@ -125,6 +115,14 @@ func (s *WhisperMailboxSuite) TestRequestMessageFromMailboxAsync() {
 	// Check that there are no messages.
 	messages = s.getMessagesByMessageFilterID(rpcClient, messageFilterID)
 	s.Require().Equal(0, len(messages))
+
+	select {
+	case e := <-events:
+		s.Equal(whisper.EventMailServerRequestCompleted, e.Event)
+		s.Equal(requestID, e.Hash)
+	case <-time.After(time.Second):
+		s.Fail("timed out while waiting for request completed event")
+	}
 }
 
 func (s *WhisperMailboxSuite) TestRequestMessagesInGroupChat() {
@@ -484,7 +482,7 @@ func (s *WhisperMailboxSuite) addSymKey(rpcCli *rpc.Client, symkey string) strin
 }
 
 // requestHistoricMessages asks a mailnode to resend messages.
-func (s *WhisperMailboxSuite) requestHistoricMessages(w *whisper.Whisper, rpcCli *rpc.Client, mailboxEnode, mailServerKeyID, topic string) {
+func (s *WhisperMailboxSuite) requestHistoricMessages(w *whisper.Whisper, rpcCli *rpc.Client, mailboxEnode, mailServerKeyID, topic string) []byte {
 	from := w.GetCurrentTime().Add(-12 * time.Hour)
 	resp := rpcCli.CallRaw(`{
 		"jsonrpc": "2.0",
@@ -502,6 +500,18 @@ func (s *WhisperMailboxSuite) requestHistoricMessages(w *whisper.Whisper, rpcCli
 	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(resp), &reqMessagesResp)
 	s.Require().NoError(err)
 	s.Require().Nil(reqMessagesResp.Error)
+
+	switch hash := reqMessagesResp.Result.(type) {
+	case string:
+		s.Require().True(strings.HasPrefix(hash, "0x"))
+		b, err := hex.DecodeString(hash[2:])
+		s.Require().NoError(err)
+		return b
+	default:
+		s.Failf("failed reading shh_newMessageFilter result", "expected a hash, got: %+v", reqMessagesResp.Result)
+	}
+
+	return nil
 }
 
 type getFilterMessagesResponse struct {

vendor/github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/whisper/whisperv6/doc.go

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ const (
 	messagesCode           = 1   // normal whisper message
 	powRequirementCode     = 2   // PoW requirement
 	bloomFilterExCode      = 3   // bloom filter exchange
+	p2pRequestCompleteCode = 125 // peer-to-peer message, used by Dapp protocol
 	p2pRequestCode         = 126 // peer-to-peer message, used by Dapp protocol
 	p2pMessageCode         = 127 // peer-to-peer message (to be consumed by the peer, but not forwarded any further)
 	NumberOfMessageCodes   = 128

vendor/github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/whisper/whisperv6/events.go

@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ const (
 	EventEnvelopeSent EventType = "envelope.sent"
 	// EventEnvelopeExpired fires when envelop expired
 	EventEnvelopeExpired EventType = "envelope.expired"
+	// EventMailServerRequestCompleted fires after mailserver sends all the requested messages
+	EventMailServerRequestCompleted EventType = "mailserver.request.completed"
+	// EventMailServerRequestExpired fires after mailserver the request TTL ends
+	EventMailServerRequestExpired EventType = "mailserver.request.expired"
 )
 
 // EnvelopeEvent used for envelopes events.

vendor/github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/whisper/whisperv6/whisper.go

@@ -378,6 +378,15 @@ func (whisper *Whisper) RequestHistoricMessages(peerID []byte, envelope *Envelop
 	return p2p.Send(p.ws, p2pRequestCode, envelope)
 }
 
+func (whisper *Whisper) SendHistoricMessageResponse(peer *Peer, requestID common.Hash) error {
+	size, r, err := rlp.EncodeToReader(requestID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return peer.ws.WriteMsg(p2p.Msg{Code: p2pRequestCompleteCode, Size: uint32(size), Payload: r})
+}
+
 // SendP2PMessage sends a peer-to-peer message to a specific peer.
 func (whisper *Whisper) SendP2PMessage(peerID []byte, envelope *Envelope) error {
 	p, err := whisper.getPeer(peerID)
@@ -821,8 +830,22 @@ func (whisper *Whisper) runMessageLoop(p *Peer, rw p2p.MsgReadWriter) error {
 					log.Warn("failed to decode p2p request message, peer will be disconnected", "peer", p.peer.ID(), "err", err)
 					return errors.New("invalid p2p request")
 				}
+
 				whisper.mailServer.DeliverMail(p, &request)
 			}
+		case p2pRequestCompleteCode:
+			if p.trusted {
+				var requestID common.Hash
+				if err := packet.Decode(&requestID); err != nil {
+					log.Warn("failed to decode response message, peer will be disconnected", "peer", p.peer.ID(), "err", err)
+					return errors.New("invalid request response message")
+				}
+
+				whisper.envelopeFeed.Send(EnvelopeEvent{
+					Hash:  requestID,
+					Event: EventMailServerRequestCompleted,
+				})
+			}
 		default:
 			// New message types might be implemented in the future versions of Whisper.
 			// For forward compatibility, just ignore.