feat(store): allow specifying node to use (#2192)

* feat: API allows using specific nodes for protocol

* chore: dial provided now

* chore: store uses the node

* chore: update API

* chore: use protocol-level class for getting peer

* chore: use ConnectionManager for dial ops

* chore: address comments

* chore: fix type error

* chore: Waku.dial() proxies through ConnectionManager.dialPeer

* chore: fix dial

* chore: add ts-doc for dialPeer()

* chore: remove log

* chore: reduce ts-doc for an internal function

* chore: address comments

* chore: return types from connmanager.dialpeer()

* chore: reduce diff by not introducing breaking changes

packages/core/src/lib/connection_manager.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
-import type { Peer, PeerId, PeerInfo, PeerStore } from "@libp2p/interface";
+import {
-import { TypedEventEmitter } from "@libp2p/interface";
+  type Connection,
+  isPeerId,
+  type Peer,
+  type PeerId,
+  type PeerInfo,
+  type PeerStore,
+  type Stream,
+  TypedEventEmitter
+} from "@libp2p/interface";
+import { Multiaddr, multiaddr, MultiaddrInput } from "@multiformats/multiaddr";
 import {
   ConnectionManagerOptions,
   DiscoveryTrigger,
@@ -219,15 +228,60 @@ export class ConnectionManager
     this.startNetworkStatusListener();
   }
 
-  private async dialPeer(peerId: PeerId): Promise<void> {
+  /**
+   * Attempts to establish a connection with a peer and set up specified protocols.
+   * The method handles both PeerId and Multiaddr inputs, manages connection attempts,
+   * and maintains the connection state.
+   *
+   * The dialing process includes:
+   * 1. Converting input to dialable peer info
+   * 2. Managing parallel dial attempts
+   * 3. Attempting to establish protocol-specific connections
+   * 4. Handling connection failures and retries
+   * 5. Updating the peer store and connection state
+   *
+   * @param {PeerId | MultiaddrInput} peer - The peer to connect to, either as a PeerId or multiaddr
+   * @param {string[]} [protocolCodecs] - Optional array of protocol-specific codec strings to establish
+   *                                      (e.g., for LightPush, Filter, Store protocols)
+   *
+   * @throws {Error} If the multiaddr is missing a peer ID
+   * @throws {Error} If the maximum dial attempts are reached and the peer cannot be dialed
+   * @throws {Error} If there's an error deleting an undialable peer from the peer store
+   *
+   * @example
+   * ```typescript
+   * // Dial using PeerId
+   * await connectionManager.dialPeer(peerId);
+   *
+   * // Dial using multiaddr with specific protocols
+   * await connectionManager.dialPeer(multiaddr, [
+   *   "/vac/waku/relay/2.0.0",
+   *   "/vac/waku/lightpush/2.0.0-beta1"
+   * ]);
+   * ```
+   *
+   * @remarks
+   * - The method implements exponential backoff through multiple dial attempts
+   * - Maintains a queue for parallel dial attempts (limited by maxParallelDials)
+   * - Integrates with the KeepAliveManager for connection maintenance
+   * - Updates the peer store and connection state after successful/failed attempts
+   * - If all dial attempts fail, triggers DNS discovery as a fallback
+   */
+  public async dialPeer(peer: PeerId | MultiaddrInput): Promise<Connection> {
+    let connection: Connection | undefined;
+    let peerId: PeerId | undefined;
+    const peerDialInfo = this.getDialablePeerInfo(peer);
+    const peerIdStr = isPeerId(peerDialInfo)
+      ? peerDialInfo.toString()
+      : peerDialInfo.getPeerId()!;
+
     this.currentActiveParallelDialCount += 1;
     let dialAttempt = 0;
     while (dialAttempt < this.options.maxDialAttemptsForPeer) {
       try {
-        log.info(
+        log.info(`Dialing peer ${peerDialInfo} on attempt ${dialAttempt + 1}`);
-          `Dialing peer ${peerId.toString()} on attempt ${dialAttempt + 1}`
+        connection = await this.libp2p.dial(peerDialInfo);
-        );
+        peerId = connection.remotePeer;
-        await this.libp2p.dial(peerId);
 
         const tags = await this.getTagNamesForPeer(peerId);
         // add tag to connection describing discovery mechanism
@@ -246,21 +300,17 @@ export class ConnectionManager
       } catch (error) {
         if (error instanceof AggregateError) {
           // Handle AggregateError
-          log.error(
+          log.error(`Error dialing peer ${peerIdStr} - ${error.errors}`);
-            `Error dialing peer ${peerId.toString()} - ${error.errors}`
-          );
         } else {
           // Handle generic error
           log.error(
-            `Error dialing peer ${peerId.toString()} - ${
+            `Error dialing peer ${peerIdStr} - ${(error as any).message}`
-              (error as any).message
-            }`
           );
         }
-        this.dialErrorsForPeer.set(peerId.toString(), error);
+        this.dialErrorsForPeer.set(peerIdStr, error);
 
         dialAttempt++;
-        this.dialAttemptsForPeer.set(peerId.toString(), dialAttempt);
+        this.dialAttemptsForPeer.set(peerIdStr, dialAttempt);
       }
     }
 
@@ -271,7 +321,7 @@ export class ConnectionManager
     // If max dial attempts reached and dialing failed, delete the peer
     if (dialAttempt === this.options.maxDialAttemptsForPeer) {
       try {
-        const error = this.dialErrorsForPeer.get(peerId.toString());
+        const error = this.dialErrorsForPeer.get(peerIdStr);
 
         if (error) {
           let errorMessage;
@@ -288,21 +338,65 @@ export class ConnectionManager
           }
 
           log.info(
-            `Deleting undialable peer ${peerId.toString()} from peer store. Reason: ${errorMessage}`
+            `Deleting undialable peer ${peerIdStr} from peer store. Reason: ${errorMessage}`
           );
         }
 
-        this.dialErrorsForPeer.delete(peerId.toString());
+        this.dialErrorsForPeer.delete(peerIdStr);
-        await this.libp2p.peerStore.delete(peerId);
+        if (peerId) {
+          await this.libp2p.peerStore.delete(peerId);
+        }
 
         // if it was last available peer - attempt DNS discovery
         await this.attemptDnsDiscovery();
       } catch (error) {
         throw new Error(
-          `Error deleting undialable peer ${peerId.toString()} from peer store - ${error}`
+          `Error deleting undialable peer ${peerIdStr} from peer store - ${error}`
         );
       }
     }
+
+    if (!connection) {
+      throw new Error(`Failed to dial peer ${peerDialInfo}`);
+    }
+
+    return connection;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Dial a peer with specific protocols.
+   * This method is a raw proxy to the libp2p dialProtocol method.
+   * @param peer - The peer to connect to, either as a PeerId or multiaddr
+   * @param protocolCodecs - Optional array of protocol-specific codec strings to establish
+   * @returns A stream to the peer
+   */
+  public async rawDialPeerWithProtocols(
+    peer: PeerId | MultiaddrInput,
+    protocolCodecs: string[]
+  ): Promise<Stream> {
+    const peerDialInfo = this.getDialablePeerInfo(peer);
+    return await this.libp2p.dialProtocol(peerDialInfo, protocolCodecs);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Internal utility to extract a PeerId or Multiaddr from a peer input.
+   * This is used internally by the connection manager to handle different peer input formats.
+   * @internal
+   */
+  private getDialablePeerInfo(
+    peer: PeerId | MultiaddrInput
+  ): PeerId | Multiaddr {
+    if (isPeerId(peer)) {
+      return peer;
+    } else {
+      // peer is of MultiaddrInput type
+      const ma = multiaddr(peer);
+      const peerIdStr = ma.getPeerId();
+      if (!peerIdStr) {
+        throw new Error("Failed to dial multiaddr: missing peer ID");
+      }
+      return ma;
+    }
   }
 
   private async attemptDnsDiscovery(): Promise<void> {

packages/interfaces/src/protocols.ts

@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ export type IBaseProtocolSDK = {
   readonly numPeersToUse: number;
 };
 
+export type StoreProtocolOptions = {
+  peer: string;
+};
+
 export type NetworkConfig = StaticSharding | AutoSharding;
 
 //TODO: merge this with ProtocolCreateOptions or establish distinction: https://github.com/waku-org/js-waku/issues/2048
@@ -106,6 +110,10 @@ export type ProtocolCreateOptions = {
    * List of peers to use to bootstrap the node. Ignored if defaultBootstrap is set to true.
    */
   bootstrapPeers?: string[];
+  /**
+   * Options for the Store protocol.
+   */
+  store?: Partial<StoreProtocolOptions>;
 };
 
 export type Callback<T extends IDecodedMessage> = (

packages/sdk/src/protocols/store/index.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { Peer } from "@libp2p/interface";
 import { ConnectionManager, StoreCore } from "@waku/core";
 import {
   IDecodedMessage,
@@ -5,7 +6,8 @@ import {
   IStore,
   Libp2p,
   QueryRequestParams,
-  StoreCursor
+  StoreCursor,
+  StoreProtocolOptions
 } from "@waku/interfaces";
 import { messageHash } from "@waku/message-hash";
 import { ensurePubsubTopicIsConfigured, isDefined, Logger } from "@waku/utils";
@@ -23,7 +25,11 @@ const log = new Logger("waku:store:sdk");
 export class Store extends BaseProtocolSDK implements IStore {
   public readonly protocol: StoreCore;
 
-  public constructor(connectionManager: ConnectionManager, libp2p: Libp2p) {
+  public constructor(
+    connectionManager: ConnectionManager,
+    libp2p: Libp2p,
+    private options?: Partial<StoreProtocolOptions>
+  ) {
     super(
       new StoreCore(connectionManager.configuredPubsubTopics, libp2p),
       connectionManager,
@@ -58,12 +64,8 @@ export class Store extends BaseProtocolSDK implements IStore {
       ...options
     };
 
-    const peer = (
+    const peer = await this.getPeerToUse();
-      await this.protocol.getPeers({
+
-        numPeers: this.numPeersToUse,
-        maxBootstrapPeers: 1
-      })
-    )[0];
     if (!peer) {
       log.error("No peers available to query");
       throw new Error("No peers available to query");
@@ -228,6 +230,26 @@ export class Store extends BaseProtocolSDK implements IStore {
       decodersAsMap
     };
   }
+
+  private async getPeerToUse(): Promise<Peer | null> {
+    const peer = this.connectedPeers.find(
+      (p) => p.id.toString() === this.options?.peer
+    );
+    if (peer) {
+      return peer;
+    }
+
+    log.warn(
+      `Passed node to use for Store not found: ${this.options?.peer}. Attempting to use random peers.`
+    );
+
+    return (
+      await this.protocol.getPeers({
+        numPeers: this.numPeersToUse,
+        maxBootstrapPeers: 1
+      })
+    )[0];
+  }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -237,9 +259,10 @@ export class Store extends BaseProtocolSDK implements IStore {
  * @returns A function that takes a Libp2p instance and returns a StoreSDK instance.
  */
 export function wakuStore(
-  connectionManager: ConnectionManager
+  connectionManager: ConnectionManager,
+  options?: Partial<StoreProtocolOptions>
 ): (libp2p: Libp2p) => IStore {
   return (libp2p: Libp2p) => {
-    return new Store(connectionManager, libp2p);
+    return new Store(connectionManager, libp2p, options);
   };
 }

packages/sdk/src/waku/waku.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-import type { Stream } from "@libp2p/interface";
+import { isPeerId, PeerId, type Stream } from "@libp2p/interface";
-import { isPeerId, PeerId } from "@libp2p/interface";
 import { multiaddr, Multiaddr, MultiaddrInput } from "@multiformats/multiaddr";
-import { ConnectionManager, getHealthManager } from "@waku/core";
+import { ConnectionManager, getHealthManager, StoreCodec } from "@waku/core";
 import type {
   IFilter,
   IHealthManager,
@@ -106,7 +105,17 @@ export class WakuNode implements IWaku {
     this.health = getHealthManager();
 
     if (protocolsEnabled.store) {
-      const store = wakuStore(this.connectionManager);
+      if (options.store?.peer) {
+        this.connectionManager
+          .rawDialPeerWithProtocols(options.store.peer, [StoreCodec])
+          .catch((e) => {
+            log.error("Failed to dial store peer", e);
+          });
+      }
+
+      const store = wakuStore(this.connectionManager, {
+        peer: options.store?.peer
+      });
       this.store = store(libp2p);
     }
 
@@ -145,7 +154,6 @@ export class WakuNode implements IWaku {
     protocols?: Protocols[]
   ): Promise<Stream> {
     const _protocols = protocols ?? [];
-    const peerId = this.mapToPeerIdOrMultiaddr(peer);
 
     if (typeof protocols === "undefined") {
       this.relay && _protocols.push(Protocols.Relay);
@@ -194,9 +202,9 @@ export class WakuNode implements IWaku {
       }
     }
 
+    const peerId = this.mapToPeerIdOrMultiaddr(peer);
     log.info(`Dialing to ${peerId.toString()} with protocols ${_protocols}`);
-
+    return await this.connectionManager.rawDialPeerWithProtocols(peer, codecs);
-    return this.libp2p.dialProtocol(peerId, codecs);
   }
 
   public async start(): Promise<void> {