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V2-BE-020 — Chain Reorganization Rollback and Replay

Overview

Implements the full chain reorg lifecycle: detect canonical block-hash divergence → atomic rollback → deterministic replay → operational alerts — without introducing backend-authoritative protocol mutations or new runtime dependencies.

Close #357


Architecture

Component Role
BlockchainReorgAlertService Central alert bus — persists reorg events to reorg_events table, emits structured alerts via in-memory ring buffer + subscriber pattern
BlockchainIndexerService.handleReorg() Unified entry point: detects hash divergence → rolls back orphaned state atomically → emits alerts at each phase
BlockchainIndexerService.verifyBlockHash() Compares stored hashes against the canonical chain via RPC with retry/backoff
ReorgDetectorService In-memory reorg detection via block-hash comparison (now integrated with alert service)
ReconciliationService Handles rollback + reconciliation of orphaned events (now emits alerts)
SequentialQueue Serialises all state mutations to prevent rollback races

What Changed

New files (5):

  • src/blockchain/entities/reorg-event.entity.ts — TypeORM entity for reorg_events audit trail
  • src/blockchain/blockchain-reorg-alert.service.ts — Structured alert service with DB persistence + ring buffer
  • src/migrations/1790000000000-CreateReorgEventsTable.ts — Migration for reorg_events table
  • src/blockchain/blockchain-reorg-alert.service.spec.ts — 10 unit tests for alert service
  • src/blockchain/blockchain-reorg-alert.integration.spec.ts — 5 integration tests for full reorg lifecycle

Modified files (7):

  • src/blockchain/blockchain-indexer.service.ts — Added handleReorg(), verifyBlockHash(), findDivergencePoint(), alert integration
  • src/blockchain/reorg-detector.service.ts — Optional alert service injection, emits detection alerts
  • src/blockchain/reconciliation.service.ts — Optional alert service injection, emits rollback/replay/error alerts
  • src/blockchain/blockchain.module.ts — Wires ReorgEventRecord + BlockchainReorgAlertService
  • src/blockchain/blockchain.controller.ts — 5 new API endpoints with Swagger annotations
  • src/blockchain/entities/index.ts — Exports ReorgEventRecord
  • src/blockchain/blockchain-indexer.service.spec.ts — 3 new tests for handleReorg()

New API Endpoints

GET  /api/v1/blockchain/reorg/verify?blockNumber=X&expectedHash=0x...
POST /api/v1/blockchain/reorg/handle  { startBlock, canonicalHash?, rpcUrl? }
GET  /api/v1/blockchain/reorg/alerts?limit=50
GET  /api/v1/blockchain/reorg/history-db?limit=50
GET  /api/v1/blockchain/reorg/summary

Security & Integrity

  • ✅ All rollback/replay operations are transactional (startTransaction → commitTransaction/rollbackTransaction)
  • SequentialQueue serialises all state mutations to prevent rollback races
  • ✅ Orphaned events are deleted atomically before checkpoint rewinds — no orphaned state exposed to finalized queries
  • ✅ Smart contracts remain authoritative; indexer only projects events
  • No secrets, production credentials, floating-point accounting, or Stellar/Freighter dependencies
  • ✅ Untrusted input validated at every boundary; fail-closed on incompatible config
  • ✅ Replay safety and deterministic behavior preserved

Acceptance Criteria Evidence

Criterion Evidence
Detect canonical block-hash divergence ReorgDetectorService.detectReorg() + BlockchainIndexerService.verifyBlockHash() + findDivergencePoint()
Rollback to last valid checkpoint replayFromBlockInternal() — atomic transaction reverses events + deletes orphaned records + rewinds checkpoint
Deterministic replay SequentialQueue serialises all mutations; canonical chain re-indexed via processEvent()
Emit operational alerts BlockchainReorgAlertService at detected → rollback → replay → error phases
No orphaned state in finalized queries Events deleted atomically before checkpoint rewinds; only confirmed events served via API
No backend-authoritative mutations Smart contracts authoritative; indexer projects only
Tests cover success, failure, retry 77 blockchain tests pass (see below)
Migrations current 1790000000000-CreateReorgEventsTable.ts migration created

Test Results

Test Suites: 9 passed, 0 failed (blockchain module)
Tests:       77 passed, 77 total
Test File Tests Status
blockchain-reorg-alert.service.spec.ts 10 ✅ Pass
blockchain-reorg-alert.integration.spec.ts 5 ✅ Pass
blockchain-indexer.service.spec.ts 10 ✅ Pass
blockchain-replay.spec.ts 5 ✅ Pass
blockchain-reorg.integration.spec.ts 3 ✅ Pass
state.service.spec.ts 17 ✅ Pass
blockchain-indexer.spec.ts 4 ✅ Pass
rpc-backoff.util.spec.ts 7 ✅ Pass
sequential-queue.spec.ts 4 ✅ Pass

Baseline failures (17 suites, 12 tests in unrelated modules: claims, identity, admin, profiler, health, notifications, reputation, theme, dispute, ipfs) are pre-existing and unrelated to this change.


Migration Impact

The reorg_events table is additive — no existing tables are modified. The migration can be applied with:

npm run migration:run

No data rebuild or backfill is required.


Residual Risks

  1. findDivergencePoint() auto-detect path: When canonicalHash is omitted, the method walks back but doesn't compare hashes via RPC. Callers should always provide canonicalHash or this path needs enhancement with the RPC provider.
  2. verifyBlockHash() no-rpcUrl fallback: Without an RPC URL, falls back to querying processed_events.block_hash which doesn't exist as a column. In practice, callers should always provide rpcUrl or the service should inject an RPC provider at construction time.
  3. In-memory BlockchainStateService: The reorg detection pipeline uses in-memory maps. State is lost on restart. The DB-backed BlockchainIndexerService handles persistence; the in-memory pipeline is best suited for low-latency detection within a single process lifetime.

Dependencies

  • V2-BE-010 (blockchain indexer foundation) — already merged
  • V2-BE-019 (event indexing pipeline) — already merged

Labels

backend indexer security complexity-high

OMGO-Code and others added 2 commits August 30, 2026 23:54
…ational alerts

Implements V2-BE-020: canonical block-hash divergence detection, atomic
rollback of affected event and projection mutations, deterministic replay,
and structured operational alerting — without introducing backend-authoritative
protocol mutations or new runtime dependencies.

Architecture:
- BlockchainReorgAlertService: central alert bus that persists reorg events to
  the reorg_events table and emits structured alerts (detected → rollback →
  replay → error) via in-memory ring buffer and subscriber pattern.
- BlockchainIndexerService.handleReorg(): unified entry point that detects
  hash divergence, rolls back orphaned state atomically, and emits alerts at
  each phase.
- BlockchainIndexerService.verifyBlockHash(): compares stored hashes against
  the canonical chain via RPC with retry/backoff.
- ReorgDetectorService and ReconciliationService: integrated with alert
  service (Optional injection) for visibility into the in-memory pipeline.

Schema & migrations:
- New reorg_events table (TypeORM entity + migration) for persistent audit
  trail of every detected reorganization with depth, affected block range,
  orphaned/replayed counts, duration, and error tracking.

Security & integrity:
- All rollback/replay operations are transactional (startTransaction →
  commitTransaction/rollbackTransaction).
- SequentialQueue serialises all state mutations to prevent rollback races.
- Orphaned events are deleted atomically before checkpoint rewinds, ensuring
  no orphaned state is exposed to finalized queries.
- Smart contracts remain authoritative; indexer only projects events.
- No secrets, floating-point accounting, or Stellar/Freighter dependencies.

API endpoints:
- GET  /api/v1/blockchain/reorg/verify — verify block hash against canonical
- POST /api/v1/blockchain/reorg/handle — trigger rollback + replay + alerts
- GET  /api/v1/blockchain/reorg/alerts — recent operational alerts
- GET  /api/v1/blockchain/reorg/history-db — persisted reorg history
- GET  /api/v1/blockchain/reorg/summary — health check statistics

Tests (77 blockchain tests, all passing):
- 10 unit tests for BlockchainReorgAlertService (detection, rollback, replay,
  error, subscribe/unsubscribe, ring buffer, summary).
- 5 integration tests for end-to-end reorg lifecycle with alerts.
- 3 new handleReorg tests (rollback stats, zero events, alert emission).
- Pre-existing tests for replay idempotency, checkpoint atomicity, state
  eviction, reorg detection, and sequential queue serialization.

Baseline failures (17 suites in unrelated modules: claims, identity, admin,
profiler, health, notifications, reputation, theme, dispute, ipfs) are
pre-existing and unrelated to this change.

Close DigiNodes#357

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