Decay channel failure penalty upon success
authorJeffrey Czyz <jkczyz@gmail.com>
Wed, 1 Dec 2021 00:27:08 +0000 (18:27 -0600)
committerJeffrey Czyz <jkczyz@gmail.com>
Fri, 3 Dec 2021 20:00:52 +0000 (14:00 -0600)
If a payment failed to route through a channel, a penalty is applied to
the channel in the future when finding a route. This penalty decays over
time. Immediately decay the penalty by one half life when a payment is
successfully routed through the channel.

lightning/src/routing/scoring.rs

index 967f3f3b5cbda150e73e97483f2405df9b223ca4..2e1efa751867e3f1e6ffd1fd5f19f681765c2060 100644 (file)
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ pub type Scorer = ScorerUsingTime::<std::time::Instant>;
 /// Used to apply a fixed penalty to each channel, thus avoiding long paths when shorter paths with
 /// slightly higher fees are available. Will further penalize channels that fail to relay payments.
 ///
-/// See [module-level documentation] for usage.
+/// See [module-level documentation] for usage and [`ScoringParameters`] for customization.
 ///
 /// [module-level documentation]: crate::routing::scoring
 #[cfg(feature = "no-std")]
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ pub struct ScoringParameters {
        /// A penalty in msats to apply to a channel upon failing to relay a payment.
        ///
        /// This accumulates for each failure but may be reduced over time based on
-       /// [`failure_penalty_half_life`].
+       /// [`failure_penalty_half_life`] or when successfully routing through a channel.
        ///
        /// Default value: 1,024,000 msat
        ///
@@ -262,6 +262,8 @@ pub struct ScoringParameters {
        /// The time required to elapse before any accumulated [`failure_penalty_msat`] penalties are
        /// cut in half.
        ///
+       /// Successfully routing through a channel will immediately cut the penalty in half as well.
+       ///
        /// # Note
        ///
        /// When built with the `no-std` feature, time will never elapse. Therefore, this penalty will
@@ -283,11 +285,12 @@ impl_writeable_tlv_based!(ScoringParameters, {
 ///
 /// Penalties decay over time, though accumulate as more failures occur.
 struct ChannelFailure<T: Time> {
-       /// Accumulated penalty in msats for the channel as of `last_failed`.
+       /// Accumulated penalty in msats for the channel as of `last_updated`.
        undecayed_penalty_msat: u64,
 
-       /// Last time the channel failed. Used to decay `undecayed_penalty_msat`.
-       last_failed: T,
+       /// Last time the channel either failed to route or successfully routed a payment. Used to decay
+       /// `undecayed_penalty_msat`.
+       last_updated: T,
 }
 
 impl<T: Time> ScorerUsingTime<T> {
@@ -316,17 +319,22 @@ impl<T: Time> ChannelFailure<T> {
        fn new(failure_penalty_msat: u64) -> Self {
                Self {
                        undecayed_penalty_msat: failure_penalty_msat,
-                       last_failed: T::now(),
+                       last_updated: T::now(),
                }
        }
 
        fn add_penalty(&mut self, failure_penalty_msat: u64, half_life: Duration) {
                self.undecayed_penalty_msat = self.decayed_penalty_msat(half_life) + failure_penalty_msat;
-               self.last_failed = T::now();
+               self.last_updated = T::now();
+       }
+
+       fn reduce_penalty(&mut self, half_life: Duration) {
+               self.undecayed_penalty_msat = self.decayed_penalty_msat(half_life) >> 1;
+               self.last_updated = T::now();
        }
 
        fn decayed_penalty_msat(&self, half_life: Duration) -> u64 {
-               let decays = self.last_failed.elapsed().as_secs().checked_div(half_life.as_secs());
+               let decays = self.last_updated.elapsed().as_secs().checked_div(half_life.as_secs());
                match decays {
                        Some(decays) => self.undecayed_penalty_msat >> decays,
                        None => 0,
@@ -385,7 +393,14 @@ impl<T: Time> Score for ScorerUsingTime<T> {
                        .or_insert_with(|| ChannelFailure::new(failure_penalty_msat));
        }
 
-       fn payment_path_successful(&mut self, _path: &[&RouteHop]) {}
+       fn payment_path_successful(&mut self, path: &[&RouteHop]) {
+               let half_life = self.params.failure_penalty_half_life;
+               for hop in path.iter() {
+                       self.channel_failures
+                               .entry(hop.short_channel_id)
+                               .and_modify(|failure| failure.reduce_penalty(half_life));
+               }
+       }
 }
 
 impl<T: Time> Writeable for ScorerUsingTime<T> {
@@ -413,7 +428,7 @@ impl<T: Time> Readable for ScorerUsingTime<T> {
 impl<T: Time> Writeable for ChannelFailure<T> {
        #[inline]
        fn write<W: Writer>(&self, w: &mut W) -> Result<(), io::Error> {
-               let duration_since_epoch = T::duration_since_epoch() - self.last_failed.elapsed();
+               let duration_since_epoch = T::duration_since_epoch() - self.last_updated.elapsed();
                write_tlv_fields!(w, {
                        (0, self.undecayed_penalty_msat, required),
                        (2, duration_since_epoch, required),
@@ -433,7 +448,7 @@ impl<T: Time> Readable for ChannelFailure<T> {
                });
                Ok(Self {
                        undecayed_penalty_msat,
-                       last_failed: T::now() - (T::duration_since_epoch() - duration_since_epoch),
+                       last_updated: T::now() - (T::duration_since_epoch() - duration_since_epoch),
                })
        }
 }
@@ -505,8 +520,10 @@ mod tests {
        use super::{ScoringParameters, ScorerUsingTime, Time};
        use super::time::Eternity;
 
+       use ln::features::{ChannelFeatures, NodeFeatures};
        use routing::scoring::Score;
        use routing::network_graph::NodeId;
+       use routing::router::RouteHop;
        use util::ser::{Readable, Writeable};
 
        use bitcoin::secp256k1::PublicKey;
@@ -685,6 +702,40 @@ mod tests {
                assert_eq!(scorer.channel_penalty_msat(42, 1, Some(1), &source, &target), 1_384);
        }
 
+       #[test]
+       fn reduces_channel_failure_penalties_after_success() {
+               let mut scorer = Scorer::new(ScoringParameters {
+                       base_penalty_msat: 1_000,
+                       failure_penalty_msat: 512,
+                       failure_penalty_half_life: Duration::from_secs(10),
+                       overuse_penalty_start_1024th: 1024,
+                       overuse_penalty_msat_per_1024th: 0,
+               });
+               let source = source_node_id();
+               let target = target_node_id();
+               assert_eq!(scorer.channel_penalty_msat(42, 1, Some(1), &source, &target), 1_000);
+
+               scorer.payment_path_failed(&[], 42);
+               assert_eq!(scorer.channel_penalty_msat(42, 1, Some(1), &source, &target), 1_512);
+
+               SinceEpoch::advance(Duration::from_secs(10));
+               assert_eq!(scorer.channel_penalty_msat(42, 1, Some(1), &source, &target), 1_256);
+
+               let hop = RouteHop {
+                       pubkey: PublicKey::from_slice(target.as_slice()).unwrap(),
+                       node_features: NodeFeatures::known(),
+                       short_channel_id: 42,
+                       channel_features: ChannelFeatures::known(),
+                       fee_msat: 1,
+                       cltv_expiry_delta: 18,
+               };
+               scorer.payment_path_successful(&[&hop]);
+               assert_eq!(scorer.channel_penalty_msat(42, 1, Some(1), &source, &target), 1_128);
+
+               SinceEpoch::advance(Duration::from_secs(10));
+               assert_eq!(scorer.channel_penalty_msat(42, 1, Some(1), &source, &target), 1_064);
+       }
+
        #[test]
        fn restores_persisted_channel_failure_penalties() {
                let mut scorer = Scorer::new(ScoringParameters {