linera_chain/

manager.rs

// Copyright (c) Zefchain Labs, Inc.
// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

//! # Chain manager
//!
//! This module contains the consensus mechanism for all microchains. Whenever a block is
//! confirmed, a new chain manager is created for the next block height. It manages the consensus
//! state until a new block is confirmed. As long as less than a third of the validators are faulty,
//! it guarantees that at most one `ConfirmedBlock` certificate will be created for this height.
//!
//! The protocol proceeds in rounds, until it reaches a round where a block gets confirmed.
//!
//! There are four kinds of rounds:
//!
//! * In `Round::Fast`, only super owners can propose blocks, and validators vote to confirm a
//!   block immediately. Super owners must be careful to make only one block proposal, or else they
//!   can permanently block the microchain. If there are no super owners, `Round::Fast` is skipped.
//! * In cooperative mode (`Round::MultiLeader`), all chain owners can propose blocks at any time.
//!   The protocol is guaranteed to eventually confirm a block as long as no chain owner
//!   continuously actively prevents progress.
//! * In leader rotation mode (`Round::SingleLeader`), chain owners take turns at proposing blocks.
//!   It can make progress as long as at least one owner is honest, even if other owners try to
//!   prevent it.
//! * In fallback/public mode (`Round::Validator`), validators take turns at proposing blocks.
//!   It can always make progress under the standard assumption that there is a quorum of honest
//!   validators.
//!
//! ## Safety, i.e. at most one block will be confirmed
//!
//! In all modes this is guaranteed as follows:
//!
//! * Validators (honest ones) never cast a vote if they have already cast any vote in a later
//!   round.
//! * Validators never vote for a `ValidatedBlock` **A** in round **r** if they have voted for a
//!   _different_ `ConfirmedBlock` **B** in an earlier round **s** ≤ **r**, unless there is a
//!   `ValidatedBlock` certificate (with a quorum of validator signatures) for **A** in some round
//!   between **s** and **r** included in the block proposal.
//! * Validators only vote for a `ConfirmedBlock` if there is a `ValidatedBlock` certificate for the
//!   same block in the same round. (Or, in the `Fast` round, if there is a valid proposal.)
//!
//! This guarantees that once a quorum votes for some `ConfirmedBlock`, there can never be a
//! `ValidatedBlock` certificate (and thus also no `ConfirmedBlock` certificate) for a different
//! block in a later round. So if there are two different `ConfirmedBlock` certificates, they may
//! be from different rounds, but they are guaranteed to contain the same block.
//!
//! ## Liveness, i.e. some block will eventually be confirmed
//!
//! In `Round::Fast`, liveness depends on the super owners coordinating, and proposing at most one
//! block.
//!
//! If they propose none, and there are other owners, `Round::Fast` will eventually time out.
//!
//! In cooperative mode, if there is contention, the owners need to agree on a single owner as the
//! next proposer. That owner should then download all highest-round certificates and block
//! proposals known to the honest validators. They can then make a proposal in a round higher than
//! all previous proposals. If there is any `ValidatedBlock` certificate they must include the
//! highest one in their proposal, and propose that block. Otherwise they can propose a new block.
//! Now all honest validators are allowed to vote for that proposal, and eventually confirm it.
//!
//! If the owners fail to cooperate, any honest owner can initiate the last multi-leader round by
//! making a proposal there, then wait for it to time out, which starts the leader-based mode:
//!
//! In leader-based and fallback/public mode, an honest participant should subscribe to
//! notifications from all validators, and follow the chain. Whenever another leader's round takes
//! too long, they should request timeout votes from the validators to make the next round begin.
//! Once the honest participant becomes the round leader, they should update all validators, so
//! that they all agree on the current round. Then they download the highest `ValidatedBlock`
//! certificate known to any honest validator and include that in their block proposal, just like
//! in the cooperative case.

use std::collections::BTreeMap;

use allocative::Allocative;
use custom_debug_derive::Debug;
use futures::future::Either;
use linera_base::{
    crypto::{AccountPublicKey, ValidatorSecretKey},
    data_types::{Blob, BlockHeight, Epoch, Round, Timestamp},
    ensure,
    identifiers::{AccountOwner, BlobId, ChainId},
    ownership::ChainOwnership,
};
use linera_execution::ExecutionRuntimeContext;
use linera_views::{
    context::Context,
    map_view::MapView,
    register_view::RegisterView,
    views::{ClonableView, View},
    ViewError,
};
use rand_chacha::{rand_core::SeedableRng, ChaCha8Rng};
use rand_distr::{Distribution, WeightedAliasIndex};
use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};

use crate::{
    block::{Block, ConfirmedBlock, Timeout, ValidatedBlock},
    data_types::{BlockProposal, LiteVote, OriginalProposal, ProposedBlock, Vote},
    types::{TimeoutCertificate, ValidatedBlockCertificate},
    ChainError,
};

/// The result of verifying a (valid) query.
#[derive(Eq, PartialEq)]
pub enum Outcome {
    Accept,
    Skip,
}

pub type ValidatedOrConfirmedVote<'a> = Either<&'a Vote<ValidatedBlock>, &'a Vote<ConfirmedBlock>>;

/// The latest block that validators may have voted to confirm: this is either the block proposal
/// from the fast round or a validated block certificate. Validators are allowed to vote for this
/// even if they have locked (i.e. voted to confirm) a different block earlier.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, Allocative)]
#[cfg_attr(with_testing, derive(Eq, PartialEq))]
pub enum LockingBlock {
    /// A proposal in the `Fast` round.
    Fast(BlockProposal),
    /// A `ValidatedBlock` certificate in a round other than `Fast`.
    Regular(ValidatedBlockCertificate),
}

impl LockingBlock {
    /// Returns the locking block's round. To propose a different block, a `ValidatedBlock`
    /// certificate from a higher round is needed.
    pub fn round(&self) -> Round {
        match self {
            Self::Fast(_) => Round::Fast,
            Self::Regular(certificate) => certificate.round,
        }
    }

    pub fn chain_id(&self) -> ChainId {
        match self {
            Self::Fast(proposal) => proposal.content.block.chain_id,
            Self::Regular(certificate) => certificate.value().chain_id(),
        }
    }
}

/// The state of the certification process for a chain's next block.
#[cfg_attr(with_graphql, derive(async_graphql::SimpleObject), graphql(complex))]
#[derive(Debug, View, ClonableView, Allocative)]
#[allocative(bound = "C")]
pub struct ChainManager<C>
where
    C: Clone + Context + 'static,
{
    /// The public keys, weights and types of the chain's owners.
    pub ownership: RegisterView<C, ChainOwnership>,
    /// The seed for the pseudo-random number generator that determines the round leaders.
    pub seed: RegisterView<C, u64>,
    /// The probability distribution for choosing a round leader.
    #[cfg_attr(with_graphql, graphql(skip))] // Derived from ownership.
    #[allocative(skip)]
    pub distribution: RegisterView<C, Option<WeightedAliasIndex<u64>>>,
    /// The probability distribution for choosing a fallback round leader.
    #[cfg_attr(with_graphql, graphql(skip))] // Derived from validator weights.
    #[allocative(skip)]
    pub fallback_distribution: RegisterView<C, Option<WeightedAliasIndex<u64>>>,
    /// Highest-round authenticated block that we have received, but not necessarily
    /// checked yet. If there are multiple proposals in the same round, this contains only the
    /// first one. This can even contain proposals that did not execute successfully, to determine
    /// which round to propose in.
    #[cfg_attr(with_graphql, graphql(skip))]
    pub signed_proposal: RegisterView<C, Option<BlockProposal>>,
    /// Highest-round authenticated block that we have received and checked. If there are multiple
    /// proposals in the same round, this contains only the first one.
    #[cfg_attr(with_graphql, graphql(skip))]
    pub proposed: RegisterView<C, Option<BlockProposal>>,
    /// These are blobs published or read by the proposed block.
    pub proposed_blobs: MapView<C, BlobId, Blob>,
    /// Latest validated proposal that a validator may have voted to confirm. This is either the
    /// latest `ValidatedBlock` we have seen, or the proposal from the `Fast` round.
    #[cfg_attr(with_graphql, graphql(skip))]
    pub locking_block: RegisterView<C, Option<LockingBlock>>,
    /// These are blobs published or read by the locking block.
    pub locking_blobs: MapView<C, BlobId, Blob>,
    /// Latest leader timeout certificate we have received.
    #[cfg_attr(with_graphql, graphql(skip))]
    pub timeout: RegisterView<C, Option<TimeoutCertificate>>,
    /// Latest vote we cast to confirm a block.
    #[cfg_attr(with_graphql, graphql(skip))]
    pub confirmed_vote: RegisterView<C, Option<Vote<ConfirmedBlock>>>,
    /// Latest vote we cast to validate a block.
    #[cfg_attr(with_graphql, graphql(skip))]
    pub validated_vote: RegisterView<C, Option<Vote<ValidatedBlock>>>,
    /// Latest timeout vote we cast.
    #[cfg_attr(with_graphql, graphql(skip))]
    pub timeout_vote: RegisterView<C, Option<Vote<Timeout>>>,
    /// Fallback vote we cast.
    #[cfg_attr(with_graphql, graphql(skip))]
    pub fallback_vote: RegisterView<C, Option<Vote<Timeout>>>,
    /// The time after which we are ready to sign a timeout certificate for the current round.
    pub round_timeout: RegisterView<C, Option<Timestamp>>,
    /// The lowest round where we can still vote to validate or confirm a block. This is
    /// the round to which the timeout applies.
    ///
    /// Having a leader timeout certificate in any given round causes the next one to become
    /// current. Seeing a validated block certificate or a valid proposal in any round causes that
    /// round to become current, unless a higher one already is.
    #[cfg_attr(with_graphql, graphql(skip))]
    pub current_round: RegisterView<C, Round>,
    /// The owners that take over in fallback mode.
    pub fallback_owners: RegisterView<C, BTreeMap<AccountOwner, u64>>,
}

#[cfg(with_graphql)]
#[async_graphql::ComplexObject]
impl<C> ChainManager<C>
where
    C: Context + Clone + 'static,
{
    /// Returns the lowest round where we can still vote to validate or confirm a block. This is
    /// the round to which the timeout applies.
    ///
    /// Having a leader timeout certificate in any given round causes the next one to become
    /// current. Seeing a validated block certificate or a valid proposal in any round causes that
    /// round to become current, unless a higher one already is.
    #[graphql(derived(name = "current_round"))]
    async fn _current_round(&self) -> Round {
        self.current_round()
    }
}

impl<C> ChainManager<C>
where
    C: Context + Clone + 'static,
{
    /// Replaces `self` with a new chain manager.
    pub fn reset<'a>(
        &mut self,
        ownership: ChainOwnership,
        height: BlockHeight,
        local_time: Timestamp,
        fallback_owners: impl Iterator<Item = (AccountPublicKey, u64)> + 'a,
    ) -> Result<(), ChainError> {
        let distribution = calculate_distribution(ownership.owners.iter());

        let fallback_owners = fallback_owners
            .map(|(pub_key, weight)| (AccountOwner::from(pub_key), weight))
            .collect::<BTreeMap<_, _>>();
        let fallback_distribution = calculate_distribution(fallback_owners.iter());

        let current_round = ownership.first_round();
        let round_duration = ownership.round_timeout(current_round);
        let round_timeout = round_duration.map(|rd| local_time.saturating_add(rd));

        self.clear();
        self.seed.set(height.0);
        self.ownership.set(ownership);
        self.distribution.set(distribution);
        self.fallback_distribution.set(fallback_distribution);
        self.fallback_owners.set(fallback_owners);
        self.current_round.set(current_round);
        self.round_timeout.set(round_timeout);
        Ok(())
    }

    /// Returns the most recent confirmed vote we cast.
    pub fn confirmed_vote(&self) -> Option<&Vote<ConfirmedBlock>> {
        self.confirmed_vote.get().as_ref()
    }

    /// Returns the most recent validated vote we cast.
    pub fn validated_vote(&self) -> Option<&Vote<ValidatedBlock>> {
        self.validated_vote.get().as_ref()
    }

    /// Returns the most recent timeout vote we cast.
    pub fn timeout_vote(&self) -> Option<&Vote<Timeout>> {
        self.timeout_vote.get().as_ref()
    }

    /// Returns the most recent fallback vote we cast.
    pub fn fallback_vote(&self) -> Option<&Vote<Timeout>> {
        self.fallback_vote.get().as_ref()
    }

    /// Returns the lowest round where we can still vote to validate or confirm a block. This is
    /// the round to which the timeout applies.
    ///
    /// Having a leader timeout certificate in any given round causes the next one to become
    /// current. Seeing a validated block certificate or a valid proposal in any round causes that
    /// round to become current, unless a higher one already is.
    pub fn current_round(&self) -> Round {
        *self.current_round.get()
    }

    /// Verifies that a proposed block is relevant and should be handled.
    pub fn check_proposed_block(&self, proposal: &BlockProposal) -> Result<Outcome, ChainError> {
        let new_block = &proposal.content.block;
        let new_round = proposal.content.round;
        if let Some(old_proposal) = self.proposed.get() {
            if old_proposal.content == proposal.content {
                return Ok(Outcome::Skip); // We have already seen this proposal; nothing to do.
            }
        }
        // When a block is certified, incrementing its height must succeed.
        ensure!(
            new_block.height < BlockHeight::MAX,
            ChainError::BlockHeightOverflow
        );
        let current_round = self.current_round();
        match new_round {
            // The proposal from the fast round may still be relevant as a locking block, so
            // we don't compare against the current round here.
            Round::Fast => {}
            Round::MultiLeader(_) | Round::SingleLeader(0) => {
                // If the fast round has not timed out yet, only a super owner is allowed to open
                // a later round by making a proposal.
                ensure!(
                    self.is_super(&proposal.owner()) || !current_round.is_fast(),
                    ChainError::WrongRound(current_round)
                );
                // After the fast round, proposals older than the current round are obsolete.
                ensure!(
                    new_round >= current_round,
                    ChainError::InsufficientRound(new_round)
                );
            }
            Round::SingleLeader(_) | Round::Validator(_) => {
                // After the first single-leader round, only proposals from the current round are relevant.
                ensure!(
                    new_round == current_round,
                    ChainError::WrongRound(current_round)
                );
            }
        }
        // The round of our validation votes is only allowed to increase.
        if let Some(vote) = self.validated_vote() {
            ensure!(
                new_round > vote.round,
                ChainError::InsufficientRoundStrict(vote.round)
            );
        }
        // A proposal that isn't newer than the locking block is not relevant anymore.
        if let Some(locking_block) = self.locking_block.get() {
            ensure!(
                locking_block.round() < new_round,
                ChainError::MustBeNewerThanLockingBlock(new_block.height, locking_block.round())
            );
        }
        // If we have voted to confirm we cannot vote to validate a different block anymore, except
        // if there is a validated block certificate from a later round.
        if let Some(vote) = self.confirmed_vote() {
            ensure!(
                match proposal.original_proposal.as_ref() {
                    None => false,
                    Some(OriginalProposal::Regular { certificate }) =>
                        vote.round <= certificate.round,
                    Some(OriginalProposal::Fast(_)) => {
                        vote.round.is_fast() && vote.value().matches_proposed_block(new_block)
                    }
                },
                ChainError::HasIncompatibleConfirmedVote(new_block.height, vote.round)
            );
        }
        Ok(Outcome::Accept)
    }

    /// Checks if the current round has timed out, and signs a `Timeout`. Returns `true` if the
    /// chain manager's state has changed.
    pub fn create_timeout_vote(
        &mut self,
        chain_id: ChainId,
        height: BlockHeight,
        round: Round,
        epoch: Epoch,
        key_pair: Option<&ValidatorSecretKey>,
        local_time: Timestamp,
    ) -> Result<bool, ChainError> {
        let Some(key_pair) = key_pair else {
            return Ok(false); // We are not a validator.
        };
        ensure!(
            round == self.current_round(),
            ChainError::WrongRound(self.current_round())
        );
        let Some(round_timeout) = *self.round_timeout.get() else {
            return Err(ChainError::RoundDoesNotTimeOut);
        };
        ensure!(
            local_time >= round_timeout,
            ChainError::NotTimedOutYet(round_timeout)
        );
        if let Some(vote) = self.timeout_vote.get() {
            if vote.round == round {
                return Ok(false); // We already signed this timeout.
            }
        }
        let value = Timeout::new(chain_id, height, epoch);
        self.timeout_vote
            .set(Some(Vote::new(value, round, key_pair)));
        Ok(true)
    }

    /// Signs a `Timeout` certificate to switch to fallback mode.
    ///
    /// This must only be called after verifying that the condition for fallback mode is
    /// satisfied locally.
    pub fn vote_fallback(
        &mut self,
        chain_id: ChainId,
        height: BlockHeight,
        epoch: Epoch,
        key_pair: Option<&ValidatorSecretKey>,
    ) -> bool {
        let Some(key_pair) = key_pair else {
            return false; // We are not a validator.
        };
        if self.fallback_vote.get().is_some() || self.current_round() >= Round::Validator(0) {
            return false; // We already signed this or are already in fallback mode.
        }
        let value = Timeout::new(chain_id, height, epoch);
        let last_regular_round = Round::SingleLeader(u32::MAX);
        self.fallback_vote
            .set(Some(Vote::new(value, last_regular_round, key_pair)));
        true
    }

    /// Verifies that a validated block is still relevant and should be handled.
    pub fn check_validated_block(
        &self,
        certificate: &ValidatedBlockCertificate,
    ) -> Result<Outcome, ChainError> {
        let new_block = certificate.block();
        let new_round = certificate.round;
        if let Some(Vote { value, round, .. }) = self.confirmed_vote.get() {
            if value.block() == new_block && *round == new_round {
                return Ok(Outcome::Skip); // We already voted to confirm this block.
            }
        }

        // Check if we already voted to validate in a later round.
        if let Some(Vote { round, .. }) = self.validated_vote.get() {
            ensure!(new_round >= *round, ChainError::InsufficientRound(*round))
        }

        if let Some(locking) = self.locking_block.get() {
            ensure!(
                new_round > locking.round(),
                ChainError::InsufficientRoundStrict(locking.round())
            );
        }
        Ok(Outcome::Accept)
    }

    /// Signs a vote to validate the proposed block.
    pub fn create_vote(
        &mut self,
        proposal: BlockProposal,
        block: Block,
        key_pair: Option<&ValidatorSecretKey>,
        local_time: Timestamp,
        blobs: BTreeMap<BlobId, Blob>,
    ) -> Result<Option<ValidatedOrConfirmedVote>, ChainError> {
        let round = proposal.content.round;

        match &proposal.original_proposal {
            // If the validated block certificate is more recent, update our locking block.
            Some(OriginalProposal::Regular { certificate }) => {
                if self
                    .locking_block
                    .get()
                    .as_ref()
                    .is_none_or(|locking| locking.round() < certificate.round)
                {
                    let value = ValidatedBlock::new(block.clone());
                    if let Some(certificate) = certificate.clone().with_value(value) {
                        self.update_locking(LockingBlock::Regular(certificate), blobs.clone())?;
                    }
                }
            }
            // If this contains a proposal from the fast round, we consider that a locking block.
            // It is useful for clients synchronizing with us, so they can re-propose it.
            Some(OriginalProposal::Fast(signature)) => {
                if self.locking_block.get().is_none() {
                    let original_proposal = BlockProposal {
                        signature: *signature,
                        ..proposal.clone()
                    };
                    self.update_locking(LockingBlock::Fast(original_proposal), blobs.clone())?;
                }
            }
            // If this proposal itself is from the fast round, it is also a locking block: We
            // will vote to confirm it, so it is locked.
            None => {
                if round.is_fast() && self.locking_block.get().is_none() {
                    // The fast block also counts as locking.
                    self.update_locking(LockingBlock::Fast(proposal.clone()), blobs.clone())?;
                }
            }
        }

        // We record the proposed block, in case it affects the current round number.
        self.update_proposed(proposal.clone(), blobs)?;
        self.update_current_round(local_time);

        let Some(key_pair) = key_pair else {
            // Not a validator.
            return Ok(None);
        };

        // If this is a fast block, vote to confirm. Otherwise vote to validate.
        if round.is_fast() {
            self.validated_vote.set(None);
            let value = ConfirmedBlock::new(block);
            let vote = Vote::new(value, round, key_pair);
            Ok(Some(Either::Right(
                self.confirmed_vote.get_mut().insert(vote),
            )))
        } else {
            let value = ValidatedBlock::new(block);
            let vote = Vote::new(value, round, key_pair);
            Ok(Some(Either::Left(
                self.validated_vote.get_mut().insert(vote),
            )))
        }
    }

    /// Signs a vote to confirm the validated block.
    pub fn create_final_vote(
        &mut self,
        validated: ValidatedBlockCertificate,
        key_pair: Option<&ValidatorSecretKey>,
        local_time: Timestamp,
        blobs: BTreeMap<BlobId, Blob>,
    ) -> Result<(), ViewError> {
        let round = validated.round;
        let confirmed_block = ConfirmedBlock::new(validated.inner().block().clone());
        self.update_locking(LockingBlock::Regular(validated), blobs)?;
        self.update_current_round(local_time);
        if let Some(key_pair) = key_pair {
            if self.current_round() != round {
                return Ok(()); // We never vote in a past round.
            }
            // Vote to confirm.
            let vote = Vote::new(confirmed_block, round, key_pair);
            // Ok to overwrite validation votes with confirmation votes at equal or higher round.
            self.confirmed_vote.set(Some(vote));
            self.validated_vote.set(None);
        }
        Ok(())
    }

    /// Returns the requested blob if it belongs to the proposal or the locking block.
    pub async fn pending_blob(&self, blob_id: &BlobId) -> Result<Option<Blob>, ViewError> {
        if let Some(blob) = self.proposed_blobs.get(blob_id).await? {
            return Ok(Some(blob));
        }
        self.locking_blobs.get(blob_id).await
    }

    /// Returns the requested blobs if they belong to the proposal or the locking block.
    pub async fn pending_blobs(&self, blob_ids: &[BlobId]) -> Result<Vec<Option<Blob>>, ViewError> {
        let mut blobs = self.proposed_blobs.multi_get(blob_ids).await?;
        let mut missing_indices = Vec::new();
        let mut missing_blob_ids = Vec::new();
        for (i, (blob, blob_id)) in blobs.iter().zip(blob_ids).enumerate() {
            if blob.is_none() {
                missing_indices.push(i);
                missing_blob_ids.push(blob_id);
            }
        }
        let second_blobs = self.locking_blobs.multi_get(missing_blob_ids).await?;
        for (blob, i) in second_blobs.into_iter().zip(missing_indices) {
            blobs[i] = blob;
        }
        Ok(blobs)
    }

    /// Updates `current_round` and `round_timeout` if necessary.
    ///
    /// This must be called after every change to `timeout`, `locking`, `proposed` or
    /// `signed_proposal`.
    ///
    /// The current round starts at `Fast` if there is a super owner, `MultiLeader(0)` if at least
    /// one multi-leader round is configured, or otherwise `SingleLeader(0)`.
    ///
    /// Single-leader rounds can only be ended by a timeout certificate for that round.
    ///
    /// The presence of any validated block certificate is also proof that a quorum of validators
    /// is already in that round, even if we have not seen the corresponding timeout.
    ///
    /// Multi-leader rounds can always be skipped, so any correctly signed block proposal in a
    /// later round ends a multi-leader round.
    /// Since we don't accept proposals that violate that rule, we can compute the current round in
    /// general by taking the maximum of all the above.
    fn update_current_round(&mut self, local_time: Timestamp) {
        let current_round = self
            .timeout
            .get()
            .iter()
            // A timeout certificate starts the next round.
            .map(|certificate| {
                self.ownership
                    .get()
                    .next_round(certificate.round)
                    .unwrap_or(Round::Validator(u32::MAX))
            })
            // A locking block or a proposal is proof we have accepted that we are at least in
            // this round.
            .chain(self.locking_block.get().as_ref().map(LockingBlock::round))
            .chain(
                self.proposed
                    .get()
                    .iter()
                    .chain(self.signed_proposal.get())
                    .map(|proposal| proposal.content.round),
            )
            .max()
            .unwrap_or_default()
            // Otherwise compute the first round for this chain configuration.
            .max(self.ownership.get().first_round());
        if current_round <= self.current_round() {
            return;
        }
        let round_duration = self.ownership.get().round_timeout(current_round);
        self.round_timeout
            .set(round_duration.map(|rd| local_time.saturating_add(rd)));
        self.current_round.set(current_round);
    }

    /// Updates the round number and timer if the timeout certificate is from a higher round than
    /// any known certificate.
    pub fn handle_timeout_certificate(
        &mut self,
        certificate: TimeoutCertificate,
        local_time: Timestamp,
    ) {
        let round = certificate.round;
        if let Some(known_certificate) = self.timeout.get() {
            if known_certificate.round >= round {
                return;
            }
        }
        self.timeout.set(Some(certificate));
        self.update_current_round(local_time);
    }

    /// Returns whether the signer is a valid owner and allowed to propose a block in the
    /// proposal's round.
    ///
    /// Super owners can always propose, except in `Validator` rounds, but it is recommended that
    /// they don't interfere with single-leader rounds. In multi-leader rounds, any owner can
    /// propose (or anyone, if `open_multi_leader_rounds`) and in other rounds there is only
    /// one leader.
    pub fn can_propose(&self, owner: &AccountOwner, round: Round) -> bool {
        let ownership = self.ownership.get();
        if ownership.super_owners.contains(owner) {
            return !round.is_validator();
        }
        match round {
            Round::Fast => false,
            Round::MultiLeader(_) => ownership.is_multi_leader_owner(owner),
            Round::SingleLeader(_) | Round::Validator(_) => self.round_leader(round) == Some(owner),
        }
    }

    /// Returns the leader who is allowed to propose a block in the given round, or `None` if every
    /// owner is allowed to propose. Exception: In `Round::Fast`, only super owners can propose.
    fn round_leader(&self, round: Round) -> Option<&AccountOwner> {
        let ownership = self.ownership.get();
        compute_round_leader(
            round,
            *self.seed.get(),
            ownership.first_leader.as_ref(),
            &ownership.owners,
            self.distribution.get().as_ref(),
            self.fallback_owners.get(),
            self.fallback_distribution.get().as_ref(),
        )
    }

    /// Returns whether the owner is a super owner.
    fn is_super(&self, owner: &AccountOwner) -> bool {
        self.ownership.get().super_owners.contains(owner)
    }

    /// Sets the signed proposal, if it is newer than the known one, at most from the first
    /// single-leader round. Returns whether it was updated.
    ///
    /// We don't update the signed proposal for any rounds later than `SingleLeader(0)`,
    /// because single-leader rounds cannot be skipped without a timeout certificate.
    pub fn update_signed_proposal(
        &mut self,
        proposal: &BlockProposal,
        local_time: Timestamp,
    ) -> bool {
        if proposal.content.round > Round::SingleLeader(0) {
            return false;
        }
        if let Some(old_proposal) = self.signed_proposal.get() {
            if old_proposal.content.round >= proposal.content.round {
                if *self.current_round.get() < old_proposal.content.round {
                    tracing::warn!(
                        chain_id = %proposal.content.block.chain_id,
                        current_round = ?self.current_round.get(),
                        proposal_round = ?old_proposal.content.round,
                        "Proposal round is greater than current round. Updating."
                    );
                    self.update_current_round(local_time);
                    return true;
                }
                return false;
            }
        }
        if let Some(old_proposal) = self.proposed.get() {
            if old_proposal.content.round >= proposal.content.round {
                return false;
            }
        }
        self.signed_proposal.set(Some(proposal.clone()));
        self.update_current_round(local_time);
        true
    }

    /// Sets the proposed block, if it is newer than our known latest proposal.
    fn update_proposed(
        &mut self,
        proposal: BlockProposal,
        blobs: BTreeMap<BlobId, Blob>,
    ) -> Result<(), ViewError> {
        if let Some(old_proposal) = self.proposed.get() {
            if old_proposal.content.round >= proposal.content.round {
                return Ok(());
            }
        }
        if let Some(old_proposal) = self.signed_proposal.get() {
            if old_proposal.content.round <= proposal.content.round {
                self.signed_proposal.set(None);
            }
        }
        self.proposed.set(Some(proposal));
        self.proposed_blobs.clear();
        for (blob_id, blob) in blobs {
            self.proposed_blobs.insert(&blob_id, blob)?;
        }
        Ok(())
    }

    /// Sets the locking block and the associated blobs, if it is newer than the known one.
    fn update_locking(
        &mut self,
        locking: LockingBlock,
        blobs: BTreeMap<BlobId, Blob>,
    ) -> Result<(), ViewError> {
        if let Some(old_locked) = self.locking_block.get() {
            if old_locked.round() >= locking.round() {
                return Ok(());
            }
        }
        self.locking_block.set(Some(locking));
        self.locking_blobs.clear();
        for (blob_id, blob) in blobs {
            self.locking_blobs.insert(&blob_id, blob)?;
        }
        Ok(())
    }
}

/// Chain manager information that is included in `ChainInfo` sent to clients.
#[derive(Default, Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
#[cfg_attr(with_testing, derive(Eq, PartialEq))]
pub struct ChainManagerInfo {
    /// The configuration of the chain's owners.
    pub ownership: ChainOwnership,
    /// The seed for the pseudo-random number generator that determines the round leaders.
    pub seed: u64,
    /// Latest authenticated block that we have received, if requested. This can even contain
    /// proposals that did not execute successfully, to determine which round to propose in.
    pub requested_signed_proposal: Option<Box<BlockProposal>>,
    /// Latest authenticated block that we have received and checked, if requested.
    #[debug(skip_if = Option::is_none)]
    pub requested_proposed: Option<Box<BlockProposal>>,
    /// Latest validated proposal that we have voted to confirm (or would have, if we are not a
    /// validator).
    #[debug(skip_if = Option::is_none)]
    pub requested_locking: Option<Box<LockingBlock>>,
    /// Latest timeout certificate we have seen.
    #[debug(skip_if = Option::is_none)]
    pub timeout: Option<Box<TimeoutCertificate>>,
    /// Latest vote we cast (either to validate or to confirm a block).
    #[debug(skip_if = Option::is_none)]
    pub pending: Option<LiteVote>,
    /// Latest timeout vote we cast.
    #[debug(skip_if = Option::is_none)]
    pub timeout_vote: Option<LiteVote>,
    /// Fallback vote we cast.
    #[debug(skip_if = Option::is_none)]
    pub fallback_vote: Option<LiteVote>,
    /// The value we voted for, if requested.
    #[debug(skip_if = Option::is_none)]
    pub requested_confirmed: Option<Box<ConfirmedBlock>>,
    /// The value we voted for, if requested.
    #[debug(skip_if = Option::is_none)]
    pub requested_validated: Option<Box<ValidatedBlock>>,
    /// The current round, i.e. the lowest round where we can still vote to validate a block.
    pub current_round: Round,
    /// The current leader, who is allowed to propose the next block.
    /// `None` if everyone is allowed to propose.
    #[debug(skip_if = Option::is_none)]
    pub leader: Option<AccountOwner>,
    /// The timestamp when the current round times out.
    #[debug(skip_if = Option::is_none)]
    pub round_timeout: Option<Timestamp>,
}

impl<C> From<&ChainManager<C>> for ChainManagerInfo
where
    C: Context + Clone + 'static,
{
    fn from(manager: &ChainManager<C>) -> Self {
        let current_round = manager.current_round();
        let pending = match (manager.confirmed_vote.get(), manager.validated_vote.get()) {
            (None, None) => None,
            (Some(confirmed_vote), Some(validated_vote))
                if validated_vote.round > confirmed_vote.round =>
            {
                Some(validated_vote.lite())
            }
            (Some(vote), _) => Some(vote.lite()),
            (None, Some(vote)) => Some(vote.lite()),
        };
        ChainManagerInfo {
            ownership: manager.ownership.get().clone(),
            seed: *manager.seed.get(),
            requested_signed_proposal: None,
            requested_proposed: None,
            requested_locking: None,
            timeout: manager.timeout.get().clone().map(Box::new),
            pending,
            timeout_vote: manager.timeout_vote.get().as_ref().map(Vote::lite),
            fallback_vote: manager.fallback_vote.get().as_ref().map(Vote::lite),
            requested_confirmed: None,
            requested_validated: None,
            current_round,
            leader: manager.round_leader(current_round).copied(),
            round_timeout: *manager.round_timeout.get(),
        }
    }
}

impl ChainManagerInfo {
    /// Adds requested certificate values and proposals to the `ChainManagerInfo`.
    pub fn add_values<C>(&mut self, manager: &ChainManager<C>)
    where
        C: Context + Clone + 'static,
        C::Extra: ExecutionRuntimeContext,
    {
        self.requested_signed_proposal = manager.signed_proposal.get().clone().map(Box::new);
        self.requested_proposed = manager.proposed.get().clone().map(Box::new);
        self.requested_locking = manager.locking_block.get().clone().map(Box::new);
        self.requested_confirmed = manager
            .confirmed_vote
            .get()
            .as_ref()
            .map(|vote| Box::new(vote.value.clone()));
        self.requested_validated = manager
            .validated_vote
            .get()
            .as_ref()
            .map(|vote| Box::new(vote.value.clone()));
    }

    /// Returns whether the `identity` is allowed to propose a block in `round`.
    ///
    /// **Exception:** In single-leader rounds, a **super owner** should only propose
    /// if they are the designated **leader** for that round.
    pub fn should_propose(
        &self,
        identity: &AccountOwner,
        round: Round,
        seed: u64,
        current_committee: &BTreeMap<AccountOwner, u64>,
    ) -> bool {
        match round {
            Round::Fast => self.ownership.super_owners.contains(identity),
            Round::MultiLeader(_) => self.ownership.is_multi_leader_owner(identity),
            Round::SingleLeader(_) | Round::Validator(_) => {
                let distribution = calculate_distribution(self.ownership.owners.iter());
                let fallback_distribution = calculate_distribution(current_committee.iter());
                let leader = compute_round_leader(
                    round,
                    seed,
                    self.ownership.first_leader.as_ref(),
                    &self.ownership.owners,
                    distribution.as_ref(),
                    current_committee,
                    fallback_distribution.as_ref(),
                );
                leader == Some(identity)
            }
        }
    }

    /// Returns whether a proposal with this content was already handled.
    pub fn already_handled_proposal(&self, round: Round, proposed_block: &ProposedBlock) -> bool {
        self.requested_proposed.as_ref().is_some_and(|proposal| {
            proposal.content.round == round && *proposed_block == proposal.content.block
        })
    }

    /// Returns whether there is a locking block in the current round.
    pub fn has_locking_block_in_current_round(&self) -> bool {
        self.requested_locking
            .as_ref()
            .is_some_and(|locking| locking.round() == self.current_round)
    }
}

/// Calculates a probability distribution from the given weights, or `None` if there are no weights.
fn calculate_distribution<'a, T: 'a>(
    weights: impl IntoIterator<Item = (&'a T, &'a u64)>,
) -> Option<WeightedAliasIndex<u64>> {
    let weights: Vec<_> = weights.into_iter().map(|(_, weight)| *weight).collect();
    if weights.is_empty() {
        None
    } else {
        Some(WeightedAliasIndex::new(weights).ok()?)
    }
}

/// Returns the designated leader for single-leader or validator rounds.
/// Returns `None` for fast or multi-leader rounds.
fn compute_round_leader<'a>(
    round: Round,
    seed: u64,
    first_leader: Option<&'a AccountOwner>,
    owners: &'a BTreeMap<AccountOwner, u64>,
    distribution: Option<&WeightedAliasIndex<u64>>,
    fallback_owners: &'a BTreeMap<AccountOwner, u64>,
    fallback_distribution: Option<&WeightedAliasIndex<u64>>,
) -> Option<&'a AccountOwner> {
    match round {
        Round::SingleLeader(r) => {
            if r == 0 {
                if let Some(first_leader) = first_leader {
                    return Some(first_leader);
                }
            }
            let index = round_leader_index(r, seed, distribution)?;
            owners.keys().nth(index)
        }
        Round::Validator(r) => {
            let index = round_leader_index(r, seed, fallback_distribution)?;
            fallback_owners.keys().nth(index)
        }
        Round::Fast | Round::MultiLeader(_) => None,
    }
}

/// Returns the index of the leader who is allowed to propose a block in the given round.
fn round_leader_index(
    round: u32,
    seed: u64,
    distribution: Option<&WeightedAliasIndex<u64>>,
) -> Option<usize> {
    let seed = u64::from(round).rotate_left(32).wrapping_add(seed);
    let mut rng = ChaCha8Rng::seed_from_u64(seed);
    Some(distribution?.sample(&mut rng))
}