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Summary of changes

Changes introduced in this pull request:

  • Dropped --recompute and always recompute and backfill as much as possible, exiting non-zero on error.

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  • CLI Improvements

    • The forest-cli index backfill command now recomputes indexes by default.
    • The --recompute option can be used with or without an explicit true/false value.
    • Backfills now report when processing finishes and return an error if any tipsets were skipped.
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    • Updated the CLI reference to describe the new --recompute behavior and default.

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The index backfill CLI now defaults --recompute to true, accepts optional boolean values, and returns an error when tipsets are skipped. The CLI reference and changelog document these behaviors. The external RPC test configuration no longer enables state computation on index misses.

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Index backfill behavior

Layer / File(s) Summary
Backfill CLI behavior and runtime configuration
src/cli/subcommands/index_cmd.rs, scripts/tests/external-rpc-checks/docker-compose.yaml
The --recompute option defaults to true and accepts an optional value. Backfill finishes its progress output and returns an error when tipsets are skipped. The external RPC test service no longer enables state computation on index misses.
Backfill documentation updates
docs/docs/users/reference/cli.md, CHANGELOG.md
The CLI reference and changelog document the recomputation default and skipped-tipset error behavior.

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Index backfill now recomputes by default and fails after waited-for runs with skipped tipsets, but RPC callers may still receive success for incomplete backfills. The changelog also overstates failure behavior for --no-wait, and skipped-run errors lack actionable detail; these issues should be addressed before merge.

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Title check ⚠️ Warning The title states that --recompute is dropped, but the change retains the flag with an optional value and a default of true. Update the title to describe retaining --recompute with a default of true, and mention the non-zero exit behavior for skipped tipsets if needed.
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checked with `index backfill-status`.

In `@src/cli/subcommands/index_cmd.rs`:
- Line 134: Ensure RPC backfills also fail when the returned BackfillReport has
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validating the report in the chain RPC handler after run_backfill completes.
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  1. We can avoid a breaking change by making the --recompute default to true. This way, we also allow the consumer to not do it, for any reason, e.g., mentioned sync starving.
  2. Does the backfill now fail or not on a missing receipt? I think that was the main issue; it silently failed with return code zero, thus it flew under @EclesioMeloJunior radar.

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### Changed

- [#7594](https://github.com/ChainSafe/forest/pull/7594): Dropped `--recompute` from `forest-cli index backfill`; always recompute and backfill as much as possible, exiting non-zero on error.

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This is a breaking change; users that were applying the --recompute would find their command failing after this.

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  1. We can avoid a breaking change by making the --recompute default to true. This way, we also allow the consumer to not do it, for any reason, e.g., mentioned sync starving.
  2. Does the backfill now fail or not on a missing receipt? I think that was the main issue; it silently failed with return code zero, thus it flew under @EclesioMeloJunior radar.
  • If we want to allow the consumer to not do it then its better to make --recompute default to true, will make this change.
  • Yes it will fail now with a non-zero exit code.

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- Line 34: Update the changelog entry for forest-cli index backfill to qualify
the skipped-tipset error as applying only when the command waits for completion,
and direct users to index backfill-status to inspect failures from --no-wait
asynchronous runs.

In `@src/cli/subcommands/index_cmd.rs`:
- Line 140: Update the backfill validation around last.skipped to return
contextual error information when the skipped count is nonzero, including the
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### Changed

- [#7594](https://github.com/ChainSafe/forest/pull/7594): `forest-cli index backfill` now defaults `--recompute` to true and exits with an error if any tipsets were skipped.

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Qualify the non-zero exit claim for --no-wait.

--no-wait returns before the skipped-tipset check runs. A later skipped tipset cannot change that process exit status. State that the error applies when the command waits for completion, and direct users to index backfill-status for asynchronous failures.

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In `@CHANGELOG.md` at line 34, Update the changelog entry for forest-cli index
backfill to qualify the skipped-tipset error as applying only when the command
waits for completion, and direct users to index backfill-status to inspect
failures from --no-wait asynchronous runs.

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"Backfill finished (indexed {}, skipped {})",
last.indexed, last.skipped
));
anyhow::ensure!(last.skipped == 0);

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Report a backfill-specific error when skips occur.

When last.skipped > 0, this produces assertion failed: last.skipped == 0. Include the skipped count in the error so the non-zero exit explains why the backfill is incomplete.

As per coding guidelines, add context when errors occur in Rust.

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In `@src/cli/subcommands/index_cmd.rs` at line 140, Update the backfill validation
around last.skipped to return contextual error information when the skipped
count is nonzero, including the actual count in the message; preserve successful
completion when last.skipped is zero.

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Currently the external rpc checks are failing but this branch (shashank/backfill-default-recompute) does not has the fix that asserts the compute tipset roots.

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