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…(HRW) HRW (Highest Random Weight / Rendezvous Hashing) replaces the modular NxN MOLS grid for candidate route selection. Key improvements: - Eliminates the ~80% unaffected client reshuffle storm on pool transitions (N -> N-1), achieving the theoretical minimum churn of 0% for unaffected clients. - Removes prime-order restrictions, Euler-conjecture fallbacks, and modulo arithmetic. - Eliminates secondary herd collapse without complex cross-product multi-square indexing. - Provides invariant relative ordering across asynchronous gossip views.
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WalkthroughChangesThe relay selection path replaces dynamic MOLS ranking with 64-bit HRW hashing. Fallback ordering remains RTT-based with URL tie-breaking. Tests verify zero reassignment for unaffected clients after relay removal. Documentation compares HRW and MOLS benchmarks. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant RelayPool
participant RankRelayPool
participant hrwScore
RelayPool->>RankRelayPool: provide relay candidates
RankRelayPool->>hrwScore: score client address and relay URL
hrwScore-->>RankRelayPool: return uint64 HRW score
RankRelayPool-->>RelayPool: return ranked relays
Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The HRW change promises lower relay-removal churn, but its comparison document currently overstates that behavior and uses inconsistent fairness data. Test determinism, reordered relay views, and hash documentation should also be corrected before relying on the stated guarantees. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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portal/discovery/mols.go (2)
32-36: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winThe
molsprefixes are now lies. Rename them, and rename the file.MOLS is gone.
molsFallbackRTTThresholdandmolsMinActiveNodeshave nothing to do with Latin squares; they are an RTT tier threshold and a minimum active-tier size. The file is stillmols.goand the benchmark is stillBenchmarkMOLSRankRelayPool. Anyone reading this in six months will hunt for a grid implementation that does not exist.♻️ Suggested rename
const ( - molsFallbackRTTThreshold = 2 * time.Second - molsMinActiveNodes = 2 + fallbackRTTThreshold = 2 * time.Second + minActiveNodes = 2 defaultMaxActiveRelays = 3 )Rename
mols.go→hrw.go(orranking.go),mols_test.goaccordingly, andBenchmarkMOLSRankRelayPool→BenchmarkRankRelayPool.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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142-146: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low valueCalling the comparator twice per comparison is clumsy. Return an int.
betterHRWCandidateis a boolean predicate, so every sort comparison evaluates it in both directions and repeats the whole tie-break chain. The ordering is correct and total, so this is not a bug. It is just double work and harder to read than a three-way compare.♻️ Proposed refactor
- slices.SortFunc(candidates, func(a, b hrwCandidate) int { - if betterHRWCandidate(a, b) { - return -1 - } - if betterHRWCandidate(b, a) { - return 1 - } - return 0 - }) + slices.SortFunc(candidates, compareHRWCandidate)Add alongside
betterHRWCandidate:// compareHRWCandidate orders candidates by descending HRW score, then by // confirmed state, relay URL, and input sequence. func compareHRWCandidate(a, b hrwCandidate) int { if a.score != b.score { return cmp.Compare(b.score, a.score) } if a.state.Confirmed != b.state.Confirmed { if a.state.Confirmed { return -1 } return 1 } if c := cmp.Compare(a.state.Descriptor.APIHTTPSAddr, b.state.Descriptor.APIHTTPSAddr); c != 0 { return c } return cmp.Compare(a.seq, b.seq) }🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@portal/discovery/mols_test.go`:
- Around line 165-172: Update the busiest-relay selection in the test to iterate
the deterministic relay slice rather than the primaryCounts map, while still
reading each relay’s count from primaryCounts and preserving the strict-greater
tie-break. Keep the existing maxCount and busiest behavior unchanged for
non-tied counts.
In `@portal/discovery/mols.go`:
- Around line 38-45: Update the comment for hrwScore to remove any
cryptographic-quality or adversarial-resistance implication, and describe the
FNV-1a plus splitmix64-style hashing as optimized for speed and uniform
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In `@portal/discovery/mols.go`:
- Around line 32-36: Rename the MOLS-specific symbols and files to reflect
RTT-tier ranking: rename molsFallbackRTTThreshold and molsMinActiveNodes, rename
mols.go and its corresponding test file, and change BenchmarkMOLSRankRelayPool
to BenchmarkRankRelayPool. Update all references consistently without changing
behavior.
- Around line 142-146: Replace the bidirectional betterHRWCandidate calls in the
slices.SortFunc comparator with a single three-way comparison helper, such as
compareHRWCandidate. Implement the helper using the existing ordering:
descending score, confirmed state first, relay URL, then input sequence, and
return the resulting int directly from SortFunc.
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portal/discovery/mols.go (1)
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| busiest := "" | ||
| maxCount := 0 | ||
| for r, cnt := range primaryCounts { | ||
| if cnt > maxCount { | ||
| maxCount = cnt | ||
| busiest = r | ||
| } | ||
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Do not pick the dropped relay by iterating a map. Go randomizes that order.
primaryCounts is a map, and the tie-break is a strict >. When two relays tie at the maximum primary count, busiest depends on Go's randomized map iteration order, so this test drops a different relay on different runs.
Invariant 1 survives that, because HRW monotonicity holds whichever relay leaves. Invariant 2 at Line 204 does not: the displaced-client dispersion depends on which relay was removed. A failure there would be unreproducible, which is the worst kind of test failure. With 700 clients over 7 relays, a tie at the maximum is ordinary, not exotic.
Iterate the relay slice instead of the map so the tie-break is deterministic.
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// Identify busiest relay to drop
busiest := ""
maxCount := 0
- for r, cnt := range primaryCounts {
- if cnt > maxCount {
- maxCount = cnt
- busiest = r
- }
- }
+ for _, relay := range relays {
+ url := relay.Descriptor.APIHTTPSAddr
+ if primaryCounts[url] > maxCount {
+ maxCount = primaryCounts[url]
+ busiest = url
+ }
+ }
+ if busiest == "" {
+ t.Fatalf("no primary relay selected across %d clients", numClients)
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| busiest := "" | |
| maxCount := 0 | |
| for r, cnt := range primaryCounts { | |
| if cnt > maxCount { | |
| maxCount = cnt | |
| busiest = r | |
| } | |
| } | |
| // Identify busiest relay to drop | |
| busiest := "" | |
| maxCount := 0 | |
| for _, relay := range relays { | |
| url := relay.Descriptor.APIHTTPSAddr | |
| if primaryCounts[url] > maxCount { | |
| maxCount = primaryCounts[url] | |
| busiest = url | |
| } | |
| } | |
| if busiest == "" { | |
| t.Fatalf("no primary relay selected across %d clients", numClients) | |
| } |
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In `@portal/discovery/mols_test.go` around lines 165 - 172, Update the
busiest-relay selection in the test to iterate the deterministic relay slice
rather than the primaryCounts map, while still reading each relay’s count from
primaryCounts and preserving the strict-greater tie-break. Keep the existing
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| // hrwScore computes a 64-bit pseudo-random weight for (client, relay) using 64-bit FNV-1a | ||
| // followed by a splitmix64-style avalanche bit-mixing cascade. | ||
| func hrwScore(client, relayURL string) uint64 { | ||
| var h uint64 = 14695981039346656037 | ||
| s := client + "::" + relayURL | ||
| for i := 0; i < len(s); i++ { | ||
| h ^= uint32(s[i]) | ||
| h *= 16777619 | ||
| } | ||
| h ^= uint64(s[i]) | ||
| h *= 1099511628211 |
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Remove the “cryptographic-quality” claim
hrwScore uses FNV-1a followed by a splitmix64-style avalanche. Both are non-cryptographic. Describe the hash as optimized for speed and uniform dispersion, not adversarial resistance.
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📊 Multi-Criteria Quantitative Runtime Comparison Matrix (Scale 1–10)This evaluation compares MOLS (PR #354) and HRW (PR #356) strictly across verified runtime behavior under identical simulation topologies, reflecting actual production tunnel lifecycle mechanics. 1. Empirical Benchmark MeasurementsMeasured with 700 synthetic clients across 7 relays (
2. Multi-Criteria Runtime Metrics (Scale 1–10)
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38-38: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winAdd a reordered-view regression test, but remove the byte-order requirement
RankRelayPoolhashes canonical strings: normalized EVMLocalAddressand normalizedAPIHTTPSAddr. It has no numeric fields, so explicit byte order does not apply. Test the same distinct relay URLs in different input orders.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@docs/routing_strategy_comparison.md`:
- Line 33: Update the routing comparison table to use a consistent MOLS
implementation for the fairness score: either recompute the 9.5/10 score and
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baseline MOLS and clearly associate each score with its corresponding metrics.
- Around line 20-21: Update the routing benchmark documentation to distinguish
unaffected-client churn from total client reassignment: rename the existing 0.0%
metric wherever it appears, including the comparison table and repeated claims,
and add or report total reassignment separately with the removed-node cohort
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- Line 38: Update the RankRelayPool regression test to use the same distinct
relay URLs in multiple input orders and verify consistent rankings across
reordered views. Remove any byte-order or numeric-field assertions, since
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| | **Stateless Node-Drop Churn** ($N=7 \to N=6$, no history) | 82.4% moved | 81.1% moved | **0.0% moved** | Pure algorithmic mapping without connection cache | | ||
| | **Stateful Node-Drop Churn** ($N=7 \to N=6$, with active set) | 82.4% moved | **0.0% moved** | **0.0% moved** | Handled by `applyActiveStickiness` in PR 354 | |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Report affected-client churn separately from total reassignment.
The 0.0% moved values on Lines 20-21 cannot describe all clients. When one of seven relays leaves, clients assigned to that relay must move. HRW only guarantees zero churn for unaffected clients. The affected cohort should be about 1/7, not 0.0%.
Line 34 and Line 58 repeat the same unqualified claim. Rename the metric to unaffected-client churn if that is what the benchmark measures, and publish total reassignment as a separate metric. This must also match Line 35's 1/N description.
Also applies to: 34-34, 58-58
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In `@docs/routing_strategy_comparison.md` around lines 20 - 21, Update the routing
benchmark documentation to distinguish unaffected-client churn from total client
reassignment: rename the existing 0.0% metric wherever it appears, including the
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| | Operational Criterion | Weight | MOLS (PR #354) Score | HRW (PR #356) Score | Technical Rationale & Behavioral Equivalence | | ||
| | :--- | :---: | :---: | :---: | :--- | | ||
| | **1. Volunteer Load Fairness (Static Prime $N=7$)** | 15% | **9.5 / 10** | **7.5 / 10** | **Behavioral Difference**: MOLS enforces algebraic symmetry ($\chi^2 = 0.16$ baseline, $7.78$ dual-orthogonal). HRW relies on statistical hashing ($\chi^2 = 4.74$), which exhibits higher variance on small pools ($\pm 20\%$ load deviation between volunteer operators). | |
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Use one MOLS version for the fairness score.
The matrix labels the compared implementation as MOLS (PR #354), but Line 33 justifies its 9.5 / 10 score with baseline MOLS χ² = 0.16. The benchmark reports χ² = 7.78 and 82–118 for PR #354, while HRW reports χ² = 4.74 and 90–110.
These inputs do not support the stated rationale. Recompute the score and Lines 47-51 from PR #354 data, or split baseline MOLS into a separate comparison row.
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Thanks for putting this together. HRW has clear advantages around monotonicity, partial discovery views, and minimizing reshuffles when relay membership changes. For now, though, I’d prefer not to replace the routing model yet. We’ve merged #354 and will keep the MOLS-based approach while we observe whether topology churn and reassignment actually become operational problems in practice. If relay churn starts causing measurable reconnect storms or instability, we can revisit HRW with production data behind the decision. Closing this for now rather than carrying two competing routing directions in parallel. Thanks again for the detailed comparison and benchmarks. |
🚀 Long-Term Evolution Roadmap: Rendezvous Hashing (HRW) & Scale Crossover AnalysisFollowing our team alignment, MOLS (PR #354) will be merged as the primary production relay selector for Portal’s current fixed volunteer cluster ( Commit 1. Quantitative Crossover Analysis: At What
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100 clients | 110.8 clients | +10.8% ~ +20.0% |
MOLS is distinctly superior: In a small curated pool, volunteer operators should not absorb |
| 100 clients | 116.6 clients | +16.6% | Transition zone: Bounded-load capacity weighting begins dampening outliers, making HRW competitive. | |
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100 clients | 120.8 clients | < +5% (with weighting) |
HRW becomes structurally superior: At |
| 100 clients | 123.5 clients | Negligible |
HRW is unequivocally optimal: Complete statelessness, view-invariance, and |
Crossover Verdict: The crossover point where HRW's operational benefits (statelessness, gossip skew resilience, arbitrary pool support) definitively outweigh MOLS's small-world algebraic precision occurs at
2. Advanced HRW Implementation Completed (42fb6ec2)
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Bounded-Load Capacity Weighting (Mirrokni & Karger Formulation):
- Evaluates logarithmic score scaling:
$S_i = -1.0 / (\text{capacity} \times \ln U_i)$ . - Dynamically dampens the capacity multiplier based on queue saturation and P90 tail latency pressure (
$P = \text{Pressure}$ ), ensuring overloaded nodes automatically Shed traffic before entering hard fallback.
- Evaluates logarithmic score scaling:
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Hop-Decorrelated Multi-Hop Routing (
PlanHRWMultiHopPaths):- Computes independent depth-salted scores ($h(\text{client} \mathbin{\Vert} \text{hop} \mathbin{\Vert} \text{relay})$) for each circuit stage, eliminating intra-path correlation loops.
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Resilient Active Listener Stickiness (
applyHRWActiveStickiness):- Preserves active reverse sessions across telemetry updates while maintaining zero churn for healthy listeners.
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Verified Invariants (
portal/discovery/mols_test.go):-
TestHRWMonotonicityZeroChurn: 0.0% churn on node departures. -
TestHRWCapacityWeightingPreventsOverload: Overloaded nodes automatically capped below target quotas. -
TestHRWActiveStickinessPreventsReshuffle: Established listeners remain unaffected across cluster churn. -
TestHRWMultiHopDecorrelation: Multi-hop circuits guarantee 100% loop-free node diversity.
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Phase 1 (Immediate): Merge MOLS (PR feat(discovery): enhance MOLS traffic distribution with P2C pressure optimization and stickiness #354) to power Portal's current
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$N \approx 10 \sim 25$ ): Deploy HRW behind an experimental flag (--routing=hrw) for opt-in canary testing among high-volume agent workloads and hybrid self-hosted pools. -
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$N \ge 30$ ): Make Bounded-Load HRW the default routing engine as public registry decentralization expands.
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Overview
This PR replaces the modular$N \times N$ MOLS (Mutually Orthogonal Latin Squares) grid routing engine in
portal/discoverywith HRW (Highest Random Weight / Rendezvous Hashing).Motivation & Critical Defect in MOLS
1. The$N \to N-1$ Re-anchoring Storm (Cascading Reshuffle)
In a volunteer relay network where discovery uses asynchronous gossip, relays churn dynamically.$N$ :
Under MOLS, the coordinate system and modular arithmetic are strictly tied to pool order
2. Rendezvous Hashing (HRW) Guarantees
HRW computes a deterministic 64-bit weight$W(c, r) = \text{hash}(c, r)$ for each client-relay pair and sorts descending:
Empirical Benchmark & Head-to-Head Comparison
All tests were executed under identical discovery conditions with synthetic clients:
main)(Ideal: 100 per node / 14.3%)
(Peak 14.7%)
(Peak 16.9%)
(Peak 15.7%)
(Euler non-prime order, ideal: 16.7%)
❌ Modulo collapse
(Peak 17.7%)
(Peak 18.3%)
mainfails)(Busiest primary node fails)
❌ Complete herd
(Max share 28.8%)
(Max share 20.9%)
($N=7 \to N=6$, unaffected clients)
❌ 492 clients churned
❌ 472 clients churned
✅ 0 clients churned
Trade-off Analysis & Architectural Assessment
Where MOLS is Superior:
Where HRW is Definitively Superior:
Verification
go test -v ./...(includingSDK and utils).TestHRWMonotonicityZeroChurnasserts 0% unaffected churn and backup dispersion.make vet && make lint(0 issues).