Kitsune2 Gossip

The gossip protocol for the Kitsune2 project.

The gossip message flows are described in the following diagram:

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title: Gossip Protocol
---
stateDiagram-v2
    [*] --> init: Initiator sends agent ids, arc set and bookmark
    init --> accept: Acceptor sends init fields + missing agents, new op ids, new bookmark, and a snapshot
    
    accept --> no_diff: Initiator snapshot matches, send missing agents, new ops, new bookmark
    accept --> disc_sectors_diff: Initiator sends disc diff + missing agents, new ops, new bookmark
    accept --> ring_sector_details_diff: Initiator sends ring diff + missing agents, new ops, new bookmark
    accept --> terminate: Must stop
    
    no_diff --> agents: Acceptor send agents
    disc_sectors_diff --> agents: Acceptor cannot compare, so sends only agents
    ring_sector_details_diff --> agents: Acceptor cannot compare, so sends only agents 
    
    disc_sectors_diff --> terminate: Must stop
    ring_sector_details_diff --> terminate: Must stop
    
    disc_sectors_diff --> disc_sector_details_diff: Acceptor sends disc diff
    disc_sector_details_diff --> disc_sector_details_diff_response: Initiator sends disc diff + hashes
    disc_sector_details_diff_response --> hashes: Acceptor sends hashes
    
    disc_sectors_diff --> terminate: Must stop
    disc_sector_details_diff --> terminate: Must stop
    disc_sector_details_diff_response --> terminate: Must stop
    
    ring_sector_details_diff --> ring_sector_details_diff_response: Acceptor sends ring diff + hashes
    ring_sector_details_diff_response --> hashes: Initiator sends hashes
    
    ring_sector_details_diff --> terminate: Must stop
    ring_sector_details_diff_response --> terminate: Must stop
    
    hashes --> [*]
    agents --> [*]
    terminate --> [*]

License

Copyright (C) 2024 - 2025, Holochain Foundation

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