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Ephemery Runbook

This document outlines procedures and steps to address common alerts and issues.

StuckBeaconNode

Description: A Beacon Node (BN) is unresponsive or stuck syncing.

Action:

  1. Redirect Validator Clients (VCs) to a backup BN.
  2. Restart the primary BN's Consensus Layer (CL) container.

ValidatorMissedBlock

Description: A validator failed to propose a scheduled block.

Action:

  1. Verify all related services are operational.
  2. Collect and share logs from Execution Layer (EL), Consensus Layer (CL), and Validator Client (VC) with the development team for investigation.

BeaconNodeMemoryLeakDetected

Description: A memory leak has been detected in the Beacon Node process.

Action:

  1. Monitor the situation closely.
  2. Restart the Beacon Node process to mitigate immediate memory concerns.
  3. Inform the Lodestar development team of the issue for further investigation.

Other Ethereum related runbooks and troubleshooting guides can be found here

More general runbooks are here

  • StuckBeaconNode
  • ValidatorMissedBlock
  • BeaconNodeMemoryLeakDetected