mev-beta/docs/LOG_ANALYSIS_20251024.md

Log Analysis Report: Errors and Inconsistencies

Date: 2025-10-24
Log Period Analyzed: Oct 24, 13:48 - 15:23
Status: 🟡 OPERATIONAL WITH ISSUES

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🚨 Critical Issues Identified

1. ZERO ARBITRAGE OPPORTUNITIES DETECTED ⚠️

Severity: HIGH
Impact: Core functionality not working

Arbitrage Service Stats - Detected: 0, Executed: 0, Successful: 0
Success Rate: 0.00%, Total Profit: 0.000000 ETH

Evidence:

• Bot has been running for 5+ hours
• Processed thousands of DEX transactions
• ZERO arbitrage opportunities detected

DEX Transactions Observed:

• UniswapV3 Router: multicall, exactInputSingle, mint
• SushiSwap Router: swapExactTokensForTokens
• Universal Router: execute
• UniswapV3 Position Manager: mint/multicall

Root Cause: Arbitrage detection engine not firing or thresholds too high

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2. DNS Resolution Failures (Intermittent) 🔴

Severity: HIGH
Impact: RPC connectivity lost periodically

ERROR: dial tcp: lookup arbitrum-mainnet.core.chainstack.com: 
       Temporary failure in name resolution

ERROR: dial tcp: lookup arbitrum-one.public.blastapi.io: 
       Temporary failure in name resolution

Statistics:

• Hundreds of consecutive failures (13:48 - 13:58)
• Affects both primary and fallback RPC endpoints
• Connection health checks failing
• Reconnection attempts: 3 retries then giving up

Impact:

• Missed blocks during outages
• Dropped transactions
• Arbitrage opportunities lost

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3. Zero Address Edge Case ⚠️

Severity: MEDIUM
Impact: Transaction parsing inconsistency

[WARN] 🔍 EDGE CASE DETECTED: SwapDetails marked IsValid=true 
       but has zero addresses!

TxHash: 0xc0133d82e5c251bb6397db8cfdba792629d9acf71fede9758e8a884563655ede
Function: exactInput (0xc04b8d59)
Protocol: UniswapV3
TokenIn: 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
TokenOut: 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000

Occurrences: Multiple instances detected
Consequence: Invalid swap data being marked as valid

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4. Parsing Success Rate: 0% 🔴

Severity: CRITICAL
Impact: No successful transaction parsing

[WARN] PARSING ALERT: Success rate 0.0% below threshold 80.0%
PARSING PERFORMANCE REPORT:
- Uptime: 5.0 hours
- Success Rate: 0.0%
- DEX Detection: 0.0%
- Zero Address Rejected: 0

Analysis:

• Bot is detecting DEX transactions (logging them)
• But parsing success rate is 0%
• This explains why NO arbitrage opportunities detected
• The parser is failing silently

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📊 Statistics Summary

Block Processing

✅ Blocks Processed: Thousands (393009768 - 393010000+)
✅ DEX Transactions Detected: Many (logged regularly)
❌ Arbitrage Opportunities: 0
❌ Parsing Success: 0%

Transaction Volume

- Avg block size: 8-15 transactions
- DEX transaction rate: ~1-3 per 10 blocks
- Protocols seen: UniswapV3, SushiSwap, UniversalRouter, Camelot

Error Rates

- DNS failures: Hundreds (intermittent)
- Zero address edge cases: ~2-3 instances
- Parsing failures: 100% failure rate
- Connection health checks: Multiple failures

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🔍 Detailed Issue Breakdown

Issue #1: Arbitrage Detection Not Working

Symptoms:

1. No arbitrage opportunities after 5 hours
2. Detecting DEX transactions correctly
3. Success rate shows 0%

Possible Causes:

1. Profit threshold too high (current: unknown)
2. Price feed not working (oracle failures)
3. Pool discovery not happening (cached pools only)
4. Mathematical calculation errors (profit calc broken)
5. Arbitrage engine not connected (integration issue)

Recommendation: Lower profit threshold to 0.05% for testing

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Issue #2: DNS Resolution Failures

Pattern:

13:48:12 - 13:58:55: Continuous DNS failures
13:59:23: Connection health check failed: context deadline exceeded
14:05:53: Connection health check failed again

Root Causes:

1. Network issue (local DNS resolver problem)
2. RPC provider blocking (rate limiting or geo-blocking)
3. DNS cache poisoning (rare but possible)
4. Timeout configuration (too aggressive timeouts)

Evidence of Recovery: Bot continues after failures (resilient)

Recommendation:

• Add local DNS caching
• Increase connection timeout from default
• Add more RPC endpoints to fallback list

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Issue #3: Zero Address Parsing Bug

Example:

TokenIn:  0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
TokenOut: 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
IsValid: true  // ← SHOULD BE FALSE!

Location: pkg/arbitrum/abi_decoder.go (likely)

Fix Needed:

// Add validation BEFORE marking IsValid=true
if tokenIn == common.HexToAddress("0x0") || tokenOut == common.HexToAddress("0x0") {
    return &SwapDetails{IsValid: false}, nil
}

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Issue #4: Parsing Success Rate 0%

Critical Discovery:

Success Rate: 0.0%
DEX Detection: 0.0%
Zero Address Rejected: 0

This means:

• Parser is catching DEX transactions (logs show many)
• But NONE are successfully parsed into SwapDetails
• Zero addresses are NOT being rejected (counter = 0)
• Suggests parsing logic is broken

Likely Causes:

1. ABI decoding failing silently
2. Token extraction returning all zeros
3. Validation logic too strict (rejecting everything)
4. Data format mismatch (expecting wrong structure)

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🐛 Bugs vs. Expected Behavior

✅ Working Correctly

1. ✅ Block monitoring (processing correctly)
2. ✅ DEX transaction detection (finding swaps)
3. ✅ Connection recovery (retrying on failures)
4. ✅ Logging system (comprehensive)
5. ✅ Stats reporting (every 10 seconds)

❌ Not Working

1. ❌ Transaction parsing (0% success)
2. ❌ Arbitrage detection (0 opportunities)
3. ❌ Zero address validation (edge cases passing)
4. ❌ DNS reliability (intermittent failures)
5. ❌ Price feeds (possibly not working)

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🔧 Recommended Fixes

Priority 1 - CRITICAL

1. Fix parsing success rate (currently 0%)
   - Debug: pkg/arbitrum/abi_decoder.go
   - Check: Token extraction logic
   - Validate: ABI definitions match on-chain data

2. Add zero address validation
   - File: pkg/arbitrum/abi_decoder.go:parseSwapDetails()
   - Add: Zero address checks BEFORE IsValid=true

3. Lower arbitrage threshold for testing
   - Current: Unknown (possibly too high)
   - Test with: 0.05% minimum profit

Priority 2 - HIGH

4. Fix DNS resolution reliability
   - Add local DNS caching
   - Increase connection timeouts
   - Add more fallback RPC endpoints

5. Debug price oracle integration
   - Verify oracle responses
   - Check cache hit rates
   - Test with known token pairs

Priority 3 - MEDIUM

6. Add transaction replay testing
   - Save failing transactions
   - Create unit tests from real data
   - Validate parsing locally

7. Enhanced monitoring
   - Alert on 0% success rate
   - Track parsing failures by type
   - Monitor RPC endpoint health

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📈 Performance Metrics (Current Session)

Uptime: 5+ hours
Blocks Processed: 30,000+
DEX Transactions Seen: ~100+
Arbitrage Opportunities: 0
Parsing Success: 0%
Connection Failures: ~500+
Edge Cases Detected: 2-3
Total Profit: 0.000000 ETH

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🎯 Action Items

Immediate (Next 1 Hour)

• Debug why parsing success rate is 0%
• Check ABI decoder with known transaction hashes
• Verify pool discovery is loading cached pools
• Test price oracle with WETH/USDC pair

Short Term (Next 24 Hours)

• Add zero address validation
• Improve DNS resolution reliability
• Lower arbitrage threshold for testing
• Create transaction replay tests

Long Term (Next Week)

• Implement comprehensive parsing tests
• Add RPC endpoint health monitoring
• Create alerting for critical failures
• Performance optimization based on findings

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🔗 Related Files to Investigate

pkg/arbitrum/abi_decoder.go       - Zero address bug, parsing failures
pkg/arbitrage/detection_engine.go - Why no opportunities detected
pkg/oracle/price_oracle.go        - Price feed validation
pkg/pools/discovery.go            - Pool loading verification
pkg/transport/provider.go         - DNS/connection issues

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💡 Key Insights

1. Bot infrastructure is solid: Monitoring, logging, recovery all working
2. Core logic is broken: 0% parsing success means arbitrage can't work
3. Silent failures: Parser failing without raising errors
4. Network unreliability: DNS issues causing dropped blocks
5. Data validation gaps: Zero addresses passing validation

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Conclusion: The MEV bot is operationally running but NOT FUNCTIONALLY WORKING. The primary issue is 0% transaction parsing success, which prevents arbitrage detection from finding ANY opportunities. This must be fixed immediately.

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Analysis By: Claude Code
Report Generated: 2025-10-24 15:30 UTC