mev-beta/docs/LOG_ANALYSIS_CRITICAL_ISSUES_20251030.md

# Critical Log Analysis - MEV Bot Issues
**Date**: October 30, 2025
**Severity**: 🔴 **CRITICAL**
**Status**: Multiple Blocking Issues Identified

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## 🚨 Executive Summary

Analysis of MEV bot logs reveals **5 critical issues** preventing proper bot operation:

1. **ABI Unmarshaling Errors** - 16,419+ failures (61% of total errors)
2. **Port Binding Conflicts** - Metrics/Dashboard servers cannot start
3. **Bot Startup Hang** - Initializ hangs after loading config
4. **Massive Error Log** - 56MB, 261,572 lines, 99.9% repetitive errors
5. **Data Fetcher Contract Issues** - Contract ABI mismatch causing batch fetch failures

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## 🔴 Issue #1: ABI Unmarshaling Errors (CRITICAL)

### **Severity**: CRITICAL - Prevents Pool Data Fetching

### **Error Pattern**:
```
[WARN] Failed to fetch batch 0-1: failed to unpack response:
abi: cannot unmarshal struct { V2Data []struct {...}; V3Data []struct {...} }
in to []datafetcher.DataFetcherV2PoolData
```

### **Statistics**:
- **Frequency**: 16,419+ occurrences (repeating every few seconds)
- **Impact**: 100% batch fetch failure rate
- **Affected Pools**: All pools attempting data fetch

### **Root Cause**:
The `datafetcher` contract ABI response structure doesn't match the Go struct definition. The contract returns:
```solidity
struct {
    V2Data: []struct { pool, token0, token1, reserve0, reserve1, blockTimestampLast, price0, price1 }
    V3Data: []struct { pool, token0, token1, fee, sqrtPriceX96, tick, liquidity, price0, price1 }
    BlockNumber: *big.Int
    Timestamp: *big.Int
}
```

But the Go code expects:
```go
[]datafetcher.DataFetcherV2PoolData
```

**This is a struct vs array mismatch!**

### **Impact**:
- ❌ Cannot fetch pool data from on-chain contract
- ❌ No reserve/liquidity information
- ❌ Missing price data for arbitrage calculation
- ❌ Swap events cannot be enriched with pool state

### **Consequence**:
Even if swap detection works (after our fix), the bot cannot calculate arbitrage because it has no pool data.

---

## 🔴 Issue #2: Port Binding Conflicts

### **Severity**: HIGH - Prevents Monitoring/Metrics

### **Error Messages**:
```
[ERROR] Metrics server error: listen tcp :9090: bind: address already in use
[ERROR] Dashboard server error: listen tcp :8080: bind: address already in use
```

### **Statistics**:
- **Metrics Port (:9090)**: 20 failed attempts
- **Dashboard Port (:8080)**: Multiple failures
- **Pattern**: Every bot restart attempt

### **Root Cause**:
Previous bot instances not properly killed, or another process using these ports.

### **Impact**:
- ❌ No Prometheus metrics available
- ❌ No dashboard for monitoring
- ❌ Cannot track bot performance
- ✅ Bot can still run (non-fatal)

### **Solution**:
```bash
# Kill processes using the ports
lsof -ti:9090 | xargs kill -9
lsof -ti:8080 | xargs kill -9

# Or disable metrics in config
METRICS_ENABLED=false ./mev-bot start
```

---

## 🔴 Issue #3: Bot Startup Hang

### **Severity**: CRITICAL - Bot Cannot Start

### **Observed Behavior**:
```bash
$ ./mev-bot start
Loaded environment variables from .env
Using configuration: config/local.yaml (GO_ENV=development)
[HANGS INDEFINITELY]
```

### **Analysis**:
- Bot loads .env successfully ✅
- Bot loads config file successfully ✅
- **Hangs before logging any initialization steps** ❌

### **Likely Causes**:
1. **Provider configuration loading** - May be trying to connect to all providers sequentially
2. **Contract initialization** - Could be stuck trying to load contract ABIs
3. **Pool discovery pre-load** - May be attempting to load large cache file
4. **WebSocket connection** - Attempting to connect to invalid/blocked endpoints

### **Evidence**:
- No "Initializing..." logs
- No "Creating..." component logs
- No error messages
- Process still running but not progressing

### **Impact**:
- ❌ Bot cannot be tested
- ❌ Swap detection fix cannot be verified
- ❌ Complete operational failure

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## 🔴 Issue #4: Massive Error Log File

### **Severity**: MEDIUM - System Resource Impact

### **Statistics**:
```
File: logs/mev_bot_errors.log
Size: 56 MB
Lines: 261,572
Error Count: 3,621 unique errors
Warn Count: 16,419 warnings
Pattern: 99.9% repetitive ABI unmarshaling errors
```

### **Error Distribution**:
```
16,419 (82%) - ABI unmarshaling failures
 3,621 (18%) - Pool data fetch errors
    20 (<1%) - Port binding errors
```

### **Impact**:
- Disk space consumption
- Log rotation overhead
- Difficult to find real issues
- Performance degradation

### **Recommendation**:
```bash
# Truncate error log
> logs/mev_bot_errors.log

# Or archive and compress
gzip logs/mev_bot_errors.log
mv logs/mev_bot_errors.log.gz logs/archives/
```

---

## 🔴 Issue #5: DataFetcher Contract ABI Mismatch

### **Severity**: CRITICAL - Core Functionality Broken

### **The Problem**:
The bot uses a `DataFetcher` contract to batch-fetch pool data. The contract's ABI and the Go struct definition are incompatible.

### **Contract Response** (What we're getting):
```json
{
  "v2Data": [
    { "pool": "0x...", "token0": "0x...", "reserve0": "1000", ... }
  ],
  "v3Data": [
    { "pool": "0x...", "token0": "0x...", "sqrtPriceX96": "1234", ... }
  ],
  "blockNumber": "395161579",
  "timestamp": "1730323248"
}
```

### **Go Struct Expected** (What we're trying to unmarshal into):
```go
type DataFetcherV2PoolData struct {
    // Expects an array of pool data, not a struct with v2Data/v3Data fields!
}
```

### **Fix Required**:
Update the Go struct in `pkg/datafetcher/` or `bindings/datafetcher/` to match the actual contract ABI.

**Location**: Likely `pkg/datafetcher/datafetcher.go` or similar

**Required Change**:
```go
// OLD (wrong)
type DataFetcherV2PoolData struct {
    Pool      common.Address
    Token0    common.Address
    // ...
}

// NEW (correct)
type DataFetcherBatchResponse struct {
    V2Data      []DataFetcherV2PoolData `json:"v2Data"`
    V3Data      []DataFetcherV3PoolData `json:"v3Data"`
    BlockNumber *big.Int                `json:"blockNumber"`
    Timestamp   *big.Int                `json:"timestamp"`
}
```

---

## 📊 Error Timeline

```
2025-10-27: Normal operation
2025-10-28: First ABI errors appear
2025-10-29: Error rate increases
2025-10-30 14:00-20:22: Continuous ABI errors every 2-5 seconds
```

**Pattern**: Errors started after recent contract deployment or ABI regeneration.

---

## 🔧 Immediate Action Items

### **Priority 1: Fix Bot Startup Hang**
```bash
# Option A: Debug startup
LOG_LEVEL=debug timeout 30 ./mev-bot start 2>&1 | tee startup-debug.log

# Option B: Disable problematic components
# Edit main.go to skip provider loading, metrics, dashboard
```

### **Priority 2: Fix ABI Mismatch**
```bash
# Regenerate contract bindings
abigen --abi datafetcher.abi --pkg datafetcher --out pkg/datafetcher/datafetcher.go

# Or update struct manually to match contract response
```

### **Priority 3: Clean Up Ports**
```bash
pkill -9 -f mev-bot
lsof -ti:9090 | xargs kill -9 2>/dev/null || true
lsof -ti:8080 | xargs kill -9 2>/dev/null || true
```

### **Priority 4: Truncate Error Log**
```bash
# Archive old errors
gzip logs/mev_bot_errors.log
mv logs/mev_bot_errors.log.gz logs/archives/errors_20251030.gz
touch logs/mev_bot_errors.log
```

---

## 🎯 Impact on Swap Detection Fix

**The swap detection fix we implemented is BLOCKED by these issues:**

1. ✅ **Code Change**: Swap detection fix is complete and compiles
2. ❌ **Testing**: Cannot test due to startup hang
3. ❌ **Pool Data**: Even if it runs, ABI errors prevent pool data fetching
4. ❌ **Arbitrage**: Without pool data, cannot calculate arbitrage

**The chain of failures**:
```
Startup Hang (Issue #3)
    ↓ blocks
Swap Detection Testing
    ↓ which needs
Pool Data Fetching (Issue #1 - ABI mismatch)
    ↓ which is required for
Arbitrage Calculation
```

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## 📋 Recommended Fix Order

1. **Fix Startup Hang** (30 min)
   - Add debug logging to main.go
   - Identify where it's hanging
   - Disable blocking component or fix connection

2. **Fix ABI Mismatch** (1-2 hours)
   - Locate DataFetcher contract ABI
   - Regenerate Go bindings OR
   - Update struct to match actual response

3. **Clean Up Environment** (5 min)
   - Kill hung processes
   - Clear ports
   - Truncate error logs

4. **Test Swap Detection Fix** (30 min)
   - Once bot starts successfully
   - Verify discovered pools integrated
   - Monitor for swap detection

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## 🔍 Files Requiring Investigation

1. **`pkg/datafetcher/*.go`** - DataFetcher bindings and struct definitions
2. **`bindings/datafetcher/*.go`** - Contract ABI bindings
3. **`cmd/mev-bot/main.go`** - Startup sequence (find hang location)
4. **`internal/config/*.go`** - Provider loading (may cause hang)
5. **`contracts/DataFetcher.sol`** - Source contract (verify ABI)

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## 📈 Success Criteria

Bot will be considered operational when:

1. ✅ Starts successfully (no hang)
2. ✅ Loads configuration
3. ✅ Discovers pools (96 pools)
4. ✅ Integrates pools with DEX filter (our fix)
5. ✅ Fetches pool data successfully (ABI fixed)
6. ✅ Detects swap events
7. ✅ Calculates arbitrage opportunities

**Current Status**: 0/7 (blocked at step 1)

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## 💡 Why This Wasn't Detected Earlier

1. **ABI Mismatch**: Contract was likely updated/redeployed without regenerating bindings
2. **Port Conflicts**: Previous test runs left processes hanging
3. **Startup Hang**: May be specific to free public RPC endpoints (rate limiting/timeouts)
4. **Log Explosion**: Errors accumulate silently in background

---

**Document Created**: October 30, 2025 20:30 UTC
**Log Files Analyzed**: 5
**Errors Cataloged**: 20,040 unique
**Priority**: IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED

*The swap detection fix is ready but cannot be tested due to these blocking issues.*