feat(NIP-40): sqlite support for event expiration

src/event.rs

@@ -137,6 +137,15 @@ impl Event {
         self.kind >= 20000 && self.kind < 30000
     }
 
+    /// Is this event currently expired?
+    pub fn is_expired(&self) -> bool {
+        if let Some(exp) = self.expiration() {
+            exp <= unix_time()
+        } else {
+            false
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Determine the time at which this event should expire
     pub fn expiration(&self) -> Option<u64> {
         let default = "".to_string();

src/info.rs

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ pub struct RelayInfo {
 /// Convert an Info configuration into public Relay Info
 impl From<Settings> for RelayInfo {
     fn from(c: Settings) -> Self {
-        let mut supported_nips = vec![1, 2, 9, 11, 12, 15, 16, 20, 22, 33];
+        let mut supported_nips = vec![1, 2, 9, 11, 12, 15, 16, 20, 22, 33, 40];
 
         if c.authorization.nip42_auth {
             supported_nips.push(42);

src/repo/sqlite.rs

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use crate::event::{single_char_tagname, Event};
 use crate::hexrange::hex_range;
 use crate::hexrange::HexSearch;
 use crate::repo::sqlite_migration::{STARTUP_SQL,upgrade_db};
-use crate::utils::{is_hex};
+use crate::utils::{is_hex,unix_time};
 use crate::nip05::{Nip05Name, VerificationRecord};
 use crate::subscription::{ReqFilter, Subscription};
 use crate::server::NostrMetrics;
@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ impl SqliteRepo {
         }
         // ignore if the event hash is a duplicate.
         let mut ins_count = tx.execute(
-            "INSERT OR IGNORE INTO event (event_hash, created_at, kind, author, delegated_by, content, first_seen, hidden) VALUES (?1, ?2, ?3, ?4, ?5, ?6, strftime('%s','now'), FALSE);",
+            "INSERT OR IGNORE INTO event (event_hash, created_at, expires_at, kind, author, delegated_by, content, first_seen, hidden) VALUES (?1, ?2, ?3, ?4, ?5, ?6, ?7, strftime('%s','now'), FALSE);",
-            params![id_blob, e.created_at, e.kind, pubkey_blob, delegator_blob, event_str]
+            params![id_blob, e.created_at, e.expiration(), e.kind, pubkey_blob, delegator_blob, event_str]
         )? as u64;
         if ins_count == 0 {
             // if the event was a duplicate, no need to insert event or
@@ -251,7 +251,8 @@ impl SqliteRepo {
 impl NostrRepo for SqliteRepo {
 
     async fn start(&self) -> Result<()> {
-        db_checkpoint_task(self.maint_pool.clone(), Duration::from_secs(60), self.checkpoint_in_progress.clone()).await
+        db_checkpoint_task(self.maint_pool.clone(), Duration::from_secs(60), self.checkpoint_in_progress.clone()).await?;
+        cleanup_expired(self.maint_pool.clone(), Duration::from_secs(5), self.write_in_progress.clone()).await
     }
 
     async fn migrate_up(&self) -> Result<usize> {
@@ -280,10 +281,10 @@ impl NostrRepo for SqliteRepo {
                 let wr = SqliteRepo::persist_event(&mut conn, &e);
                 match wr {
                     Err(SqlError(rusqlite::Error::SqliteFailure(e,_))) => {
-                        // this basically means that NIP-05 was
+                        // this basically means that NIP-05 or another
-                        // writing to the database between us reading
+                        // writer was using the database between us
-                        // and promoting the connection to a write
+                        // reading and promoting the connection to a
-                        // lock.
+                        // write lock.
                         info!("event write failed, DB locked (attempt: {}); sqlite err: {}",
                         attempts, e.extended_code);
                     },
@@ -375,7 +376,7 @@ impl NostrRepo for SqliteRepo {
                     let mut last_successful_send = Instant::now();
                     // execute the query.
                     // make the actual SQL query (with parameters inserted) available
-                    conn.trace(Some(|x| {trace!("SQL trace: {:?}", x)}));
+                    conn.trace(Some(|x| {info!("SQL trace: {:?}", x)}));
                     let mut stmt = conn.prepare_cached(&q)?;
                     let mut event_rows = stmt.query(rusqlite::params_from_iter(p))?;
 
@@ -854,6 +855,9 @@ fn query_from_filter(f: &ReqFilter) -> (String, Vec<Box<dyn ToSql>>, Option<Stri
     }
     // never display hidden events
     query.push_str(" WHERE hidden!=TRUE");
+    // never display hidden events
+    filter_components.push("(expires_at IS NULL OR expires_at > ?)".to_string());
+    params.push(Box::new(unix_time()));
     // build filter component conditions
     if !filter_components.is_empty() {
         query.push_str(" AND ");
@@ -943,6 +947,54 @@ pub fn build_pool(
     pool
 }
 
+/// Cleanup expired events on a regular basis
+async fn cleanup_expired(pool: SqlitePool, frequency: Duration, write_in_progress: Arc<Mutex<u64>>) -> Result<()> {
+    tokio::task::spawn(async move {
+        loop {
+            tokio::select! {
+                _ = tokio::time::sleep(frequency) => {
+                    if let Ok(mut conn) = pool.get() {
+                        let mut _guard:Option<MutexGuard<u64>> = None;
+                        // take a write lock to prevent event writes
+                        // from proceeding while we are deleting
+                        // events.  This isn't necessary, but
+                        // minimizes the chances of forcing event
+                        // persistence to be retried.
+                        _guard = Some(write_in_progress.lock().await);
+                        let start = Instant::now();
+                        let exp_res = tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || {
+                            delete_expired(&mut conn)
+                        }).await;
+                        match exp_res {
+                            Ok(Ok(count)) => {
+                                if count > 0 {
+                                    info!("removed {} expired events in: {:?}", count, start.elapsed());
+                                }
+                            },
+                            _ => {
+                                // either the task or underlying query failed
+                                info!("there was an error cleaning up expired events: {:?}", exp_res);
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            };
+        }
+    });
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Execute a query to delete all expired events
+pub fn delete_expired(conn: &mut PooledConnection) -> Result<usize> {
+    let tx = conn.transaction()?;
+    let update_count = tx.execute(
+        "DELETE FROM event WHERE expires_at <= ?",
+        params![unix_time()],
+    )?;
+    tx.commit()?;
+    Ok(update_count)
+}
+
 /// Perform database WAL checkpoint on a regular basis
 pub async fn db_checkpoint_task(pool: SqlitePool, frequency: Duration, checkpoint_in_progress: Arc<Mutex<u64>>) -> Result<()> {
     // TODO; use acquire_many on the reader semaphore to stop them from interrupting this.

src/repo/sqlite_migration.rs

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ pragma mmap_size = 17179869184; -- cap mmap at 16GB
 "##;
 
 /// Latest database version
-pub const DB_VERSION: usize = 16;
+pub const DB_VERSION: usize = 17;
 
 /// Schema definition
 const INIT_SQL: &str = formatcp!(
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
 event_hash BLOB NOT NULL, -- 4-byte hash
 first_seen INTEGER NOT NULL, -- when the event was first seen (not authored!) (seconds since 1970)
 created_at INTEGER NOT NULL, -- when the event was authored
+expires_at INTEGER, -- when the event expires and may be deleted
 author BLOB NOT NULL, -- author pubkey
 delegated_by BLOB, -- delegator pubkey (NIP-26)
 kind INTEGER NOT NULL, -- event kind
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS kind_author_index ON event(kind,author);
 CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS kind_created_at_index ON event(kind,created_at);
 CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS author_created_at_index ON event(author,created_at);
 CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS author_kind_index ON event(author,kind);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS event_expiration ON event(expires_at);
 
 -- Tag Table
 -- Tag values are stored as either a BLOB (if they come in as a
@@ -208,6 +210,9 @@ pub fn upgrade_db(conn: &mut PooledConnection) -> Result<usize> {
             if curr_version == 15 {
                 curr_version = mig_15_to_16(conn)?;
             }
+            if curr_version == 16 {
+                curr_version = mig_16_to_17(conn)?;
+            }
 
             if curr_version == DB_VERSION {
                 info!(
@@ -729,3 +734,22 @@ CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS tag_covering_index ON tag(name,kind,value,created_at,
     info!("database schema upgraded v15 -> v16 in {:?}", start.elapsed());
     Ok(16)
 }
+
+fn mig_16_to_17(conn: &mut PooledConnection) -> Result<usize> {
+    info!("database schema needs update from 16->17");
+    let upgrade_sql = r##"
+ALTER TABLE event ADD COLUMN expires_at INTEGER;
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS event_expiration ON event(expires_at);
+PRAGMA user_version = 17;
+"##;
+    match conn.execute_batch(upgrade_sql) {
+        Ok(()) => {
+            info!("database schema upgraded v16 -> v17");
+        }
+        Err(err) => {
+            error!("update failed: {}", err);
+            panic!("database could not be upgraded");
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(17)
+}

src/server.rs

@@ -791,11 +791,21 @@ async fn nostr_server(
                                 metrics.cmd_event.inc();
                                 let id_prefix:String = e.id.chars().take(8).collect();
                                 debug!("successfully parsed/validated event: {:?} (cid: {}, kind: {})", id_prefix, cid, e.kind);
+                                // check if event is expired
+                                if e.is_expired() {
+                                    let notice = Notice::invalid(e.id, "The event has already expired");
+                                    ws_stream.send(make_notice_message(&notice)).await.ok();
                                     // check if the event is too far in the future.
-                                if e.is_valid_timestamp(settings.options.reject_future_seconds) {
+                                } else if e.is_valid_timestamp(settings.options.reject_future_seconds) {
                                     // Write this to the database.
                                     let auth_pubkey = conn.auth_pubkey().and_then(|pubkey| hex::decode(&pubkey).ok());
-                                    let submit_event = SubmittedEvent { event: e.clone(), notice_tx: notice_tx.clone(), source_ip: conn.ip().to_string(), origin: client_info.origin.clone(), user_agent: client_info.user_agent.clone(), auth_pubkey };
+                                    let submit_event = SubmittedEvent {
+                                        event: e.clone(),
+                                        notice_tx: notice_tx.clone(),
+                                        source_ip: conn.ip().to_string(),
+                                        origin: client_info.origin.clone(),
+                                        user_agent: client_info.user_agent.clone(),
+                                        auth_pubkey };
                                     event_tx.send(submit_event).await.ok();
                                     client_published_event_count += 1;
                                 } else {