L1: understand why we were spaming logs with Nonce for account too low or Attempted to replace a pooled transaction #4842
Description
The logs were full of peer mesages of txs unable to be added to the mempool:
2025-10-10T21:26:44.430287Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: erigon/[0xbf33…8627(49.12.130.92:30010)]: Error adding transaction: Nonce for account too low
2025-10-10T21:26:44.430605Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: erigon/[0xbf33…8627(49.12.130.92:30010)]: Error adding transaction: Nonce for account too low
2025-10-10T21:26:44.430889Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: erigon/[0xbf33…8627(49.12.130.92:30010)]: Error adding transaction: Nonce for account too low
2025-10-10T21:26:44.431204Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: erigon/[0xbf33…8627(49.12.130.92:30010)]: Error adding transaction: Nonce for account too low
2025-10-10T21:26:44.431671Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: erigon/[0xbf33…8627(49.12.130.92:30010)]: Error adding transaction: Nonce for account too low
2025-10-10T21:26:44.557946Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: Geth/[0x9ef4…bfc0(208.91.111.153:30303)]: Error adding transaction: Attempted to replace a pooled transaction with an underpriced transaction
2025-10-10T21:26:44.605518Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: Geth/[0x8920…2618(54.209.213.104:30303)]: Error adding transaction: Attempted to replace a pooled transaction with an underpriced transaction
2025-10-10T21:26:44.629493Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: Geth/[0xd464…a086(3.238.31.12:30303)]: Error adding transaction: Attempted to replace a pooled transaction with an underpriced transaction
2025-10-10T21:26:44.652605Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: Geth/[0x8cb3…bf1f(202.90.244.19:30303)]: Error adding transaction common: Attempted to replace a pooled transaction with an underpriced transaction
2025-10-10T21:26:44.761911Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: Geth/[0x0965…3f16(136.49.53.169:30303)]: Error adding transaction: Nonce for account too low
2025-10-10T21:26:44.765399Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: Geth/[0x1575…a597(5.181.157.139:30303)]: Error adding transaction: Nonce for account too low
2025-10-10T21:26:44.768167Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: Geth/[0x1575…a597(5.181.157.139:30303)]: Error adding transaction: Attempted to replace a pooled transaction with an underpriced transaction
2025-10-10T21:26:44.770387Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: Geth/[0x1575…a597(5.181.157.139:30303)]: Error adding transaction: Attempted to replace a pooled transaction with an underpriced transaction
2025-10-10T21:26:44.770697Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: Geth/[0x1575…a597(5.181.157.139:30303)]: Error adding transaction: Attempted to replace a pooled transaction with an underpriced transaction
2025-10-10T21:26:44.771131Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: Geth/[0x1575…a597(5.181.157.139:30303)]: Error adding transaction: Nonce for account too low
2025-10-10T21:26:44.771583Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: Geth/[0xd54b…0100(99.246.19.166:30303)]: Error adding transaction: Attempted to replace a pooled transaction with an underpriced transaction
2025-10-10T21:26:44.773184Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: Geth/[0x1575…a597(5.181.157.139:30303)]: Error adding transaction: Nonce for account too low
2025-10-10T21:26:44.775012Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: Geth/[0x1575…a597(5.181.157.139:30303)]: Error adding transaction: Attempted to replace a pooled transaction with an underpriced transaction
2025-10-10T21:26:44.776434Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: Geth/[0x1cba…1319(67.220.95.8:50122)]: Error adding transaction: Attempted to replace a pooled transaction with an underpriced transaction
2025-10-10T21:26:44.777130Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: Geth/[0x1575…a597(5.181.157.139:30303)]: Error adding transaction: Attempted to replace a pooled transaction with an underpriced transaction
2025-10-10T21:26:44.777380Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: Geth/[0x1575…a597(5.181.157.139:30303)]: Error adding transaction: Attempted to replace a pooled transaction with an underpriced transaction
2025-10-10T21:26:44.777695Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: Geth/[0x1575…a597(5.181.157.139:30303)]: Error adding transaction: Attempted to replace a pooled transaction with an underpriced transaction
2025-10-10T21:26:44.777992Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: Geth/[0x1575…a597(5.181.157.139:30303)]: Error adding transaction: Attempted to replace a pooled transaction with an underpriced transaction
2025-10-10T21:26:44.778375Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: Geth/[0x1575…a597(5.181.157.139:30303)]: Error adding transaction: Attempted to replace a pooled transaction with an underpriced transaction
2025-10-10T21:26:44.778624Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: Geth/[0x1575…a597(5.181.157.139:30303)]: Error adding transaction: Attempted to replace a pooled transaction with an underpriced transaction
2025-10-10T21:26:44.778901Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: Geth/[0x1575…a597(5.181.157.139:30303)]: Error adding transaction: Attempted to replace a pooled transaction with an underpriced transaction
2025-10-10T21:26:44.779190Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: Geth/[0x1575…a597(5.181.157.139:30303)]: Error adding transaction: Attempted to replace a pooled transaction with an underpriced transaction
2025-10-10T21:26:44.779437Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: Geth/[0x1575…a597(5.181.157.139:30303)]: Error adding transaction: Attempted to replace a pooled transaction with an underpriced transaction
2025-10-10T21:26:44.779770Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: Geth/[0x1575…a597(5.181.157.139:30303)]: Error adding transaction: Attempted to replace a pooled transaction with an underpriced transaction
2025-10-10T21:26:44.780096Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: Geth/[0x1575…a597(5.181.157.139:30303)]: Error adding transaction: Attempted to replace a pooled transaction with an underpriced transaction
2025-10-10T21:26:44.780343Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: Geth/[0x1575…a597(5.181.157.139:30303)]: Error adding transaction: Attempted to replace a pooled transaction with an underpriced transaction
2025-10-10T21:26:44.780580Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: Geth/[0x1575…a597(5.181.157.139:30303)]: Error adding transaction: Attempted to replace a pooled transaction with an underpriced transaction
2025-10-10T21:26:44.780832Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: Geth/[0x1575…a597(5.181.157.139:30303)]: Error adding transaction: Attempted to replace a pooled transaction with an underpriced transaction
2025-10-10T21:26:44.781119Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: Geth/[0x1575…a597(5.181.157.139:30303)]: Error adding transaction: Attempted to replace a pooled transaction with an underpriced transaction
2025-10-10T21:26:44.781398Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: Geth/[0x1575…a597(5.181.157.139:30303)]: Error adding transaction: Attempted to replace a pooled transaction with an underpriced transaction
2025-10-10T21:26:44.785327Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: Geth/[0x1575…a597(5.181.157.139:30303)]: Error adding transaction: Attempted to replace a pooled transaction with an underpriced transaction
2025-10-10T21:26:44.794038Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: Geth/[0x1575…a597(5.181.157.139:30303)]: Error adding transaction: Attempted to replace a pooled transaction with an underpriced transaction
2025-10-10T21:26:44.794392Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: Geth/[0x1575…a597(5.181.157.139:30303)]: Error adding transaction: Attempted to replace a pooled transaction with an underpriced transaction
2025-10-10T21:26:44.794971Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: Geth/[0x1575…a597(5.181.157.139:30303)]: Error adding transaction: Attempted to replace a pooled transaction with an underpriced transaction
2025-10-10T21:26:44.795556Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: Geth/[0x1575…a597(5.181.157.139:30303)]: Error adding transaction: Attempted to replace a pooled transaction with an underpriced transaction
2025-10-10T21:26:44.796150Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: Geth/[0x1575…a597(5.181.157.139:30303)]: Error adding transaction: Attempted to replace a pooled transaction with an underpriced transaction
2025-10-10T21:26:44.797736Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: Geth/[0x1575…a597(5.181.157.139:30303)]: Error adding transaction: Attempted to replace a pooled transaction with an underpriced transaction
2025-10-10T21:26:44.798002Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: Geth/[0x1575…a597(5.181.157.139:30303)]: Error adding transaction: Nonce for account too low
2025-10-10T21:26:44.799506Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: Geth/[0x1575…a597(5.181.157.139:30303)]: Error adding transaction: Attempted to replace a pooled transaction with an underpriced transaction
2025-10-10T21:26:44.799737Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: Geth/[0x1575…a597(5.181.157.139:30303)]: Error adding transaction: Attempted to replace a pooled transaction with an underpriced transaction
2025-10-10T21:26:44.804065Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: Geth/[0x1575…a597(5.181.157.139:30303)]: Error adding transaction: Attempted to replace a pooled transaction with an underpriced transaction
2025-10-10T21:26:44.805917Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: Geth/[0x1575…a597(5.181.157.139:30303)]: Error adding transaction: Attempted to replace a pooled transaction with an underpriced transaction
2025-10-10T21:26:44.806449Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: Geth/[0x1575…a597(5.181.157.139:30303)]: Error adding transaction: Attempted to replace a pooled transaction with an underpriced transaction
2025-10-10T21:26:44.806656Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: Geth/[0x1575…a597(5.181.157.139:30303)]: Error adding transaction: Attempted to replace a pooled transaction with an underpriced transaction
2025-10-10T21:26:44.808448Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: Geth/[0x1575…a597(5.181.157.139:30303)]: Error adding transaction: Attempted to replace a pooled transaction with an underpriced transaction
2025-10-10T21:26:44.808863Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: Geth/[0x1575…a597(5.181.157.139:30303)]: Error adding transaction: Attempted to replace a pooled transaction with an underpriced transaction
2025-10-10T21:26:44.809873Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: Geth/[0x1575…a597(5.181.157.139:30303)]: Error adding transaction: Nonce for account too low
2025-10-10T21:26:44.810081Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: Geth/[0x1575…a597(5.181.157.139:30303)]: Error adding transaction: Nonce for account too low
2025-10-10T21:26:44.810286Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: Geth/[0x1575…a597(5.181.157.139:30303)]: Error adding transaction: Nonce for account too low
2025-10-10T21:26:44.811060Z WARN ethrex_p2p::rlpx::utils: Geth/[0x1575…a597(5.181.157.139:30303)]: Error adding transaction: Attempted to replace a pooled transaction with an underpriced transaction
This was constant, so it begs the questions if we are receiving the same transactions again and again, or they were actually a constant inflow of new transactions that needed to be discarded. After #4841 we'll need to reactivate logs to see this and make sure they are different txs and not the same again and again. for that we'll need to add more info to the logs, like the tx hash and nonce.
Right now my best guess is that we may be discarding txs from the mempool if we get to the 10k limit and then recieve again txs that we already had or added just yest in a new block. We need to test and double check this.