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Beta node chunks.mdb growing ~6–9 GiB/hour with db_size_gb=0 #212

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Summary

Single beta soak node on macOS: chunks.mdb is growing several GiB per hour with no cap in the running config (storage.db_size_gb: 0). Disk will fill if this continues.

Environment

  • Client: ant 0.3.4-beta.2
  • Node: 0.17.2-beta.2 commit 8020eed
  • OS: macOS, one node (node1)
  • Upgrade channel: beta, stop_on_upgrade: true
  • EVM: Arbitrum One
  • Log forwarding: on, 0 failed batches

Startup line:

2026-08-21T06:50:40Z INFO ant_node: ant-node starting version="0.17.2-beta.2" commit="8020eed"

Config excerpt from the same log:

storage: StorageConfig { enabled: true, verify_on_read: true, db_size_gb: 0, disk_reserve_mb: 500 }

Observed sizes (Europe/London)

Time (uptime) chunks.mdb Home volume free
~15 min 1.4 GiB 257 GiB
~1h 13m 11 GiB 244 GiB
~2h 14m 17 GiB (+6 GiB/h) 238 GiB
~3h 14m 26 GiB (+9 GiB/h) 229 GiB

Node stays Running / Healthy. Forwarding 2615 batches, 0 failed. Only ERROR in the log is a one-off at startup:

2026-08-21T06:51:56Z ERROR saorsa_transport::high_level::endpoint: I/O error: relay recv stream closed

Not a crash loop. Growth is not slowing.

Ask

Is unbounded db_size_gb: 0 expected on beta, or should the node refuse/store-cap before filling the volume? Happy to add more log excerpts if useful.

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