From 9a7ce08e3ee51f1ad65cf67c327783dac2923c38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Callum Waters <cmwaters19@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2021 07:43:23 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] statesync: shut down node when statesync fails (#6944)

---
 node/node.go | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/node/node.go b/node/node.go
index 89b6b057e..efa69a724 100644
--- a/node/node.go
+++ b/node/node.go
@@ -702,7 +702,11 @@ func (n *nodeImpl) OnStart() error {
 			n.Logger.Info("starting state sync")
 			state, err := n.stateSyncReactor.Sync(context.TODO())
 			if err != nil {
-				n.Logger.Error("state sync failed", "err", err)
+				n.Logger.Error("state sync failed; shutting down this node", "err", err)
+				// stop the node
+				if err := n.Stop(); err != nil {
+					n.Logger.Error("failed to shut down node", "err", err)
+				}
 				return
 			}