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-------------------- MODULE TendermintPBT_001_draft ---------------------------
(*
A TLA+ specification of a simplified Tendermint consensus, with added clocks
and proposer-based timestamps. This TLA+ specification extends and modifies
the Tendermint TLA+ specification for fork accountability:
https://github.com/tendermint/spec/blob/master/spec/light-client/accountability/TendermintAcc_004_draft.tla
* Version 1. A preliminary specification.
Zarko Milosevic, Igor Konnov, Informal Systems, 2019-2020.
Ilina Stoilkovska, Josef Widder, Informal Systems, 2021.
*)
EXTENDS Integers, FiniteSets
(********************* PROTOCOL PARAMETERS **********************************)
CONSTANTS
Corr, \* the set of correct processes
Faulty, \* the set of Byzantine processes, may be empty
N, \* the total number of processes: correct, defective, and Byzantine
T, \* an upper bound on the number of Byzantine processes
ValidValues, \* the set of valid values, proposed both by correct and faulty
InvalidValues, \* the set of invalid values, never proposed by the correct ones
MaxRound, \* the maximal round number
MaxTimestamp, \* the maximal value of the clock tick
Delay, \* message delay
Precision, \* clock precision: the maximal difference between two local clocks
Accuracy, \* clock accuracy: the maximal difference between a local clock and the real time
Proposer, \* the proposer function from 0..NRounds to 1..N
ClockDrift \* is there clock drift between the local clocks and the global clock
ASSUME(N = Cardinality(Corr \union Faulty))
(*************************** DEFINITIONS ************************************)
AllProcs == Corr \union Faulty \* the set of all processes
Rounds == 0..MaxRound \* the set of potential rounds
Timestamps == 0..MaxTimestamp \* the set of clock ticks
NilRound == -1 \* a special value to denote a nil round, outside of Rounds
NilTimestamp == -1 \* a special value to denote a nil timestamp, outside of Ticks
RoundsOrNil == Rounds \union {NilRound}
Values == ValidValues \union InvalidValues \* the set of all values
NilValue == "None" \* a special value for a nil round, outside of Values
Proposals == Values \X Timestamps
NilProposal == <<NilValue, NilTimestamp>>
ValuesOrNil == Values \union {NilValue}
Decisions == Values \X Timestamps \X Rounds
NilDecision == <<NilValue, NilTimestamp, NilRound>>
\* a value hash is modeled as identity
Id(v) == v
\* The validity predicate
IsValid(v) == v \in ValidValues
\* the two thresholds that are used in the algorithm
THRESHOLD1 == T + 1 \* at least one process is not faulty
THRESHOLD2 == 2 * T + 1 \* a quorum when having N > 3 * T
Min(S) == CHOOSE x \in S : \A y \in S : x <= y
Max(S) == CHOOSE x \in S : \A y \in S : y <= x
(********************* TYPE ANNOTATIONS FOR APALACHE **************************)
\* the operator for type annotations
a <: b == a
\* the type of message records
MT == [type |-> STRING, src |-> STRING, round |-> Int,
proposal |-> <<STRING, Int>>, validRound |-> Int, id |-> <<STRING, Int>>]
RP == <<STRING, MT>>
\* a type annotation for a message
AsMsg(m) == m <: MT
\* a type annotation for a set of messages
SetOfMsgs(S) == S <: {MT}
\* a type annotation for an empty set of messages
EmptyMsgSet == SetOfMsgs({})
SetOfRcvProp(S) == S <: {RP}
EmptyRcvProp == SetOfRcvProp({})
SetOfProc(S) == S <: {STRING}
EmptyProcSet == SetOfProc({})
(********************* PROTOCOL STATE VARIABLES ******************************)
VARIABLES
round, \* a process round number: Corr -> Rounds
localClock, \* a process local clock: Corr -> Ticks
realTime, \* a reference Newtonian real time
step, \* a process step: Corr -> { "PROPOSE", "PREVOTE", "PRECOMMIT", "DECIDED" }
decision, \* process decision: Corr -> ValuesOrNil
lockedValue, \* a locked value: Corr -> ValuesOrNil
lockedRound, \* a locked round: Corr -> RoundsOrNil
validValue, \* a valid value: Corr -> ValuesOrNil
validRound \* a valid round: Corr -> RoundsOrNil
\* book-keeping variables
VARIABLES
msgsPropose, \* PROPOSE messages broadcast in the system, Rounds -> Messages
msgsPrevote, \* PREVOTE messages broadcast in the system, Rounds -> Messages
msgsPrecommit, \* PRECOMMIT messages broadcast in the system, Rounds -> Messages
receivedTimelyProposal, \* used to keep track when a process receives a timely PROPOSAL message, {<<Corr, Messages>>}
inspectedProposal, \* used to keep track when a process tries to receive a message, [Rounds -> <<Corr, Messages>>]
evidence, \* the messages that were used by the correct processes to make transitions
action, \* we use this variable to see which action was taken
beginConsensus, \* the minimum of the local clocks in the initial state, Int
endConsensus, \* the local time when a decision is made, [Corr -> Int]
lastBeginConsensus, \* the maximum of the local clocks in the initial state, Int
proposalTime, \* the real time when a proposer proposes in a round, [Rounds -> Int]
proposalReceivedTime \* the real time when a correct process first receives a proposal message in a round, [Rounds -> Int]
(* to see a type invariant, check TendermintAccInv3 *)
\* a handy definition used in UNCHANGED
vars == <<round, step, decision, lockedValue, lockedRound,
validValue, validRound, evidence, msgsPropose, msgsPrevote, msgsPrecommit,
localClock, realTime, receivedTimelyProposal, inspectedProposal, action,
beginConsensus, endConsensus, lastBeginConsensus, proposalTime, proposalReceivedTime>>
(********************* PROTOCOL INITIALIZATION ******************************)
FaultyProposals(r) ==
SetOfMsgs([type: {"PROPOSAL"}, src: Faulty,
round: {r}, proposal: Proposals, validRound: RoundsOrNil])
AllFaultyProposals ==
SetOfMsgs([type: {"PROPOSAL"}, src: Faulty,
round: Rounds, proposal: Proposals, validRound: RoundsOrNil])
FaultyPrevotes(r) ==
SetOfMsgs([type: {"PREVOTE"}, src: Faulty, round: {r}, id: Proposals])
AllFaultyPrevotes ==
SetOfMsgs([type: {"PREVOTE"}, src: Faulty, round: Rounds, id: Proposals])
FaultyPrecommits(r) ==
SetOfMsgs([type: {"PRECOMMIT"}, src: Faulty, round: {r}, id: Proposals])
AllFaultyPrecommits ==
SetOfMsgs([type: {"PRECOMMIT"}, src: Faulty, round: Rounds, id: Proposals])
AllProposals ==
SetOfMsgs([type: {"PROPOSAL"}, src: AllProcs,
round: Rounds, proposal: Proposals, validRound: RoundsOrNil])
RoundProposals(r) ==
SetOfMsgs([type: {"PROPOSAL"}, src: AllProcs,
round: {r}, proposal: Proposals, validRound: RoundsOrNil])
BenignRoundsInMessages(msgfun) ==
\* the message function never contains a message for a wrong round
\A r \in Rounds:
\A m \in msgfun[r]:
r = m.round
\* The initial states of the protocol. Some faults can be in the system already.
Init ==
/\ round = [p \in Corr |-> 0]
/\ \/ /\ ~ClockDrift
/\ localClock \in [Corr -> 0..Accuracy]
\/ /\ ClockDrift
/\ localClock = [p \in Corr |-> 0]
/\ realTime = 0
/\ step = [p \in Corr |-> "PROPOSE"]
/\ decision = [p \in Corr |-> NilDecision]
/\ lockedValue = [p \in Corr |-> NilValue]
/\ lockedRound = [p \in Corr |-> NilRound]
/\ validValue = [p \in Corr |-> NilValue]
/\ validRound = [p \in Corr |-> NilRound]
/\ msgsPropose \in [Rounds -> SUBSET AllFaultyProposals]
/\ msgsPrevote \in [Rounds -> SUBSET AllFaultyPrevotes]
/\ msgsPrecommit \in [Rounds -> SUBSET AllFaultyPrecommits]
/\ receivedTimelyProposal = EmptyRcvProp
/\ inspectedProposal = [r \in Rounds |-> EmptyProcSet]
/\ BenignRoundsInMessages(msgsPropose)
/\ BenignRoundsInMessages(msgsPrevote)
/\ BenignRoundsInMessages(msgsPrecommit)
/\ evidence = EmptyMsgSet
/\ action' = "Init"
/\ beginConsensus = Min({localClock[p] : p \in Corr})
/\ endConsensus = [p \in Corr |-> NilTimestamp]
/\ lastBeginConsensus = Max({localClock[p] : p \in Corr})
/\ proposalTime = [r \in Rounds |-> NilTimestamp]
/\ proposalReceivedTime = [r \in Rounds |-> NilTimestamp]
(************************ MESSAGE PASSING ********************************)
BroadcastProposal(pSrc, pRound, pProposal, pValidRound) ==
LET newMsg ==
AsMsg([type |-> "PROPOSAL", src |-> pSrc, round |-> pRound,
proposal |-> pProposal, validRound |-> pValidRound])
IN
msgsPropose' = [msgsPropose EXCEPT ![pRound] = msgsPropose[pRound] \union {newMsg}]
BroadcastPrevote(pSrc, pRound, pId) ==
LET newMsg == AsMsg([type |-> "PREVOTE",
src |-> pSrc, round |-> pRound, id |-> pId])
IN
msgsPrevote' = [msgsPrevote EXCEPT ![pRound] = msgsPrevote[pRound] \union {newMsg}]
BroadcastPrecommit(pSrc, pRound, pId) ==
LET newMsg == AsMsg([type |-> "PRECOMMIT",
src |-> pSrc, round |-> pRound, id |-> pId])
IN
msgsPrecommit' = [msgsPrecommit EXCEPT ![pRound] = msgsPrecommit[pRound] \union {newMsg}]
(***************************** TIME **************************************)
\* [PBTS-CLOCK-PRECISION.0]
SynchronizedLocalClocks ==
\A p \in Corr : \A q \in Corr :
p /= q =>
\/ /\ localClock[p] >= localClock[q]
/\ localClock[p] - localClock[q] < Precision
\/ /\ localClock[p] < localClock[q]
/\ localClock[q] - localClock[p] < Precision
\* [PBTS-PROPOSE.0]
Proposal(v, t) ==
<<v, t>>
\* [PBTS-DECISION-ROUND.0]
Decision(v, t, r) ==
<<v, t, r>>
(**************** MESSAGE PROCESSING TRANSITIONS *************************)
\* lines 12-13
StartRound(p, r) ==
/\ step[p] /= "DECIDED" \* a decided process does not participate in consensus
/\ round' = [round EXCEPT ![p] = r]
/\ step' = [step EXCEPT ![p] = "PROPOSE"]
\* lines 14-19, a proposal may be sent later
InsertProposal(p) ==
LET r == round[p] IN
/\ p = Proposer[r]
/\ step[p] = "PROPOSE"
\* if the proposer is sending a proposal, then there are no other proposals
\* by the correct processes for the same round
/\ \A m \in msgsPropose[r]: m.src /= p
/\ \E v \in ValidValues:
LET proposal == IF validValue[p] /= NilValue
THEN Proposal(validValue[p], localClock[p])
ELSE Proposal(v, localClock[p]) IN
/\ BroadcastProposal(p, round[p], proposal, validRound[p])
/\ proposalTime' = [proposalTime EXCEPT ![r] = realTime]
/\ UNCHANGED <<evidence, round, decision, lockedValue, lockedRound,
validValue, step, validRound, msgsPrevote, msgsPrecommit,
localClock, realTime, receivedTimelyProposal, inspectedProposal,
beginConsensus, endConsensus, lastBeginConsensus, proposalReceivedTime>>
/\ action' = "InsertProposal"
\* a new action used to filter messages that are not on time
\* [PBTS-RECEPTION-STEP.0]
ReceiveProposal(p) ==
\E v \in Values, t \in Timestamps:
/\ LET r == round[p] IN
LET msg ==
AsMsg([type |-> "PROPOSAL", src |-> Proposer[round[p]],
round |-> round[p], proposal |-> Proposal(v, t), validRound |-> NilRound]) IN
/\ msg \in msgsPropose[round[p]]
/\ p \notin inspectedProposal[r]
/\ <<p, msg>> \notin receivedTimelyProposal
/\ inspectedProposal' = [inspectedProposal EXCEPT ![r] = @ \union {p}]
/\ \/ /\ localClock[p] - Precision < t
/\ t < localClock[p] + Precision + Delay
/\ receivedTimelyProposal' = receivedTimelyProposal \union {<<p, msg>>}
/\ \/ /\ proposalReceivedTime[r] = NilTimestamp
/\ proposalReceivedTime' = [proposalReceivedTime EXCEPT ![r] = realTime]
\/ /\ proposalReceivedTime[r] /= NilTimestamp
/\ UNCHANGED proposalReceivedTime
\/ /\ \/ localClock[p] - Precision >= t
\/ t >= localClock[p] + Precision + Delay
/\ UNCHANGED <<receivedTimelyProposal, proposalReceivedTime>>
/\ UNCHANGED <<round, step, decision, lockedValue, lockedRound,
validValue, validRound, evidence, msgsPropose, msgsPrevote, msgsPrecommit,
localClock, realTime, beginConsensus, endConsensus, lastBeginConsensus, proposalTime>>
/\ action' = "ReceiveProposal"
\* lines 22-27
UponProposalInPropose(p) ==
\E v \in Values, t \in Timestamps:
/\ step[p] = "PROPOSE" (* line 22 *)
/\ LET msg ==
AsMsg([type |-> "PROPOSAL", src |-> Proposer[round[p]],
round |-> round[p], proposal |-> Proposal(v, t), validRound |-> NilRound]) IN
/\ <<p, msg>> \in receivedTimelyProposal \* updated line 22
/\ evidence' = {msg} \union evidence
/\ LET mid == (* line 23 *)
IF IsValid(v) /\ (lockedRound[p] = NilRound \/ lockedValue[p] = v)
THEN Id(Proposal(v, t))
ELSE NilProposal
IN
BroadcastPrevote(p, round[p], mid) \* lines 24-26
/\ step' = [step EXCEPT ![p] = "PREVOTE"]
/\ UNCHANGED <<round, decision, lockedValue, lockedRound,
validValue, validRound, msgsPropose, msgsPrecommit,
localClock, realTime, receivedTimelyProposal, inspectedProposal,
beginConsensus, endConsensus, lastBeginConsensus, proposalTime, proposalReceivedTime>>
/\ action' = "UponProposalInPropose"
\* lines 28-33
\* [PBTS-ALG-OLD-PREVOTE.0]
UponProposalInProposeAndPrevote(p) ==
\E v \in Values, t1 \in Timestamps, t2 \in Timestamps, vr \in Rounds:
/\ step[p] = "PROPOSE" /\ 0 <= vr /\ vr < round[p] \* line 28, the while part
/\ LET msg ==
AsMsg([type |-> "PROPOSAL", src |-> Proposer[round[p]],
round |-> round[p], proposal |-> Proposal(v, t1), validRound |-> vr])
IN
/\ <<p, msg>> \in receivedTimelyProposal \* updated line 28
/\ LET PV == { m \in msgsPrevote[vr]: m.id = Id(Proposal(v, t2)) } IN
/\ Cardinality(PV) >= THRESHOLD2 \* line 28
/\ evidence' = PV \union {msg} \union evidence
/\ LET mid == (* line 29 *)
IF IsValid(v) /\ (lockedRound[p] <= vr \/ lockedValue[p] = v)
THEN Id(Proposal(v, t1))
ELSE NilProposal
IN
BroadcastPrevote(p, round[p], mid) \* lines 24-26
/\ step' = [step EXCEPT ![p] = "PREVOTE"]
/\ UNCHANGED <<round, decision, lockedValue, lockedRound,
validValue, validRound, msgsPropose, msgsPrecommit,
localClock, realTime, receivedTimelyProposal, inspectedProposal,
beginConsensus, endConsensus, lastBeginConsensus, proposalTime, proposalReceivedTime>>
/\ action' = "UponProposalInProposeAndPrevote"
\* lines 34-35 + lines 61-64 (onTimeoutPrevote)
UponQuorumOfPrevotesAny(p) ==
/\ step[p] = "PREVOTE" \* line 34 and 61
/\ \E MyEvidence \in SUBSET msgsPrevote[round[p]]:
\* find the unique voters in the evidence
LET Voters == { m.src: m \in MyEvidence } IN
\* compare the number of the unique voters against the threshold
/\ Cardinality(Voters) >= THRESHOLD2 \* line 34
/\ evidence' = MyEvidence \union evidence
/\ BroadcastPrecommit(p, round[p], NilProposal)
/\ step' = [step EXCEPT ![p] = "PRECOMMIT"]
/\ UNCHANGED <<round, decision, lockedValue, lockedRound,
validValue, validRound, msgsPropose, msgsPrevote,
localClock, realTime, receivedTimelyProposal, inspectedProposal,
beginConsensus, endConsensus, lastBeginConsensus, proposalTime, proposalReceivedTime>>
/\ action' = "UponQuorumOfPrevotesAny"
\* lines 36-46
\* [PBTS-ALG-NEW-PREVOTE.0]
UponProposalInPrevoteOrCommitAndPrevote(p) ==
\E v \in ValidValues, t \in Timestamps, vr \in RoundsOrNil:
/\ step[p] \in {"PREVOTE", "PRECOMMIT"} \* line 36
/\ LET msg ==
AsMsg([type |-> "PROPOSAL", src |-> Proposer[round[p]],
round |-> round[p], proposal |-> Proposal(v, t), validRound |-> vr]) IN
/\ <<p, msg>> \in receivedTimelyProposal \* updated line 36
/\ LET PV == { m \in msgsPrevote[round[p]]: m.id = Id(Proposal(v, t)) } IN
/\ Cardinality(PV) >= THRESHOLD2 \* line 36
/\ evidence' = PV \union {msg} \union evidence
/\ IF step[p] = "PREVOTE"
THEN \* lines 38-41:
/\ lockedValue' = [lockedValue EXCEPT ![p] = v]
/\ lockedRound' = [lockedRound EXCEPT ![p] = round[p]]
/\ BroadcastPrecommit(p, round[p], Id(Proposal(v, t)))
/\ step' = [step EXCEPT ![p] = "PRECOMMIT"]
ELSE
UNCHANGED <<lockedValue, lockedRound, msgsPrecommit, step>>
\* lines 42-43
/\ validValue' = [validValue EXCEPT ![p] = v]
/\ validRound' = [validRound EXCEPT ![p] = round[p]]
/\ UNCHANGED <<round, decision, msgsPropose, msgsPrevote,
localClock, realTime, receivedTimelyProposal, inspectedProposal,
beginConsensus, endConsensus, lastBeginConsensus, proposalTime, proposalReceivedTime>>
/\ action' = "UponProposalInPrevoteOrCommitAndPrevote"
\* lines 47-48 + 65-67 (onTimeoutPrecommit)
UponQuorumOfPrecommitsAny(p) ==
/\ \E MyEvidence \in SUBSET msgsPrecommit[round[p]]:
\* find the unique committers in the evidence
LET Committers == { m.src: m \in MyEvidence } IN
\* compare the number of the unique committers against the threshold
/\ Cardinality(Committers) >= THRESHOLD2 \* line 47
/\ evidence' = MyEvidence \union evidence
/\ round[p] + 1 \in Rounds
/\ StartRound(p, round[p] + 1)
/\ UNCHANGED <<decision, lockedValue, lockedRound, validValue,
validRound, msgsPropose, msgsPrevote, msgsPrecommit,
localClock, realTime, receivedTimelyProposal, inspectedProposal,
beginConsensus, endConsensus, lastBeginConsensus, proposalTime, proposalReceivedTime>>
/\ action' = "UponQuorumOfPrecommitsAny"
\* lines 49-54
\* [PBTS-ALG-DECIDE.0]
UponProposalInPrecommitNoDecision(p) ==
/\ decision[p] = NilDecision \* line 49
/\ \E v \in ValidValues, t \in Timestamps (* line 50*) , r \in Rounds, vr \in RoundsOrNil:
/\ LET msg == AsMsg([type |-> "PROPOSAL", src |-> Proposer[r],
round |-> r, proposal |-> Proposal(v, t), validRound |-> vr]) IN
/\ msg \in msgsPropose[r] \* line 49
/\ p \in inspectedProposal[r]
/\ LET PV == { m \in msgsPrecommit[r]: m.id = Id(Proposal(v, t)) } IN
/\ Cardinality(PV) >= THRESHOLD2 \* line 49
/\ evidence' = PV \union {msg} \union evidence
/\ decision' = [decision EXCEPT ![p] = Decision(v, t, round[p])] \* update the decision, line 51
\* The original algorithm does not have 'DECIDED', but it increments the height.
\* We introduced 'DECIDED' here to prevent the process from changing its decision.
/\ endConsensus' = [endConsensus EXCEPT ![p] = localClock[p]]
/\ step' = [step EXCEPT ![p] = "DECIDED"]
/\ UNCHANGED <<round, lockedValue, lockedRound, validValue,
validRound, msgsPropose, msgsPrevote, msgsPrecommit,
localClock, realTime, receivedTimelyProposal, inspectedProposal,
beginConsensus, lastBeginConsensus, proposalTime, proposalReceivedTime>>
/\ action' = "UponProposalInPrecommitNoDecision"
\* the actions below are not essential for safety, but added for completeness
\* lines 20-21 + 57-60
OnTimeoutPropose(p) ==
/\ step[p] = "PROPOSE"
/\ p /= Proposer[round[p]]
/\ BroadcastPrevote(p, round[p], NilProposal)
/\ step' = [step EXCEPT ![p] = "PREVOTE"]
/\ UNCHANGED <<round, lockedValue, lockedRound, validValue,
validRound, decision, evidence, msgsPropose, msgsPrecommit,
localClock, realTime, receivedTimelyProposal, inspectedProposal,
beginConsensus, endConsensus, lastBeginConsensus, proposalTime, proposalReceivedTime>>
/\ action' = "OnTimeoutPropose"
\* lines 44-46
OnQuorumOfNilPrevotes(p) ==
/\ step[p] = "PREVOTE"
/\ LET PV == { m \in msgsPrevote[round[p]]: m.id = Id(NilProposal) } IN
/\ Cardinality(PV) >= THRESHOLD2 \* line 36
/\ evidence' = PV \union evidence
/\ BroadcastPrecommit(p, round[p], Id(NilProposal))
/\ step' = [step EXCEPT ![p] = "PRECOMMIT"]
/\ UNCHANGED <<round, lockedValue, lockedRound, validValue,
validRound, decision, msgsPropose, msgsPrevote,
localClock, realTime, receivedTimelyProposal, inspectedProposal,
beginConsensus, endConsensus, lastBeginConsensus, proposalTime, proposalReceivedTime>>
/\ action' = "OnQuorumOfNilPrevotes"
\* lines 55-56
OnRoundCatchup(p) ==
\E r \in {rr \in Rounds: rr > round[p]}:
LET RoundMsgs == msgsPropose[r] \union msgsPrevote[r] \union msgsPrecommit[r] IN
\E MyEvidence \in SUBSET RoundMsgs:
LET Faster == { m.src: m \in MyEvidence } IN
/\ Cardinality(Faster) >= THRESHOLD1
/\ evidence' = MyEvidence \union evidence
/\ StartRound(p, r)
/\ UNCHANGED <<decision, lockedValue, lockedRound, validValue,
validRound, msgsPropose, msgsPrevote, msgsPrecommit,
localClock, realTime, receivedTimelyProposal, inspectedProposal,
beginConsensus, endConsensus, lastBeginConsensus, proposalTime, proposalReceivedTime>>
/\ action' = "OnRoundCatchup"
(********************* PROTOCOL TRANSITIONS ******************************)
\* advance the global clock
AdvanceRealTime ==
/\ realTime < MaxTimestamp
/\ realTime' = realTime + 1
/\ \/ /\ ~ClockDrift
/\ localClock' = [p \in Corr |-> localClock[p] + 1]
\/ /\ ClockDrift
/\ UNCHANGED localClock
/\ UNCHANGED <<round, step, decision, lockedValue, lockedRound,
validValue, validRound, evidence, msgsPropose, msgsPrevote, msgsPrecommit,
localClock, receivedTimelyProposal, inspectedProposal,
beginConsensus, endConsensus, lastBeginConsensus, proposalTime, proposalReceivedTime>>
/\ action' = "AdvanceRealTime"
\* advance the local clock of node p
AdvanceLocalClock(p) ==
/\ localClock[p] < MaxTimestamp
/\ localClock' = [localClock EXCEPT ![p] = @ + 1]
/\ UNCHANGED <<round, step, decision, lockedValue, lockedRound,
validValue, validRound, evidence, msgsPropose, msgsPrevote, msgsPrecommit,
realTime, receivedTimelyProposal, inspectedProposal,
beginConsensus, endConsensus, lastBeginConsensus, proposalTime, proposalReceivedTime>>
/\ action' = "AdvanceLocalClock"
\* process timely messages
MessageProcessing(p) ==
\* start round
\/ InsertProposal(p)
\* reception step
\/ ReceiveProposal(p)
\* processing step
\/ UponProposalInPropose(p)
\/ UponProposalInProposeAndPrevote(p)
\/ UponQuorumOfPrevotesAny(p)
\/ UponProposalInPrevoteOrCommitAndPrevote(p)
\/ UponQuorumOfPrecommitsAny(p)
\/ UponProposalInPrecommitNoDecision(p)
\* the actions below are not essential for safety, but added for completeness
\/ OnTimeoutPropose(p)
\/ OnQuorumOfNilPrevotes(p)
\/ OnRoundCatchup(p)
(*
* A system transition. In this specificatiom, the system may eventually deadlock,
* e.g., when all processes decide. This is expected behavior, as we focus on safety.
*)
Next ==
\/ AdvanceRealTime
\/ /\ ClockDrift
/\ \E p \in Corr: AdvanceLocalClock(p)
\/ /\ SynchronizedLocalClocks
/\ \E p \in Corr: MessageProcessing(p)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
(*************************** INVARIANTS *************************************)
\* [PBTS-INV-AGREEMENT.0]
AgreementOnValue ==
\A p, q \in Corr:
/\ decision[p] /= NilDecision
/\ decision[q] /= NilDecision
=> \E v \in ValidValues, t1 \in Timestamps, t2 \in Timestamps, r1 \in Rounds, r2 \in Rounds :
/\ decision[p] = Decision(v, t1, r1)
/\ decision[q] = Decision(v, t2, r2)
\* [PBTS-INV-TIME-AGR.0]
AgreementOnTime ==
\A p, q \in Corr:
\A v1 \in ValidValues, v2 \in ValidValues, t1 \in Timestamps, t2 \in Timestamps, r \in Rounds :
/\ decision[p] = Decision(v1, t1, r)
/\ decision[q] = Decision(v2, t2, r)
=> t1 = t2
\* [PBTS-CONSENSUS-TIME-VALID.0]
ConsensusTimeValid ==
\A p \in Corr, t \in Timestamps :
\* if a process decides on v and t
(\E v \in ValidValues, r \in Rounds : decision[p] = Decision(v, t, r))
\* then
=> /\ beginConsensus - Precision <= t
/\ t < endConsensus[p] + Precision + Delay
\* [PBTS-CONSENSUS-SAFE-VALID-CORR-PROP.0]
ConsensusSafeValidCorrProp ==
\A v \in ValidValues, t \in Timestamps :
\* if the proposer in the first round is correct
(/\ Proposer[0] \in Corr
\* and there exists a process that decided on v, t
/\ \E p \in Corr, r \in Rounds : decision[p] = Decision(v, t, r))
\* then t is between the minimal and maximal initial local time
=> /\ beginConsensus <= t
/\ t <= lastBeginConsensus
\* [PBTS-CONSENSUS-REALTIME-VALID-CORR.0]
ConsensusRealTimeValidCorr ==
\A t \in Timestamps, r \in Rounds :
(/\ \E p \in Corr, v \in ValidValues : decision[p] = Decision(v, t, r)
/\ proposalTime[r] /= NilTimestamp)
=> /\ proposalTime[r] - Accuracy < t
/\ t < proposalTime[r] + Accuracy
\* [PBTS-CONSENSUS-REALTIME-VALID.0]
ConsensusRealTimeValid ==
\A t \in Timestamps, r \in Rounds :
(\E p \in Corr, v \in ValidValues : decision[p] = Decision(v, t, r))
=> /\ proposalReceivedTime[r] - Accuracy - Precision < t
/\ t < proposalReceivedTime[r] + Accuracy + Precision + Delay
\* [PBTS-MSG-FAIR.0]
BoundedDelay ==
\A r \in Rounds :
(/\ proposalTime[r] /= NilTimestamp
/\ proposalTime[r] + Delay < realTime)
=> inspectedProposal[r] = Corr
\* [PBTS-CONSENSUS-TIME-LIVE.0]
ConsensusTimeLive ==
\A r \in Rounds, p \in Corr :
(/\ proposalTime[r] /= NilTimestamp
/\ proposalTime[r] + Delay < realTime
/\ Proposer[r] \in Corr
/\ round[p] <= r)
=> \E msg \in RoundProposals(r) : <<p, msg>> \in receivedTimelyProposal
\* a conjunction of all invariants
Inv ==
/\ AgreementOnValue
/\ AgreementOnTime
/\ ConsensusTimeValid
/\ ConsensusSafeValidCorrProp
/\ ConsensusRealTimeValid
/\ ConsensusRealTimeValidCorr
/\ BoundedDelay
Liveness ==
ConsensusTimeLive
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