A failed sidecar on purpose

utils/sidecar.py

@@ -19,49 +19,8 @@
 
 @application.route("/is_synced")
 def sync_checker():
-    """
-    Here we don't trust the /is_bootstrapped endpoint of
-    octez-node. We have seen it return true when the node is
-    in a bad state (for example, some crashed threads)
-    Instead, we query the head block and verify timestamp is
-    not too old.
-    """
-    try:
-        r = requests.get("http://127.0.0.1:8732/chains/main/blocks/head/header", timeout=NODE_CONNECT_TIMEOUT)
-    except ConnectTimeout as e:
-        err = "Timeout connect to node, %s" % repr(e), 500
-        application.logger.error(err)
-        return err
-    except ReadTimeout as e:
-        err = "Timeout read from node, %s" % repr(e), 500
-        application.logger.error(err)
-        return err
-    except RequestException as e:
-        err = "Could not connect to node, %s" % repr(e), 500
-        application.logger.error(err)
-        return err
-
-    header = r.json()
-    if header["level"] == 0:
-        # when chain has not been activated, bypass age check
-        # and return successfully to mark as ready
-        # otherwise it will never activate (activation uses rpc service)
-        return "Chain has not been activated yet"
-    timestamp = r.json()["timestamp"]
-    block_age = datetime.datetime.utcnow() - datetime.datetime.strptime(
-        timestamp, "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ"
-    )
-    age_in_secs = block_age.total_seconds()
-    if age_in_secs > AGE_LIMIT_IN_SECS:
-        err = (
-            "Error: Chain head is %s secs old, older than %s"
-            % (age_in_secs, AGE_LIMIT_IN_SECS),
-            500,
-        )
-        application.logger.error(err)
-        return err
-    return "Chain is bootstrapped"
-
+    # Fail sidecar on purpose
+    return "Fail sidecar on purpose", 500
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     application.run(host="0.0.0.0", port=31732, debug=False)