Geth won’t start syncing with Docker Issue #26810 ethereum/go-ethereum GitHub

system information

geth
Version: 1.11.3-unstable
Git commit: 27e5982
Architecture: arm64
Go version: go1.20.1
Operating system: Linux
GOPATH=
GOROOT=

I’m running a GETH node with Docker on a Raspberry Pi4 and it’s doing a fresh sync (no previous database etc, just a new JWT for the beacon client) in snap mode. I correctly enabled port forwarding and the beacon client (Nimbus) had no problems syncing up until the merge slots, after which it stopped due to GETH not syncing. This is part of my docker compose file relevant to the GETH node:

execution: “3.8“

Services:
geth:
Picture: ethereum/client-go:latest
pull_policy: always
container name: geth
reboot: unless stopped
stop_signal: SIGN
volumes: – /ethereum:/root/.ethereum/
– /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
– /etc/timezone:/etc/timezone:ro
ports: – 30303:30303/tcp
– 30303:30303/udp
– 127.0.0.1:8545:8545
– 127.0.0.1:8546:8546
– 127.0.0.1:8551:8551
command: – –cache=2048
– –http
– –http.api=txpool,eth,net,web3,engine,admin
– –http.addr=0.0.0.0
– –http.vhosts=*
– –http.corsdomain=*
– –ws
– –ws.origins=*
– –ws.addr=0.0.0.0
– –maxpeers=64
– –ws.api=txpool,eth,net,web3,engine,admin
– –graphql
– –graphql.corsdomain=*
– –graphql.vhosts=*
– –authrpc.addr=0.0.0.0
– –authrpc.vhosts=*
– –authrpc.jwtsecret=/root/.ethereum/jwt.hex
– –authrpc.port=8551
– –txlookuplimit=0
– –nat=extip:
<: *Log

eth.syncing always returns false. The node has been online for almost 20 days and I have no problems finding and connecting to peers. I expect GETH to start syncing or provide relevant error messages as to why it isn’t. Even with debug level 5, I only got information about incoming and outgoing connections. There was no downtime or unexpected shutdowns.

An extract from the minutes can be found here. I recently restarted the node and only provided the initial boot logs below, but the only things are these warning messages and nothing else. At the moment I’m on the unstable version, but this problem persists on geth/v1.11.2-stable-73b01f40/linux-arm64/go1.20.1.

I should also note that in August 2022 I was able to fully sync without using Docker on the same Raspberry Pi.

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