From a285b057d89eae0fac73aa669bb6e2f095e3caaf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tilacog <tilacog@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2023 18:33:12 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] service: Relax network subgraph validation during startup

---
 packages/indexer-agent/src/agent.ts            |  2 ++
 packages/indexer-service/CHANGELOG.md          |  2 ++
 packages/indexer-service/src/commands/start.ts | 18 ++++++++++++------
 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/indexer-agent/src/agent.ts b/packages/indexer-agent/src/agent.ts
index a2a83aa15..eae81f1c9 100644
--- a/packages/indexer-agent/src/agent.ts
+++ b/packages/indexer-agent/src/agent.ts
@@ -1302,6 +1302,8 @@ export class Agent {
     )
   }
 
+  // TODO: This could be a initialization check inside Network.create() once/if the Indexer Service
+  // uses Network instances.
   async ensureNetworkSubgraphIsIndexing(network: Network) {
     if (
       network.specification.subgraphs.networkSubgraph.deployment !== undefined
diff --git a/packages/indexer-service/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/indexer-service/CHANGELOG.md
index 309dcac55..c06741d90 100644
--- a/packages/indexer-service/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/indexer-service/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+### Changed
+- Relax network subgraph validation during indexer-service startup
 
 ## [0.20.21] - 2023-08-24
 ### Changed
diff --git a/packages/indexer-service/src/commands/start.ts b/packages/indexer-service/src/commands/start.ts
index 278db8502..1bc53cf59 100644
--- a/packages/indexer-service/src/commands/start.ts
+++ b/packages/indexer-service/src/commands/start.ts
@@ -312,12 +312,18 @@ export default {
     // If the network subgraph deployment is present, validate if the `chainId` we get from our
     // provider is consistent.
     if (argv.networkSubgraphDeployment) {
-      await validateProviderNetworkIdentifier(
-        protocolNetwork,
-        argv.networkSubgraphDeployment,
-        graphNode,
-        logger,
-      )
+      try {
+        await validateProviderNetworkIdentifier(
+          protocolNetwork,
+          argv.networkSubgraphDeployment,
+          graphNode,
+          logger,
+        )
+      } catch (e) {
+        logger.warn(
+          'Failed to validate Network Subgraph on index-nodes. Will use external subgraph endpoint instead',
+        )
+      }
     }
 
     logger.info('Connect to contracts', {