Slight Performance improvements with Logging (#67)

* Slight Performance improvements with Logging

* Use exec in docker container

* Update packages for dockerfile

* Add flakey test and boot command specific logic

* Remove excess logging and add config val

.github/workflows/generic-testing.yml

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ jobs:
           echo vulcanize_ipld_eth_beacon_db=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/ipld-eth-beacon-db/ > ./config.sh
           echo vulcanize_ipld_eth_beacon_indexer=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/ipld-eth-beacon-indexer >> ./config.sh
           echo eth_beacon_config_file=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/ipld-eth-beacon-indexer/config/cicd/boot.ipld-eth-beacon-indexer.json >> ./config.sh
+          echo eth_beacon_capture_mode=boot >> ./config.sh
           cat ./config.sh
 
       - name: Run docker compose
@@ -159,7 +160,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo vulcanize_ipld_eth_beacon_db=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/ipld-eth-beacon-db/ > ./config.sh
           echo vulcanize_ipld_eth_beacon_indexer=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/ipld-eth-beacon-indexer >> ./config.sh
-          echo eth_beacon_capture_mode=boot >> ./config.sh
           cat ./config.sh
 
       - name: Run docker compose

.gitignore

@@ -8,4 +8,6 @@ temp/*
 pkg/beaconclient/ssz-data/
 *.test
 ipld-eth-beacon-indexer.log
+ipld-eth-beacon-indexer
 config/local.ipld-eth-beacon-indexer-config.json
+config/docker.ipld-eth-beacon-indexer-config.json

Dockerfile

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM golang:1.18-alpine as builder
 
 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/vulcanize/ipld-eth-beacon-indexer
-RUN apk --no-cache add ca-certificates make git g++ linux-headers
+RUN apk --no-cache add ca-certificates make git g++ linux-headers libstdc++
 
 ENV GO111MODULE=on
 COPY go.mod .
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ COPY go.sum .
 RUN go mod tidy; go mod download
 COPY . .
 
-RUN GCO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux go build -race -a -installsuffix cgo -ldflags '-extldflags "-static"' -o ipld-eth-beacon-indexer .
+RUN GCO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux go build -race -ldflags="-s -w" -o ipld-eth-beacon-indexer .
 RUN chmod +x ipld-eth-beacon-indexer
 
 FROM frolvlad/alpine-bash:latest
-RUN apk --no-cache add ca-certificates
+RUN apk --no-cache add ca-certificates libstdc++
 WORKDIR /root/
 COPY --from=builder /go/src/github.com/vulcanize/ipld-eth-beacon-indexer/ipld-eth-beacon-indexer /root/ipld-eth-beacon-indexer
 ADD entrypoint.sh .

Makefile

@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ unit-test-local:
 	go fmt ./...
 	$(GINKGO) -r --label-filter unit \
 	--randomize-all --randomize-suites \
+	--flake-attempts=3 \
 	--fail-on-pending --keep-going \
 	--trace
 
@@ -75,7 +76,8 @@ unit-test-ci:
 	go vet ./...
 	go fmt ./...
 	$(GINKGO) -r --label-filter unit \
-	--randomize-all --randomize-suites \
+	--randomize-all --randomize-suites
+	--flake-attempts=3 \
 	--fail-on-pending --keep-going \
 	--cover --coverprofile=cover.profile \
 	--trace --json-report=report.json

entrypoint.sh

@@ -5,19 +5,20 @@ echo "Starting ipld-eth-beacon-indexer"
 
 echo /root/ipld-eth-beacon-indexer capture ${CAPTURE_MODE} --config /root/ipld-eth-beacon-config.json > /root/ipld-eth-beacon-indexer.output
 
-/root/ipld-eth-beacon-indexer capture ${CAPTURE_MODE} --config /root/ipld-eth-beacon-config.json > /root/ipld-eth-beacon-indexer.output
+if [ ${CAPTURE_MODE} == "boot" ]; then
-rv=$?
+    /root/ipld-eth-beacon-indexer capture ${CAPTURE_MODE} --config /root/ipld-eth-beacon-config.json > /root/ipld-eth-beacon-indexer.output
+    rv=$?
 
-if [ $rv != 0 ]; then
+    if [ $rv != 0 ]; then
-  echo "ipld-eth-beacon-indexer failed"
+      echo "ipld-eth-beacon-indexer boot failed"
-  echo $rv > /root/HEALTH
+    else
-  echo $rv
+      echo "ipld-eth-beacon-indexer boot succeeded"
-  cat /root/ipld-eth-beacon-indexer.output
+    fi
+      echo $rv > /root/HEALTH
+      echo $rv
+      cat /root/ipld-eth-beacon-indexer.output
+
+    tail -f /dev/null
 else
-  echo "ipld-eth-beacon-indexer succeeded"
+    exec /root/ipld-eth-beacon-indexer capture ${CAPTURE_MODE} --config /root/ipld-eth-beacon-config.json > /root/ipld-eth-beacon-indexer.output
-  echo $rv > /root/HEALTH
+fi
-  echo $rv
-  cat /root/ipld-eth-beacon-indexer.output
-fi
-
-tail -f /dev/null

pkg/beaconclient/capturehistoric.go

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import (
 func (bc *BeaconClient) CaptureHistoric(ctx context.Context, maxWorkers int) []error {
 	log.Info("We are starting the historical processing service.")
 	bc.HistoricalProcess = HistoricProcessing{db: bc.Db, metrics: bc.Metrics, uniqueNodeIdentifier: bc.UniqueNodeIdentifier}
-	errs := handleBatchProcess(ctx, maxWorkers, bc.HistoricalProcess, bc.HistoricalProcess.db, bc.ServerEndpoint, bc.Metrics, bc.CheckDb)
+	errs := handleBatchProcess(ctx, maxWorkers, bc.HistoricalProcess, bc.HistoricalProcess.db, bc.ServerEndpoint, bc.Metrics, bc.CheckDb, bc.Metrics.IncrementHistoricSlotProcessed)
 	log.Debug("Exiting Historical")
 	return errs
 }
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ func (bc *BeaconClient) CaptureHistoric(ctx context.Context, maxWorkers int) []e
 // This function will perform all the necessary clean up tasks for stopping historical processing.
 func (bc *BeaconClient) StopHistoric(cancel context.CancelFunc) error {
 	log.Info("We are stopping the historical processing service.")
-	err := bc.HistoricalProcess.releaseDbLocks(cancel)
+	cancel()
+	err := bc.HistoricalProcess.releaseDbLocks()
 	if err != nil {
 		loghelper.LogError(err).WithField("uniqueIdentifier", bc.UniqueNodeIdentifier).Error("We were unable to remove the locks from the eth_beacon.historic_processing table. Manual Intervention is needed!")
 	}
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ type BatchProcessing interface {
 	getSlotRange(context.Context, chan<- slotsToProcess) []error       // Write the slots to process in a channel, return an error if you cant get the next slots to write.
 	handleProcessingErrors(context.Context, <-chan batchHistoricError) // Custom logic to handle errors.
 	removeTableEntry(context.Context, <-chan slotsToProcess) error     // With the provided start and end slot, remove the entry from the database.
-	releaseDbLocks(context.CancelFunc) error                           // Update the checked_out column to false for whatever table is being updated.
+	releaseDbLocks() error                                             // Update the checked_out column to false for whatever table is being updated.
 }
 
 /// ^^^
@@ -90,19 +91,24 @@ type batchHistoricError struct {
 // 4. Remove the slot entry from the DB.
 //
 // 5. Handle any errors.
-func handleBatchProcess(ctx context.Context, maxWorkers int, bp BatchProcessing, db sql.Database, serverEndpoint string, metrics *BeaconClientMetrics, checkDb bool) []error {
+func handleBatchProcess(ctx context.Context, maxWorkers int, bp BatchProcessing, db sql.Database, serverEndpoint string, metrics *BeaconClientMetrics, checkDb bool, incrementTracker func(uint64)) []error {
 	slotsCh := make(chan slotsToProcess)
 	workCh := make(chan int)
 	processedCh := make(chan slotsToProcess)
 	errCh := make(chan batchHistoricError)
 	finalErrCh := make(chan []error, 1)
 
+	// Checkout Rows with same node Identifier.
+	err := bp.releaseDbLocks()
+	if err != nil {
+		loghelper.LogError(err).Error(("We are unable to un-checkout entries at the start!"))
+	}
+
 	// Start workers
 	for w := 1; w <= maxWorkers; w++ {
-		log.WithFields(log.Fields{"maxWorkers": maxWorkers}).Debug("Starting batch  processing workers")
+		log.WithFields(log.Fields{"maxWorkers": maxWorkers}).Debug("Starting batch processing workers")
 
-		// Pass in function to increment metric! KnownGapProcessing or HistoricProcessing
+		go processSlotRangeWorker(ctx, workCh, errCh, db, serverEndpoint, metrics, checkDb, incrementTracker)
-		go processSlotRangeWorker(ctx, workCh, errCh, db, serverEndpoint, metrics, checkDb)
 	}
 
 	// Process all ranges and send each individual slot to the worker.

pkg/beaconclient/databasewrite.go

@@ -90,12 +90,12 @@ type DatabaseWriter struct {
 	DbSlots              *DbSlots
 	DbSignedBeaconBlock  *DbSignedBeaconBlock
 	DbBeaconState        *DbBeaconState
-	rawBeaconState       []byte
+	rawBeaconState       *[]byte
-	rawSignedBeaconBlock []byte
+	rawSignedBeaconBlock *[]byte
 }
 
 func CreateDatabaseWrite(db sql.Database, slot int, stateRoot string, blockRoot string, parentBlockRoot string,
-	eth1BlockHash string, status string, rawSignedBeaconBlock []byte, rawBeaconState []byte, metrics *BeaconClientMetrics) (*DatabaseWriter, error) {
+	eth1BlockHash string, status string, rawSignedBeaconBlock *[]byte, rawBeaconState *[]byte, metrics *BeaconClientMetrics) (*DatabaseWriter, error) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	tx, err := db.Begin(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ func (dw *DatabaseWriter) transactFullSlot() error {
 		//	return err
 		//}
 		// Might want to seperate writing to public.blocks so we can do this concurrently...
+		// Cant concurrently write because we are using a transaction.
 		err := dw.transactSignedBeaconBlocks()
 		if err != nil {
 			loghelper.LogSlotError(dw.DbSlots.Slot, err).Error("We couldn't write to the eth_beacon block table...")
@@ -240,8 +241,8 @@ func (dw *DatabaseWriter) transactSignedBeaconBlocks() error {
 }
 
 // Upsert to public.blocks.
-func (dw *DatabaseWriter) upsertPublicBlocks(key string, data []byte) error {
+func (dw *DatabaseWriter) upsertPublicBlocks(key string, data *[]byte) error {
-	_, err := dw.Tx.Exec(dw.Ctx, UpsertBlocksStmt, key, data)
+	_, err := dw.Tx.Exec(dw.Ctx, UpsertBlocksStmt, key, *data)
 	if err != nil {
 		loghelper.LogSlotError(dw.DbSlots.Slot, err).Error("Unable to write to the slot to the public.blocks table")
 		return err

pkg/beaconclient/metrics.go

@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ func CreateBeaconClientMetrics() (*BeaconClientMetrics, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	err = prometheusRegisterHelper("historic_slots_processed", "Keeps track of the number of historic slots we successfully processed.", &metrics.HistoricSlotProcessed)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 	err = prometheusRegisterHelper("head_error", "Keeps track of the number of errors we had processing head messages.", &metrics.HeadError)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -91,6 +95,7 @@ type BeaconClientMetrics struct {
 	KnownGapsInserts        uint64 // Number of known_gaps we successfully wrote to the DB.
 	KnownGapsProcessed      uint64 // Number of knownGaps processed.
 	KnownGapsReprocessError uint64 // Number of knownGaps that were updated with an error.
+	HistoricSlotProcessed   uint64 // Number of historic slots successfully processed.
 	HeadError               uint64 // Number of errors that occurred when decoding the head message.
 	HeadReorgError          uint64 // Number of errors that occurred when decoding the reorg message.
 }
@@ -135,6 +140,11 @@ func (m *BeaconClientMetrics) IncrementReorgError(inc uint64) {
 // Wrapper function to increment the number of knownGaps that were updated with reprocessing errors.
 //If we want to use mutexes later we can easily update all occurrences here.
 func (m *BeaconClientMetrics) IncrementKnownGapsReprocessError(inc uint64) {
-	log.Debug("Incrementing Known Gap Reprocessing: ", &m.KnownGapsReprocessError)
 	atomic.AddUint64(&m.KnownGapsReprocessError, inc)
 }
+
+// Wrapper function to increment the number of historicSlots that were processed successfully.
+// If we want to use mutexes later we can easily update all occurrences here.
+func (m *BeaconClientMetrics) IncrementHistoricSlotProcessed(inc uint64) {
+	atomic.AddUint64(&m.HistoricSlotProcessed, inc)
+}

pkg/beaconclient/processhistoric.go

@@ -81,11 +81,8 @@ func (hp HistoricProcessing) handleProcessingErrors(ctx context.Context, errMess
 }
 
 // "un"-checkout the rows held by this DB in the eth_beacon.historical_process table.
-func (hp HistoricProcessing) releaseDbLocks(cancel context.CancelFunc) error {
+func (hp HistoricProcessing) releaseDbLocks() error {
-	cancel()
 	log.Debug("Updating all the entries to eth_beacon.historical processing")
-	log.Debug("Db: ", hp.db)
-	log.Debug("hp.uniqueNodeIdentifier ", hp.uniqueNodeIdentifier)
 	res, err := hp.db.Exec(context.Background(), releaseHpLockStmt, hp.uniqueNodeIdentifier)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Unable to remove lock from eth_beacon.historical_processing table for node %d, error is %e", hp.uniqueNodeIdentifier, err)
@@ -100,7 +97,7 @@ func (hp HistoricProcessing) releaseDbLocks(cancel context.CancelFunc) error {
 }
 
 // Process the slot range.
-func processSlotRangeWorker(ctx context.Context, workCh <-chan int, errCh chan<- batchHistoricError, db sql.Database, serverAddress string, metrics *BeaconClientMetrics, checkDb bool) {
+func processSlotRangeWorker(ctx context.Context, workCh <-chan int, errCh chan<- batchHistoricError, db sql.Database, serverAddress string, metrics *BeaconClientMetrics, checkDb bool, incrementTracker func(uint64)) {
 	for {
 		select {
 		case <-ctx.Done():
@@ -115,6 +112,8 @@ func processSlotRangeWorker(ctx context.Context, workCh <-chan int, errCh chan<-
 					slot:       slot,
 				}
 				errCh <- errMs
+			} else {
+				incrementTracker(1)
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -149,7 +148,7 @@ func getBatchProcessRow(ctx context.Context, db sql.Database, getStartEndSlotStm
 				errCount = append(errCount, err)
 			}
 			if row < 1 {
-				time.Sleep(1000 * time.Millisecond)
+				time.Sleep(3 * time.Second)
 				log.Debug("We are checking rows, be patient")
 				break
 			}
@@ -176,7 +175,7 @@ func getBatchProcessRow(ctx context.Context, db sql.Database, getStartEndSlotStm
 			err = tx.QueryRow(dbCtx, getStartEndSlotStmt).Scan(&sp.startSlot, &sp.endSlot)
 			if err != nil {
 				if err == pgx.ErrNoRows {
-					time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
+					time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
 					break
 				}
 				loghelper.LogSlotRangeStatementError(strconv.Itoa(sp.startSlot), strconv.Itoa(sp.endSlot), getStartEndSlotStmt, err).Error("Unable to get a row")
@@ -253,7 +252,7 @@ func removeRowPostProcess(ctx context.Context, db sql.Database, processCh <-chan
 					if isStartProcess && isEndProcess {
 						break
 					}
-					time.Sleep(1000 * time.Millisecond)
+					time.Sleep(3 * time.Second)
 				}
 
 				_, err := db.Exec(context.Background(), removeStmt, strconv.Itoa(slots.startSlot), strconv.Itoa(slots.endSlot))

pkg/beaconclient/processknowngaps.go

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ type KnownGapsProcessing struct {
 func (bc *BeaconClient) ProcessKnownGaps(ctx context.Context, maxWorkers int) []error {
 	log.Info("We are starting the known gaps processing service.")
 	bc.KnownGapsProcess = KnownGapsProcessing{db: bc.Db, uniqueNodeIdentifier: bc.UniqueNodeIdentifier, metrics: bc.Metrics}
-	errs := handleBatchProcess(ctx, maxWorkers, bc.KnownGapsProcess, bc.KnownGapsProcess.db, bc.ServerEndpoint, bc.Metrics, bc.CheckDb)
+	errs := handleBatchProcess(ctx, maxWorkers, bc.KnownGapsProcess, bc.KnownGapsProcess.db, bc.ServerEndpoint, bc.Metrics, bc.CheckDb, bc.Metrics.IncrementKnownGapsProcessed)
 	log.Debug("Exiting known gaps processing service")
 	return errs
 }
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ func (bc *BeaconClient) ProcessKnownGaps(ctx context.Context, maxWorkers int) []
 // This function will perform all the necessary clean up tasks for stopping historical processing.
 func (bc *BeaconClient) StopKnownGapsProcessing(cancel context.CancelFunc) error {
 	log.Info("We are stopping the known gaps processing service.")
-	err := bc.KnownGapsProcess.releaseDbLocks(cancel)
+	cancel()
+	err := bc.KnownGapsProcess.releaseDbLocks()
 	if err != nil {
 		loghelper.LogError(err).WithField("uniqueIdentifier", bc.UniqueNodeIdentifier).Error("We were unable to remove the locks from the eth_beacon.known_gaps table. Manual Intervention is needed!")
 	}
@@ -121,11 +122,8 @@ func (kgp KnownGapsProcessing) handleProcessingErrors(ctx context.Context, errMe
 }
 
 // Updated checked_out column for the uniqueNodeIdentifier.
-func (kgp KnownGapsProcessing) releaseDbLocks(cancel context.CancelFunc) error {
+func (kgp KnownGapsProcessing) releaseDbLocks() error {
-	cancel()
 	log.Debug("Updating all the entries to eth_beacon.known_gaps")
-	log.Debug("Db: ", kgp.db)
-	log.Debug("kgp.uniqueNodeIdentifier ", kgp.uniqueNodeIdentifier)
 	res, err := kgp.db.Exec(context.Background(), releaseKgLockStmt, kgp.uniqueNodeIdentifier)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err

pkg/beaconclient/processslot.go

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v4"
 	si "github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/consensus-types/interfaces"
@@ -50,15 +51,16 @@ var (
 type ProcessSlot struct {
 	// Generic
 
-	Slot            int                  // The slot number.
+	Slot               int                  // The slot number.
-	Epoch           int                  // The epoch number.
+	Epoch              int                  // The epoch number.
-	BlockRoot       string               // The hex encoded string of the BlockRoot.
+	BlockRoot          string               // The hex encoded string of the BlockRoot.
-	StateRoot       string               // The hex encoded string of the StateRoot.
+	StateRoot          string               // The hex encoded string of the StateRoot.
-	ParentBlockRoot string               // The hex encoded string of the parent block.
+	ParentBlockRoot    string               // The hex encoded string of the parent block.
-	Status          string               // The status of the block
+	Status             string               // The status of the block
-	HeadOrHistoric  string               // Is this the head or a historic slot. This is critical when trying to analyze errors and skipped slots.
+	HeadOrHistoric     string               // Is this the head or a historic slot. This is critical when trying to analyze errors and skipped slots.
-	Db              sql.Database         // The DB object used to write to the DB.
+	Db                 sql.Database         // The DB object used to write to the DB.
-	Metrics         *BeaconClientMetrics // An object to keep track of the beaconclient metrics
+	Metrics            *BeaconClientMetrics // An object to keep track of the beaconclient metrics
+	PerformanceMetrics PerformanceMetrics   // An object to keep track of performance metrics.
 	// BeaconBlock
 
 	SszSignedBeaconBlock  []byte               // The entire SSZ encoded SignedBeaconBlock
@@ -74,6 +76,19 @@ type ProcessSlot struct {
 	DbBeaconState            *DbBeaconState       // The model being written to the state table.
 }
 
+type PerformanceMetrics struct {
+	BeaconNodeBlockRetrievalTime time.Duration // How long it took to get the BeaconBlock from the Beacon Node.
+	BeaconNodeStateRetrievalTime time.Duration // How long it took to get the BeaconState from the Beacon Node.
+	ParseBeaconObjectForHash     time.Duration // How long it took to get some information from the beacon objects.
+	CheckDbPreProcessing         time.Duration // How long it takes to check the DB before processing a block.
+	CreateDbWriteObject          time.Duration // How long it takes to create a DB write object.
+	TransactSlotOnly             time.Duration // How long it takes to transact the slot information only.
+	CheckReorg                   time.Duration // How long it takes to check for Reorgs
+	CommitTransaction            time.Duration // How long it takes to commit the final transaction.
+	TotalDbTransaction           time.Duration // How long it takes from start to committing the entire DB transaction.
+	TotalProcessing              time.Duration // How long it took to process the entire slot.
+}
+
 // This function will do all the work to process the slot and write it to the DB.
 // It will return the error and error process. The error process is used for providing reach detail to the
 // known_gaps table.
@@ -82,6 +97,7 @@ func processFullSlot(ctx context.Context, db sql.Database, serverAddress string,
 	case <-ctx.Done():
 		return nil, ""
 	default:
+		totalStart := time.Now()
 		ps := &ProcessSlot{
 			Slot:           slot,
 			BlockRoot:      blockRoot,
@@ -89,6 +105,18 @@ func processFullSlot(ctx context.Context, db sql.Database, serverAddress string,
 			HeadOrHistoric: headOrHistoric,
 			Db:             db,
 			Metrics:        metrics,
+			PerformanceMetrics: PerformanceMetrics{
+				BeaconNodeBlockRetrievalTime: 0,
+				BeaconNodeStateRetrievalTime: 0,
+				ParseBeaconObjectForHash:     0,
+				CheckDbPreProcessing:         0,
+				CreateDbWriteObject:          0,
+				TransactSlotOnly:             0,
+				CheckReorg:                   0,
+				CommitTransaction:            0,
+				TotalDbTransaction:           0,
+				TotalProcessing:              0,
+			},
 		}
 
 		g, _ := errgroup.WithContext(context.Background())
@@ -100,10 +128,12 @@ func processFullSlot(ctx context.Context, db sql.Database, serverAddress string,
 			case <-ctx.Done():
 				return nil
 			default:
+				start := time.Now()
 				err := ps.getBeaconState(serverAddress, vUnmarshalerCh)
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
+				ps.PerformanceMetrics.BeaconNodeStateRetrievalTime = time.Since(start)
 				return nil
 			}
 		})
@@ -114,10 +144,12 @@ func processFullSlot(ctx context.Context, db sql.Database, serverAddress string,
 			case <-ctx.Done():
 				return nil
 			default:
+				start := time.Now()
 				err := ps.getSignedBeaconBlock(serverAddress, vUnmarshalerCh)
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
+				ps.PerformanceMetrics.BeaconNodeBlockRetrievalTime = time.Since(start)
 				return nil
 			}
 		})
@@ -126,11 +158,15 @@ func processFullSlot(ctx context.Context, db sql.Database, serverAddress string,
 			return err, "processSlot"
 		}
 
+		parseBeaconTime := time.Now()
 		finalBlockRoot, finalStateRoot, finalEth1BlockHash, err := ps.provideFinalHash()
 		if err != nil {
 			return err, "CalculateBlockRoot"
 		}
+		ps.PerformanceMetrics.ParseBeaconObjectForHash = time.Since(parseBeaconTime)
+
 		if checkDb {
+			checkDbTime := time.Now()
 			inDb, err := IsSlotInDb(ctx, ps.Db, strconv.Itoa(ps.Slot), finalBlockRoot, finalStateRoot)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err, "checkDb"
@@ -139,26 +175,35 @@ func processFullSlot(ctx context.Context, db sql.Database, serverAddress string,
 				log.WithField("slot", slot).Info("Slot already in the DB.")
 				return nil, ""
 			}
+			ps.PerformanceMetrics.CheckDbPreProcessing = time.Since(checkDbTime)
 		}
 
 		// Get this object ready to write
+		createDbWriteTime := time.Now()
 		dw, err := ps.createWriteObjects(finalBlockRoot, finalStateRoot, finalEth1BlockHash)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err, "blockRoot"
 		}
+		ps.PerformanceMetrics.CreateDbWriteObject = time.Since(createDbWriteTime)
+
 		// Write the object to the DB.
+		dbFullTransactionTime := time.Now()
 		defer func() {
 			err := dw.Tx.Rollback(dw.Ctx)
 			if err != nil && err != pgx.ErrTxClosed {
 				loghelper.LogError(err).Error("We were unable to Rollback a transaction")
 			}
 		}()
+
+		transactionTime := time.Now()
 		err = dw.transactFullSlot()
 		if err != nil {
 			return err, "processSlot"
 		}
+		ps.PerformanceMetrics.TransactSlotOnly = time.Since(transactionTime)
 
 		// Handle any reorgs or skipped slots.
+		reorgTime := time.Now()
 		headOrHistoric = strings.ToLower(headOrHistoric)
 		if headOrHistoric != "head" && headOrHistoric != "historic" {
 			return fmt.Errorf("headOrHistoric must be either historic or head!"), ""
@@ -166,11 +211,23 @@ func processFullSlot(ctx context.Context, db sql.Database, serverAddress string,
 		if ps.HeadOrHistoric == "head" && previousSlot != 0 && previousBlockRoot != "" && ps.Status != "skipped" {
 			ps.checkPreviousSlot(dw.Tx, dw.Ctx, previousSlot, previousBlockRoot, knownGapsTableIncrement)
 		}
+		ps.PerformanceMetrics.CheckReorg = time.Since(reorgTime)
 
 		// Commit the transaction
+		commitTime := time.Now()
 		if err = dw.Tx.Commit(dw.Ctx); err != nil {
 			return err, "transactionCommit"
 		}
+		ps.PerformanceMetrics.CommitTransaction = time.Since(commitTime)
+
+		// Total metric capture time.
+		ps.PerformanceMetrics.TotalDbTransaction = time.Since(dbFullTransactionTime)
+		ps.PerformanceMetrics.TotalProcessing = time.Since(totalStart)
+
+		log.WithFields(log.Fields{
+			"slot":               slot,
+			"performanceMetrics": fmt.Sprintf("%+v\n", ps.PerformanceMetrics),
+		}).Debug("Performance Metric output!")
 
 		return nil, ""
 	}
@@ -261,23 +318,24 @@ func (ps *ProcessSlot) getBeaconState(serverEndpoint string, vmCh chan<- *dt.Ver
 // Check to make sure that the previous block we processed is the parent of the current block.
 func (ps *ProcessSlot) checkPreviousSlot(tx sql.Tx, ctx context.Context, previousSlot int, previousBlockRoot string, knownGapsTableIncrement int) {
 	parentRoot := "0x" + hex.EncodeToString(ps.FullSignedBeaconBlock.Block().ParentRoot())
-	if previousSlot == int(ps.FullBeaconState.Slot()) {
+	slot := int(ps.FullBeaconState.Slot())
+	if previousSlot == slot {
 		log.WithFields(log.Fields{
-			"slot": ps.FullBeaconState.Slot(),
+			"slot": slot,
 			"fork": true,
 		}).Warn("A fork occurred! The previous slot and current slot match.")
 		transactReorgs(tx, ctx, strconv.Itoa(ps.Slot), ps.BlockRoot, ps.Metrics)
-	} else if previousSlot > int(ps.FullBeaconState.Slot()) {
+	} else if previousSlot > slot {
 		log.WithFields(log.Fields{
 			"previousSlot": previousSlot,
-			"curSlot":      int(ps.FullBeaconState.Slot()),
+			"curSlot":      slot,
 		}).Warn("We noticed the previous slot is greater than the current slot.")
-	} else if previousSlot+1 != int(ps.FullBeaconState.Slot()) {
+	} else if previousSlot+1 != slot {
 		log.WithFields(log.Fields{
 			"previousSlot": previousSlot,
-			"currentSlot":  ps.FullBeaconState.Slot(),
+			"currentSlot":  slot,
 		}).Error("We skipped a few slots.")
-		transactKnownGaps(tx, ctx, knownGapsTableIncrement, previousSlot+1, int(ps.FullBeaconState.Slot())-1, fmt.Errorf("Gaps during head processing"), "headGaps", ps.Metrics)
+		transactKnownGaps(tx, ctx, knownGapsTableIncrement, previousSlot+1, slot-1, fmt.Errorf("Gaps during head processing"), "headGaps", ps.Metrics)
 	} else if previousBlockRoot != parentRoot {
 		log.WithFields(log.Fields{
 			"previousBlockRoot":  previousBlockRoot,
@@ -298,7 +356,7 @@ func (ps *ProcessSlot) createWriteObjects(blockRoot, stateRoot, eth1BlockHash st
 		status = "proposed"
 	}
 
-	dw, err := CreateDatabaseWrite(ps.Db, ps.Slot, stateRoot, blockRoot, ps.ParentBlockRoot, eth1BlockHash, status, ps.SszSignedBeaconBlock, ps.SszBeaconState, ps.Metrics)
+	dw, err := CreateDatabaseWrite(ps.Db, ps.Slot, stateRoot, blockRoot, ps.ParentBlockRoot, eth1BlockHash, status, &ps.SszSignedBeaconBlock, &ps.SszBeaconState, ps.Metrics)
 	if err != nil {
 		return dw, err
 	}