fix

Author: samricotta

harness/finalityprovider.go

@@ -199,8 +199,16 @@ func (fpi *FinalityProviderInstance) register(
 		Pop:         pop,
 	}
 
-	if err := fpi.client.SendMsgs(ctx, []sdk.Msg{msgNewVal}); err != nil {
-		return err
+	for i := 0; i < 3; i++ {
+		if err := fpi.client.SendMsgs(ctx, []sdk.Msg{msgNewVal}); err != nil {
+			if i == 2 { // Last attempt
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to register finality provider after 3 attempts: %w", err)
+			}
+			fmt.Printf("🔄 Finality provider registration attempt %d failed, retrying in 2s: %v\n", i+1, err)
+			time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
+			continue
+		}
+		break // Success
 	}
 
 	return nil

harness/headergenerator.go

@@ -29,11 +29,18 @@ func (s *BTCHeaderGenerator) CatchUpBTCLightClient(ctx context.Context) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	var btclcHeight uint32
 	tipResp, err := s.client.BTCHeaderChainTip()
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		fmt.Printf("🧱 BTC light client not ready yet, will sync incrementally: %v\n", err)
+		return nil
+	}
+	btclcHeight = tipResp.Header.Height
+
+	if btclcHeight >= uint32(btcHeight) {
+		fmt.Printf("🧱 BTC light client already up to date (LC: %d, BTC: %d)\n", btclcHeight, btcHeight)
+		return nil
 	}
-	btclcHeight := tipResp.Header.Height
 
 	headers := make([]*wire.BlockHeader, 0, btcHeight)
 	for i := int(btclcHeight + 1); i <= int(btcHeight); i++ {
@@ -102,7 +109,8 @@ func (g *BTCHeaderGenerator) genBlocks(ctx context.Context) error {
 
 	tipResp, err := g.client.BTCHeaderChainTip()
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		fmt.Printf("🚫 Failed to get BTC light client tip: %v\n", err)
+		return nil // Don't fail the entire process, just skip this iteration
 	}
 	btclcHeight := tipResp.Header.Height