"retrieved ancestor invalid" message during synchronization

Question

We have been running a private ethereum network for a couple of months.

Today we tried to add a new node to the network. When the node was synchronizing, (after 3-4 hours) it stopped with the following message :

5a0e number=847268 hash=0000...0000 allowance=847268 WARN [03-23|15:11:45] Synchronization failed dropping peer 5a0e err="retrieved ancestor invalid"

We tried it again by starting from scratch (deleting all retrieved chain) and the same problem appeared again at the same number=847268.

I will appreciate your help on resolving this issue.

you figure this out?
– Travis Reeder
Commented Jun 21, 2017 at 5:24 — Travis Reeder, Commented Jun 21, 2017 at 5:24

ato · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-18 08:31:28Z

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I had the same problem but solved it in the following way.

Go to your chaindata directory like "/home/user/.ethereum/testnet/geth/chaindata"
Delete some of the recent ldb files and .log file. ( I've deleted 10 recent files.)

answered May 18, 2017 at 1:28

ato

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Got Fatal: Error starting protocol stack: missing block number for head header hash after doing this.
– denis.peplin
Commented Nov 13, 2017 at 19:30

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