Companion for paritytech/substrate#13725 (#2401)

* Companion for paritytech/substrate#13725

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* update lockfile for {"substrate", "polkadot"}

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Co-authored-by: parity-processbot <>

client/relay-chain-minimal-node/src/network.rs

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ use sc_network::{
 use sc_client_api::HeaderBackend;
 use sc_network_common::{role::Roles, sync::message::BlockAnnouncesHandshake};
 use sc_service::{error::Error, Configuration, NetworkStarter, SpawnTaskHandle};
+use sc_utils::mpsc::tracing_unbounded;
 
 use std::{iter, sync::Arc};
 
@@ -62,7 +63,9 @@ pub(crate) fn build_collator_network(
 		genesis_hash,
 	);
 
-	let network_params = sc_network::config::Params {
+	// RX is not used for anything because syncing is not started for the minimal node
+	let (tx, _rx) = tracing_unbounded("mpsc_syncing_engine_protocol", 100_000);
+	let network_params = sc_network::config::Params::<Block> {
 		role: config.role.clone(),
 		executor: {
 			let spawn_handle = Clone::clone(&spawn_handle);
@@ -77,6 +80,7 @@ pub(crate) fn build_collator_network(
 		metrics_registry: config.prometheus_config.as_ref().map(|config| config.registry.clone()),
 		block_announce_config,
 		request_response_protocol_configs: Vec::new(),
+		tx,
 	};
 
 	let network_worker = sc_network::NetworkWorker::new(network_params)?;