From 33d3bfae8bdee5f2fc9171bb4eaa7006cab8e04d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lazaridis <49013958+lazaridiscom@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 31 May 2019 15:53:17 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] introduce MissingParent Error, fixes #10699 (#10700)

---
 ethcore/src/engines/authority_round/mod.rs | 2 +-
 ethcore/src/engines/mod.rs                 | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ethcore/src/engines/authority_round/mod.rs b/ethcore/src/engines/authority_round/mod.rs
index 8ac23851b..dc4c65c81 100644
--- a/ethcore/src/engines/authority_round/mod.rs
+++ b/ethcore/src/engines/authority_round/mod.rs
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ impl AuthorityRound {
 
 			if !epoch_manager.zoom_to_after(&*client, &self.machine, &*self.validators, *header.parent_hash()) {
 				debug!(target: "engine", "Unable to zoom to epoch.");
-				return Err(EngineError::RequiresClient.into())
+				return Err(EngineError::MissingParent.into())
 			}
 
 			(CowLike::Owned(epoch_manager.validators().clone()), epoch_manager.epoch_transition_number)
diff --git a/ethcore/src/engines/mod.rs b/ethcore/src/engines/mod.rs
index e80a858b3..ec0e5b020 100644
--- a/ethcore/src/engines/mod.rs
+++ b/ethcore/src/engines/mod.rs
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ pub enum EngineError {
 	InvalidEngine,
 	/// Requires signer ref, but none registered.
 	RequiresSigner,
+	/// Missing Parent Epoch
+	MissingParent,
 	/// Checkpoint is missing
 	CliqueMissingCheckpoint(H256),
 	/// Missing vanity data
@@ -137,6 +139,7 @@ impl fmt::Display for EngineError {
 			RequiresClient => format!("Call requires client but none registered"),
 			RequiresSigner => format!("Call requires signer but none registered"),
 			InvalidEngine => format!("Invalid engine specification or implementation"),
+			MissingParent => format!("Parent Epoch is missing from database"),
 		};
 
 		f.write_fmt(format_args!("Engine error ({})", msg))