From 12fa45d4ac847a45a73d1410148bc89c9dbc6894 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adit Sachde <23707194+aditsachde@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2024 16:36:25 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix source of deadlock

---
 internal/ctsubmit/logic.go | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/internal/ctsubmit/logic.go b/internal/ctsubmit/logic.go
index 9273197..1f64a1f 100644
--- a/internal/ctsubmit/logic.go
+++ b/internal/ctsubmit/logic.go
@@ -170,7 +170,9 @@ func (d *stageZeroData) stageZero(ctx context.Context, reqBody io.ReadCloser, pr
 		// Otherwise, we need to send it to the sequencer
 
 		// Send the unsequenced entry to the first stage
-		returnPath := make(chan sunlight.LogEntry)
+		// This channel is buffered so it doesn't block if an attempt is made to send
+		// after the timeout fires.
+		returnPath := make(chan sunlight.LogEntry, 1)
 		d.stageOneTx <- UnsequencedEntryWithReturnPath{entry, returnPath}
 
 		// If we recieve something here, that means that the entry has been both sequenced