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FastSync failing to synchronize. Asking to reindex

See original GitHub issue

BTCPay and FastSyncwas working fine on AWS till last week. I had to move and reinstall to DigitalOcean droplet a few hours ago.

Full node is ok. However, if I use “./load-utxo-set.sh” to enable FastSync then bitcoin daemon failing to synchronize.

docker logs --tail 10 btcpayserver_bitcoind:

2019-11-11T17:40:37Z BerkeleyEnvironment::Open: LogDir=/walletdata/mainnet/database ErrorFile=/walletdata/mainnet/db.log

2019-11-11T17:40:37Z [default wallet] nFileVersion = 180000

2019-11-11T17:40:37Z [default wallet] Keys: 2001 plaintext, 0 encrypted, 2001 w/ metadata, 2001 total. Unknown wallet records: 0

2019-11-11T17:40:37Z [default wallet] Wallet completed loading in 168ms

2019-11-11T17:40:37Z Error: Prune: last wallet synchronisation goes beyond pruned data. You need to -reindex (download the whole blockchain again in case of pruned node) Error: Prune: last wallet synchronisation goes beyond pruned data. You need to -reindex (download the whole blockchain again in case of pruned node)

2019-11-11T17:40:37Z [default wallet] Releasing wallet

2019-11-11T17:40:37Z Shutdown: In progress…

2019-11-11T17:40:37Z scheduler thread interrupt

2019-11-11T17:40:37Z Shutdown: done`

docker logs generated_nbxplorer_1:

info: Configuration: Data Directory: /datadir info: Configuration: Configuration File: /datadir/Main/settings.config info: Configuration: Network: Mainnet info: Configuration: Supported chains: BTC info: Configuration: Network: Mainnet info: Configuration: Supported chains: BTC info: Configuration: BTC: Testing RPC connection to http://bitcoind:43782/ info: Configuration: BTC: Transient error ‘Loading block index…’, retrying soon… Hosting environment: Production Content root path: /app/ Now listening on: http://0.0.0.0:32838 Application started. Press Ctrl+C to shut down. info: Configuration: BTC: Transient error ‘Loading block index…’, retrying soon… info: Configuration: BTC: Transient error ‘Loading block index…’, retrying soon… info: Configuration: BTC: Transient error ‘Loading block index…’, retrying soon… info: Configuration: BTC: Transient error ‘Loading block index…’, retrying soon… info: Configuration: BTC: Transient error ‘Verifying blocks…’, retrying soon… fail: Configuration: BTC: Error connecting to RPC server Response status code does not indicate success: 503 (Service Unavailable). info: Configuration: BTC: Testing again in 5 seconds info: Configuration: BTC: Testing RPC connection to http://bitcoind:43782/ info: Configuration: BTC: Transient error ‘Loading block index…’, retrying soon… info: Configuration: BTC: Transient error ‘Rewinding blocks…’, retrying soon… fail: Configuration: BTC: Error connecting to RPC server Response status code does not indicate success: 503 (Service Unavailable). info: Configuration: BTC: Testing again in 10 seconds info: Configuration: BTC: Testing RPC connection to http://bitcoind:43782/ info: Configuration: BTC: Transient error ‘Loading block index…’, retrying soon… info: Configuration: BTC: Transient error ‘Loading block index…’, retrying soon… info: Configuration: BTC: Transient error ‘Loading block index…’, retrying soon… fail: Configuration: BTC: Error connecting to RPC server Response status code does not indicate success: 503 (Service Unavailable). info: Configuration: BTC: Testing again in 15 seconds info: Configuration: BTC: Testing RPC connection to http://bitcoind:43782/ info: Configuration: BTC: Transient error ‘Rewinding blocks…’, retrying soon… info: Configuration: BTC: Transient error ‘Verifying blocks…’, retrying soon… fail: Configuration: BTC: Error connecting to RPC server Response status code does not indicate success: 503 (Service Unavailable). info: Configuration: BTC: Testing again in 20 seconds info: Configuration: BTC: Testing RPC connection to http://bitcoind:43782/ info: Configuration: BTC: Transient error ‘Loading block index…’, retrying soon… info: Configuration: BTC: Transient error ‘Loading block index…’, retrying soon… info: Configuration: BTC: Transient error ‘Rewinding blocks…’, retrying soon… fail: Configuration: BTC: Error connecting to RPC server Response status code does not indicate success: 503 (Service Unavailable). info: Configuration: BTC: Testing again in 25 seconds