disable POKE for fluffy tests by default (#1640)

Makefile

@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ all_fluffy_portal_spec_tests: | build deps
 
 all_fluffy_tests: | build deps
  echo -e $(BUILD_MSG) "build/$@" && \
- $(ENV_SCRIPT) nim c -r $(NIM_PARAMS) -d:chronicles_log_level=ERROR -d:nimbus_db_backend=sqlite -d:mergeBlockNumber:38130 -o:build/$@ "fluffy/tests/$@.nim"
+ $(ENV_SCRIPT) nim c -r $(NIM_PARAMS) -d:chronicles_log_level=ERROR -d:nimbus_db_backend=sqlite -d:mergeBlockNumber:38130 -d:disablePoke=true -o:build/$@ "fluffy/tests/$@.nim"
 
 # builds and runs the fluffy test suite
 fluffy-test: | all_fluffy_portal_spec_tests all_fluffy_tests

fluffy/network/wire/portal_protocol.nim

@@ -119,6 +119,8 @@ const
  # incoming directions.
  concurrentOffers = 50
 
+const disablePoke {.booldefine.}: bool = false
+
 type
  ToContentIdHandler* =
  proc(contentKey: ByteList): results.Opt[ContentId] {.raises: [], gcsafe.}
@@ -933,6 +935,12 @@ proc triggerPoke*(
  nodes: seq[Node],
  contentKey: ByteList,
  content: seq[byte]) =
+ ## See: https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-eth1/issues/1640 
+ ## In order to properly test gossip mechanisms (e.g. in Portal Hive), 
+ ## we need the option to turn off the POKE functionality as it influenceshow 
+ ## how data moves around the network. 
+ if disablePoke: 
+ return 
  ## Triggers asynchronous offer-accept interaction to provided nodes.
  ## Provided content should be in range of provided nodes.
  for node in nodes: