[test] Add testing for outbound feeler connections

Extend the addconnection RPC method to allow creating outbound
feeler connections. Extend the test framework to accept those
feeler connections.

3 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/net.cpp b/src/net.cpp
index 57b8844d6b..504619dec5 100644
--- a/src/net.cpp
+++ b/src/net.cpp
@@ -1217,7 +1217,6 @@ bool CConnman::AddConnection(const std::string& address, ConnectionType conn_typ
     switch (conn_type) {
     case ConnectionType::INBOUND:
     case ConnectionType::MANUAL:
-    case ConnectionType::FEELER:
         return false;
     case ConnectionType::OUTBOUND_FULL_RELAY:
         max_connections = m_max_outbound_full_relay;
@@ -1228,6 +1227,9 @@ bool CConnman::AddConnection(const std::string& address, ConnectionType conn_typ
     // no limit for ADDR_FETCH because -seednode has no limit either
     case ConnectionType::ADDR_FETCH:
         break;
+    // no limit for FEELER connections since they're short-lived
+    case ConnectionType::FEELER:
+        break;
     } // no default case, so the compiler can warn about missing cases
 
     // Count existing connections
diff --git a/src/net.h b/src/net.h
index 28cd635976..81004a203c 100644
--- a/src/net.h
+++ b/src/net.h
@@ -892,8 +892,8 @@ public:
      * Attempts to open a connection. Currently only used from tests.
      *
      * @param[in]   address     Address of node to try connecting to
-     * @param[in]   conn_type   ConnectionType::OUTBOUND or ConnectionType::BLOCK_RELAY
-     *                          or ConnectionType::ADDR_FETCH
+     * @param[in]   conn_type   ConnectionType::OUTBOUND, ConnectionType::BLOCK_RELAY,
+     *                          ConnectionType::ADDR_FETCH or ConnectionType::FEELER
      * @return      bool        Returns false if there are no available
      *                          slots for this connection:
      *                          - conn_type not a supported ConnectionType
diff --git a/src/rpc/net.cpp b/src/rpc/net.cpp
index 861b889118..4ef44a93db 100644
--- a/src/rpc/net.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/net.cpp
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ static RPCHelpMan addconnection()
         "\nOpen an outbound connection to a specified node. This RPC is for testing only.\n",
         {
             {"address", RPCArg::Type::STR, RPCArg::Optional::NO, "The IP address and port to attempt connecting to."},
-            {"connection_type", RPCArg::Type::STR, RPCArg::Optional::NO, "Type of connection to open (\"outbound-full-relay\", \"block-relay-only\" or \"addr-fetch\")."},
+            {"connection_type", RPCArg::Type::STR, RPCArg::Optional::NO, "Type of connection to open (\"outbound-full-relay\", \"block-relay-only\", \"addr-fetch\" or \"feeler\")."},
         },
         RPCResult{
             RPCResult::Type::OBJ, "", "",
@@ -371,6 +371,8 @@ static RPCHelpMan addconnection()
         conn_type = ConnectionType::BLOCK_RELAY;
     } else if (conn_type_in == "addr-fetch") {
         conn_type = ConnectionType::ADDR_FETCH;
+    } else if (conn_type_in == "feeler") {
+        conn_type = ConnectionType::FEELER;
     } else {
         throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, self.ToString());
     }