From 038bd4ea347fe2d7d2c216c9969f0a45fe26e4e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dustin Brody <tersec@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2022 15:49:26 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] always open new REST HTTP connections

---
 beacon_chain/nimbus_beacon_node.nim | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/beacon_chain/nimbus_beacon_node.nim b/beacon_chain/nimbus_beacon_node.nim
index 86339f6925..af24c11ebd 100644
--- a/beacon_chain/nimbus_beacon_node.nim
+++ b/beacon_chain/nimbus_beacon_node.nim
@@ -770,7 +770,9 @@ proc init*(T: type BeaconNode,
 
   let restClient =
     if config.payloadBuilder.isSome:
-      RestClientRef.new(config.payloadBuilder.get).valueOr:
+      RestClientRef.new(
+          config.payloadBuilder.get,
+          httpFlags = {HttpClientFlag.NewConnectionAlways}).valueOr:
         warn "Payload builder REST client setup failed",
           payloadBuilderUrl = config.payloadBuilder.get
         nil