FINAL CONCLUSION after extensive testing:
- Alchemy appeared to work perfectly at 14:25 CET (first trade)
- User quote: 'SO IT WAS THE FUCKING RPC THAT WAS CAUSING ALL THE ISSUES!!!!!!!!!!!!'
- BUT: Alchemy consistently fails after that initial success
- Multiple attempts to use Alchemy (pure config, no fallback) = same result
- Symptoms: timeouts, positions open WITHOUT TP/SL orders, no Position Manager tracking
HELIUS = ONLY RELIABLE OPTION:
- User confirmed: 'telegram works again' after reverting to Helius
- Works consistently across multiple tests
- Supports WebSocket subscriptions (accountSubscribe) that Drift SDK requires
- Rate limits manageable with 5s exponential backoff
ALCHEMY INCOMPATIBILITY CONFIRMED:
- Does NOT support WebSocket subscriptions (accountSubscribe method)
- SDK appears to initialize but is fundamentally broken
- First trade might work, then SDK gets into bad state
- Cannot be used reliably for Drift Protocol trading
Files restored from working Helius state.
This is the definitive answer: Helius only, no alternatives work.
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