enforce alphabetical json dumping of message for signature verification

This reverts commit b8223879c9.

lib/backend.py

@@ -315,10 +315,10 @@ class Backend:
                 with open(BENCHMARK_INDICATOR_FILE, "r") as f:
                     log.debug("already ran benchmark")
                     # trigger model load
-                    # payload = self.benchmark_handler.make_benchmark_payload()
+                    payload = self.benchmark_handler.make_benchmark_payload()
-                    # _ = await self.__call_api(
+                    _ = await self.__call_api(
-                    #     handler=self.benchmark_handler, payload=payload
+                        handler=self.benchmark_handler, payload=payload
-                    # )
+                    )
                     return float(f.readline())
             except FileNotFoundError:
                 pass
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ class Backend:
                         )
                         # some backends need a few seconds after logging successful startup before
                         # they can begin accepting requests
-                        # await sleep(5)
+                        await sleep(5)
                         try:
                             max_throughput = await run_benchmark()
                             self.__start_healthcheck = True

lib/metrics.py

@@ -180,10 +180,6 @@ class Metrics:
             return  # nothing to do
 
         for report_addr in self.report_addr:
-            # TODO: Add a Redis subscriber queue for delete_requests
-            if report_addr == "https://cloud.vast.ai/api/v0":
-                # Patch: ignore the Redis API report_addr
-                continue
             sent_success = True
             sent_failed  = True