required peers are not added to the node table

libp2p/Host.cpp

@@ -530,14 +530,8 @@ void Host::connect(std::shared_ptr<Peer> const& _p)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (!!m_nodeTable && !m_nodeTable->haveNode(_p->id))
+	if (!!m_nodeTable && !m_nodeTable->haveNode(_p->id) && !_p->required)
-	{
+		return;
-		// connect was attempted, so try again by adding to node table
-		m_nodeTable->addNode(*_p.get());
-		// abort unless peer is required
-		if (!_p->required)
-			return;
-	}
 
 	// prevent concurrently connecting to a node
 	Peer *nptr = _p.get();