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Regular backports from Bitcoin Core v25

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The changes add maximum chain time to block information and cache wallet birth times from script managers. Wallet block scanning and rescan start selection use the cached birth time. Address decoding returns more specific errors, and submitpackage tracks successful broadcasts across a package. Build flags and functional test coverage also change.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant BlockIndex
  participant MakeBlockInfo
  participant BlockInfo
  participant ScriptPubKeyMan
  participant CWallet
  BlockIndex->>MakeBlockInfo: Provide block index
  MakeBlockInfo->>BlockInfo: Set chain_time_max
  ScriptPubKeyMan->>CWallet: NotifyFirstKeyTimeChanged
  CWallet->>CWallet: Lower cached birth time when earlier
  BlockInfo->>CWallet: Deliver connected-block information
  CWallet->>CWallet: Compare chain_time_max with birth-time threshold

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Re-importing a descriptor with an earlier timestamp can leave historical transactions out of the wallet’s scans and produce incomplete history or balances. Resolve the stale-cutoff behavior before merging.

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
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Description check	✅ Passed	The description states that the pull request backports changes from Bitcoin Core v25. This matches the changeset.
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Review comments at @src/wallet/wallet.cpp:
- Line 4387: In AddWalletDescriptor, update the cached birth time for an
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Preliminary review — Phase 1 blocker gate

Both supplied findings are confirmed against head aaad1a4 and the failed CI job logs. The backport introduces a static-link failure for dash-chainstate and an argument-comment mismatch that fails the multiprocess clang-tidy gate. Validation was static; several other CI jobs were still pending in the supplied snapshot.

Validated blockers were found by the Phase-1 review and confirmed by a fresh verifier. Phase 2 is deferred until a fresh same-head revalidation clears the blocker gate.

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Review provenance

Source: reviewer 1: muse-spark-1.3-contributor (agent: phase1-reviewer, role: general); final verifier: gpt-6.1-sol (agent: sol-gate-verifier, role: verifier)

• Triage: normal by gpt-6.1-sol (effort low) — The diff combines wallet birthday-based scan skipping, a contained change-address reuse fix, address error improvements, and build/RPC/test updates, without a large or intricate change to a critical surface.
• Phase 1 reviewers: muse-spark-1.3-contributor — general (completed, effort xhigh); agent phase1-reviewer
• Phase 1 model: muse-spark-1.3-contributor — not quota-gated; passed over gemini-3.8-flash-high (antigravity below 15% reserve: weekly 15% left, 5h 100% left), glm-5.3-flash (not used above high effort; tier asks max)
• Fresh verifier: gpt-6.1-sol — verifier; agent sol-gate-verifier
• Phase 2 reviewers: not run (deferred by blocker gate)

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In `src/Makefile.am`:
- [BLOCKING] src/Makefile.am:1225-1227: dash-chainstate missing libdashbls link dependency breaks nowallet build
  The backport forces dash-chainstate to link statically but explicitly carries only the secp256k1 subproject dependency. Dash's kernel also depends on $(LIBDASHBLS), as shown by libdashkernel_la_LIBADD at line 1235. In CI job 113380466615, the dash-chainstate link command includes libdashkernel.a and libsecp256k1.a but no dashbls library, then fails with undefined references to BLS and RELIC symbols including ep_set_infty, ep2_set_infty, and bls::G1Element::SerializeToArray. Add $(LIBDASHBLS) to the explicit indirect dependencies so this newly static link preserves Dash's kernel dependencies.

In `src/rpc/mempool.cpp`:
- [BLOCKING] src/rpc/mempool.cpp:844: Argument-comment name does not match Dash's BroadcastTransaction parameter
  The newly added /*max_tx_fee=*/ comment does not match the fourth parameter's name, highfee, in src/node/transaction.h:44. Although the implementation calls that parameter max_tx_fee, clang-tidy checks this call against the visible declaration. CI job 113383243758 reports this exact mismatch at rpc/mempool.cpp:844 as bugprone-argument-comment with warnings treated as errors, failing the multiprocess build gate. Rename the comment to match the declaration.

[thepastaclaw]

✅ Resolved at 6dd4b293; see the replies below.

🔴 Blocking: dash-chainstate missing libdashbls link dependency breaks nowallet build

The backport forces dash-chainstate to link statically but explicitly carries only the secp256k1 subproject dependency. Dash's kernel also depends on $(LIBDASHBLS), as shown by libdashkernel_la_LIBADD at line 1235. In CI job 113380466615, the dash-chainstate link command includes libdashkernel.a and libsecp256k1.a but no dashbls library, then fails with undefined references to BLS and RELIC symbols including ep_set_infty, ep2_set_infty, and bls::G1Element::SerializeToArray. Add $(LIBDASHBLS) to the explicit indirect dependencies so this newly static link preserves Dash's kernel dependencies.

Suggested change

	# libtool is unable to calculate this indirect dependency, presumably because it's a subproject.
	# libsecp256k1 only needs to be linked in when libdashkernel is static.
	dash_chainstate_LDADD += $(LIBSECP256K1)
	# libtool is unable to calculate these indirect dependencies, presumably because they're subprojects.
	# libsecp256k1 and libdashbls only need to be linked in when libdashkernel is static.
	dash_chainstate_LDADD += $(LIBSECP256K1) $(LIBDASHBLS)

_{source: muse-spark-1.3-contributor (phase1-reviewer: general)}

[thepastaclaw]

Resolved (re-reviewed at 6dd4b293): You added $(LIBDASHBLS) explicitly to dash_chainstate_LDADD alongside $(LIBSECP256K1), addressing the missing link dependency. The supplied exact-head CI snapshot also reports successful nowallet build and test jobs.

[thepastaclaw]

✅ Resolved at 6dd4b293; see the replies below.

🔴 Blocking: Argument-comment name does not match Dash's BroadcastTransaction parameter

The newly added /max_tx_fee=/ comment does not match the fourth parameter's name, highfee, in src/node/transaction.h:44. Although the implementation calls that parameter max_tx_fee, clang-tidy checks this call against the visible declaration. CI job 113383243758 reports this exact mismatch at rpc/mempool.cpp:844 as bugprone-argument-comment with warnings treated as errors, failing the multiprocess build gate. Rename the comment to match the declaration.

Suggested change

	const auto err = BroadcastTransaction(node, tx, err_string, /*max_tx_fee=*/0, /*relay=*/true, /*wait_callback=*/true);
	const auto err = BroadcastTransaction(node, tx, err_string, /*highfee=*/0, /*relay=*/true, /*wait_callback=*/true);

_{source: muse-spark-1.3-contributor (phase1-reviewer: general)}

[thepastaclaw]

Resolved (re-reviewed at 6dd4b293): Your updated /highfee=/0 argument comment matches Dash's BroadcastTransaction declaration in src/node/transaction.h. The previously reported mismatch is fixed at this head.

[thepastaclaw]

Re-review — Final validation — Phase 1 + Phase 2

Static verification of the complete diff at 6dd4b29 confirms that both prior blockers are fixed, but the new birthday filter breaks three existing wallet benchmarks. The added APS functional-test scenario also loses its intended no-change-to-change coverage because the funding amounts were scaled without scaling the payment. No builds or tests were run; the supplied CI snapshot shows successful lint and nowallet build/tests, a failing Windows job, and several checks still pending.

🔴 1 blocking | 🟡 1 suggestion(s)

Review provenance

Source: reviewer 1: gemini-3.8-flash-high (agent: phase1-reviewer, role: general); reviewer 2: gpt-6.1-sol (agent: phase2-reviewer, role: general); reviewer 3: gpt-6.1-sol (agent: phase2-reviewer, role: backport-reviewer); reviewer 4: gpt-6.1-sol (agent: phase2-reviewer, role: dash-core-commit-history); reviewer 5: gpt-6.1-sol (agent: phase2-reviewer, role: general); reviewer 6: gpt-6.1-sol (agent: phase2-reviewer, role: backport-reviewer); reviewer 7: gpt-6.1-sol (agent: phase2-reviewer, role: dash-core-commit-history); final verifier: gpt-6.1-sol (agent: sol-verifier, role: final-verifier)

• Triage: normal by gpt-6.1-sol (effort low) — The diff combines ordinary wallet birth-time tracking and block-scan optimization with contained address-error, RPC, build, and test changes, without a large or intricate change to a qualifying critical surface.
• Phase 1 reviewers: gemini-3.8-flash-high — general (completed, effort high); agent phase1-reviewer
• Phase 1 model: gemini-3.8-flash-high — antigravity quota: weekly 94% left, 5h 68% left
• Fresh final gate: an independent Phase-2 review ran after iterative findings were reconciled
• Fresh verifier: gpt-6.1-sol — final-verifier; agent sol-verifier
• Phase 2 reviewers: gpt-6.1-sol — general (completed, effort high); agent phase2-reviewer, gpt-6.1-sol — backport-reviewer (completed, effort high); agent phase2-reviewer, gpt-6.1-sol — dash-core-commit-history (completed, effort high); agent phase2-reviewer, gpt-6.1-sol — general (completed, effort high); agent phase2-reviewer, gpt-6.1-sol — backport-reviewer (completed, effort high); agent phase2-reviewer, gpt-6.1-sol — dash-core-commit-history (completed, effort high); agent phase2-reviewer

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In `src/wallet/wallet.cpp`:
- [BLOCKING] src/wallet/wallet.cpp:1560-1562: Adapt the transaction benchmarks to the new birthday filter
  This return skips every synthetic block used by the benchmarks in src/bench/wallet_create_tx.cpp. Both WalletCreateTx() and AvailableCoins() create descriptors with the current GetTime(), which now initializes the wallet's birth time through AddScriptPubKeyMan(). However, generateFakeBlock() builds its chain from the regtest genesis timestamp, advancing only one second per block. TestingSetup does not set mocktime, and BasicTestingSetup's destructor resets it between benchmarks, so the wallet records none of these coinbase outputs. WalletCreateTxUseOnlyPresetInputs, WalletCreateTxUsePresetInputsAndCoinSelection, and WalletAvailableCoins consequently reach their existing balance assertions with a zero balance. Set mocktime to the genesis timestamp before descriptor creation in both benchmark setup paths, as this PR already does in wallet_balance.cpp; retain the production filter.

In `test/functional/wallet_change_address.py`:
- [SUGGESTION] test/functional/wallet_change_address.py:81-84: Preserve bitcoin#27053's no-change-to-change regression scenario
  Each fresh wallet receives 30 DASH and 1 DASH, while the payment still totals 2.9999 DASH. Every sufficient ungrouped selection therefore includes the 30-DASH output and leaves roughly 27 DASH of change, well above the discard threshold. This contradicts the scenario described below: the first candidate already has change, so the assertion does not exercise preserving the requested change position when a changeless first candidate is followed by an APS candidate with change. Upstream funds the wallets with 3.0 and 0.1 coins for this payment. Funding with 3 DASH and 1 DASH also preserves the intended shape: the ungrouped candidate has a tiny discarded excess, while grouping the same-address inputs creates substantial change.

[thepastaclaw]

🔴 Blocking: Adapt the transaction benchmarks to the new birthday filter

This return skips every synthetic block used by the benchmarks in src/bench/wallet_create_tx.cpp. Both WalletCreateTx() and AvailableCoins() create descriptors with the current GetTime(), which now initializes the wallet's birth time through AddScriptPubKeyMan(). However, generateFakeBlock() builds its chain from the regtest genesis timestamp, advancing only one second per block. TestingSetup does not set mocktime, and BasicTestingSetup's destructor resets it between benchmarks, so the wallet records none of these coinbase outputs. WalletCreateTxUseOnlyPresetInputs, WalletCreateTxUsePresetInputsAndCoinSelection, and WalletAvailableCoins consequently reach their existing balance assertions with a zero balance. Set mocktime to the genesis timestamp before descriptor creation in both benchmark setup paths, as this PR already does in wallet_balance.cpp; retain the production filter.

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[knst]

matched with upstream behaviour, see #7855 (comment)

will be fixed later when bitcoin#27907 will be backported.

This bench is LOW priority so it doesn't run by default and doesn't affect CI / tests / etc at the moment. I will backport 27907 pretty soon in the common queue.

[thepastaclaw]

I checked the locally available bitcoin#27907 backport (deacf04e0e), and its mocktime changes in both benchmark setup paths resolve this concern. You're right that make check explicitly runs only high-priority benchmarks, but the standalone runner defaults to DEFAULT_PRIORITY{"all"} in src/bench/bench_bitcoin.cpp, so LOW does not exclude these from a default benchmark run. I'd include bitcoin#27907 with this backport rather than leave the newly introduced failure for a later PR.

The finding stands on this commit until that change is pushed; the push gets a full review.

[thepastaclaw]

🟡 Suggestion: Preserve bitcoin#27053's no-change-to-change regression scenario

Each fresh wallet receives 30 DASH and 1 DASH, while the payment still totals 2.9999 DASH. Every sufficient ungrouped selection therefore includes the 30-DASH output and leaves roughly 27 DASH of change, well above the discard threshold. This contradicts the scenario described below: the first candidate already has change, so the assertion does not exercise preserving the requested change position when a changeless first candidate is followed by an APS candidate with change. Upstream funds the wallets with 3.0 and 0.1 coins for this payment. Funding with 3 DASH and 1 DASH also preserves the intended shape: the ungrouped candidate has a tiny discarded excess, while grouping the same-address inputs creates substantial change.

Suggested change

	self.nodes[0].sendtoaddress(addr1, 30)
	self.nodes[0].sendtoaddress(addr1, 1)
	self.nodes[0].sendtoaddress(addr2, 30)
	self.nodes[0].sendtoaddress(addr2, 1)
	self.nodes[0].sendtoaddress(addr1, 3)
	self.nodes[0].sendtoaddress(addr1, 1)
	self.nodes[0].sendtoaddress(addr2, 3)
	self.nodes[0].sendtoaddress(addr2, 1)

_{source: gpt-6.1-sol (phase2-reviewer: general, backport-reviewer, dash-core-commit-history)}

[knst]

intentionally increased

[thepastaclaw]

I understand the increase was deliberate; I’m not asking to preserve Bitcoin’s denominations. The concrete coverage gap is that txr_ungrouped.change_pos is already 0 here, so passing that result instead of the original change_pos into the second CreateTransactionInternal call would be indistinguishable to this assertion. You can keep the 30-DASH and 1-DASH funding: changing the recipients to 10, 10, and 9.9999 would restore the intended changeless-first-candidate scenario while retaining the increased amounts.

[knst]

intentionally increased due to failures with bitcoin's values.

Checked this empirically on Dash. The exact upstream amounts (3.0 + 0.1) do not work here: the avoidpartialspends wallet's send fails with "Fee exceeds maximum configured by user", which is why the amounts in this file were scaled when the first half of this test was backported. You're right that 30 + 1 loses the point of the scenario though: the non-grouped candidate is cheaper (293 vs 440 duffs) and with the default max APS fee of 0 the grouped candidate is never used, so the assertion only ever sees the first attempt. With 3 + 1 both candidates cost the same, the grouped one is chosen, and the change position check runs against the second attempt as intended. Note the first candidate is not changeless on Dash either way (coin selection takes both inputs), but that doesn't matter for what the test needs to cover. Taking your suggestion.

[thepastaclaw]

Thanks for checking this empirically; I was wrong that 3 + 1 alone would make the first candidate changeless on Dash. Selecting the grouped candidate improves coverage, but it doesn't restore the no-change-to-change scenario this section describes. The missing piece is Dash's knapsack change target: GenerateChangeTarget can request up to roughly 0.01 DASH, so the 0.0001 excess causes selection of both inputs. With 3 + 1 funding, keeping the first two recipients at 1.0 and changing the third to 0.9899 should instead leave enough excess to select the 3-DASH input alone, yet still discard that excess under -discardfee=1; grouping then produces substantial change. That's a static proposal, not a locally tested result.