fix: keep a pending ProUpServTx across a registrar update that keeps the operator key

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Issue being fixed or feature implemented

When a ProUpRegTx is confirmed, removeProTxKeyChangedConflicts() evicts the pending updates of the same masternode that were valid only for the previous operator key. It decides this by comparing each pending update's validForProTxKey with the new key. addUncheckedProTx() sets that field for ProUpRegTx and ProUpRevTx but not for ProUpServTx, so it stays null and never matches. As a result, every confirmed ProUpRegTx of a masternode evicts all its pending ProUpServTxs, even when the operator key does not change, for example a payout or voting key update. A ProUpServTx is signed by the operator key and is still valid in that case. Evicting it drops a valid transaction together with its InstantSend lock, and the operator has to resubmit it.

The mempool's eviction paths for pending updates of a registered masternode also had little test coverage.

What was done?

• addUncheckedProTx() records validForProTxKey for a ProUpServTx from the operator key at the tip, as it already does for ProUpRegTx and ProUpRevTx. A confirmed ProUpRegTx then evicts the ProUpServTx only if it changes the operator key. If the masternode is not in the tip list, the field stays null and any registrar update still evicts the ProUpServTx, as before.
• New coverage for eviction paths that were not tested:
  • test_mempool_proreg_replacement_update_conflict:
    • a confirmed ProUpRegTx that keeps the operator key, together with a spend of an unrelated output, leaves pending ProUpServTx and ProUpRevTx in place;
    • one that changes the key evicts them;
    • a spend of the masternode collateral evicts pending ProUpServTx, ProUpRegTx and ProUpRevTx.
  • feature_masternode_shares.py: in the dissolution reorg scenario, a ProUpSharedRegTx and a ProUpShareTx submitted while the dissolution block is disconnected are gone from the mempool once the block is reconnected.

The branch history also contains an eviction of a pending ProRegTx whose external collateral is spent, a follow-up exemption for a ProRegTx whose own collateral output is spent, and a commit reverting both. That change needs to be coordinated with a related InstantSend policy change and will be proposed again separately. The net diff of this PR does not touch removeProTxSpentCollateralConflicts().

Known limitation: while a reorg returns disconnected transactions to the mempool, the masternode list tip has not been moved yet. A ProUpServTx re-added at that point can record the operator key from the pre-reorg list. ProUpRegTx and ProUpRevTx entries already take their key the same way. #7728 moves the list tip before transactions are re-added, which covers all three.

Related: #7728 keeps an operator key change and a ProUpServTx signed with the old key out of the mempool together. It does not change what happens when a ProUpRegTx that keeps the key is confirmed, so the two PRs complement each other.

How Has This Been Tested?

Built on macOS arm64 with --enable-debug --enable-werror --enable-crash-hooks.

• Removing the validForProTxKey assignment makes test_mempool_proreg_replacement_update_conflict fail at the check that the ProUpServTx survives a ProUpRegTx that keeps the key.
• Disabling the registered-masternode branch of removeProTxSpentCollateralConflicts() makes test_mempool_proreg_replacement_update_conflict fail at the collateral-spend check, and feature_masternode_shares.py fail at the dissolution check.
• These mutation checks were run on an earlier head of this branch. The tests and the ProUpServTx fix have not changed since.

Run at the current head:

• All unit tests: test_dash, 1056 cases.
• Functional: feature_masternode_shares.py, feature_dip3_deterministicmns.py --descriptors, rpc_masternode.py, mempool_reorg.py.
• test/lint/all-lint.py: the only failure is an existing cppcheck warning in src/governance/object.cpp, which this PR does not touch. Python lint was skipped locally because flake8 is not installed; pyflakes is clean on the changed functional test.

Breaking Changes

None. Consensus is unchanged and this only affects mempool policy: a pending ProUpServTx is no longer evicted by a confirmed ProUpRegTx that keeps the operator key.

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• I have performed a self-review of my own code
• I have made corresponding changes to the documentation
• I have assigned this pull request to a milestone (for repository code-owners and collaborators only)

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Walkthrough

When a masternode exists in the deterministic list at the chain tip, the mempool records its current operator-key hash for a provider service update. Regression tests check whether pending service, registrar, and revocation updates remain in the mempool after registrar updates, collateral spends, operator-key changes, and a dissolution reorg.

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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 606ef

A narrow reorg case can cause a valid service update to be evicted after an operator-key change. It can be resubmitted, so the remaining merge risk is bounded.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 47676

The change corrects removal of invalid pending transactions while preserving still-valid updates. No new interface or permission expansion was identified. Risk is low, with remaining uncertainty around lock cleanup after interruption and chain recovery.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

• inferred — The corrected collateral path can affect the matching pending registration, its mempool descendants, provider transactions referencing that registration, and chained InstantSend locks. The reviewed path is identity-scoped to collateral and transaction references rather than granting arbitrary lock-removal authority.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

• observed — Transaction-provided collateral inputs and registrar operator keys influence eviction only through the existing connected-block conflict path reviewed here. Successful block validation precedes cleanup, and operator-key comparisons are scoped to transactions referencing the same masternode identity.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

• observed — The unit regressions verify unrelated-spend preservation, targeted collateral eviction, and same-key versus changed-key behavior using direct test-pool mutation. The functional regression verifies dissolution eviction through node RPC and block synchronization. These tests do not attach InstantSend locks or exercise interrupted cleanup, locked descendants, or recovery of the newly evicted registration.

Hardening Proposals

• proposed — Add lifecycle integration coverage for an InstantSend-locked registration with locked descendants, repeated conflict processing, interruption before queued cleanup completes, and subsequent chain recovery. Assert both transaction visibility and persistent lock state rather than mempool membership alone.

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
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Final validation — Phase 1 + Phase 2

The PR correctly evicts pending ProRegTx transactions and their provider-transaction descendants when their external collateral is spent. It also records the operator key for pending ProUpServTx transactions, preserving updates across registrar changes that retain the key while evicting them when the key changes. The focused regression tests cover both fixes and related collateral-spend and dissolution paths; no in-scope correctness issues were found.

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Source: reviewer 1: muse-spark-1.3-contributor (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: 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 changes mempool eviction logic in txmempool.cpp and adds substantial regression coverage, but it does not directly alter consensus rules, funds movement, cryptography, key handling, network deserialization, or storage migrations.
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🟡 Minor · Use the final active-chain masternode list when setting… · txmempool.cpp:646-649

src/txmempool.cpp:646-649
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Use the final active-chain masternode list when setting validForProTxKey.

An A-signed ProUpServTx cannot pass reacceptance when the final tip requires B. Mempool validation checks the transaction against m_active_chainstate.m_chain.Tip() and verifies its signature with the final operator key.

A B-signed ProUpServTx can pass, but this assignment still reads the stale A list because reacceptance runs before SynchronousUpdatedBlockTip. The later tip update changes only tipIndex; it does not update validForProTxKey. A subsequent registrar update for B can therefore compare B with the stored A and evict this otherwise valid service update.

Use the final active-chain list for this assignment, or refresh the deterministic masternode manager before reaccepting disconnected transactions.

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Review comment at @src/txmempool.cpp around lines 646 - 649:
Update the `validForProTxKey` assignment to use the deterministic masternode
list at the final active-chain tip during reacceptance, rather than the stale
`GetListAtChainTip()` result; alternatively, refresh the masternode manager
before reaccepting disconnected transactions. Ensure the stored operator key
matches the key used for final-tip signature validation.

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Review comments at @src/txmempool.cpp:
- Around line 646-649: Update the `validForProTxKey` assignment to use the
deterministic masternode list at the final active-chain tip during reacceptance,
rather than the stale `GetListAtChainTip()` result; alternatively, refresh the
masternode manager before reaccepting disconnected transactions. Ensure the
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