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MIN_BLOCKS_TO_KEEP is a compile-time constant shared by every network, so it cannot be raised for mainnet without also rewriting the upstream pruning tests, which encode 288 blocks on regtest. Move it to CChainParams::MinBlocksToKeep() so each network can set its own value. Every network still keeps 288 blocks, so behaviour is unchanged. The static_assert against MAX_BLOCKTXN_DEPTH goes away with the constant; the smallest per-network value stays far above that depth.
A pruned node keeps 288 blocks, but rebuilding the credit pool after a restart starts from the newest daily snapshot (one every 576 blocks) and reads the block one withdrawal window (576 blocks) before each block since that snapshot, so the oldest body it needs can be 1150 blocks below the tip. Once those blocks are pruned the read fails, the next canonical block is marked invalid and the node stops following the chain. Keep 1152 blocks (two days) on mainnet, testnet and devnets, so that history is always on disk. Testnet and devnets also start pruning only once the chain is longer than 2000 blocks (was 1000): FindFilesToPrune() subtracts the retention from the tip height as unsigned, so pruning must not start below it. Regtest keeps 288 so the upstream pruning tests apply unchanged.
The credit pool snapshot period is a 576-block constant on every network, while regtest's withdrawal window is 100 blocks and it keeps only 288 blocks, so a pruned regtest node can lose the history a rebuild needs, and no startup check can relate the two without failing on regtest. Take a snapshot once per CreditPoolPeriodBlocks instead: unchanged on mainnet and testnet (576), every 100 blocks on regtest. Rebuilding then reads back at most two windows, which every network's MinBlocksToKeep() covers, and CCreditPoolManager asserts that at construction.
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| nDefaultPlatformP2PPort = 26656; | ||
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When a mainnet, testnet, or devnet user selects the still-accepted minimum automatic target (for example -prune=945, or 1 GB in the GUI), this setting now forces pruning to retain 1,152 block bodies regardless of that target. Using the repository's own 2 MiB-per-block estimate behind MIN_DISK_SPACE_FOR_BLOCK_FILES, those bodies alone require 2,304 MiB before undo data, stale blocks, and file-allocation buffers, so FindFilesToPrune() cannot meet the advertised target and a node provisioned from the CLI/GUI estimate can run out of disk; the minimum target and GUI estimate need to be raised with this window.
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WalkthroughChain parameters now define the minimum number of blocks retained for each network. Credit-pool snapshots use the configured credit-pool period, and pruning, block processing, and startup checks use the network’s retained-block count. Testnet and devnet pruning thresholds increase to 2,000 blocks. Regtest retains a minimum of 288 blocks. Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to Unsolicited blocks can now consume additional validation and storage resources. Restore the separate prior bound and add the required member initializer before merging. Pre-merge checks |
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nMinBlocksToKeephas no in-class initializer. Initialize it here, then let each network constructor override the default. As per coding guidelines, “Initialize all non-static class members where they are defined.”Suggested initialization
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The two-window retention increase matches the credit-pool reconstruction path, but the unchanged minimum prune target no longer matches its sizing assumptions, and the new regtest snapshot cadence makes existing snapshots unreadable during reconstruction. The updated test does not exercise pruning followed by cold-cache validation. Verification was static at head 4af6791; the supplied CI snapshot reports successful lint, several builds, and nowallet tests, with other build and test jobs still pending.
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💬 Nitpick: Remove the stale hardcoded pruning distance
src/node/blockstorage.h:115
The FindFilesToPrune() documentation still identifies the retained distance as 288 blocks. This PR makes the distance network-specific and raises it to 1,152 on every non-regtest network. Refer to MinBlocksToKeep() instead of giving a value that is no longer generally correct.
* Pruning will never delete a block within MinBlocksToKeep() of the active chain's tip.
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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)
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In `src/chainparams.cpp`:
- [BLOCKING] src/chainparams.cpp:246: Update the minimum prune target for the larger retained window
Mainnet, testnet, and devnets now retain 1,152 blocks, but MIN_DISK_SPACE_FOR_BLOCK_FILES remains 945 MiB. Its derivation in src/validation.h explicitly budgets for 288 blocks at 2 MiB each; the new retained block bodies alone can occupy 2,304 MiB, before undo data and file-allocation overhead. FindFilesToPrune() cannot delete files containing these retained blocks, so sufficiently large valid blocks leave a node persistently above an accepted -prune=945 target. The GUI also uses this constant for its minimum selection and uses the selected target for its required-space estimate, allowing disk provisioning below the mandatory retained footprint. Update the minimum-target calculation and dependent GUI limits and estimates for the affected networks; regtest can retain its existing minimum. Small average blocks can hide the problem, but they do not preserve the sizing assumptions behind the advertised minimum.
In `src/evo/creditpool.cpp`:
- [BLOCKING] src/evo/creditpool.cpp:136-137: Continue reading snapshots written at the previous regtest cadence
The previous snapshot cadence was 576 blocks on every network. Regtest now only attempts disk reads at multiples of 100, so existing snapshots at heights such as 1,152 are skipped despite having unchanged keys and serialization. An existing pruned regtest chain at height 1,300 can have a snapshot at 1,152 and retain bodies from 1,013 onward: the old reconstruction needs blocks from 1,153 onward and their 100-block-earlier counterparts from 1,053 onward, all still available. After upgrading and restarting, there are no snapshots written at the newly expected 100-block heights, so GetCreditPool() walks back to V20 activation and attempts to reconstruct using already-pruned bodies. ReadBlockFromDisk() then throws; template creation fails, and GetCreditPoolDiffForBlock() translates the same read failure into a consensus rejection. Accept legacy 576-block snapshot heights when reading while writing new snapshots at the withdrawal-window cadence.
In `src/test/evo_assetlocks_tests.cpp`:
- [SUGGESTION] src/test/evo_assetlocks_tests.cpp:840-841: Add a prune-and-restart regression test for credit-pool validation
This adjustment moves an existing snapshot-persistence test to height 500, but the test never prunes block files or restarts the node, and its final lookup uses the same live credit-pool manager. It therefore does not exercise the canonical-block rejection after restart that this PR is intended to fix. The functional pruning test is unchanged and continues using regtest's 288-block retention, so it also cannot detect a reverted production retention increase. Add a V20-active functional scenario that confirms old block bodies were removed, restarts near the worst-case snapshot/window offset, and verifies acceptance of the next canonical block. Pair that scenario with checks of the production-network retention values so testing only regtest does not leave the central change unprotected.
In `src/node/blockstorage.h`:
- [NITPICK] src/node/blockstorage.h:115: Remove the stale hardcoded pruning distance
The FindFilesToPrune() documentation still identifies the retained distance as 288 blocks. This PR makes the distance network-specific and raises it to 1,152 on every non-regtest network. Refer to MinBlocksToKeep() instead of giving a value that is no longer generally correct.
| nDefaultPlatformP2PPort = 26656; | ||
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| nPruneAfterHeight = 100000; | ||
| nMinBlocksToKeep = 1152; // two days |
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🔴 Blocking: Update the minimum prune target for the larger retained window
Mainnet, testnet, and devnets now retain 1,152 blocks, but MIN_DISK_SPACE_FOR_BLOCK_FILES remains 945 MiB. Its derivation in src/validation.h explicitly budgets for 288 blocks at 2 MiB each; the new retained block bodies alone can occupy 2,304 MiB, before undo data and file-allocation overhead. FindFilesToPrune() cannot delete files containing these retained blocks, so sufficiently large valid blocks leave a node persistently above an accepted -prune=945 target. The GUI also uses this constant for its minimum selection and uses the selected target for its required-space estimate, allowing disk provisioning below the mandatory retained footprint. Update the minimum-target calculation and dependent GUI limits and estimates for the affected networks; regtest can retain its existing minimum. Small average blocks can hide the problem, but they do not preserve the sizing assumptions behind the advertised minimum.
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| if (block_index.nHeight % m_chainman.GetParams().CreditPoolPeriodBlocks() == 0) { | ||
| if (evoDb.Read(std::make_pair(DB_CREDITPOOL_SNAPSHOT, block_hash), pool)) { |
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🔴 Blocking: Continue reading snapshots written at the previous regtest cadence
The previous snapshot cadence was 576 blocks on every network. Regtest now only attempts disk reads at multiples of 100, so existing snapshots at heights such as 1,152 are skipped despite having unchanged keys and serialization. An existing pruned regtest chain at height 1,300 can have a snapshot at 1,152 and retain bodies from 1,013 onward: the old reconstruction needs blocks from 1,153 onward and their 100-block-earlier counterparts from 1,053 onward, all still available. After upgrading and restarting, there are no snapshots written at the newly expected 100-block heights, so GetCreditPool() walks back to V20 activation and attempts to reconstruct using already-pruned bodies. ReadBlockFromDisk() then throws; template creation fails, and GetCreditPoolDiffForBlock() translates the same read failure into a consensus rejection. Accept legacy 576-block snapshot heights when reading while writing new snapshots at the withdrawal-window cadence.
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regtests are private networks that not really need to be supported between versions, they exist purely for running tests.
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Fair point—I treated cross-version compatibility for existing pruned regtest datadirs as a requirement, which overstated this as a blocker. I checked that mainnet, testnet, and devnet all retain the previous 576-block snapshot cadence; only regtest changes to 100. Given your stated support boundary for regtest, I withdraw this finding; the legacy-read fallback is not required for this PR.
Withdrawing this finding.
| // The first snapshot after V20 activation (432 on regtest), one per 100-block credit-pool window | ||
| constexpr int snapshot_height{500}; |
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🟡 Suggestion: Add a prune-and-restart regression test for credit-pool validation
This adjustment moves an existing snapshot-persistence test to height 500, but the test never prunes block files or restarts the node, and its final lookup uses the same live credit-pool manager. It therefore does not exercise the canonical-block rejection after restart that this PR is intended to fix. The functional pruning test is unchanged and continues using regtest's 288-block retention, so it also cannot detect a reverted production retention increase. Add a V20-active functional scenario that confirms old block bodies were removed, restarts near the worst-case snapshot/window offset, and verifies acceptance of the next canonical block. Pair that scenario with checks of the production-network retention values so testing only regtest does not leave the central change unprotected.
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Issue being fixed or feature implemented
A pruned node can permanently reject a canonical block after a restart. To rebuild a credit pool, the node starts at the latest credit-pool disk snapshot (one every 576 blocks). For each block after it, it reads that block and the block one withdrawal window (CreditPoolPeriodBlocks, 576 on mainnet/testnet) earlier. The oldest block needed can be about two windows below the tip, but pruning only guarantees 288 blocks. Nothing protected those blocks from pruning.
Beside that, bitcoin core has at least 288 blocks which equals to 2 days of blocks. While dash core doesn't change this constant and it equals to just 12 hours of blocks.
What was done?
Amount of blocks that kept after pruning is bumped to at least 576 * 2 blocks [2 days worth].
How Has This Been Tested?
See updated unit & functional tests
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Disk storage may be slightly increased for nodes that uses pruning, though nothing extreme.
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