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Issue being fixed or feature implemented

CTxMempool initialization is reversed with isman and dmnman - it is created before them but depends on them.
Proper initialization happens with late ConnectManagers call that is fragile option.

What was done?

  • Moved initialization of dmnman to init.cpp rather than doing along chainstate.
  • removed ConnectManagers / DisconnectManagers late connections for CTxMempool and isman & dmnman
  • removed one more std::unique_ptr<T>& from data flow initialization (dmnman from chainstate)
  • removed isman completely from llmq_ctx - that has nothing to do with "long living quorum context" but used to be a part of ctx by legacy reasons.
  • CTxMempool requires isman & dmnman.

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Run unit & functional tests

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knst added 6 commits August 13, 2026 03:28
The mempool must be able to hold CInstantSendManager for its whole
lifetime, but as an LLMQContext member isman was destroyed and recreated
together with the LLMQ subsystem (chainstate reload, snapshot
completion), enforcing the work-around with ConnectManagers/DisconnectManagers.

CInstantSendManager only needs CSporkManager and its own database, so
nothing ties it to the LLMQ context's lifetime.
ConnectManagers/DisconnectManagers existed only because the mempool was constructed before isman / dmnman.
Now that dmnman and isman are alive before the mempool and ConnectManagers could be just removed.
Every CTxMemPool construction now provides dmnman and isman (init's
retry loop builds them first; MemPoolOptionsForTest fills them from the
fixture, which always creates both), so the null checks and per-use
Asserts inherited from the ConnectManagers era guard a state that can no
longer occur. Turn the members into references, asserted once at
construction, and drop the dead branches along with the @pre comments
and the redundant dmnman parameter of addUncheckedProTx.

The Options fields stay pointers with a nullptr default because the
options struct is an aggregate initialized field-by-field; the
requirement is therefore enforced by the constructor assert rather than
the type, and a future construction site that forgets the managers fails
loudly on startup instead of silently losing ProTx/InstantSend
handling.
BlockAssembler carried its own CInstantSendManager reference for a
single check even though its CChainstateHelper already holds the manager
and has a dedicated passthrough section for it. Route the check through
two new passthroughs and drop the extra member and the NodeContext::isman
dependency from the miner.
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Walkthrough

The change moves CInstantSendManager ownership to NodeContext. Chainstate and LLMQ initialization now use shared manager references. CTxMemPool receives deterministic masternode and InstantSend managers during construction, removing deferred connection APIs. Networking, REST, RPC, mining, interfaces, benchmarks, and CoinJoin use direct manager access. Test setup and reindex paths recreate and clean up the managers explicitly.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Mergeability Score: ⚪ Minimal · up to f03d4

This refactor changes initialization ownership and dependency wiring without any identified current-head merge-blocking risk; it is merge-ready after normal checks and review.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant NodeContext
  participant init.cpp
  participant LoadChainstate
  participant CTxMemPool
  participant PeerManager
  NodeContext->>init.cpp: create isman, evodb, and dmnman
  init.cpp->>CTxMemPool: construct with manager dependencies
  init.cpp->>LoadChainstate: pass shared manager references
  init.cpp->>PeerManager: pass isman reference
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In `@src/init.cpp`:
- Around line 1951-1959: In the retry cleanup sequence, reset node.chain_helper
and node.llmq_ctx immediately after node.mempool.reset() and before resetting
node.isman, node.dmnman, or node.evodb. Preserve the existing manager recreation
order and mirror the established shutdown dependency order.

In `@src/net_processing.cpp`:
- Around line 2322-2323: Update PeerManagerImpl to receive and store a direct
CInstantSendManager dependency, then replace every listed m_llmq_ctx->isman
access—including the IsWaitingForTx and IsLocked calls—with that node-owned
manager. Remove all reliance on LLMQContext::isman while preserving the existing
InstantSend behavior.

In `@src/test/validation_chainstatemanager_tests.cpp`:
- Around line 61-67: Update the test setup to remove the InstantSend dependency
from LLMQContext construction, and pass *Assert(node.isman.get()) directly to
CChainstateHelper instead of accessing node.llmq_ctx->isman. Preserve the
existing initialization order and other constructor arguments.
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  • src/llmq/context.h
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  • src/test/evo_deterministicmns_tests.cpp
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Comment thread src/init.cpp
Comment on lines +1957 to +1959
node.evodb = std::make_unique<CEvoDB>(util::DbWrapperParams{.path = args.GetDataDirNet(), .memory = false, .wipe = node::fReindex || fReindexChainState});
node.dmnman = std::make_unique<CDeterministicMNManager>(*node.evodb, *node.mn_metaman);
node.isman = std::make_unique<llmq::CInstantSendManager>(*node.sporkman, util::DbWrapperParams{.path = args.GetDataDirNet(), .memory = false, .wipe = node::fReindex || fReindexChainState});

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P2 Badge Keep Dash DB opens inside the startup error path

When evodb or the InstantSend DB is corrupt or still has a stale LevelDB lock, these constructors can throw dbwrapper_error, but they now run before the catch_exceptions wrapper below is entered. Before this refactor the EvoDB open happened inside LoadChainstate(), so startup converted the error into a recoverable block-database failure and could offer the reindex prompt; now the exception escapes to the outer AppInit catch and the node exits with only a generic initialization failure for those datadir states.

AGENTS.md reference: AGENTS.md:L170-L172

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LLMQContext never used the InstantSend manager itself; the reference
member existed only so consumers could reach isman through the context.
With NodeContext owning isman that indirection is gone: PeerManagerImpl
receives its own reference (making ProcessGetBlockData's isman parameter
redundant), the chainstate helper is constructed from options.isman
directly, and the LLMQContext constructor loses the parameter.
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Comment thread src/txmempool.cpp
if (auto dmnman = m_dmnman.load(std::memory_order_acquire); dmnman) {
addUncheckedProTx(*dmnman, newit, tx);
}
addUncheckedProTx(newit, tx);

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P2 Badge Keep direct-add fuzz pools from asserting on ProTx payloads

When the compact-block fuzz target puts an arbitrary deserialized transaction into its local pool (src/test/fuzz/partially_downloaded_block.cpp:71-73), it bypasses AcceptToMemoryPool(), so a fuzzed special-tx nType can have a missing or invalid ProTx payload. This new unconditional call sends those entries into addUncheckedProTx(), which immediately Assert(GetTxPayload<...>) or asserts a masternode lookup for ProTx update types, causing the fuzz target to abort before it exercises compact-block reconstruction; before this refactor that local pool never called ConnectManagers(), so ProTx metadata handling was skipped for these direct-add fuzz inputs.

AGENTS.md reference: AGENTS.md:L166-L168

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Comment thread src/txmempool.cpp
if (auto dmnman = m_dmnman.load(std::memory_order_acquire); dmnman) {
addUncheckedProTx(*dmnman, newit, tx);
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P2 Badge Keep direct-add fuzz pools from asserting on ProTx payloads

When the compact-block fuzz target puts an arbitrary deserialized transaction into its local pool (src/test/fuzz/partially_downloaded_block.cpp:71-73), it bypasses AcceptToMemoryPool(), so a fuzzed special-tx nType can have a missing or invalid ProTx payload. This new unconditional call sends those entries into addUncheckedProTx(), which immediately Assert(GetTxPayload<...>) or asserts a masternode lookup for ProTx update types, causing the fuzz target to abort before it exercises compact-block reconstruction; before this refactor that local pool never called ConnectManagers(), so ProTx metadata handling was skipped for these direct-add fuzz inputs.

AGENTS.md reference: AGENTS.md:L166-L168

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Preliminary review — Codex only

The manager-lifetime refactor introduces two regressions: Dash database constructors now bypass the recoverable chainstate-loading exception path, and the compact-block fuzz target now sends arbitrary special transactions through ProTx bookkeeping that assumes prior validation. Both issues should be fixed before merge; the CodeRabbit lifetime warning does not identify a new unsafe dereference and describes the removed LLMQContext::isman relationship.
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In `src/init.cpp`:
- [BLOCKING] src/init.cpp:1957-1959: Keep Dash database opens inside the recoverable startup path
  The `CEvoDB` and `CInstantSendManager` constructors both open LevelDB databases and can throw `dbwrapper_error`, but these calls now run before the `catch_exceptions` boundary at lines 2013-2021. Before this refactor, EvoDB was opened inside `LoadChainstate()` and the InstantSend database was opened while constructing `LLMQContext` there, so an open or corruption error became `ChainstateLoadStatus::FAILURE` and followed the normal reindex-recovery prompt. At the current location, the exception escapes `AppInitMain()` to the outer application catch in `bitcoind.cpp`, terminating startup with a generic initialization failure instead. Construct these database-backed managers, followed by the mempool that references them, within the same exception boundary used for `LoadChainstate()` so database failures retain the established recovery flow.

In `src/test/fuzz/partially_downloaded_block.cpp`:
- [BLOCKING] src/test/fuzz/partially_downloaded_block.cpp:71-74: Do not directly add arbitrary special transactions to the fuzz mempool
  This target deserializes arbitrary block transactions and inserts them through `addUnchecked()`, bypassing `AcceptToMemoryPool()` and all special-transaction validation. The PR makes the test mempool hold Dash managers and changes `addUnchecked()` to call `addUncheckedProTx()` unconditionally. A fuzzed provider or asset-unlock type with a malformed or missing payload therefore reaches `Assert(GetTxPayload<...>)`; provider registrar/revoke updates can also assert when their masternode does not exist. This aborts ordinary fuzz input before compact-block reconstruction is exercised. Restrict this unchecked insertion path to normal transactions, whose invariants the target can satisfy.

Comment thread src/init.cpp
Comment on lines +1957 to +1959
node.evodb = std::make_unique<CEvoDB>(util::DbWrapperParams{.path = args.GetDataDirNet(), .memory = false, .wipe = node::fReindex || fReindexChainState});
node.dmnman = std::make_unique<CDeterministicMNManager>(*node.evodb, *node.mn_metaman);
node.isman = std::make_unique<llmq::CInstantSendManager>(*node.sporkman, util::DbWrapperParams{.path = args.GetDataDirNet(), .memory = false, .wipe = node::fReindex || fReindexChainState});

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🔴 Blocking: Keep Dash database opens inside the recoverable startup path

The CEvoDB and CInstantSendManager constructors both open LevelDB databases and can throw dbwrapper_error, but these calls now run before the catch_exceptions boundary at lines 2013-2021. Before this refactor, EvoDB was opened inside LoadChainstate() and the InstantSend database was opened while constructing LLMQContext there, so an open or corruption error became ChainstateLoadStatus::FAILURE and followed the normal reindex-recovery prompt. At the current location, the exception escapes AppInitMain() to the outer application catch in bitcoind.cpp, terminating startup with a generic initialization failure instead. Construct these database-backed managers, followed by the mempool that references them, within the same exception boundary used for LoadChainstate() so database failures retain the established recovery flow.

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utACK — reviewed with specific attention to the AssumeUTXO snapshot lifecycle this reorders around, since the in-flight M4 series (#7592/#7593/#7601) rebases onto it:

  • The EvoDB wipe decision now happens at construction in init.cpp, before dmnman exists, so no manager can observe pre-wipe state; RecoverSnapshotCleanup keeps its position and skip-guards inside LoadChainstate.
  • The retry loop destroys the mempool first and reconstructs evodb → dmnman → isman → mempool in dependency order, so the raw manager pointers the mempool now takes at construction have no dangling window on a reindex retry.
  • Persisted-snapshot startup (DetectSnapshotChainstate/ActivateExistingSnapshot) still receives a fully wired mempool, and removing the ConnectManagers/DisconnectManagers late-wiring eliminates the fragile step the snapshot-activation path would otherwise have had to re-run — this makes the M4 series' load integration simpler, not harder.

The M4 draft stack will be re-integrated on top of this once it merges; the overlaps (node/chainstate.cpp, chainhelper) are textual, not directional.


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