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A peer can send a structurally valid ISDLOCK with the genesis block as its cycle hash and an arbitrary parseable BLS signature. The receive path accepts the known cycle-boundary hash, but a mature mainnet node selects signing height 287, before DIP0024 activation, so no quorum is available. The current early return then discards the entire dequeued batch, including unrelated locks that could otherwise be processed. The doing verification on old active set retry only runs when the first pass returns a bad lock. With the fix, the missing-quorum lock is a bad message, so that phrase appears. On the pre-fix code the batch build returns null, the first pass returns empty, and the retry is skipped, so the phrase never appears and the assertion fails. The test also confirms the peer stays connected and that a following transaction still gets InstantSend-locked, proving the crafted lock did not wedge the worker. Current regression tests asserts current implementation and testing environment is very much spefic on the current implementation rather than really testing behaviour. Regression test is removed and added a new functional test's scenario with a genuine lock that shares a batch with the poisoned one still gets applied by reverting commit 71cf625 and partial revert for 2e7f4a9 It runs 5 attemps just to be sure that it doesn't get to the different batch and slip out from validation by mistake. Asserts the target reports instantlock true for the genuine transaction, and that the peer stays connected.
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This sends the poisoned and genuine locks independently, but the InstantSend worker fetches and processes pending locks concurrently. send_message() only queues bytes on the socket, and sync_with_ping() does not establish that both locks were enqueued before the worker wakes, so the two locks can be processed in separate batches. In that run, the pre-fix implementation would still pass, allowing this regression test to miss the batch-dropping bug; wait for both messages to be queued (or otherwise synchronize/disable processing) before triggering verification.
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WalkthroughThe change moves InstantSend batch-processing regression coverage from C++ unit tests to a functional peer-to-peer test. The new test sends crafted quorum-less ISDLOCK messages with a genuine lock and verifies that the genuine transaction is accepted. The obsolete fixture, test cases, includes, and Priority: ⬇️ Low Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The new regression test can pass without exercising the poisoned-and-genuine batch interaction, leaving the prior failure mode insufficiently covered until the test guarantees one shared batch. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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Make the shared-batch condition deterministic.
send_message only schedules socket writes. NetInstantSend::WorkThreadMain can fetch and verify the poisoned lock before the genuine lock reaches pendingInstantSendLocks. sync_with_ping() does not synchronize this queue. Add a test-visible synchronization point or delivery mechanism that proves both locks enter the same verifier batch before asserting the genuine lock.
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In `@test/functional/p2p_instantsend.py` around lines 202 - 203, Update the test
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Final validation — Phase 2 only (queue backlog)
Verified the supplied Phase-2 finding against head 7c5a374. The replacement functional scenario exercises peer delivery, but its shared-batch precondition remains scheduling-dependent while this PR removes deterministic batch-level coverage. The author's reported failure with the fix reverted demonstrates detection in that run, not a guarantee across schedules; this is a test-coverage suggestion, with no blocking findings.
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In `test/functional/p2p_instantsend.py`:
- [SUGGESTION] test/functional/p2p_instantsend.py:202-205: Establish the shared-batch condition before relying on this regression test
The two sends do not establish that the poisoned and genuine locks share a verification batch. `send_message()` schedules separate asynchronous socket writes, and `NetInstantSend::WorkThreadMain()` independently calls `FetchPendingLocks()`, which removes the currently queued locks under `cs_pendingLocks`. The worker can fetch the poisoned lock before the genuine lock is enqueued; with the old `return nullptr`, only the poisoned lock's batch is discarded, and the genuine lock succeeds in the next batch. `sync_with_ping()` synchronizes network message handling, not the InstantSend worker. Five attempts and the reported failure with the fix reverted provide useful empirical evidence, but do not exclude a false pass under a different schedule. Since this PR also removes the deterministic `missing_quorum_does_not_drop_batch` unit test, establish or observe that both locks are processed in one batch, or retain deterministic batch-level coverage alongside this functional scenario.
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🟡 Suggestion: Establish the shared-batch condition before relying on this regression test
The two sends do not establish that the poisoned and genuine locks share a verification batch. send_message() schedules separate asynchronous socket writes, and NetInstantSend::WorkThreadMain() independently calls FetchPendingLocks(), which removes the currently queued locks under cs_pendingLocks. The worker can fetch the poisoned lock before the genuine lock is enqueued; with the old return nullptr, only the poisoned lock's batch is discarded, and the genuine lock succeeds in the next batch. sync_with_ping() synchronizes network message handling, not the InstantSend worker. Five attempts and the reported failure with the fix reverted provide useful empirical evidence, but do not exclude a false pass under a different schedule. Since this PR also removes the deterministic missing_quorum_does_not_drop_batch unit test, establish or observe that both locks are processed in one batch, or retain deterministic batch-level coverage alongside this functional scenario.
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this seems like a valid concern to me; maybe even more of a blocker
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Still applies (re-reviewed at 7c5a3746): This remains unresolved at the reviewed head: the two asynchronous sends and subsequent ping do not synchronize with FetchPendingLocks(), so the test still cannot prove that both locks entered one batch. Removing the deterministic unit test leaves the regression dependent on scheduling and permits a false pass on the unfixed implementation.
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@PastaPastaPasta the tests should test functionality, not the very specific implementation. existing regression test is exact case when very specific implementation is tested, but not a scenario.
And it should be reliable / error prune / agnostic for any further refactoring, removing-adding locks, queues, etc.
if @thepastaclaw have suggestion how exactly improve my version of testing in functional tests to make it even more reliable without having expectation from implementation, he is welcome to do it.
but this regression test for the single very specific if condition for very specific implementation of queue is extremely unreliable and fragile regression test, it makes extra burden for support in the future.
Please check also "How Has This Been Tested?" chapter - with reverted changes from 7662 the new scenario in functional test failed from the 1st attempt [I have 5 of them to increase probability].
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Still applies (re-reviewed at 7c5a3746): The test flow is unchanged with respect to the reported race: two asynchronous sends are followed by sync_with_ping(), which does not synchronize FetchPendingLocks(). Removing the deterministic unit test leaves no guarantee that the genuine lock shares a batch with the poisoned lock, so the finding remains applicable.
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Still applies (re-reviewed at 7c5a3746): The current test still sends the two locks through asynchronous socket writes and only waits for a ping response, which does not synchronize the InstantSend worker or prove shared-batch processing. Removing the deterministic unit test leaves this unresolved, so the regression can still pass against the pre-fix implementation under a different scheduling interleaving.
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Still applies (re-reviewed at ec683243): The change in ec68324 usefully handles any single split, and your benchmark supports its practical reliability, but asynchronous delivery and message processing do not guarantee the sub-100-ms enqueue interval assumed by the comment. Keeping focused deterministic coverage alongside the functional scenario, or observing that the required shared batch occurred, would close the remaining coverage gap without requiring the functional test to control the queue implementation.
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The queue is polled every 100ms but enqueuing a new lock takes <1ms. Assuming that, purely by chance, all 5 tries of pushing InstantSend locks miss the 100ms window [which is assumed by thepastaclaw as absolutely normal situation that is a blocker for PR] let's make a sandwich from 3 InstantSend locks at once: Poisoned, Legit, Poisoned. The queue will pull one of 3 combinations: [P L P], or [P] + [L P], or [P L] + [P]. Still, all 3 of them are the exact test scenario as batch which contains legit legit lock also has at least one poisoned.
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196-196: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winUse deterministic, distinct poisoned-lock identifiers.
The lock hash includes the random inputs and transaction ID. The pending queue is a
std::unordered_mapkeyed by that hash, so random values can change iteration order when the worker splits messages across polls. This can change whether the regression is exercised with the genuine lock in the same batch. Use stable, distinct identifiers for the two poisoned locks.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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btw, Enqueue gaps between the three locks, versus the 100ms poll: Batches per attempt: so, in 2% cases they are picked in non-one batch in practice |
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Re-review — Final validation — Phase 2 only (queue backlog)
Verified the complete diff at ec68324 against the queue, verification, and P2P helper implementations. The functional scenario improves integration coverage, but shared-batch coverage remains timing-dependent and the final post-verification connectivity check is missing; the introductory commit also describes a log assertion that is not present. Python syntax parsing and diff whitespace checks passed; runtime tests were not run, and no blocking findings were confirmed.
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The commit message says that the absence of 'doing verification on old active set' makes an assertion fail. Neither this commit's added scenario nor the final version asserts on that log phrase; the scenario waits for the genuine transaction's instantlock result. Update the message to describe the assertion actually introduced so future readers do not infer coverage that the commit does not provide.
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In `test/functional/p2p_instantsend.py`:
- [NITPICK] test/functional/p2p_instantsend.py:210-213: Explicitly check peer connectivity after processing the final iteration
sync_with_ping() checks connectivity before the RPC wait for asynchronous InstantSend verification. That RPC wait does not inspect the peer, and disconnect_p2ps() also succeeds when the peer has already disconnected. Subsequent iterations provide another connectivity check, but the final iteration has none after verification. Add an explicit post-verification connectivity check before deliberate teardown so the test covers the PR description's claim that the peer stays connected.
- [SUGGESTION] test/functional/p2p_instantsend.py:204-209: Establish the shared-batch condition before relying on this regression test
(existing thread: https://github.com/dashpay/dash/pull/7675#discussion_r3997802936)
The additional neighbouring lock handles a single batch split, but the comment's guarantee still does not follow from the implementation. send_message() schedules asynchronous socket writes through call_soon_threadsafe(); submitting those writes quickly does not bound when the node enqueues them. The InstantSend worker independently fetches the pending queue, so scheduling delays can still leave the genuine lock in a separate verification batch. The benchmark and reverted-fix failures support practical reliability, but do not establish that every passing run exercises the batch-level regression. Keeping the functional scenario independent of queue implementation is a reasonable goal; however, this PR also removes the deterministic missing_quorum_does_not_drop_batch coverage. Retain focused batch-level coverage alongside the functional scenario, or observe that the required shared-batch condition occurred before counting the run as regression coverage.
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- [NITPICK] <commit:7c5a3746cc>:1: Remove the stale log-assertion explanation from the commit message
The commit message says that the absence of 'doing verification on old active set' makes an assertion fail. Neither this commit's added scenario nor the final version asserts on that log phrase; the scenario waits for the genuine transaction's instantlock result. Update the message to describe the assertion actually introduced so future readers do not infer coverage that the commit does not provide.
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💬 Nitpick: Explicitly check peer connectivity after processing the final iteration
sync_with_ping() checks connectivity before the RPC wait for asynchronous InstantSend verification. That RPC wait does not inspect the peer, and disconnect_p2ps() also succeeds when the peer has already disconnected. Subsequent iterations provide another connectivity check, but the final iteration has none after verification. Add an explicit post-verification connectivity check before deliberate teardown so the test covers the PR description's claim that the peer stays connected.
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Issue being fixed or feature implemented
A peer can send a structurally valid ISDLOCK with the genesis block as its cycle hash and an arbitrary parseable BLS signature. The receive path accepts the known cycle-boundary hash, but a mature mainnet node selects signing height 287, before DIP0024 activation, so no quorum is available. The current early return then discards the entire dequeued batch, including unrelated locks that could otherwise be processed.
Current regression tests asserts current implementation and testing environment is very much spefic on the current implementation rather than really testing behaviour.
What was done?
Regression test is removed and added a new functional test's scenario with a genuine lock that shares a batch with the poisoned one still gets applied by reverting commit 71cf625 and partial revert for 2e7f4a9
How Has This Been Tested?
It runs 5 attemps just to be sure that it doesn't get to the different batch and slip out from validation by mistake. Asserts the target reports instantlock true for the genuine transaction, and that the peer stays connected.
Tested by reverting changes from #7662 - functional tests fails as expected:
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