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Follow-up to #7489. The collateral-reuse conflict checks it added can reject a valid transaction, because they only test that some matching mempool entry exists — they never check whose entry it is.

The failure sequence:

  1. Masternode X is registered with external collateral C, and a ProUpServTx for X is sitting in the mempool.
  2. The block containing X's ProRegTx is disconnected (reorg or invalidateblock).
  3. The reorg logic resubmits the disconnected ProRegTx to the mempool. At that moment dmnman's tip list has not been rolled back yet — SynchronousUpdatedBlockTip() only fires after MaybeUpdateMempoolForReorg() has run — so GetMNByCollateral(C) still resolves to X.
  4. The fix: conflict ProRegTx collateral reuse with in-mempool masternode updates #7489 check now reasons: "this ProRegTx replaces X, and a mempool transaction still references X — conflict", and rejects X's own registration as protx-dup. MaybeUpdateMempoolForReorg() then drops it from the mempool for good.

That rejection is wrong. The resubmitted ProRegTx "replaces" the masternode it itself created, i.e. it replaces nothing, and registration followed by update is a perfectly mineable pair — there is no conflict to prevent.

What was done?

Exempt a masternode's own registration from the collateral-reuse conflict, in both directions:

  • The ProRegTx branch of existsProviderTxConflict() skips the mapProTxRefs lookup when the resolved masternode's proTxHash equals the incoming transaction's own hash.
  • The three update branches (ProUpServTx/ProUpRegTx/ProUpRevTx) now share one collateralReusedInMempool() helper that requires the pending ProRegTx to be a different transaction, mirroring the it->second != proTxHash form the neighbouring mapProTxAddresses/mapProTxPlatformNodeIDs checks already use. This also deduplicates the check fix: conflict ProRegTx collateral reuse with in-mempool masternode updates #7489 spelled out three times.

The update-side change is defensive rather than a reachable bug today: CheckSpecialTx() rejects an update for an unconfirmed masternode before existsProviderTxConflict() runs, so only the ProRegTx direction can currently misfire. Making the identity requirement explicit keeps the two directions symmetric instead of accidentally different.

How Has This Been Tested?

Extended test_mempool_proreg_replacement_update_conflict in src/test/evo_deterministicmns_tests.cpp:

  • positive coverage for the ProUpRegTx and ProUpRevTx admission branches (a coverage gap flagged in fix: conflict ProRegTx collateral reuse with in-mempool masternode updates #7489 review — only ProUpServTx was exercised);
  • negative controls for the exemption in both directions: with an update pending, the masternode's own ProRegTx must be accepted; with the masternode's own ProRegTx pending, its updates must be accepted.

The three negative-control assertions fail on current develop without the fix (verified against the #7489 merge commit) and pass with it; evo_dip3_activation_tests passes (38 cases). Built and run on macOS/arm64.

Breaking Changes

None. Mempool policy only, and strictly narrowing: the only newly-accepted pairs are a masternode's own registration alongside its own updates, which are mineable together.

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Mempool masternode conflict detection now uses a shared collateral-reuse check. The check excludes a live masternode’s own registration. Registration, service-update, registrar-update, and revoke-update paths use this check. Deterministic tests cover replacement registrations that conflict with pending registrar and revocation updates, while confirming valid original transaction combinations remain non-conflicting.

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This narrowly allows a masternode’s own registration and updates to coexist in the mempool while preserving conflicts with different transactions; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks and review.

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In `@src/test/evo_deterministicmns_tests.cpp`:
- Around line 1548-1550: Add a negative conflict assertion for
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Comment thread src/txmempool.cpp
Comment on lines +1478 to +1479
if (auto dmn = m_dmnman.GetListAtChainTip().GetMNByCollateral(proTx.collateralOutpoint);
dmn && dmn->proTxHash != tx_hash && mapProTxRefs.count(dmn->proTxHash)) {

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P2 Badge Exempt same-key registrar updates from the self-registration check

When the pending update is a ProUpRegTx that changes only the voting key or payout script while retaining the operator key, the disconnected MN's own ProRegTx still never reaches this new self-exemption: the earlier mapProTxBlsPubKeyHashes.count(proTx.pubKeyOperator.GetHash()) check returns true, and existsProviderTxCrossSchemeConflict() also probes a ProRegTx without its own proTxHash. Consequently, this realistic reorg case is still rejected as protx-dup and the registration is dropped; the negative tests cover service/revoke updates but omit a same-key registrar update.

AGENTS.md reference: AGENTS.md:L193-L211

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Correct observation, but it is a different, pre-existing check: mapProTxBlsPubKeyHashes.count() (and the cross-scheme probe) reject any ProRegTx whose operator key is already claimed in the mempool, and have done so since before #7489. This PR deliberately only fixes the collateral-reuse checks #7489 introduced. Exempting the key-duplication checks needs different semantics — their map values are the claiming transaction's txid, not the masternode's hash, so a correct exemption must establish that the entry belongs to an update of the very masternode the ProRegTx re-creates (and the cross-scheme probe needs the same treatment). Same low-severity, self-healing class as the case fixed here; happy to address it in a follow-up.


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The collateral-reuse conflict checks added in dash#7489 compare only map
presence, not identity. While a reorg is being processed, dmnman's tip list
is not yet rolled back (SynchronousUpdatedBlockTip fires after
MaybeUpdateMempoolForReorg), so a disconnected ProRegTx being resubmitted
still resolves via GetMNByCollateral() to the masternode it itself created.
With an update for that MN pending in the mempool, the resubmission was
rejected as protx-dup and dropped for good, even though registration and
update are mineable together in that order.

Treat the masternode's own registration (same hash) as not-a-replacement in
both directions: the ProRegTx branch skips the mapProTxRefs lookup when the
resolved MN's proTxHash equals the incoming tx hash, and the three update
branches now share a collateralReusedInMempool() helper that requires the
pending ProRegTx to be a different transaction, mirroring the
it->second != proTxHash form the neighbouring checks already use.

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Comment thread src/txmempool.cpp
Comment on lines +1478 to +1479
if (auto dmn = m_dmnman.GetListAtChainTip().GetMNByCollateral(proTx.collateralOutpoint);
dmn && dmn->proTxHash != tx_hash && mapProTxRefs.count(dmn->proTxHash)) {

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P2 Badge Exempt self-owned service properties before returning

When the pending transaction is a ProUpServTx that retains the MN's existing service address—for example, an update that only changes the operator payout—the incoming disconnected ProRegTx never reaches this hash-based exemption because mapProTxAddresses.count(entry) returns first; Evo updates similarly retain a platformNodeID and hit that earlier check. CheckProUpServTx explicitly permits properties already owned by the same proTxHash, so these pairs are mineable, but during the documented reorg sequence the registration is still rejected as protx-dup and dropped. The new test avoids both paths by changing the port and using a regular MN; the exemption must also identify same-MN service/platform claims.

AGENTS.md reference: AGENTS.md:L198-L211

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Preliminary review — Codex only

The admission-side identity checks correctly distinguish a masternode's own ProRegTx from a collateral-reusing replacement, and the added tests now cover all three update branches. However, the block-connection eviction path still treats that same registration as a replacement and can discard valid pending updates during a reorg, leaving the stated exemption incomplete.
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In `src/txmempool.cpp`:
- [BLOCKING] src/txmempool.cpp:1036-1038: Apply the self-registration exemption during block eviction
  `ConnectTip()` calls `removeForBlock()` before `SynchronousUpdatedBlockTip()` advances `m_dmnman`. If a disconnected ProRegTx is also mined on the replacement branch, `GetListAtChainTip()` therefore still resolves its collateral to the old entry created by that identical transaction. The unconditional `removeProTxReferences()` call then removes any pending updates for the masternode even though `dmn->proTxHash == tx_hash` and those updates remain valid after the registration is connected. This leaves the collateral-reuse exemption asymmetric between admission and block eviction. Apply the same transaction-identity guard here and add a `removeForBlock()` regression case showing that an update survives when the connected ProRegTx is the masternode's own registration.

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