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Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#35833: log: prevent user input from injecting fake log lines

This update fixes a way that people with limited access to a Bitcoin node could make fake log entries appear real. Normally, the node cleans up special characters in log messages but was leaving newlines alone. A clever user could slip a n…

Log injection / log forgery via embedded newlines in untrusted inputInput from restricted RPC users reaching log output without newline escapingControl-character escaping bypass due to explicit newline exception
d4b0e1e4by Ava Chow+48−114 files
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Informational 15 AI analysisMessage 91 · Strong
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Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#36391: test: fix typo in rpc_psbt

This commit fixes a one-word typo in a comment inside a test file. The comment incorrectly referred to 'walletcreatepsbt' when the surrounding test code actually calls 'walletcreatefundedpsbt'. No code behavior changes, and there is no sec…

4b612c6bby merge-script+1−11 file
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Informational 15 AI analysisMessage 82 · Strong
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test: fix typo in rpc_psbt

This commit fixes a typo in a comment within a test file. The comment incorrectly referred to 'walletcreatepsbt' when the surrounding test code actually exercises 'walletcreatefundedpsbt'. No code behavior changes, and there is no security…

0a8ffe90by Bruno Garcia+1−11 file
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Informational 15 AI analysisMessage 81 · Strong
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Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#36377: doc: add 461 (Deterministic ECDSA signatures with low-R grinding) to bips.md

This commit is a documentation-only update. It adds a single line to Bitcoin Core's list of implemented BIPs, noting that BIP 461 (a technique for making ECDSA signatures smaller and deterministic) has been implemented since version 0.17.0…

e0f16ef9by merge-script+1−01 file
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Low 27 AI analysisMessage 81 · Strong
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Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#36375: wallet: accept uppercase addresses without amount in sendall

This patch fixes a bug in Bitcoin Core's `sendall` wallet command. If a user typed a bech32 address in uppercase letters, the command would fail with a confusing 'below dust threshold' error instead of sending the funds. The fix compares d…

Functional bug in RPC command causing unexpected transaction failureCase-sensitivity mismatch between user input and canonical address encodingNo memory safety, cryptographic, or authorization issue evident
e7aef7e8by Ava Chow+22−52 files
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Informational 15 AI analysisMessage 100 · Strong
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Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#36381: test: avoid testing at the exact `-maxfeerate` boundary

This commit fixes a flaky automated test in Bitcoin Core. The test was checking the maximum transaction fee rate by creating a transaction at the exact boundary, which sometimes failed because the real transaction size could be slightly sm…

No production code changedTest-only changeNo memory safety, cryptography, consensus, or authorization changes
ba8fdb97by Ava Chow+1−11 file
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Informational 20 AI analysisMessage 91 · Strong
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Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#36233: guix: Update time-machine to `60f6956aeffa7f30285745bd0ea615e9acfc74f8`

This is a build-system maintenance update for Bitcoin Core's reproducible build environment (Guix). It updates the Guix time-machine commit and several dependency versions, and temporarily disables some test suites that fail when building …

No direct security-relevant code change in Bitcoin Core consensus, wallet, or P2P layers.Dependency version bumps (git-minimal, linux-headers, python-lief, python-minimal) are routine build-environment updates.Disabling third-party package test suites reduces build-time test coverage but does not alter Bitcoin Core's own test or release binaries.
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Informational 15 AI analysisMessage 81 · Strong
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Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#36364: tools: Call SHA256AutoDetect in bitcoin-util, bitcoin-tx and bitcoin-wallet

This change makes three Bitcoin command-line tools (bitcoin-tx, bitcoin-util, and bitcoin-wallet) automatically pick the fastest SHA-256 hashing implementation available on the computer, such as hardware-accelerated versions on modern CPUs…

dc2a9987by merge-script+6−03 files
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Informational 23 AI analysisMessage 98 · Strong
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Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#36321: net: cast vector size to avoid overflow, truncation, sign change

This is a one-line fix in Bitcoin Core's network code. It changes how the size of a list of block headers is converted to a signed integer inside a loop. Previously, if the list was empty, the conversion could trigger undefined-behavior wa…

UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer integer sanitizer warning addressedImplicit signed/unsigned conversion in loop counterUnsigned integer wraparound on empty vector size
ced4c6e6by merge-script+1−11 file
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Low 32 AI analysisMessage 91 · Strong
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Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#34371: wallet: allow importprunedfunds for spending transactions

This change fixes a Bitcoin Core wallet bug where the `importprunedfunds` RPC command could only re-import transactions that sent money to the wallet, not transactions that spent money from it. After this fix, both incoming and outgoing tr…

Logic bug in wallet transaction import scopeIncorrect balance possible after removing and re-importing spending transactionFix routes import through existing involvement check (IsMine + IsFromMe)
ed7dd7cfby Ava Chow+36−203 files
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Low 28 AI analysisMessage 91 · Strong
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Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#29278: Wallet: Add `maxfeerate` wallet startup option

This commit adds a new Bitcoin Core wallet startup option called -maxfeerate. It lets users set a maximum fee rate (fee per unit of transaction size) that the wallet will allow when creating or broadcasting transactions. Previously, the wa…

New wallet startup option -maxfeerate to cap transaction fee rateNew transaction error type MAX_FEE_RATE_EXCEEDEDBroadcastTransaction now checks both max absolute fee and max fee rate
f80aaf4bby Ava Chow+303−7930 files
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Moderate 64 AI analysisMessage 86 · Strong
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Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#35984: sign: skip signing SIGHASH_SINGLE inputs with no corresponding output

This Bitcoin Core update fixes a wallet-signing quirk. When a user chose the SIGHASH_SINGLE signature mode, an input that had no matching output index would sign essentially nothing meaningful. That signature could then stay valid even if …

Funds-redirection footgun from SIGHASH_SINGLE signatures with no committed outputInconsistent guard between SignTransaction and SignPSBTInput pathsFix centralizes the guard in the low-level signature creator to cover future signing paths
e19f83e9by Ava Chow+37−82 files
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Low 35 AI analysisMessage 86 · Strong
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Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#35696: i2p: update leaseset encryption types

This change updates Bitcoin Core's I2P (Invisible Internet Project) privacy network settings to use newer, stronger encryption for the published 'leaseset' that describes how other peers can contact a node. The old setting included ElGamal…

Cryptographic algorithm update (ElGamal to MLKEM-768)Use of I2P 'legacy' encryption type removedConfiguration-only change in network privacy layer
65e075f8by Ava Chow+2−21 file
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Informational 15 AI analysisMessage 81 · Strong
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Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#35948: init: correct first-run disk space estimate

This change fixes a labeling bug in Bitcoin Core's first-run disk-space warning. The estimate was stored in GiB (binary gigabytes, 1024-based) but displayed as GB (decimal gigabytes, 1000-based), and for pruned nodes it showed the full-cha…

d26f19c7by Ava Chow+5−42 files
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Low 44 AI analysisMessage 91 · Strong
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Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#36284: wallet: don't double discard output groups with avoidpartialspends

This is a wallet bug, not a theft or remote-code bug. When a Bitcoin Core user turns on the optional 'avoidpartialspends' or 'avoid_reuse' setting, an output group rejected during coin selection could be counted twice as 'discarded.' That …

Logic error causing double-counting of discarded UTXO groupsCan trigger false 'insufficient funds' failure in coin selectionAffects avoidpartialspends / avoid_reuse wallets only
e8e7e91aby Ava Chow+43−14 files
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Informational 18 AI analysisMessage 81 · Strong
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Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#35890: doc: use overwrite (>) instead of append (>>) for one-shot PSBT files in offline-signing-tutorial.md

This is a documentation-only fix in a tutorial file. It changes two shell examples from using '>>' (append to file) to '>' (overwrite file). If a user followed the old instructions and ran the same command twice, the file would contain two…

No security signal: change is limited to documentationNo code changes to Bitcoin Core binaries, RPC, wallet, or consensus logicNo cryptographic, network, or privilege-boundary implications
bfdcd979by merge-script+2−21 file
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Informational 19 AI analysisMessage 91 · Strong
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Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#35675: mining: add block template manager

This is a large internal code reorganization (refactor) in Bitcoin Core. It creates a new BlockTemplateManager class that takes over block-template creation, block submission, and tip-waiting helpers that were previously spread across seve…

Large refactor touching mining, RPC, interfaces, and test shutdown pathsNew object lifetime dependency: BlockTemplateManager holds references to mempool, chainman, and notifications; explicit reset ordering added in Shutdown/InitAndLoadChainstate/test setupsRemoval of early-init node.mining interface; BlockTemplateManager is now created after chainstate load, with a comment that it must exist before setChainstateLoaded(true) unblocks IPC waiters
5c726f20by Ryan Ofsky+561−44926 files
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Informational 12 AI analysisMessage 91 · Strong
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Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#35301: Silent Payments: Implement bip352 (take 2)

This commit adds the first implementation of BIP352 (Silent Payments) to Bitcoin Core. Silent Payments are a new type of privacy-preserving Bitcoin address that lets someone receive payments without publicly revealing a fixed address. The …

New cryptographic feature implementation (BIP352 Silent Payments)Extensive use of secp256k1 silentpayments moduleInput public key extraction from P2PKH, P2WPKH, P2SH-P2WPKH, and P2TR inputs
be5d0b55by Ava Chow+6951−010 files
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Low 45 AI analysisMessage 96 · Strong
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Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#35440: wallet: check descriptor cache xpub length before decoding

This update fixes a wallet database loading bug where a damaged or tampered Bitcoin wallet file could cause the program to read past the end of a stored extended public key (xpub). The patch makes the loader check the stored xpub length be…

Out-of-bounds read in wallet descriptor cache deserializationASan container-overflow triggered by malformed on-disk recordMissing length validation between record size prefix and fixed-size decoder
b3f846ecby Ava Chow+225−8511 files
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Informational 20 AI analysisMessage 100 · Strong
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Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#35813: wallet, rpc: Add listrawtransactions RPC

This commit adds a new wallet RPC called listrawtransactions to Bitcoin Core. It is a feature addition that lets users list every transaction their wallet knows about, including internal transfers and consolidations that the existing listt…

No security-relevant bug fix or vulnerability patch is present in the diff.New RPC exposes additional wallet transaction metadata, but only to callers already authorized for wallet RPCs.Code is a refactor of existing gettransaction logic into shared helpers; no new cryptographic, network, or consensus code.
2b95b45aby Ava Chow+334−276 files
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Lower-priorityrefactor: Get rid of unnecessary newlines in logsby Fabian Jahr · 8444efbd · Mar 23, 2026 · 1 fileMessage 57 · ThinInformational 15Details
Commit message · Fabian Jahr

refactor: Get rid of unnecessary newlines in logs

57/100 · ThinMessage clarity
✓ Descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Uses a recognizable type or scope! No meaningful explanatory body
AI analysis · Informational 15/100

This commit is a simple cleanup: it removes extra line-break characters from the ends of log messages in the Tor control code. Modern logging functions already add their own line breaks, so the old manual ones were creating blank lines in log files. There is no security issue here.

Lower-priorityrefactor: Modernize member variable names in torcontrolby Fabian Jahr · 6bcb6035 · Mar 23, 2026 · 2 filesMessage 62 · AdequateInformational 15Details
Commit message · Fabian Jahr

refactor: Modernize member variable names in torcontrol

62/100 · AdequateMessage clarity
✓ Specific, descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Uses a recognizable type or scope! No meaningful explanatory body
AI analysis · Informational 15/100

This commit is a pure code cleanup: it renames variables in Bitcoin Core's Tor control module to follow the project's modern naming style (adding 'm_' prefixes to member variables and using snake_case for local names). No behavior, logic, or security properties of the code are changed.

Lower-priorityrefactor: Use constexpr in torcontrol where possibleby Fabian Jahr · a36591d1 · Mar 23, 2026 · 1 fileMessage 62 · AdequateInformational 15Details
Commit message · Fabian Jahr

refactor: Use constexpr in torcontrol where possible

62/100 · AdequateMessage clarity
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AI analysis · Informational 15/100

This commit is a straightforward code cleanup in Bitcoin Core's Tor control module. It changes several constant variable declarations from 'static const' to 'constexpr' for integer and float values. This is a non-functional style/refactoring change with no security relevance.

Lower-prioritysync: Use StdMutex for thread safety annotationsby Anthony Towns · 8d2f0685 · Mar 23, 2026 · 1 fileMessage 45 · ThinInformational 15Details
Commit message · Anthony Towns

sync: Use StdMutex for thread safety annotations

45/100 · ThinMessage clarity
✓ Descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component! No meaningful explanatory body
AI analysis · Informational 15/100

This is a small internal cleanup in Bitcoin Core's lock-tracking code. It swaps the standard C++ mutex for a project-specific wrapper (StdMutex) and adds compile-time annotations that tell the compiler which data structures are protected by the mutex. There is no change to network behavior, consensus rules, or user-facing functionality, and no security bug is being fixed.

Lower-priorityscripted-diff: logging: Switch from StdLockGuard to STDLOCKby Anthony Towns · cbc231ed · Mar 23, 2026 · 2 filesMessage 83 · StrongInformational 15Details
Commit message · Anthony Towns

scripted-diff: logging: Switch from StdLockGuard to STDLOCK

-BEGIN VERIFY SCRIPT-
sed -i 's/StdLockGuard scoped_lock(\(.*\));/STDLOCK(\1);/' src/logging.h src/logging.cpp
-END VERIFY SCRIPT-

83/100 · StrongMessage clarity
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AI analysis · Informational 15/100

This commit is a purely mechanical rename in Bitcoin Core's logging code. It replaces the old name 'StdLockGuard scoped_lock' with a shorter macro name 'STDLOCK' everywhere it appears. The actual locking behavior is unchanged, so there is no security impact.

Lower-prioritylogging: Add missing thread safety annotationsby Anthony Towns · f808786f · Mar 23, 2026 · 1 fileMessage 45 · ThinInformational 16Details
Commit message · Anthony Towns

logging: Add missing thread safety annotations

45/100 · ThinMessage clarity
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AI analysis · Informational 16/100

This commit adds compiler hints about which locks must not be held when calling two logging helper functions. It does not change any actual code behavior, memory layout, or runtime logic. The change helps automated tools detect potential future threading mistakes during development, but it does not fix an active bug by itself.

Lower-priorityutil/stdmutex.h: Add STDLOCK() and improve annotation checking for StdMutexby Anthony Towns · e196cf26 · Mar 23, 2026 · 1 fileMessage 73 · AdequateInformational 23Details
Commit message · Anthony Towns

util/stdmutex.h: Add STDLOCK() and improve annotation checking for StdMutex

StdLockGuard and clang's thread safety annotations did not ensure that
the lock it was taking was not already held. Add a STDLOCK() macro which
uses an annotated StdMutex::CheckNotHeld() function to correct that.

73/100 · AdequateMessage clarity
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AI analysis · Informational 23/100

This commit tightens a compile-time safety check in Bitcoin Core's custom mutex wrapper. It adds a macro called STDLOCK() that, when used, asks the compiler to verify the same lock is not being acquired twice in a row by the same thread. It does not change runtime behavior or fix an active exploit; it is a defensive hardening change to catch a specific programming mistake during compilation.

Security candidateMerge bitcoin-core/gui#815: Bugfix on TransactionsView - Disable if privacy mode is set during wallet selectionby Hennadii Stepanov · 999c4248 · Mar 22, 2026 · 2919 filesMessage 91 · StrongLow 25Details
Commit message · Hennadii Stepanov

Merge bitcoin-core/gui#815: Bugfix on TransactionsView - Disable if privacy mode is set during wallet selection

0dc337f73d013e342b880746292f1c3247b287cf gui: Fix TransactionsView on setCurrentWallet (pablomartin4btc)

Pull request description:

<details>
<summary>Currenlty on <code>master</code>, when the "mask values" checkbox is ticked if the user selects a different wallet, the history action is enable and if the user clicks on it can see all the transactions in the transaction view.</summary>

![Peek 2024-04-09 17-37](https://github.com/bitcoin-core/gui/assets/110166421/d8e2fdd1-aaa6-4506-acde-51fa45a74910)

</details>
<details>
<summary>This PR fixes it.</summary>

![Peek 2024-04-09 17-45](https://github.com/bitcoin-core/gui/assets/110166421/78c30dc5-42a6-4829-981d-6b9aaa03f014)

</details>

Note for maintainers: this needs to be backported to 25.x and 26.x.

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ACK 0dc337f73d013e342b880746292f1c3247b287cf, tested on Fedora 43.

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91/100 · StrongMessage clarity
✓ Specific, descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Provides detailed explanatory context✓ Mentions testing or verification✓ Links an issue, advisory, or supporting reference
Why it was queued
cryptography-sensitive pathseed or entropy pathsigning or wallet pathboot or update pathauthentication pathparser or protocol pathmerge-commit duplicate discount
AI analysis · Low 25/100

This commit fixes a small user-interface bug in Bitcoin Core's Qt wallet GUI. When the user turns on 'privacy mode' (the 'mask values' checkbox that hides balances), then switches to a different wallet, the 'History' button was incorrectly staying enabled. Clicking it would reveal the transaction list for the newly selected wallet, defeating the intended privacy setting. The fix makes the transaction view stay disabled when privacy mode is active during a wallet switch. It is a local, UI-only information-disclosure issue that requires the attacker to already have access to the unlocked GUI and the ability to switch wallets.

Lower-priorityci: Upgrade IWYU to 0.26 compatible with Clang 22by Hennadii Stepanov · 0b489886 · Mar 22, 2026 · 5 filesMessage 72 · AdequateInformational 15Details
Commit message · Hennadii Stepanov

ci: Upgrade IWYU to 0.26 compatible with Clang 22

Additionally, removes mapping workarounds for issues that have been
fixed upstream.

72/100 · AdequateMessage clarity
✓ Descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Uses a recognizable type or scope✓ Provides an explanatory body
AI analysis · Informational 15/100

This commit is a routine maintenance update for the project's automated code-quality tooling. It upgrades the Include-What-You-Use (IWYU) static-analysis tool from version 0.21 to 0.26 to match Clang 22, refreshes the tool's internal header-mapping patch, removes now-unnecessary workarounds, and adds or removes a few C++ standard-library #include lines in two source files so the code continues to pass the updated analyzer. There is no change to Bitcoin Core's runtime behavior, consensus logic, networking, wallet handling, or any user-facing feature.

AI review queuedwallet: fix amount computed as boolean in coin selectionby furszy · 0026b330 · Mar 22, 2026 · 1 fileMessage 73 · AdequateLow 46Details
Commit message · furszy

wallet: fix amount computed as boolean in coin selection

The comparison is evaluated before the assignment, so total_amount
ends up holding a boolean instead of the actual amount:
total_amount = (a - b < c)
which is not what we want here. This has been working by accident.

73/100 · AdequateMessage clarity
✓ Specific, descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Provides detailed explanatory context
Why it was queued
signing or wallet pathsecond-pass: security-sensitive path
AI analysis · Low 46/100

A single missing semicolon in Bitcoin Core's wallet coin-selection code caused a comparison to run before an assignment. As a result, the variable that was supposed to hold the total available amount instead held just true or false. The code still mostly worked by accident, but the wrong value could mislead the wallet's decision about whether it has enough funds, especially when unconfirmed transactions with long chains are involved. This could lead to confusing error messages or, in edge cases, incorrect transaction creation.

Lower-prioritydoc: Note that generateblock does not collect transaction feesby HouseOfHufflepuff · 31365599 · Mar 22, 2026 · 1 fileMessage 93 · StrongInformational 15Details
Commit message · HouseOfHufflepuff

doc: Note that generateblock does not collect transaction fees

The generateblock RPC creates blocks where the coinbase only includes
the block subsidy, omitting transaction fees. Document this behavior
in the RPC help text to avoid confusion.

refs #31684

93/100 · StrongMessage clarity
✓ Specific, descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Provides detailed explanatory context✓ Explains rationale or failure mode✓ Links an issue, advisory, or supporting reference
AI analysis · Informational 15/100

This commit only updates the help text for the generateblock command in Bitcoin Core. It adds a note explaining that the command does not collect transaction fees in the block reward. There is no code behavior change, no bug fix, and no security issue.

Lower-priorityci: Switch to VS-vendored vcpkg instanceby Hennadii Stepanov · 2d5cedfe · Mar 20, 2026 · 1 fileMessage 80 · StrongInformational 15Details
Commit message · Hennadii Stepanov

ci: Switch to VS-vendored vcpkg instance

The GHA Windows image contains two vcpkg installations: one vendored by
VS (`VCPKG_ROOT`) and an independent one (`VCPKG_INSTALLATION_ROOT`).
Our build documentation recommends using the VS-vendored instance to
minimize user effort. While this option previously failed to build in
the CI, forcing us to use the independent installation, it is now
working correctly.

This change removes the no-longer-needed workaround.

80/100 · StrongMessage clarity
✓ Descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Uses a recognizable type or scope✓ Provides detailed explanatory context
Why it was queued
documentation-only discount
AI analysis · Informational 15/100

This commit is a routine cleanup of Bitcoin Core's GitHub Actions CI configuration for Windows builds. It switches the build from using a standalone vcpkg installation to the one that comes bundled with Visual Studio, matching the project's own documentation. The change only affects internal continuous-integration tooling and does not alter the Bitcoin Core software that users run.

Lower-prioritytest: move make_mining_ctx to ipc_util.pyby Enoch Azariah · 63684d69 · Mar 20, 2026 · 3 filesMessage 90 · StrongInformational 15Details
Commit message · Enoch Azariah

test: move make_mining_ctx to ipc_util.py

The async routines in both interface_ipc.py and interface_ipc_mining.py
contain redundant code to initialize the mining proxy object.

Move the make_mining_ctx helper into test_framework/ipc_util.py and
update both test files to use it. This removes the boilerplate and
prevents code duplication across the IPC test suite.

90/100 · StrongMessage clarity
✓ Descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Uses a recognizable type or scope✓ Provides detailed explanatory context✓ Mentions testing or verification
AI analysis · Informational 15/100

This commit is a simple code cleanup in Bitcoin Core's test suite. It moves a small helper function that creates a mining test object from two individual test files into a shared utility file, so the same code isn't duplicated. There is no change to the actual Bitcoin node software, no change to how tests behave, and no security relevance.

Lower-prioritytest: scale IPC mining wait timeouts by timeout_factorby Enoch Azariah · ad75b147 · Mar 20, 2026 · 1 fileMessage 100 · StrongInformational 15Details
Commit message · Enoch Azariah

test: scale IPC mining wait timeouts by timeout_factor

The IPC mining tests (interface_ipc_mining.py) currently use
hardcoded timeouts (e.g., 1000ms, 60000ms) for operations like
waitTipChanged and waiting for block templates. In heavily
loaded CI environments, such as those running sanitizers with
high parallelism, these hardcoded timeouts can be too short,
leading to spurious test failures and brittleness.

This commit multiplies these timeout variables by the test
suite's global `self.options.timeout_factor`. This ensures that
the IPC wait conditions scale appropriately when the test suite
is run with a higher timeout factor, making the tests robust
against slow execution environments.

Addresses CI brittleness observed in bitcoin-core/libmultiprocess#253.

100/100 · StrongMessage clarity
✓ Specific, descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Uses a recognizable type or scope✓ Provides detailed explanatory context✓ Mentions testing or verification✓ Links an issue, advisory, or supporting reference
Why it was queued
defensive validation
AI analysis · Informational 15/100

This commit only adjusts timeout values in a single automated test file. It makes the test wait longer under slow CI conditions to avoid false failures. There is no change to the actual Bitcoin Core software that users run, and no security issue is present.

AI review queuedtest: verify IPC error handling for invalid coinbaseby Enoch Azariah · e7a918b6 · Mar 20, 2026 · 2 filesMessage 100 · StrongInformational 12Details
Commit message · Enoch Azariah

test: verify IPC error handling for invalid coinbase

Add a test case to interface_ipc_mining.py to verify that the IPC
server correctly handles and reports serialization errors rather than
crashing the node.

This covers the scenario where submitSolution is called with data
that cannot be deserialized, as discussed in #33341

Also introduces the assert_capnp_failed helper in ipc_util.py to
cleanly handle macOS-specific Cap'n Proto exception strings, and
refactors an existing block weight test to use it.

100/100 · StrongMessage clarity
✓ Specific, descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Uses a recognizable type or scope✓ Provides detailed explanatory context✓ Mentions testing or verification✓ Links an issue, advisory, or supporting reference
Why it was queued
second-pass: broader security terminology
AI analysis · Informational 12/100

This commit only adds a new automated test and a small test helper. It checks that the Bitcoin Core IPC mining server returns a clean error when given invalid data, instead of crashing. There is no change to production code, so it does not introduce or fix a live security vulnerability by itself.

Lower-prioritytest: verify createNewBlock wakes promptly when tip advancesby Enoch Azariah · 4ada575d · Mar 20, 2026 · 1 fileMessage 100 · StrongInformational 12Details
Commit message · Enoch Azariah

test: verify createNewBlock wakes promptly when tip advances

This adds a complementary test to interface_ipc_mining.py to ensure
that createNewBlock() wakes up immediately once submitblock advances
the tip, rather than needlessly waiting for the cooldown timer to
expire on its own.

100/100 · StrongMessage clarity
✓ Specific, descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Uses a recognizable type or scope✓ Provides detailed explanatory context✓ Explains rationale or failure mode✓ Mentions testing or verification
AI analysis · Informational 12/100

This commit adds a new automated test to Bitcoin Core. It checks that a mining-related function called createNewBlock() wakes up quickly when a new block is submitted, instead of waiting for an internal cooldown timer. There is no code change to the actual Bitcoin node software—only a new test in the test suite.

Lower-priorityiwyu, doc: Document `IWYU pragma: export` for `<threadsafety.h>`by Hennadii Stepanov · 48bfcfed · Mar 20, 2026 · 13 filesMessage 50 · ThinInformational 15Details
Commit message · Hennadii Stepanov

iwyu, doc: Document `IWYU pragma: export` for `<threadsafety.h>`

50/100 · ThinMessage clarity
✓ Specific, descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component! No meaningful explanatory body
AI analysis · Informational 15/100

This is a code cleanup change only. It tells the Include What You Use (IWYU) tool that the project's main synchronization header (`sync.h`) re-exports another header (`threadsafety.h`), so other files don't need to include both. No program behavior changes, no security fix.

Lower-priorityiwyu, doc: Document `IWYU pragma: export` for `<chrono>`by Hennadii Stepanov · 015bea05 · Mar 20, 2026 · 3 filesMessage 50 · ThinInformational 15Details
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iwyu, doc: Document `IWYU pragma: export` for `<chrono>`

50/100 · ThinMessage clarity
✓ Specific, descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component! No meaningful explanatory body
AI analysis · Informational 15/100

This is a minor code cleanup and documentation change. It replaces direct includes of the standard C++ time library (`<chrono>`) in two files with a project-specific header (`util/time.h`) and adds a comment explaining that `util/time.h` is intended as a drop-in replacement for `<chrono>`. There is no functional code change and no security impact.

Lower-prioritydoc: Document rationale for using `IWYU pragma: export`by Hennadii Stepanov · 0fe6fcce · Mar 20, 2026 · 1 fileMessage 50 · ThinInformational 15Details
Commit message · Hennadii Stepanov

doc: Document rationale for using `IWYU pragma: export`

50/100 · ThinMessage clarity
✓ Specific, descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component! No meaningful explanatory body
Why it was queued
documentation-only discount
AI analysis · Informational 15/100

This commit only adds documentation to the developer notes. It explains when and why developers may use a specific code-comment directive (`IWYU pragma: export`) for header files. There is no code change, no bug fix, and no security relevance.

Lower-priorityiwyu, doc: Document `IWYU pragma: export` for `<logging/categories.h>`by Hennadii Stepanov · cfa3b10d · Mar 20, 2026 · 1 fileMessage 50 · ThinInformational 15Details
Commit message · Hennadii Stepanov

iwyu, doc: Document `IWYU pragma: export` for `<logging/categories.h>`

50/100 · ThinMessage clarity
✓ Specific, descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component! No meaningful explanatory body
AI analysis · Informational 15/100

This commit only adds a comment explaining how two source-code files relate to each other. It does not change any program behavior, fix a bug, or alter executable code.

Lower-priorityrefactor: Move `StdMutex` to its own headerby Hennadii Stepanov · 179abb38 · Mar 20, 2026 · 3 filesMessage 72 · AdequateInformational 15Details
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refactor: Move `StdMutex` to its own header

This makes `threadsafety.h` agnostic to the actual implementation.

72/100 · AdequateMessage clarity
✓ Descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Uses a recognizable type or scope✓ Provides an explanatory body
AI analysis · Informational 15/100

This commit is a simple code reorganization: it moves two helper classes (StdMutex and StdLockGuard) from one header file to a new header file and updates which files include them. There is no change to how the code behaves, no bug fix, and no security-related change.

Lower-priorityci: Switch to `x64-windows-release` tripletby Hennadii Stepanov · 9aa5b3c3 · Mar 20, 2026 · 2 filesMessage 72 · AdequateInformational 15Details
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ci: Switch to `x64-windows-release` triplet

This removes the need to patch vcpkg source code to skip debug builds
for dependencies.

72/100 · AdequateMessage clarity
✓ Descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Uses a recognizable type or scope✓ Provides an explanatory body
Why it was queued
documentation-only discount
AI analysis · Informational 15/100

This commit changes how Bitcoin Core's Windows continuous-integration builds select a release-only configuration for vcpkg dependencies. It replaces a workaround that patched vcpkg's source code with a built-in triplet name. There is no security-relevant change to the software users run.

Lower-priorityci: Remove upstreamed vcpkg workaroundby Hennadii Stepanov · 65882fa6 · Mar 20, 2026 · 1 fileMessage 80 · StrongInformational 15Details
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ci: Remove upstreamed vcpkg workaround

See https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/pull/44712.

80/100 · StrongMessage clarity
✓ Descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Uses a recognizable type or scope✓ Provides an explanatory body✓ Links an issue, advisory, or supporting reference
Why it was queued
documentation-only discount
AI analysis · Informational 15/100

This commit removes a temporary build-system workaround for the Windows CI pipeline. The workaround forced an older CMake compatibility setting when compiling a dependency (libevent) through the vcpkg package manager. Microsoft has now fixed the underlying issue upstream, so Bitcoin Core no longer needs the local override. There is no change to Bitcoin Core's runtime code, consensus rules, wallet handling, or network behavior.

Lower-prioritydepends: Fix cross-compiling on macOS for Windowsby Hennadii Stepanov · 7a9304f8 · Mar 20, 2026 · 1 fileMessage 68 · AdequateInformational 15Details
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depends: Fix cross-compiling on macOS for Windows

1. Use `build_os` instead of `host_os` for native packages.
2. `XCODE_VERSION` is available only for `darwin` hosts. Therefore,
simply disable the Xcode version check for `native_qt`.

68/100 · AdequateMessage clarity
✓ Descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Provides detailed explanatory context
AI analysis · Informational 15/100

This is a build-system fix for people who compile Bitcoin's dependency Qt on a Mac but intend to run it on Windows. It swaps a wrong variable (host_os) for the correct one (build_os) and turns off two Apple-specific version checks that do not apply when the final target is Windows. There is no indication this changes runtime behavior or fixes a security vulnerability.

AI review queuedtest: Use NodeClockContext in more testsby MarcoFalke · faad08e5 · Mar 20, 2026 · 11 filesMessage 67 · AdequateInformational 15Details
Commit message · MarcoFalke

test: Use NodeClockContext in more tests

67/100 · AdequateMessage clarity
✓ Descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Uses a recognizable type or scope✓ Mentions testing or verification! No meaningful explanatory body
Why it was queued
signing or wallet pathsecond-pass: security-sensitive path
AI analysis · Informational 15/100

This commit only changes Bitcoin Core's internal test and benchmark code. It replaces an older way of faking the system clock during tests (SetMockTime) with a newer helper object (NodeClockContext). No production code is touched, so this cannot affect real users, wallets, or the live network.