doc: add release notes for deprecation of wallet rbf & bip125 fields
What the developer wrote
Authored by rkrux
doc: add release notes for deprecation of wallet rbf & bip125 fields
What changed, and why it matters
This commit only adds documentation. It announces that two Bitcoin Core settings related to transaction replacement (RBF/BIP125) are now deprecated and will be removed later. There is no code change, no bug fix, and no security issue in the commit itself.
No security action needed. Treat as routine release-note documentation.
Security signals we found
No strong security signals were identified.
Evidence from the diff
The commit creates a release-notes file (doc/release-notes-34917.md) documenting the deprecation of the bip125-replaceable key in wallet transaction RPCs and the -walletrbf startup option. It is purely documentation; no functional code is modified.
Changed components
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+RPC and Startup Option
+------------
+The `bip125-replaceable` key in the wallet transaction RPCs such
+as `listtransactions`, `listsinceblock`, and `gettransaction` is
+marked as deprecated. Users still have the option to retrieve this
+key by passing the `-deprecatedrpc=bip125` startup option. Also,
+the `-walletrbf` startup option has been marked as deprecated and
+will be fully removed in the next release. Using this options emits
+a warning in the logs.
Why this scored 15/100
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