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test: use dynamic port allocation to avoid test conflicts

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Authored by woltx

100/100 · Strong
test: use dynamic port allocation to avoid test conflicts

Use port=0 for dynamic port allocation in test framework components
to avoid "address already in use" errors from concurrent tests or
ports stuck in TIME_WAIT state from previous test runs.

Changes:
- socks5.py: Update conf.addr after bind() to reflect actual port
- p2p.py: Retrieve actual port after create_server() when port=0
- feature_proxy.py: Use port=0 for all SOCKS5 proxy servers
- feature_anchors.py: Use port=0 for onion proxy server
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit only changes Bitcoin Core's internal test framework. It switches test-only SOCKS5 proxy and P2P mock servers to use dynamic port allocation (port=0) so automated tests are less likely to fail with 'address already in use' errors. There is no change to production Bitcoin node code, no user-facing behavior change, and no security vulnerability being fixed.

Recommended action

No security action required. This is a test reliability improvement. Reviewers can treat it as routine test-framework maintenance.

Security signals we found

No strong security signals were identified.

Risk score

Why this scored 15/100

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Potential impact 0/30
Exploitability 0/25
Stealth signal 0/15
Affected reach 0/15
Confidence 10/10
Evidence quality 5/5
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