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Low 32 Monero

Remove unused code for keep-alive socks requests and fix socks requests timing out

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Keeqler

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Remove unused code for keep-alive socks requests and fix socks requests timing out
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit removes a reused SOCKS connection pool and forces every network request to use a fresh connection that closes immediately after use. It also extends a connection test timeout from 10 to 20 seconds and cleans up unused proxy-port variables. The stated goal is to fix SOCKS requests that were timing out. There is no direct evidence in the commit of a security vulnerability being patched, but the change does remove a class of risks that connection pools can introduce, such as accidentally sending sensitive request data on a connection previously authenticated under different wallet state.

Recommended action

Treat as a routine reliability/refactoring change unless independent testing shows the old pool could be coerced into cross-request state leakage. Review whether SOCKSSocket.send closes the underlying socket after use, since the new code no longer explicitly closes non-pooled sockets in a finally block. Verify the 20-second timeout is acceptable for Tor and does not mask a deeper hang. No urgent security patch is indicated by the commit alone.

Security signals we found

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Removal of connection pooling for SOCKS5 proxy connections

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HTTP requests now explicitly use Connection: close instead of keep-alive

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Each request gets a fresh socket rather than reusing a potentially stale pooled socket

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Timeout for connection test increased from 10 to 20 seconds

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Unused proxy-port variables removed from connection settings form

Risk score

Why this scored 32/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 8/30
Exploitability 5/25
Stealth signal 4/15
Affected reach 6/15
Confidence 6/10
Evidence quality 3/5
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