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Audit findings on merged #964, #950, #960, and #934, all reproduced at dev tip 5877d15f. Each is a robustness/availability defect (sync stall or DoS wedge); none is a false-accept. Every fix is fail-safe and ships with a regression test.

dash-spv — filter-header sync

#964 — failed process_cfheaders stranded a batch. pipeline.receive() clears a batch from the coordinator and batch_starts before the caller runs the fallible process_cfheaders. A storage-write failure left next_expected pinned with nothing tracking that batch, and extend_target only appends above target_height, so the hole was never revisited and filter-header sync stalled. Fix: re-enqueue the batch (requeue_failed) on a failed store so the next tick retries.

#964/#960 — watermark/target advanced before the fallible work. init/extend_target committed target_height before their fallible stop-hash lookups, and handle_new_headers advanced the block-header watermark before the fallible init/extend_target/send_pending. On failure the watermark sat past work that never got queued, and the tick's tip > block_header_tip_height check never re-armed. Fix: resolve every batch (resolve_batches) before mutating pipeline state, and restore the watermark on error.

dash-spv — block-header sync

#950next_to_store forward-jump stranded lower segments. reset_tip_segment and the receive-path tip reset set next_to_store forward to the tip index. send_pending only requests [next_to_store, next_to_store + ACTIVE_SEGMENT_WINDOW), so a still-downloading lower segment fell out of the window for good and header sync hung. Fix: only ever move next_to_store back toward the tip (min).

#960 — stale-announcement sweep unreachable while Syncing. The sweep ran only on the Synced tick branch. A Syncing manager with a permanently unobtainable announced hash reset the tip segment and re-requested forever (finalize_sync_if_complete refuses to finish while any announcement is outstanding), never emitting BlockHeaderSyncComplete — so every downstream manager stalled behind it. Fix: prune_stale_announcements runs in every tick state, bounding the loop.

dash — masternode (sml)

#934 — rewritable quorum_index wedged feed_qr_info. find_rotated_masternodes_for_quorums derived the cycle base with the unhardened rotated_cycle_base_height, then indexed the reconstructed set raw with the wire-supplied quorum_index. The index is not signature-covered, so a peer could drive a CorruptedCodeExecution that a non-inferred Invalid turned into a whole-feed abort, wedging masternode sync. Fix: derive through the hardened rotated_quorum_cycle_base (now shared with the reconstruction path), bounds-check the raw index, and classify InvalidQuorumIndex as Skipped so the one tampered entry degrades instead of aborting the feed.

#934 — last-write-wins in rotation_cl_sigs_by_work_height. The map was built from unvalidated wire data; a crafted diff could re-key a genuine work height with a forged signature and fail the aggregate check on honest data. A work height maps to one work block with one ChainLock signature, so two differing signatures can only come from tampering. Fix: drop a work height whose entries disagree, so its quorums degrade to a recoverable Skipped rather than being reconstructed against a forged signature.

#934 — mid-enum variant broke persisted discriminants. CycleBaseHeightTooLow was inserted between InvalidQuorumIndex and CorruptedCodeExecution, shifting the bincode discriminants of every later variant so a persisted engine blob decoded as the wrong error on upgrade. Fix: move it to the end of the enum (mirrors the PR's sibling change).

Deferred (lower-priority "also consider" items)

  • M1 (take-then-fail header drop in store_ready_batches): needs restructuring the pipeline's take_ready_to_store/store split so drained-but-unstored headers stay recoverable — not a clean localized change, and the failure is typically a genuine chain-break validation error. Deferred.
  • M6 (zero-peer tick guard in filter_headers/sync_manager): a minor no-op-avoidance guard; low value and touches the same tick path as the fix(dash-spv): promote finished header segments from the tick, not only on a message #960 watermark fix. Deferred.
  • H9 (promote debug-only empty-filter guards in storage/segments.rs to release errors): changes release-mode read semantics on a hot storage path and needs call-site analysis to confirm the guarded state never occurs benignly in production. Deferred to avoid turning latent-but-harmless states into new hard errors.

Tests

New regression tests for every fix (including feed_qr_info tests over the existing mainnet QRInfo fixture). cargo test -p dash-spv -p dashcore is green; the node-gated dashd_* integration tests are skipped via SKIP_DASHD_TESTS=1 (they require a live dashd). cargo fmt and cargo clippy clean on both crates.

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  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved initial blockchain synchronization by clearing stale requests and retrying header retrieval when needed.
    • Prevented lower-range synchronization work from being skipped during pipeline resets.
    • Improved recovery when filter-header processing or storage fails, allowing batches to be retried safely.
    • Prevented malformed quorum data and conflicting signatures from interrupting processing.
    • Classified invalid quorum indexes as recoverable verification skips instead of invalid data failures.
  • Compatibility

    • Preserved compatibility when encoding and decoding quorum validation errors.

Audit findings on merged #964/#950/#960/#934, verified at dev tip 5877d15.

dash-spv filter-header sync:
- #964: process_cfheaders is fallible, but receive() drops the batch from the
  coordinator and batch_starts first. A failed store left next_expected pinned
  with nothing tracking the batch (extend_target only appends above target), so
  filter-header sync stalled. Re-enqueue the batch on a failed store.
- #964/#960: init/extend_target committed target_height before their fallible
  stop-hash lookups, and handle_new_headers advanced the block-header watermark
  before the fallible init/extend/send. A failure then left the watermark past
  work that never queued, and the tick's storage-tip check never re-armed.
  Resolve every batch before mutating state, and restore the watermark on error.

dash-spv block-header sync:
- #950: reset_tip_segment and the receive-path tip reset assigned next_to_store
  forward to the tip index, dropping still-downloading lower segments out of
  send_pending's active window for good. Only ever move it back toward the tip.
- #960: the stale-announcement sweep ran only on the Synced tick branch, so a
  Syncing manager with a permanently unobtainable announced hash reset the tip
  segment forever and never emitted BlockHeaderSyncComplete. Sweep in every
  state so the retry loop is bounded.

dash masternode (sml):
- #934: find_rotated_masternodes_for_quorums derived the cycle base with the
  unhardened rotated_cycle_base_height and indexed the reconstructed set raw
  with the wire-supplied quorum_index. Since the index is not signature-covered,
  a peer could drive a CorruptedCodeExecution that aborted feed_qr_info and
  wedged sync. Use the hardened rotated_quorum_cycle_base, bounds-check the
  index, and classify InvalidQuorumIndex as Skipped so one entry degrades
  instead of aborting the feed.
- #934: rotation_cl_sigs_by_work_height took last-write-wins over unvalidated
  wire data, so a crafted diff could re-key a genuine work height and fail the
  aggregate check on honest data. Drop a work height whose entries disagree on
  the signature rather than serve a forged one.
- #934: CycleBaseHeightTooLow had been inserted mid-enum, shifting the persisted
  bincode discriminants of later variants; move it to the end so a legacy engine
  blob still decodes correctly.

Adds regression tests for every fix, including feed_qr_info tests over the
existing mainnet QRInfo fixture. cargo test -p dash-spv -p dashcore green
(node-gated dashd_* integration tests skipped via SKIP_DASHD_TESTS); fmt and
clippy clean.

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The PR adds stale-request recovery and atomic retry behavior to block-header and filter-header synchronization. It also hardens rotated-quorum validation, handles conflicting signatures, preserves quorum error serialization, and classifies invalid indexes as skipped verification.

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Header synchronization recovery

Layer / File(s) Summary
Preserve incomplete block-header segments
dash-spv/src/sync/block_headers/pipeline.rs
Tip resets no longer move next_to_store forward past incomplete lower segments. Regression tests cover explicit and unsolicited resets.
Recover stale block announcements
dash-spv/src/sync/block_headers/{manager,sync_manager}.rs, dash-spv/src/sync/block_headers/manager.rs
Tick processing prunes stale announcements, reopens the tip segment, sends fallback GetHeaders, and allows sync completion.
Make filter pipeline updates atomic
dash-spv/src/sync/filter_headers/pipeline.rs
Batch resolution occurs before pipeline mutation. Failed batches can be requeued without losing their start-height mapping.
Restore filter-header work after failures
dash-spv/src/sync/filter_headers/{manager,sync_manager}.rs
Failed setup restores the block-header watermark. Failed CFHeaders storage requeues received and buffered batches.

Quorum validation hardening

Layer / File(s) Summary
Preserve quorum error serialization
dash/src/sml/quorum_validation_error.rs
CycleBaseHeightTooLow moves to the end of the enum. Tests verify legacy bincode discriminants and round-tripping.
Handle invalid rotated-quorum indexes
dash/src/sml/masternode_list_engine/rotated_quorum_construction.rs, dash/src/sml/masternode_list_engine/mod.rs
Invalid indexes now return InvalidQuorumIndex through the hardened cycle-base resolver and bounds-checked member lookup.
Discard conflicting ChainLock signatures
dash/src/sml/{llmq_entry_verification.rs,masternode_list_engine/*}
Conflicting signatures are excluded from inference. Invalid quorum indexes become skipped verification results without aborting QRInfo processing.

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The change hardens synchronization and masternode handling, but current code can still lose filter-header requests on dispatch failure and accept malformed post-sync header batches; either issue can wedge synchronization and block downstream progress, so merge should wait for fixes.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant SyncManager
  participant Pipeline
  participant Storage
  participant RequestSender
  SyncManager->>Pipeline: inspect stale or failed work
  Pipeline->>Storage: resolve headers or process batches
  Storage-->>Pipeline: success or error
  Pipeline->>Pipeline: preserve or requeue retry state
  SyncManager->>RequestSender: send fallback requests
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  • dashpay/rust-dashcore#939 — Both changes address incorrect handling of conflicting ChainLock signatures in quorum-related processing.

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dash-spv/src/sync/block_headers/pipeline.rs (1)

179-195: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Reject unsolicited post-sync header batches.

This branch accepts multiple headers after a completed tip resets. The existing batch path then processes the headers as a requested response. Require exactly one header before changing segment state.

Proposed fix
-use crate::error::SyncResult;
+use crate::error::{SyncError, SyncResult};

 if segment.complete && segment.target_height.is_none() {
+    if headers.len() != 1 {
+        return Err(SyncError::InvalidState(format!(
+            "unsolicited post-sync announcement contained {} headers",
+            headers.len()
+        )));
+    }
     segment.complete = false;
     self.next_to_store = self.next_to_store.min(idx);

Based on learnings: “unsolicited post-sync block header announcements always contain exactly one header.”

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In `@dash-spv/src/sync/block_headers/pipeline.rs` around lines 179 - 195, In the
segment reset branch guarded by segment.complete and target_height.is_none(),
only reset the segment and update next_to_store when the announcement contains
exactly one header. Leave multi-header unsolicited post-sync batches unmodified
so they are not passed through the requested-response processing path; use the
existing batch/header count symbol to enforce this condition.

Source: Learnings

dash-spv/src/sync/filter_headers/manager.rs (1)

208-275: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Requeue batches removed before dispatch failure.

send_pending removes all available batches before sending them. If request_filter_headers fails, the failed batch and remaining batches are neither pending nor in flight. requeue_in_flight restores only earlier successful sends. Requeue the unsent batches when dispatch fails, or make dispatch rollback-safe.

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In `@dash-spv/src/sync/filter_headers/manager.rs` around lines 208 - 275, Update
the dispatch path in arm_pipeline_for_new_headers so a request_filter_headers
failure from pipeline.send_pending does not lose batches removed from the
pending queue. Capture or otherwise preserve all batches taken for dispatch,
restore the failed and unsent batches in their original order when dispatch
fails, then propagate the error while retaining existing handling for
successfully sent batches.
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dash-spv/src/sync/filter_headers/sync_manager.rs (1)

63-74: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add manager-level retry tests for storage failures.

Add in-module tests for direct and promoted buffered batches with a failing FilterHeaderStorage. Each test must assert that the same request is reissued on the next tick and that next_expected remains at the failed batch.

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In `@dash-spv/src/sync/filter_headers/sync_manager.rs` around lines 63 - 74, Add
in-module manager tests covering storage failures for both directly processed
batches and promoted buffered batches, using a failing FilterHeaderStorage.
Verify each failed request is reissued on the following tick and next_expected
remains at the failed batch height.

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Outside diff comments:
In `@dash-spv/src/sync/block_headers/pipeline.rs`:
- Around line 179-195: In the segment reset branch guarded by segment.complete
and target_height.is_none(), only reset the segment and update next_to_store
when the announcement contains exactly one header. Leave multi-header
unsolicited post-sync batches unmodified so they are not passed through the
requested-response processing path; use the existing batch/header count symbol
to enforce this condition.

In `@dash-spv/src/sync/filter_headers/manager.rs`:
- Around line 208-275: Update the dispatch path in arm_pipeline_for_new_headers
so a request_filter_headers failure from pipeline.send_pending does not lose
batches removed from the pending queue. Capture or otherwise preserve all
batches taken for dispatch, restore the failed and unsent batches in their
original order when dispatch fails, then propagate the error while retaining
existing handling for successfully sent batches.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@dash-spv/src/sync/filter_headers/sync_manager.rs`:
- Around line 63-74: Add in-module manager tests covering storage failures for
both directly processed batches and promoted buffered batches, using a failing
FilterHeaderStorage. Verify each failed request is reissued on the following
tick and next_expected remains at the failed batch height.

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The comment claimed a Skipped entry "is never treated as verified either
way, so this cannot cause a false accept". That overstates the isolation:
quorum_entry_for_hash_at_or_before_height (masternode_list_engine/
helpers.rs) excludes only Invalid entries, and dash-spv-ffi's
platform_integration uses that lookup to serve quorum public keys, so an
Invalid->Skipped reclassification does keep the entry servable on that
path. Rewrite the comment to state the true situation: nothing is marked
Verified, rotated-cycle stores still retain only Verified entries, and
the lookup exposure is pre-existing (Skipped(NotMarkedForVerification)
is the default status for quorums entering a stored list) — this change
neither creates it nor widens it beyond entries already present in
stored lists. Tightening the lookup to require Verified is noted as a
deliberate follow-up, out of scope here as a behavioral change.

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Pushed 621f74d correcting a comment in llmq_entry_verification.rs: the earlier text claimed a Skipped entry "is never treated as verified either way, so this cannot cause a false accept," which was inaccurate — quorum_entry_for_hash_at_or_before_height in masternode_list_engine/helpers.rs excludes only Invalid entries, and that lookup is what dash-spv-ffi's platform integration uses to serve quorum public keys for Platform state-proof verification, so reclassifying InvalidSkipped does keep an entry servable on that path. The comment now states the situation precisely: nothing gets marked Verified, the rotated-cycle stores still retain only Verified entries, and the lookup's acceptance of non-Invalid statuses is a pre-existing exposure (Skipped(NotMarkedForVerification) is already the default status for every quorum entering a stored list) that this change neither creates nor widens beyond entries already present in stored lists. Tightening that lookup to require Verified is a real behavioral change deliberately left out of this PR as a follow-up.

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