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Bound the seen-ChainLock cache while preserving time-based expiration behavior. Add focused coverage for capacity eviction and expiry.

Upstream: Dash PR #7424, Dash PR #7482, and Dash PR #7548.

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  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved chainlock tracking to prevent unbounded cache growth.
    • Ensured the most recent chainlocks are retained while older entries are removed.
    • Recognized the current best chainlock during duplicate and availability checks.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage verifying cache limits, eviction of older entries, and retention of recent chainlocks.

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The chainlock handler now stores seen chainlocks in a capacity-limited cache of 1024 entries. It recognizes the best chainlock as known, updates cache insertion and cleanup logic, and adds tests for eviction behavior.

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Chainlock cache

Layer / File(s) Summary
Bounded cache implementation
src/llmq/quorums_chainlocks.h, src/llmq/quorums_chainlocks.cpp
seenChainLocks now uses limitedmap with a capacity of 1024. Duplicate detection and cleanup use the new container behavior. AlreadyHave recognizes the best chainlock hash.
Cache eviction test
src/test/llmq_chainlock_cache_tests.cpp, src/test/CMakeLists.txt
The test target includes a suite that verifies the 1024-entry limit, oldest-entry eviction, retained entries, and best-chainlock recognition.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to d6ea4

The change bounds memory use while preserving ChainLock validation, but cache eviction can let peers replay older entries and increase processing work under adversarial traffic. The PR is mergeable with explicit owner awareness or follow-up on whether the 1024-entry limit is sufficient.

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Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 15 functions across 3 files. (1 skipped: 1… Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely summarizes the main change: bounding the seen ChainLock cache.
Description check ✅ Passed The description states the PR intention, explains the cache bound and preserved expiry behavior, and identifies the added test coverage. It satisfies the mandatory content, although it does not reprod…
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The description states the PR intention, explains the cache bound and preserved expiry behavior, and identifies the added test coverage. It satisfies the mandatory content, although it does not reproduce the template headings.

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Bound the seen-ChainLock cache while preserving time-based expiration behavior. Add focused coverage for capacity eviction and expiry.


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Keep the seen ChainLock cache within a fixed limit without losing time-based cleanup

What Changed

  • The cache now holds at most 1,024 previously seen ChainLocks, evicting the oldest entries when full
  • The current best ChainLock remains recognized even when it is not stored in the bounded cache
  • Existing expiration cleanup continues to remove entries after 24 hours
  • Added coverage for capacity limits, eviction order, and retention of recent and best ChainLocks

Impact

✅ Bounded ChainLock memory usage
✅ Reliable duplicate detection for recent ChainLocks
✅ Preserved expiration of stale ChainLocks

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if (seenChainLocks.count(hash) != 0) {
return;
}
seenChainLocks.insert(std::make_pair(hash, GetTimeMillis()));

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Suggestion: Invalid CLSIGs consume cache entries before signature verification, allowing peers to evict valid entries and force repeated expensive BLS verification. [security]

Assessment: 🟠 Major · 🔁 Occurrence: Sometimes

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**Path:** src/llmq/quorums_chainlocks.cpp
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	*Security: Invalid CLSIGs consume cache entries before signature verification, allowing peers to evict valid entries and force repeated expensive BLS verification.

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🧹 Nitpick comments (1)
src/test/llmq_chainlock_cache_tests.cpp (1)

60-60: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Use prefix increment in this loop.

Change i++ to ++i.

Proposed change
-    for (size_t i = 0; i <= MAX_SEEN_CHAINLOCKS; ++i) {
+    for (size_t i = 0; i <= MAX_SEEN_CHAINLOCKS; ++i) {

As per coding guidelines, “Prefer ++i over i++ in loops.”

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In `@src/test/llmq_chainlock_cache_tests.cpp` at line 60, Update the loop
increment in the MAX_SEEN_CHAINLOCKS iteration to use prefix increment, changing
i++ to ++i while preserving the loop bounds and body.

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- Line 60: Update the loop increment in the MAX_SEEN_CHAINLOCKS iteration to use
prefix increment, changing i++ to ++i while preserving the loop bounds and body.

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  • src/llmq/quorums_chainlocks.cpp
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I reviewed cache insertion and eviction, duplicate suppression, cleanup iterator safety, and handling of the current best ChainLock after eviction. limitedmap evicts by the stored timestamp, while AlreadyHave separately preserves recognition of the best ChainLock. The focused regression coverage and full CI matrix are green; I found no actionable defect.

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