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 "created": "2026-09-17T15:52:26+00:00",
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   "goal": [
    "Penalize peers that send malformed compact blocks during optimistic reconstruction instead of silently ignoring them."
   ],
   "reviewability": [
    "The author has been inactive for over 100 days, though the patch is clean and has addressed prior feedback."
   ],
   "agreement": [
    "Strong support for consistency with the primary compact block path and standard protocol enforcement (davidgumberg, w0xlt).",
    "Stale ACKs remain after author addressed minor review nits."
   ],
   "categories": [
    {
     "name": "p2p",
     "why": [
      "P3 because it closes a small protocol enforcement gap where peers sending malformed data avoided misbehavior scoring.",
      "The failure to disconnect malformed peers only applies in the fallback optimistic reconstruction path and does not cause crashes or chain desync."
     ]
    }
   ]
  },
  "summary": "This PR updates the optimistic compact block reconstruction path in net_processing to call Misbehaving when a peer provides malformed compact block data. Previously, an invalid compact block during optimistic reconstruction was silently ignored under a TODO comment.",
  "problem": "When the maximum number of in-flight compact block reconstructions for a block is reached, subsequent peers sending compact blocks trigger optimistic reconstruction. If a peer sends a malformed compact block in this path, the node silently discarded the failure instead of penalizing the peer, creating an inconsistency with standard compact block handling.",
  "discussion": {
   "open_concerns": [],
   "resolved_concerns": [
    "Reviewers requested clearer comments distinguishing reconstruction failures from malformed blocks and renaming test variables, both addressed by the author."
   ],
   "author_status": "silent since 2026-05-29"
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  "reviewability": {
   "state": "Stale",
   "label": "Author silent",
   "reason": "The author has been silent for 111 days, exceeding the 60-day threshold, though the PR is mergeable and passes CI."
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  "agreement": {
   "state": "Strong",
   "summary": "Strong: davidgumberg and w0xlt supported the change for consistency with happy-path compact block validation; nits were resolved.",
   "reason": "Reviewers agreed that malformed compact blocks should be penalized consistently across all paths, and all raised nits were addressed.",
   "evidence": [
    "davidgumberg noted: 'This is consistent with how the happy path invalid compact blocks are treated, and consistent with how Misbehaving() is used in general'",
    "w0xlt commented: 'Good catch ! ACK f24db575d33cdd6ebaac8cd02233bf9d266b7d42 with some non-blocking nits'"
   ]
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  "dependencies": {
   "depends_on": [],
   "enables": []
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   {
    "name": "p2p",
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    "evidence": "Modifies net_processing.cpp peer misbehavior handling for compact block reception and adds a functional test in p2p_compactblocks.py.",
    "band": "P3",
    "reason_tag": "DoS protection",
    "score": 0.35,
    "factors": {
     "security_stability": 1,
     "bug_severity": 1,
     "performance": 0,
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    "rationale": "P3 because it resolves an omitted peer penalty on malformed P2P messages, completing a TODO left in net_processing. While it improves consistency in DoS protection against peers sending invalid compact blocks, the scenario only triggers when three compact blocks for the same block are already in-flight, making real-world operational impact modest."
   }
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  "confidence": "high",
  "uncertainties": [],
  "needs": [],
  "card": "This pull request ensures that peers sending malformed compact blocks during optimistic reconstruction are marked as misbehaving and disconnected, resolving a longstanding TODO. Previously, invalid compact blocks encountered on this fallback path were silently ignored, unlike in the primary compact block processing path. Reviewers strongly supported the change for consistency with existing P2P protocol enforcement, and previous review comments were addressed. The PR is mechanically clean but has been idle with the author inactive for over 100 days. It has no open blockers or external dependencies."
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