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    "Prevent corrupted node state by aborting chainstate flushes if writing block or undo data fails"
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    "Strong support from reviewers across multiple ACKs (arejula27, optout21, mzumsande)",
    "Initial questions on log removal and timer updates were fully resolved by author explanations (optout21)",
    "One test styling nit remains unsettled but does not block (maflcko)"
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      "P2 because it protects chainstate crash consistency and metadata integrity during disk flush errors",
      "Without this, a failed block or undo flush could still record durable block-index and coins entries, risking silent data corruption"
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  "summary": "This pull request stops `FlushStateToDisk()` from writing block-index metadata and coins data when `FlushChainstateBlockFile()` fails. By returning an error immediately, it prevents `m_last_flushed_block` from advancing past non-durable block or undo data and adds a unit test for this failure path.",
  "problem": "When writing block or undo files to disk fails during a chainstate flush, the node previously continued to write coins cache and block-index metadata, advancing the last-flushed marker. If block storage and chainstate reside on different filesystems or block writing fails permanently, this can leave block-index metadata pointing to missing or incomplete block data.",
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    "Test formatting nit regarding compound assertions under BOOST_CHECK versus split assertions"
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    "Whether removing LogWarning lost logging coverage; resolved by noting lower-level FlushBlockFile already calls flushError",
    "Whether skipping the m_next_write timer update had side effects; resolved by showing periodic timer should not advance after a failed flush before shutdown",
    "Suppression of expected fatal log messages during unit tests; resolved by adding ASSERT_DEBUG_LOG"
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     "note": "ACKed after verifying locally, and opened follow-up PR #35731 for related helpers"
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     "note": "Raised style nits regarding compound conditions in BOOST_CHECK"
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     "login": "mzumsande",
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     "note": "Concept ACK, pointing out corruption risks when -blocksdir is on a separate filesystem"
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    "arejula27 ACKed the approach and code",
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      "evidence": "2026-08-04: \"With this early exit, the update of m_next_write below is also skipped. It looks like that _may_ cause some unwanted side-effects, so maybe it should be kept\"",
      "resolution_evidence": "2026-08-19: \"Thanks, it makes sense.\""
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      "note": "Concept ACK; pointed out it avoids corruption if a separate -blocksdir fails fsync while chainstate succeeds"
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    "evidence": "Directly alters Chainstate::FlushStateToDisk in src/validation.cpp to handle block file flush failure before committing coins and block index metadata.",
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  "card": "This PR stops FlushStateToDisk from writing block-index metadata and coins data if FlushChainstateBlockFile fails, resolving a deferred TODO from PR 27866. Without this check, a failed block or undo flush can still advance the flushed block pointer and record block-index data, risking inconsistent disk state or corruption especially when using -blocksdir. The PR includes an error-injection unit test verifying that the last-flushed pointer does not advance on failure. It has strong support and ACKs from multiple reviewers with no open objections."
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