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    "Abort node startup with an informative error message when configured ZMQ sockets fail to bind",
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      "P3 because it fixes a silent failure mode where nodes start normally despite broken notification endpoints",
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  "summary": "Aborts bitcoind initialization when configured ZMQ notification endpoints fail to bind or initialize, returning a detailed OS error string via util::Result and InitError. Replaces debug-level logs with Error-level startup failures and adds regression test coverage in interface_zmq.py for occupied ports, unreachable addresses, and invalid arguments.",
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    "sedited asked to drop a separate cleanup commit, which the author squashed",
    "pinheadmz suggested propagating the specific bind error reason instead of a generic initialization failure, which the author implemented using util::Result",
    "pinheadmz requested explicit functional test assertions for specific error messages and failure cases including port collision with RPC, which the author added with platform-specific string handling"
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    "pinheadmz: 'Concept ACK. Built and tested locally with a variety of zmq misconfigurations'",
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