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fix: CoinJoin shutdown crashes and thread-dump log flooding #301

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fix: rate-limit full thread dumps on peer socket timeout
HashEngineering Jul 15, 2026
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fix: guard against NPE when CoinJoin methods run during shutdown
HashEngineering Jul 26, 2026
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fix: handle missing transaction broadcaster when CoinJoin runs during…
HashEngineering Aug 11, 2026
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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions core/src/main/java/org/bitcoinj/coinjoin/CoinJoinClientSession.java
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Expand Up @@ -240,6 +240,11 @@ private boolean combineOutputs(List<CompactTallyItem> vecTally, HashMap<Coin, In
} catch (InsufficientMoneyException e) {
log.error("coinjoin: failed to combine outputs: {}", e.getMessage());
return false;
} catch (IllegalStateException e) {
// the wallet loses its transaction broadcaster when it is removed from the
// PeerGroup during shutdown while a mixing session may still be running
log.error("coinjoin: failed to combine outputs: {}", e.getMessage());
return false;
}
}

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15 changes: 12 additions & 3 deletions core/src/main/java/org/bitcoinj/coinjoin/utils/CoinJoinManager.java
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Expand Up @@ -323,16 +323,24 @@ public boolean isMasternodeOrDisconnectRequested(MasternodeAddress address) {
}

public boolean addPendingMasternode(CoinJoinClientSession session) {
return masternodeGroup.addPendingMasternode(session);
MasternodeGroup group = masternodeGroup;
return group != null && group.addPendingMasternode(session);
}

public boolean forPeer(MasternodeAddress address, MasternodeGroup.ForPeer forPeer, boolean warn) {
return masternodeGroup.forPeer(address, forPeer, warn);
MasternodeGroup group = masternodeGroup;
return group != null && group.forPeer(address, forPeer, warn);
}

public void startAsync() {
lock.lock();
try {
// masternodeGroup is nulled by stopAsync() and peerGroup by close(); a mixing
// coroutine may still call this while the wallet service is shutting down.
if (masternodeGroup == null || peerGroup == null) {

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Synchronize the peerGroup shutdown transition.

startAsync() holds lock, but close() clears peerGroup without this lock at Line 318. If close() runs after this guard and before Line 346, peerGroup.shouldSendDsq(true) still throws NullPointerException.

Guard the peerGroup lifecycle transition in close() with the same lock, or use a stable local reference for all accesses in startAsync().

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In `@core/src/main/java/org/bitcoinj/coinjoin/utils/CoinJoinManager.java` at line
340, Synchronize the peerGroup lifecycle in CoinJoinManager: update close() to
clear peerGroup under the same lock used by startAsync(), or capture a stable
local peerGroup reference in startAsync() and use it for all subsequent accesses
after the null guard. Ensure the shutdown transition cannot invalidate the
reference before shouldSendDsq(true) executes.

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we will fix this at another time

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@HashEngineering, understood. This thread remains open until the synchronization fix is available. Would you like me to create a follow-up GitHub issue for it?

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log.info("coinjoin: startAsync called after shutdown; ignoring");
return;
}
if (!masternodeGroup.isRunning()) {
log.info("coinjoin: broadcasting senddsq(true) to all peers");
peerGroup.shouldSendDsq(true);
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}

public boolean disconnectMasternode(Masternode service) {
return masternodeGroup.disconnectMasternode(service);
MasternodeGroup group = masternodeGroup;
return group != null && group.disconnectMasternode(service);
}

@VisibleForTesting
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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions core/src/main/java/org/bitcoinj/coinjoin/utils/TransactionBuilder.java
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Expand Up @@ -187,6 +187,11 @@ public boolean commit(StringBuilder strResult) {
} catch (InsufficientMoneyException x) {
strResult.append(x);
return false;
} catch (IllegalStateException x) {
// the wallet loses its transaction broadcaster when it is removed from the
// PeerGroup during shutdown while a mixing session may still be running
strResult.append(x);
return false;
}
keepKeys = true;

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68 changes: 41 additions & 27 deletions core/src/main/java/org/bitcoinj/core/PeerSocketHandler.java
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import java.nio.BufferUnderflowException;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
import java.nio.channels.NotYetConnectedException;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
import java.util.concurrent.locks.Lock;

import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.*;
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close();
}

// Full all-threads stack dumps are expensive and can flood the log when timeouts cluster
// (e.g. repeated masternode connection failures during CoinJoin), so allow at most one
// per interval across all connections. Network thread dumps and freeze detection still
// run on every timeout.
private static final long FULL_THREAD_DUMP_INTERVAL_MS = TimeUnit.MINUTES.toMillis(10);
private static final AtomicLong lastFullThreadDumpTime = new AtomicLong(0);

private static boolean shouldLogFullThreadDump() {
long now = System.currentTimeMillis();
long last = lastFullThreadDumpTime.get();
return now - last >= FULL_THREAD_DUMP_INTERVAL_MS && lastFullThreadDumpTime.compareAndSet(last, now);
}

/**
* Checks all thread stacks to detect if any thread is stuck in native I/O operations
* (peekByteArray or SPVBlockStore operations that freeze on Android).
* @return true if a blockstore timeout is detected
*/
private boolean checkForBlockStoreTimeout() {
Thread.getAllStackTraces().forEach((thread, stackTrace) -> {
String threadName = thread.getName();
if (threadName.contains("PeerGroup Thread") || threadName.contains("NioClientManager")) {
log.warn("Stack trace for thread '{}' (State: {}):", threadName, thread.getState());

boolean foundBlockingCall = false;
for (StackTraceElement element : stackTrace) {
log.warn(" at {}", element);
boolean fullDump = shouldLogFullThreadDump();
boolean blockStoreTimeout = false;

// Check if this thread is stuck in native peekByteArray or SPVBlockStore operations
String elementStr = element.toString();
if (elementStr.contains("peekByteArray")) {
foundBlockingCall = true;
}
for (Map.Entry<Thread, StackTraceElement[]> entry : Thread.getAllStackTraces().entrySet()) {
Thread thread = entry.getKey();
StackTraceElement[] stackTrace = entry.getValue();
String threadName = thread.getName();
boolean networkThread = threadName.contains("PeerGroup Thread") || threadName.contains("NioClientManager");

// Check if this thread is stuck in native peekByteArray or SPVBlockStore operations
boolean foundBlockingCall = false;
for (StackTraceElement element : stackTrace) {
if (element.toString().contains("peekByteArray")) {
foundBlockingCall = true;
break;
}
}

if (foundBlockingCall) {
log.error("CRITICAL: Thread '{}' is stuck in native I/O operation (peekByteArray/SPVBlockStore)", threadName);
}
} else {
// always dump a stuck thread's stack; other threads only on the rate-limited full dump
if (networkThread || foundBlockingCall || fullDump) {
log.warn("Stack trace for thread '{}' (State: {}):", threadName, thread.getState());
for (StackTraceElement element : stackTrace) {
log.warn(" at {}", element);
}
}
});

// Check all threads for blocking SPVBlockStore calls
for (Thread thread : Thread.getAllStackTraces().keySet()) {
for (StackTraceElement element : thread.getStackTrace()) {
String elementStr = element.toString();
if (elementStr.contains("peekByteArray")) {
log.error("CRITICAL: Detected SPVBlockStore timeout - native I/O freeze detected in thread: {}", thread.getName());
return true;

if (foundBlockingCall) {
blockStoreTimeout = true;
if (networkThread) {
log.error("CRITICAL: Thread '{}' is stuck in native I/O operation (peekByteArray/SPVBlockStore)", threadName);
} else {
log.error("CRITICAL: Detected SPVBlockStore timeout - native I/O freeze detected in thread: {}", threadName);
}
}
}
return false;
return blockStoreTimeout;
}

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