From dcfb650d9f97685eb1a2e84830f1002e22320254 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sami Ahmed <ahmed.sami@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2026 02:54:58 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] init: don't fail on ResetSyncCheckpoint for snapshot-sourced
 chains
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When LoadBlockIndex tries to reset the sync-checkpoint, it looks for
one of the known checkpoint blocks in mapBlockIndex and writes it to
the DB. For a freshly snapshot-loaded chain, mapBlockIndex only has
~1166 headers near the tip — none of the known sync checkpoints
(2205000, 2206004) are in that subset.

The reset returns false (no checkpoint found in main chain), and the
caller currently treats this as fatal: 'failed to reset sync-checkpoint'.
But for snapshot-sourced chains this is expected — the sync checkpoint
will be set when the node syncs past the next known checkpoint height.

Soften the failure: if fLoadedFromSnapshot is true, log a warning and
continue instead of erroring out.
---
 src/main.cpp | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 1cbe232..69318cb 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -3463,7 +3463,17 @@ bool LoadBlockIndex(bool fAllowNew)
         if (!txdb.TxnCommit())
             return error("LoadBlockIndex() : failed to commit new checkpoint master key to db");
         if ((!fTestNet) && !Checkpoints::ResetSyncCheckpoint())
-            return error("LoadBlockIndex() : failed to reset sync-checkpoint");
+        {
+            // For snapshot-sourced chains, the small initial block index may
+            // not include any of the known sync checkpoints yet (snapshot only
+            // includes ~1166 headers near tip). The sync checkpoint will be
+            // set when the node syncs past a known checkpoint height.
+            if (fLoadedFromSnapshot) {
+                printf("LoadBlockIndex(): sync-checkpoint reset deferred (snapshot-sourced, no checkpoints in small index yet)\n");
+            } else {
+                return error("LoadBlockIndex() : failed to reset sync-checkpoint");
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     return true;