Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#28157: test doc: tests `acceptstalefeeestimates` option is only supported on regtest chain

ee5a0369cc4305da7b3d26f37677de05ad797e51 test: ensure acceptstalefeeestimates is supported only on regtest chain (ismaelsadeeq)
22d5d4b2b2486feaef981e96f0321f020617f082 tx fees, policy: doc: update and delete unnecessary comment (ismaelsadeeq)

Pull request description:

  This PR Follow up comments from [#27622](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/27622)

  It test that the new `regtest-only` option `acceptstalefeeestimates` is not supported on [main, signet and test chains](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/27622/files#r1235218268), removes an unnecessary [comment](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/27622/files#r1235204323), and update fee estimator  `MAXFILEAGE` [description comment](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/27622/files#r1233887314).

ACKs for top commit:
  jonatack:
    ACK ee5a0369cc4305da7b3d26f37677de05ad797e51
  glozow:
    utACK ee5a0369cc4305da7b3d26f37677de05ad797e51

Tree-SHA512: 4755f25b08db62f37614ea768272b12580ee0d481fb7fa339379901a6132c66828777c6747d3fe67490ceace3a6ff248bf13bdf65720f6e5ba8642eb762acd3c

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/policy/fees.cpp b/src/policy/fees.cpp
index c8f2df781b..553c88fddc 100644
--- a/src/policy/fees.cpp
+++ b/src/policy/fees.cpp
@@ -548,14 +548,12 @@ CBlockPolicyEstimator::CBlockPolicyEstimator(const fs::path& estimation_filepath
 
     AutoFile est_file{fsbridge::fopen(m_estimation_filepath, "rb")};
 
-    // Whenever the fee estimation file is not present return early
     if (est_file.IsNull()) {
         LogPrintf("%s is not found. Continue anyway.\n", fs::PathToString(m_estimation_filepath));
         return;
     }
 
     std::chrono::hours file_age = GetFeeEstimatorFileAge();
-    // fee estimate file must not be too old to avoid wrong fee estimates.
     if (file_age > MAX_FILE_AGE && !read_stale_estimates) {
         LogPrintf("Fee estimation file %s too old (age=%lld > %lld hours) and will not be used to avoid serving stale estimates.\n", fs::PathToString(m_estimation_filepath), Ticks<std::chrono::hours>(file_age), Ticks<std::chrono::hours>(MAX_FILE_AGE));
         return;
diff --git a/src/policy/fees.h b/src/policy/fees.h
index 52761f03ca..8ed13482e9 100644
--- a/src/policy/fees.h
+++ b/src/policy/fees.h
@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@
 // How often to flush fee estimates to fee_estimates.dat.
 static constexpr std::chrono::hours FEE_FLUSH_INTERVAL{1};
 
-/** fee_estimates.dat that are more than 60 hours (2.5 days) will not be read,
- * as the estimates in the file are stale.
+/** fee_estimates.dat that are more than 60 hours (2.5 days) old will not be read,
+ * as fee estimates are based on historical data and may be inaccurate if
+ * network activity has changed.
  */
 static constexpr std::chrono::hours MAX_FILE_AGE{60};