test: randomized perturbing in feature_init

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/test/functional/feature_init.py b/test/functional/feature_init.py
index 1b657e2c47..37ef3de4dd 100755
--- a/test/functional/feature_init.py
+++ b/test/functional/feature_init.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 """Stress tests related to node initialization."""
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
+from random import randint
 import shutil
 
 from test_framework.test_framework import BitcoinTestFramework, SkipTest
@@ -137,8 +138,8 @@ class InitStressTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
                     # Since the genesis block is not checked by -checkblocks, the
                     # perturbation window must be chosen such that a higher block
                     # in blk*.dat is affected.
-                    tf.seek(150)
-                    tf.write(b'1' * 200)
+                    tf.seek(randint (150, 15000))
+                    tf.write(b'1' * randint(20, 2000))
 
             start_expecting_error(err_fragment)