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-rw-r--r--src/index/base.cpp4
-rw-r--r--src/index/base.h4
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/index/base.cpp b/src/index/base.cpp
index 2368189da2..1ebe89ef7c 100644
--- a/src/index/base.cpp
+++ b/src/index/base.cpp
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ bool BaseIndex::Init()
} else {
SetBestBlockIndex(m_chainstate->FindForkInGlobalIndex(locator));
}
+
+ // Note: this will latch to true immediately if the user starts up with an empty
+ // datadir and an index enabled. If this is the case, indexation will happen solely
+ // via `BlockConnected` signals until, possibly, the next restart.
m_synced = m_best_block_index.load() == active_chain.Tip();
if (!m_synced) {
bool prune_violation = false;
diff --git a/src/index/base.h b/src/index/base.h
index 77c46dd428..5a484377e7 100644
--- a/src/index/base.h
+++ b/src/index/base.h
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ private:
/// Whether the index is in sync with the main chain. The flag is flipped
/// from false to true once, after which point this starts processing
/// ValidationInterface notifications to stay in sync.
+ ///
+ /// Note that this will latch to true *immediately* upon startup if
+ /// `m_chainstate->m_chain` is empty, which will be the case upon startup
+ /// with an empty datadir if, e.g., `-txindex=1` is specified.
std::atomic<bool> m_synced{false};
/// The last block in the chain that the index is in sync with.