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diff --git a/doc/release-notes-pr13381.md b/doc/release-notes-pr13381.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..75faad9906 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/release-notes-pr13381.md @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +RPC importprivkey: new label behavior +------------------------------------- + +Previously, `importprivkey` automatically added the default empty label +("") to all addresses associated with the imported private key. Now it +defaults to using any existing label for those addresses. For example: + +- Old behavior: you import a watch-only address with the label "cold + wallet". Later, you import the corresponding private key using the + default settings. The address's label is changed from "cold wallet" + to "". + +- New behavior: you import a watch-only address with the label "cold + wallet". Later, you import the corresponding private key using the + default settings. The address's label remains "cold wallet". + +In both the previous and current case, if you directly specify a label +during the import, that label will override whatever previous label the +addresses may have had. Also in both cases, if none of the addresses +previously had a label, they will still receive the default empty label +(""). Examples: + +- You import a watch-only address with the label "temporary". Later you + import the corresponding private key with the label "final". The + address's label will be changed to "final". + +- You use the default settings to import a private key for an address that + was not previously in the wallet. Its addresses will receive the default + empty label (""). |