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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2020-2022 The Bitcoin Core developers
+# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+#
+# Check for circular dependencies
+
+import os
+import re
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+EXPECTED_CIRCULAR_DEPENDENCIES = (
+    "chainparamsbase -> util/system -> chainparamsbase",
+    "node/blockstorage -> validation -> node/blockstorage",
+    "policy/fees -> txmempool -> policy/fees",
+    "qt/addresstablemodel -> qt/walletmodel -> qt/addresstablemodel",
+    "qt/recentrequeststablemodel -> qt/walletmodel -> qt/recentrequeststablemodel",
+    "qt/sendcoinsdialog -> qt/walletmodel -> qt/sendcoinsdialog",
+    "qt/transactiontablemodel -> qt/walletmodel -> qt/transactiontablemodel",
+    "wallet/fees -> wallet/wallet -> wallet/fees",
+    "wallet/wallet -> wallet/walletdb -> wallet/wallet",
+    "kernel/coinstats -> validation -> kernel/coinstats",
+)
+
+CODE_DIR = "src"
+
+
+def main():
+    circular_dependencies = []
+    exit_code = 0
+
+    os.chdir(CODE_DIR)
+    files = subprocess.check_output(
+        ['git', 'ls-files', '--', '*.h', '*.cpp'],
+        universal_newlines=True,
+    ).splitlines()
+
+    command = [sys.executable, "../contrib/devtools/circular-dependencies.py", *files]
+    dependencies_output = subprocess.run(
+        command,
+        stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+        universal_newlines=True,
+    )
+
+    for dependency_str in dependencies_output.stdout.rstrip().split("\n"):
+        circular_dependencies.append(
+            re.sub("^Circular dependency: ", "", dependency_str)
+        )
+
+    # Check for an unexpected dependencies
+    for dependency in circular_dependencies:
+        if dependency not in EXPECTED_CIRCULAR_DEPENDENCIES:
+            exit_code = 1
+            print(
+                f'A new circular dependency in the form of "{dependency}" appears to have been introduced.\n',
+                file=sys.stderr,
+            )
+
+    # Check for missing expected dependencies
+    for expected_dependency in EXPECTED_CIRCULAR_DEPENDENCIES:
+        if expected_dependency not in circular_dependencies:
+            exit_code = 1
+            print(
+                f'Good job! The circular dependency "{expected_dependency}" is no longer present.',
+            )
+            print(
+                f"Please remove it from EXPECTED_CIRCULAR_DEPENDENCIES in {__file__}",
+            )
+            print(
+                "to make sure this circular dependency is not accidentally reintroduced.\n",
+            )
+
+    sys.exit(exit_code)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()