P2P: Limit LLMQ signing sessions per peer

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PR intention

Prevent unauthenticated peers from retaining an unbounded number of LLMQ signing-share sessions through QSIGSESANN announcements.

This adapts dashpay/dash#7351 to Firo's older LLMQ implementation.

Code changes brief

• Cap announcement-created sessions per peer and LLMQ type at max(4 * quorum size, 100).
• Continue accepting re-announcements for known sessions and exclude locally created send-only sessions from the cap.
• Start session expiry on the first announcement without refreshing the timer on repeats, and clean recovered announcement-only sessions.
• Add focused unit coverage for cap enforcement, refreshes, send-only sessions, and per-type isolation.

Validation

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• Unit tests not run locally: no CMake/compiler or test_firo binary is available in this checkout.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Security & Reliability

  • Added per-peer limits for signature-share announcement sessions.
  • Enforced limits independently for each quorum type.
  • Improved cleanup of recovered signing sessions and session tracking.

• Bug Fixes

  • Prevented announcement session tracking from exceeding configured limits.
  • Preserved valid session recreation while maintaining configured limits.
  • Excluded send-only share sessions from announcement limits.

• Tests

  • Added coverage for session limits, recreation, send-only sessions, cleanup, and per-quorum enforcement.

Walkthrough

The signing shares module limits announcement-created sessions per peer. It tracks announcement state and session timestamps, cleans up recovered sessions, and adds unit tests for session-count behavior across known sessions, send-only sessions, and LLMQ types.

Changes

Signing session announcement limits

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Session tracking and count queries src/llmq/quorums_signing_shares.h, src/llmq/quorums_signing_shares.cpp	Sessions record whether they came from announcements. CSigSharesNodeState exposes total, per-type, and announcement-session counts.
Announcement enforcement and cleanup src/llmq/quorums_signing_shares.cpp	ProcessMessageSigSesAnn applies a per-peer limit based on LLMQ size, records session timestamps, and uses the stored parameter iterator. Cleanup() removes recovered sessions tracked by timestamps.
Session limit tests and test wiring src/test/CMakeLists.txt, src/test/llmq_signing_shares_tests.cpp	The test target includes unit tests for known-session recreation, send-only sessions, and per-LLMQ-type limits.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to c04aa

The change is merge-ready after normal checks and review; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Peer
  participant ProcessMessageSigSesAnn
  participant CSigSharesNodeState
  participant timeSeenForSessions
  Peer->>ProcessMessageSigSesAnn: send session announcement
  ProcessMessageSigSesAnn->>CSigSharesNodeState: check announcement session limit
  CSigSharesNodeState-->>ProcessMessageSigSesAnn: allow or reject
  ProcessMessageSigSesAnn->>timeSeenForSessions: record session timestamp
  ProcessMessageSigSesAnn->>CSigSharesNodeState: remove recovered sessions during cleanup

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: limiting LLMQ signing sessions per peer.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description includes the required PR intention and code changes brief. It explains the session cap, announcement behavior, expiry handling, cleanup, tests, and validation limits.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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PR intention

Prevent unauthenticated peers from retaining an unbounded number of LLMQ signing-share sessions through QSIGSESANN announcements.

This adapts dashpay/dash#7351 to Firo's older LLMQ implementation.

Code changes brief

• Cap announcement-created sessions per peer and LLMQ type at max(4 * quorum size, 100).
• Continue accepting re-announcements for known sessions and exclude locally created send-only sessions from the cap.
• Start session expiry on the first announcement without refreshing the timer on repeats, and clean recovered announcement-only sessions.
• Add focused unit coverage for cap enforcement, refreshes, send-only sessions, and per-type isolation.

Validation

• git diff --check origin/master...HEAD
• Unit tests not run locally: no CMake/compiler or test_firo binary is available in this checkout.

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CodeAnt-AI Description

Limit LLMQ signing sessions created from peer announcements

What Changed

• Limits announcement-created signing sessions from each peer to max(4 × quorum size, 100) per LLMQ type
• Continues accepting announcements for existing sessions while excluding locally created send-only sessions from the limit
• Starts session expiry on the first announcement, removes recovered announcement-only sessions, and adds coverage for these cases

Impact

✅ Prevents unbounded peer-created signing sessions
✅ Limits resource use independently for each LLMQ type
✅ Cleans up completed signing sessions

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🧹 Nitpick comments (2)

src/llmq/quorums_signing_shares.cpp (1)

151-155: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Use .find() for this map read.

Replace sessions.count(signHash) != 0 with sessions.find(signHash) != sessions.end().

As per coding guidelines, use .find() on maps for reads.

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In `@src/llmq/quorums_signing_shares.cpp` around lines 151 - 155, Update
CSigSharesNodeState::CanCreateSessionFromAnn to use sessions.find(signHash) !=
sessions.end() for the map lookup instead of sessions.count(signHash) != 0,
leaving the remaining session-capacity logic unchanged.

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src/llmq/quorums_signing_shares.h (1)

317-319: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Use the required f prefix for the boolean flag.

Rename receivedAnnouncement to fReceivedAnnouncement and update all reads and writes.

As per coding guidelines, boolean flags should use the f prefix.

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minimal, and validate.

In `@src/llmq/quorums_signing_shares.h` around lines 317 - 319, Rename the boolean
member receivedAnnouncement in the enclosing struct/class to
fReceivedAnnouncement, and update every read and write to use the new name
consistently.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@src/llmq/quorums_signing_shares.cpp`:
- Around line 151-155: Update CSigSharesNodeState::CanCreateSessionFromAnn to
use sessions.find(signHash) != sessions.end() for the map lookup instead of
sessions.count(signHash) != 0, leaving the remaining session-capacity logic
unchanged.

In `@src/llmq/quorums_signing_shares.h`:
- Around line 317-319: Rename the boolean member receivedAnnouncement in the
enclosing struct/class to fReceivedAnnouncement, and update every read and write
to use the new name consistently.

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User description

PR intention

Prevent unauthenticated peers from retaining an unbounded number of LLMQ signing-share sessions through QSIGSESANN announcements.

This adapts dashpay/dash#7351 to Firo's older LLMQ implementation.

Code changes brief

• Cap announcement-created sessions per peer and LLMQ type at max(4 * quorum size, 100).
• Continue accepting re-announcements for known sessions and exclude locally created send-only sessions from the cap.
• Start session expiry on the first announcement without refreshing the timer on repeats, and clean recovered announcement-only sessions.
• Add focused unit coverage for cap enforcement, refreshes, send-only sessions, and per-type isolation.

Validation

• git diff --check origin/master...HEAD
• Unit tests not run locally: no CMake/compiler or test_firo binary is available in this checkout.

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CodeAnt-AI Description

Limit peer-created LLMQ signing sessions

What Changed

• Each peer can create only a bounded number of signing sessions from announcements for each LLMQ type, preventing unbounded session retention.
• Re-announcements for existing sessions continue to work, while locally created send-only sessions do not consume the announcement limit.
• Session expiry starts when an announcement is first received, and recovered announcement-only sessions are cleaned up.
• Added coverage for session limits, repeated announcements, send-only sessions, and separate limits across LLMQ types.

Impact

✅ Prevents unbounded signing-session growth
✅ Keeps valid session re-announcements working
✅ Cleans up recovered signing sessions

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