From 247af5e8a3ab27615ead66b06a4ade8f69ed7ea2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: j-berman <justinberman@protonmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 23:02:33 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] cryptonote_core: try-catch in prepare same as cleanup

---
 src/cryptonote_core/cryptonote_core.cpp | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/cryptonote_core/cryptonote_core.cpp b/src/cryptonote_core/cryptonote_core.cpp
index 473afa450..999442cdd 100644
--- a/src/cryptonote_core/cryptonote_core.cpp
+++ b/src/cryptonote_core/cryptonote_core.cpp
@@ -1407,7 +1407,11 @@ namespace cryptonote
   bool core::prepare_handle_incoming_blocks(const std::vector<block_complete_entry> &blocks_entry, std::vector<block> &blocks)
   {
     m_incoming_tx_lock.lock();
-    if (!m_blockchain_storage.prepare_handle_incoming_blocks(blocks_entry, blocks))
+    bool success = false;
+    try { success = m_blockchain_storage.prepare_handle_incoming_blocks(blocks_entry, blocks); }
+    catch (const std::exception &e) { MERROR("Failed prepare handle incoming blocks: " << e.what()); }
+    catch (...) { MERROR("Failed prepare handling incoming blocks"); }
+    if (!success)
     {
       cleanup_handle_incoming_blocks(false);
       return false;