Corrupted wallet when upgrading to 31.1 #35962

1. 
   Fonta1n3 commented at 8:01 PM on August 12, 2026: none

   Is there an existing issue for this?

   • I have searched the existing issues

   Current behaviour

   I updated to 31.1 from 29.2 and it resulted in a wallet.dat getting corrupted, here is my log:

   2026-08-12T19:37:55Z init message: Loading wallet…
   2026-08-12T19:37:55Z [FullyNoded-36d0229102d0812082856404228e8b2a8f7a6eb5856c5e9e6333bb079e9481a3] Last client version = 290200
   2026-08-12T19:37:55Z [FullyNoded-36d0229102d0812082856404228e8b2a8f7a6eb5856c5e9e6333bb079e9481a3] The descriptor ID calculated by the wallet differs from the one in DB
   2026-08-12T19:37:56Z [FullyNoded-36d0229102d0812082856404228e8b2a8f7a6eb5856c5e9e6333bb079e9481a3] Setting spkMan to active: id = 1b38ccf1fb798d491b870edbf10b9801eae05c458a95c26bfb585a96b9cd04e7, type = bech32m, internal = false
   2026-08-12T19:37:56Z [FullyNoded-36d0229102d0812082856404228e8b2a8f7a6eb5856c5e9e6333bb079e9481a3] Setting spkMan to active: id = 9fefd4023c79247585ff8c766b5654319e0fef7d03c1b79fb10fc8f045b1a449, type = bech32m, internal = true
   2026-08-12T19:37:56Z [FullyNoded-36d0229102d0812082856404228e8b2a8f7a6eb5856c5e9e6333bb079e9481a3] Releasing wallet FullyNoded-36d0229102d0812082856404228e8b2a8f7a6eb5856c5e9e6333bb079e9481a3..
   2026-08-12T19:37:56Z [error] Error loading /Home/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/FullyNoded-36d0229102d0812082856404228e8b2a8f7a6eb5856c5e9e6333bb079e9481a3/wallet.dat: Wallet corrupted
   

   How is The descriptor ID calculated? All I did was shut the node down, delete old binaries and install new binaries.

   Expected behaviour

   Upgrade without wallet corruption.

   Steps to reproduce

   I can not remember the details of the wallet off the top of my head, can hopefully find my backup.

   Relevant log output

   No response

   How did you obtain Bitcoin Core

   Pre-built binaries

   What version of Bitcoin Core are you using?

   v31.1

   Operating system and version

   Macos 15.3

   Machine specifications

   No response

2. 
   achow101 commented at 8:04 PM on August 12, 2026: member

   Probably same as #35432. Can you try with #35445

3. 
   Fonta1n3 commented at 8:07 PM on August 12, 2026: none

   I removed that wallet now it is saying another wallet is corrupted.

   2026-08-12T20:03:33Z init message: Loading wallet…
   2026-08-12T20:03:33Z [FullyNoded-bcd6a9d97c4fb2d3861d0402a07efa3df734011500ec83673781aed97dd94eef] Last client version = 290200
   2026-08-12T20:03:33Z [FullyNoded-bcd6a9d97c4fb2d3861d0402a07efa3df734011500ec83673781aed97dd94eef] The descriptor ID calculated by the wallet differs from the one in DB
   2026-08-12T20:03:33Z [FullyNoded-bcd6a9d97c4fb2d3861d0402a07efa3df734011500ec83673781aed97dd94eef] The descriptor ID calculated by the wallet differs from the one in DB
   2026-08-12T20:03:33Z [FullyNoded-bcd6a9d97c4fb2d3861d0402a07efa3df734011500ec83673781aed97dd94eef] The descriptor ID calculated by the wallet differs from the one in DB
   2026-08-12T20:03:33Z [FullyNoded-bcd6a9d97c4fb2d3861d0402a07efa3df734011500ec83673781aed97dd94eef] The descriptor ID calculated by the wallet differs from the one in DB
   2026-08-12T20:03:33Z [FullyNoded-bcd6a9d97c4fb2d3861d0402a07efa3df734011500ec83673781aed97dd94eef] Setting spkMan to active: id = ad96cf140c5181648d151e6a274307a4fa9b1db5ea2a6b31c928a843bae5aa3e, type = bech32m, internal = false
   2026-08-12T20:03:33Z [FullyNoded-bcd6a9d97c4fb2d3861d0402a07efa3df734011500ec83673781aed97dd94eef] Setting spkMan to active: id = 5e14f05c9feed6490801adc378be3421dc3bfbce028d45b22c63c407612ec9a7, type = bech32m, internal = true
   2026-08-12T20:03:33Z [FullyNoded-bcd6a9d97c4fb2d3861d0402a07efa3df734011500ec83673781aed97dd94eef] Releasing wallet FullyNoded-bcd6a9d97c4fb2d3861d0402a07efa3df734011500ec83673781aed97dd94eef..
   2026-08-12T20:03:33Z [error] Error loading /HOME/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/FullyNoded-bcd6a9d97c4fb2d3861d0402a07efa3df734011500ec83673781aed97dd94eef/wallet.dat: Wallet corrupted
   

   Downgrading to v30.3 fixes it, I can now load both wallets fine. I can provide all the details to recreate the issue if needed.

4. 
   Fonta1n3 commented at 8:13 PM on August 12, 2026: none

   Probably same as #35432. Can you try with #35445

   I was using miniscript so that checks out.

5. fanquake added this to the milestone 32.0 on Aug 13, 2026
6. willcl-ark added the label Bug on Aug 13, 2026
7. willcl-ark added the label Wallet on Aug 13, 2026

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