getrawtransaction hangs node when calling large size tx #932

issue hebasto openend this issue on March 2, 2026
  1. hebasto commented at 11:53 am on March 2, 2026: member

    Is there an existing issue for this?

    • I have searched the existing issues

    Current behaviour

    Using Bitcoin Core (bitcoin-qt) 30.2 console, the command “getrawtransaction 30794005e228089a56cca58b6ad85e8cc0667cdc06b0ee6f9fe72aa19f50acd2” leaves the software unresponsive. This transaction is non-standard and included in block 938523. The transaction is 3.98 MB in size according to a 3rd party block explorer.

    Expected behaviour

    Expected raw transaction output in Console

    Steps to reproduce

    Run “getrawtransaction 30794005e228089a56cca58b6ad85e8cc0667cdc06b0ee6f9fe72aa19f50acd2”

    (warning: expect your node to become unresponsive)

    Relevant log output

    No response

    How did you obtain Bitcoin Core

    Compiled from source

    What version of Bitcoin Core are you using?

    30.2

    Operating system and version

    Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS

    Machine specifications

    Moved from https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/34703.


hebasto


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