test: reduce waste during running of regression tests

[knst]

Issue being fixed or feature implemented

There are several performance blunders when regressions tests are running:

• test fixtures TestChainV24SignalBeforeV19Setup and TestChainDATSetup having too many blocks generated before actual testing happens
• dynamic_activation_thresholds requires to test 100 blocks to test window for each scenario
• CRanges's Size has O(N) complexity and calling it every loop step is a CPU waste.

What was done?

• generate less blocks for fixtures TestChainV24SignalBeforeV19Setup and TestChainDATSetup
• make dynamic_activation_thresholds regression test faster by using smaller window
• fix performance blunder for CRanges: quadratic fix + reduced amount of iterations

How Has This Been Tested?

CI time

develop: https://github.com/dashpay/dash/actions/runs/36747361144
PR: https://github.com/dashpay/dash/actions/runs/36885556889?pr=7777
linux: 2:54 -> 1:12
asan: 15:46 -> 15:29
tsan: 17:46 -> 16:33
sqlite: 4:09 -> 3:22
no-wallet: 3:48 -> 3:06
windows: 4:46 -> 2:45
multiprocess: 21:42 -> 20:43

Local run: overall running time for regression tests is reduced:

$ make -j30 check
    PR: 
        228,81s user
        11,41s system
        257% cpu 1:33,46 total
DEVELOP:
        275,48s user
        12,56s system
        268% cpu 1:47,35 total

overall time is 15seconds down; or saving 50seconds core-cpu's time which is more important time for CI where amount of cores limited

Local run: breakdown by particular tests:

Command	develop (s)	PR (s)	Speedup
src/test/test_dash -t '*evo*'	9.237	4.465	2.07×
src/test/test_dash -t 'dynamic*'	10.566	1.162	9.09×
src/test/test_dash -t '*util*'	22.857	0.323	70.76×

Breaking Changes

N/A

Checklist:

• I have performed a self-review of my own code
• I have made corresponding changes to the documentation
• I have assigned this pull request to a milestone (for repository code-owners and collaborators only)

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✅ Final review complete — no blockers (commit 6001137) · triage: low

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Walkthrough

The test updates change dynamic activation threshold values, deterministic masternode test heights and checkpoints, and the iteration and size-check behavior in test_CRanges.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~5 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 60011

The change narrows regression protection for intermediate CRanges cardinality errors. A bounded per-mutation check would restore that coverage; no production failure was established.

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 7 functions across 4 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly summarizes the main change: reducing wasted work and runtime during regression tests.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description directly explains the performance changes, affected tests, and reported runtime improvements.

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src/test/util_tests.cpp (1)

1489-1491: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Retain a bounded per-mutation Size() check.

test_CRanges now checks Size() only after the mutation loop. The Contains() checks cover only the selected value. A regression can add an unqueried extra value, then remove it during a later operation on the same selected value. The per-mutation checks would pass, and the final Size() could match set_2 despite violating the per-operation consistency contract.

Keep the check for the small test cases to avoid restoring the large quadratic cost:

Suggested fix

             }
             BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ranges.Contains(value), !!set_2.count(value));
+            if (test < 5) {
+                BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ranges.Size(), set_2.size());
+            }
         }

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Review comment at @src/test/util_tests.cpp around lines 1489 - 1491:
In test_CRanges, restore a Size() consistency check after each mutation for the
small test cases, guarded by the existing test index threshold, while retaining
the final size check to avoid quadratic cost on large cases.

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Review comments at @src/test/util_tests.cpp:
- Around line 1489-1491: In test_CRanges, restore a Size() consistency check
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📒 Files selected for processing (4)

• src/test/dynamic_activation_thresholds_tests.cpp
• src/test/evo_deterministicmns_tests.cpp
• src/test/util/setup_common.cpp
• src/test/util_tests.cpp

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Final validation — Phase 1 + Phase 2

At head 6001137, the changes remain narrowly scoped to regression-test performance, with no blocking correctness issue identified. The supplied exact-head CI snapshot reports successful builds, tests, and lint checks; this verification was static and ran no builds or tests. One commit-atomicity suggestion is confirmed: the intermediate window-reduction commit lacks the checkpoint required by its shortened fixture.

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Source: reviewer 1: gemini-3.8-flash-high (agent: phase1-reviewer, role: general); reviewer 2: gpt-6.1-sol (agent: phase2-reviewer, role: general); reviewer 3: gpt-6.1-sol (agent: phase2-reviewer, role: dash-core-commit-history); final verifier: gpt-6.1-sol (agent: sol-verifier, role: final-verifier)

• Triage: low by gpt-6.1-sol (effort low) — The diff only makes localized test fixtures and test-loop performance adjustments without changing production behavior or any critical surface.
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In `src/test/util/setup_common.cpp`:
- [SUGGESTION] src/test/util/setup_common.cpp:475-476: Move TestChainDATSetup checkpoint into the commit that lowered its block count
  Commit 5f22854fee5 changes `window` to 20, causing `TestChainDATSetup` to construct `TestChainSetup` with 18 blocks. At that commit, the checkpoint map still contains height 98 rather than 18, so `find(num_blocks)` returns `end()` and the constructor's checkpoint assertion fails before any dynamic activation scenario runs. The height-18 checkpoint is introduced only in 600113707ba. Move this checkpoint change into 5f22854fee5 so the intermediate commit passes its fixture precondition and remains usable for bisecting. The final head already contains the required checkpoint.

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🟡 Suggestion: Move TestChainDATSetup checkpoint into the commit that lowered its block count

Commit 5f22854 changes window to 20, causing TestChainDATSetup to construct TestChainSetup with 18 blocks. At that commit, the checkpoint map still contains height 98 rather than 18, so find(num_blocks) returns end() and the constructor's checkpoint assertion fails before any dynamic activation scenario runs. The height-18 checkpoint is introduced only in 6001137. Move this checkpoint change into 5f22854 so the intermediate commit passes its fixture precondition and remains usable for bisecting. The final head already contains the required checkpoint.

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