1 files changed, 18 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index dc4536d..dfe7511 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -115,15 +115,29 @@ extern int64 nMaxDebugFileSize;
 //   2. Burst collapse: repeated LogPrint() calls from the *same source line*
 //      only emit one line per DEDUP_WINDOW_SECS; if more calls land inside
 //      that window they're counted instead of reprinted, and the count is
-//      flushed as a single "(xN similar in Ws)" line the moment the window
-//      rolls over. A loop discovering 500 peers by address now produces a
-//      small, bounded number of lines instead of 500 -- log growth is capped
-//      by elapsed time, not by how many similar events happen to fire.
+//      flushed as a single "(xN similar in Ws)" line once the window expires
+//      -- whether or not that call site ever fires again. A loop discovering
+//      500 peers by address now produces a small, bounded number of lines
+//      instead of 500 -- log growth is capped by elapsed time, not by how
+//      many similar events happen to fire.
+//
+// Use LogPrintAlways() instead for anything that reports an irreversible
+// change to money: an obligation voided, a payment sent, a payment that
+// failed. One line standing in for an unknown number of identical events is
+// a tidy report of peer chatter and a false report of a ledger. A reorg
+// voiding 100 entries hits one source line 100 times inside one window;
+// under LogPrint() that read as a single block losing a single 49.49 BTF
+// payment, while 4,950 BTF of obligations were actually destroyed, and the
+// discrepancy was only found by counting entries in pending_payouts.json
+// (issue #3). Bounded log growth is not worth that ambiguity here.
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 bool LogAcceptsCategory(const char* category);
 void LogPrintDedup(const char* category, const char* file, int line, const std::string& msg);
+void LogPrintNoCollapse(const char* category, const std::string& msg);
 #define LogPrint(category, ...) \
     do { if (LogAcceptsCategory(category)) LogPrintDedup((category), __FILE__, __LINE__, strprintf(__VA_ARGS__)); } while (0)
+#define LogPrintAlways(category, ...) \
+    do { if (LogAcceptsCategory(category)) LogPrintNoCollapse((category), strprintf(__VA_ARGS__)); } while (0)
 
 // Every format string in this project goes through one of the four functions
 // below -- `printf` itself is remapped to OutputDebugStringF just above, and