From 61546a36d4ae10872e7c0751f84d52bf16980d07 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MoneroOcean <33983510+MoneroOcean@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 20 May 2026 12:14:45 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix disconnected miner invalid-share ban bypass

---
 lib/pool/protocol.js | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/pool/protocol.js b/lib/pool/protocol.js
index 593205da..f494077f 100644
--- a/lib/pool/protocol.js
+++ b/lib/pool/protocol.js
@@ -717,12 +717,13 @@ module.exports = function createProtocolHandler(deps) {
         }
 
         function handleShareProcessed(miner, job, poolSettings, shareAccepted) {
+            let banned = false;
+            if (shareAccepted !== null) banned = miner.checkBan(shareAccepted);
             if (miner.removed_miner) return;
             if (shareAccepted === null) {
                 sendReply("Throttled down share submission (please increase difficulty)");
                 return;
             }
-            const banned = miner.checkBan(shareAccepted);
             if (global.config.pool.trustedMiners) {
                 if (shareAccepted) {
                     miner.trust.trust += job.rewarded_difficulty2;