cmd/utils, internal/flags: deprecate flag XDCx-dbName and XDCx.dbName

Author: gzliudan

cmd/utils/flags.go

@@ -848,15 +848,6 @@ var (
 		Usage:    "Enable slave mode",
 		Category: flags.XdcCategory,
 	}
-
-	// XDCX settings
-	XDCXDBNameFlag = &cli.StringFlag{
-		Name:     "XDCx-dbName",
-		Aliases:  []string{"XDCx.dbName"},
-		Usage:    "Database name for XDCX",
-		Value:    "XDCdex",
-		Category: flags.XdcxCategory,
-	}
 )
 
 var (
@@ -1454,12 +1445,11 @@ func SetXDCXConfig(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *XDCx.Config, XDCDataDir string) {
 	}
 	// XDCx datadir: XDCDataDir/XDCx
 	cfg.DataDir = filepath.Join(XDCDataDir, "XDCx")
-	log.Info("XDCX datadir", "path", cfg.DataDir)
 	if ctx.IsSet(XDCXDBNameFlag.Name) {
-		cfg.DBName = ctx.String(XDCXDBNameFlag.Name)
-	} else {
-		cfg.DBName = XDCXDBNameFlag.Value
+		log.Warn("The flag XDCx-dbName or XDCx.dbName is deprecated, please remove this flag")
 	}
+	cfg.DBName = "XDCdex"
+	log.Info("Set XDCX config", "DataDir", cfg.DataDir, "DBName", cfg.DBName)
 }
 
 // SetEthConfig applies eth-related command line flags to the config.

cmd/utils/flags_legacy.go

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ var DeprecatedFlags = []cli.Flag{
 	LogDebugFlag,
 	MiningEnabledFlag,
 	XDCXDataDirFlag,
+	XDCXDBNameFlag,
 	LightServFlag,
 	LightPeersFlag,
 }
@@ -83,21 +84,29 @@ var (
 	LightServFlag = &cli.IntFlag{
 		Name:     "light-serv",
 		Aliases:  []string{"lightserv"},
-		Usage:    "Maximum percentage of time allowed for serving LES requests (0-90)",
+		Usage:    "Maximum percentage of time allowed for serving LES requests (0-90) (deprecated)",
 		Value:    ethconfig.Defaults.LightServ,
 		Category: flags.DeprecatedCategory,
 	}
 	LightPeersFlag = &cli.IntFlag{
 		Name:     "light-peers",
 		Aliases:  []string{"lightpeers"},
-		Usage:    "Maximum number of LES client peers",
+		Usage:    "Maximum number of LES client peers (deprecated)",
 		Value:    ethconfig.Defaults.LightPeers,
 		Category: flags.DeprecatedCategory,
 	}
-	// Deprecated Oct 2024
+	// Deprecated July 2025
 	EnablePersonal = &cli.BoolFlag{
 		Name:     "rpc.enabledeprecatedpersonal",
-		Usage:    "This used to enable the 'personal' namespace.",
+		Usage:    "This used to enable the 'personal' namespace (deprecated)",
+		Category: flags.DeprecatedCategory,
+	}
+	// Deprecated November 2025
+	XDCXDBNameFlag = &cli.StringFlag{
+		Name:     "XDCx-dbName",
+		Aliases:  []string{"XDCx.dbName"},
+		Usage:    "Database name for XDCX (deprecated)",
+		Value:    "XDCdex",
 		Category: flags.DeprecatedCategory,
 	}
 )

internal/flags/categories.go

@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ const (
 	MiscCategory       = "MISC"
 	DeprecatedCategory = "ALIASED (deprecated)"
 	XdcCategory        = "XDC"
-	XdcxCategory       = "XDCx"
 )
 
 func init() {