From 812add178ef66422a87d8d8685a33e55fb149ddd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: devopsbo3 <69951731+devopsbo3@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2023 12:27:53 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Revert "core/txpool: fix minor flaw in isGapped check
 (#27404)"

This reverts commit 210e688a5c1a6be577c2e6715234be36ed0ad79a.
---
 core/txpool/txpool.go | 8 +++-----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/core/txpool/txpool.go b/core/txpool/txpool.go
index ba71dfa88a..cbb8cc287a 100644
--- a/core/txpool/txpool.go
+++ b/core/txpool/txpool.go
@@ -823,12 +823,10 @@ func (pool *TxPool) add(tx *types.Transaction, local bool) (replaced bool, err e
 
 // isGapped reports whether the given transaction is immediately executable.
 func (pool *TxPool) isGapped(from common.Address, tx *types.Transaction) bool {
-	// Short circuit if transaction falls within the scope of the pending list
-	// or matches the next pending nonce which can be promoted as an executable
-	// transaction afterwards. Note, the tx staleness is already checked in
-	// 'validateTx' function previously.
+	// Short circuit if transaction matches pending nonce and can be promoted
+	// to pending list as an executable transaction.
 	next := pool.pendingNonces.get(from)
-	if tx.Nonce() <= next {
+	if tx.Nonce() == next {
 		return false
 	}
 	// The transaction has a nonce gap with pending list, it's only considered