From 38c045fe1521036a3679f01b413d58f2fac393cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mayukha Vadari <mvadari@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2026 17:09:56 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] add asserts

---
 src/libxrpl/ledger/ApplyView.cpp | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/libxrpl/ledger/ApplyView.cpp b/src/libxrpl/ledger/ApplyView.cpp
index 59630a643c..3266617aa6 100644
--- a/src/libxrpl/ledger/ApplyView.cpp
+++ b/src/libxrpl/ledger/ApplyView.cpp
@@ -435,8 +435,12 @@ ReserveContext::makeFromTx(ApplyView& view, STTx const& tx)
 ReserveContext
 ReserveContext::makeFromAccount(ApplyView& view, SLE::pointer accountSle, SLE::pointer sponsorSle)
 {
-    if (!accountSle)
-        Throw<std::runtime_error>("ReserveContext::makeFromAccount : valid account sle");
+    XRPL_ASSERT(
+        accountSle != nullptr && accountSle->getType() == ltACCOUNT_ROOT,
+        "ReserveContext::makeFromAccount : valid account sle");
+    XRPL_ASSERT(
+        sponsorSle == nullptr || sponsorSle->getType() == ltACCOUNT_ROOT,
+        "ReserveContext::makeFromAccount : valid sponsor sle");
 
     auto const accountID = accountSle->getAccountID(sfAccount);
     std::optional<AccountID> const sponsorID =
@@ -452,6 +456,10 @@ ReserveContext::makeFromAccount(ApplyView& view, SLE::pointer accountSle, SLE::p
 ReserveContext
 ReserveContext::makeFromObject(ApplyView& view, SLE::ref objectSle, SLE::pointer ownerSle)
 {
+    XRPL_ASSERT(
+        ownerSle != nullptr && ownerSle->getType() == ltACCOUNT_ROOT,
+        "ReserveContext::makeFromObject : valid owner sle");
+    XRPL_ASSERT(objectSle != nullptr, "ReserveContext::makeFromObject : valid object sle");
     auto const accountID = ownerSle->getAccountID(sfAccount);
     SLE::ref sponsorSle = getLedgerEntryReserveSponsor(view, objectSle);
     std::optional<AccountID> const sponsorID =