From cbf2c87d7ceb248f772cf3cda8e8f2d84b1442e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ed Hennis <ed@ripple.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 18:59:26 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix a couple of issues: fix error check, remove incorrect
 test

---
 src/libxrpl/basics/Number.cpp       | 4 ++--
 src/test/protocol/STNumber_test.cpp | 6 ++++--
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/libxrpl/basics/Number.cpp b/src/libxrpl/basics/Number.cpp
index eb3e21dbf1..d3b02c18c8 100644
--- a/src/libxrpl/basics/Number.cpp
+++ b/src/libxrpl/basics/Number.cpp
@@ -429,10 +429,10 @@ Number::Guard::doDropDigitWithTarget(T& mantissa, int& exponent, int const targe
 {
     XRPL_ASSERT(
         targetExponent > exponent, "Number::Guard::doDropDigitWithTarget : something to do");
-    if (mantissa == 0 && unrecoverable() && targetExponent >= exponent)
+    if (mantissa == 0 && unrecoverable() && targetExponent > exponent)
     {
         // No number of dropped digits is going to change any of the operative parameters at this
-        // point
+        // point.
         exponent = targetExponent;
         return;
     }
diff --git a/src/test/protocol/STNumber_test.cpp b/src/test/protocol/STNumber_test.cpp
index 7dd296806d..0466616632 100644
--- a/src/test/protocol/STNumber_test.cpp
+++ b/src/test/protocol/STNumber_test.cpp
@@ -185,14 +185,16 @@ struct STNumber_test : public beast::unit_test::Suite
                 }
                 catch (std::exception const& e)
                 {
-                    BEAST_EXPECT(std::string(e.what()) == expected);
+                    std::ostringstream out;
+                    out << "Json: " << num.asString() << " got exception: " << e.what()
+                        << ", expected: " << expected;
+                    BEAST_EXPECTS(std::string(e.what()) == expected, out.str());
                 }
             };
 
             // Obvious overflows tested here
             expectJsonThrows("1e2000000", "Number::normalize 2");
             expectJsonThrows("1e2000000000", "Number::normalize 2");
-            expectJsonThrows("1e2000000000000", "Number::normalize 2");
 
             // Obvious non-numbers tested here
             expectJsonThrows("", "'' is not a number");