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Modular C implementation of the Lightning Network protocol and node stack.

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DeveloperCommitsCandidatesAnalyzedHigh riskMessage avg.
Rusty Russell9587395072
Sangbida Chaudhuri1463139066
Dusty Daemon771313066
ShahanaFarooqui931010063
daywalker908957062
Níckolas Goline4057076
Lagrang37644069
Christian Decker3645072
Vincenzo Palazzo833080
Chandra Pratap5624082
ekzyis222063
Peter Neuroth9711070
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Informational 17 AI analysisMessage 73 · Adequate
EP Elements ProjectCore Lightning BitcoinLightning Network

lightningd: internal cleanups since all non-command JSON IDs are strings.

This is a routine internal cleanup commit in Core Lightning. It removes an unused helper function and simplifies how JSON-RPC request IDs are stored and formatted, since the project now always uses string IDs for non-command JSON traffic. …

No security-relevant keywords in commit title or messageNo CVE, advisory, or bug reference presentChanges are refactor/cleanup in nature
a70ae963by Rusty Russell+25−378 files
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Informational 23 AI analysisMessage 65 · Adequate
EP Elements ProjectCore Lightning BitcoinLightning Network

downgrade: we need to remove "impressions" from askrene datastore when downgrading to v26.06.

This is a database downgrade helper fix, not a live network vulnerability. Core Lightning's downgrade tool previously failed to strip out new 'channel impression' records when rolling a database back to version v26.06. The patch teaches th…

Database downgrade path could leave incompatible records in older schemaOffline tool only; no remote or on-chain triggerFix prevents potential node startup failure after version rollback
4d926285by Rusty Russell+43−111 file
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Low 31 AI analysisMessage 68 · Adequate
EP Elements ProjectCore Lightning BitcoinLightning Network

downgrade tool: fix invalid memory bug

This commit fixes a typo in a database downgrade helper tool. The bug caused the tool to pass a negative number (turned into a huge positive size) when copying data, which led to an out-of-memory (OOM) error. The fix swaps two variable nam…

Integer underflow / negative-to-size_t wrap leading to excessive allocationOut-of-memory crash in maintenance toolMemory corruption potential if allocation somehow succeeded
42995326by Lagrang3+8−81 file
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Informational 16 AI analysisMessage 90 · Strong
EP Elements ProjectCore Lightning BitcoinLightning Network

add a test for downgrading askrene datastore

This commit adds a regression test for Core Lightning's database downgrade path. It ensures that when a user downgrades from an upcoming v26.09 release to an older version (v26.06), the new 'impressions' data added by the askrene routing s…

Database downgrade path for new askrene schema (impressions table)Regression test only; no production code changeNo input validation, cryptography, network, or authorization changes
1818553eby Lagrang3+156−13 files
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Low 25 AI analysisMessage 65 · Adequate
EP Elements ProjectCore Lightning BitcoinLightning Network

lightning-hsmtool: Fix getsecret does not show mnemonic after typing passphrase

This is a bug fix in a command-line helper tool used by Core Lightning node operators. The `getsecret` command was accidentally refusing to show the wallet recovery words (mnemonic) when the wallet was protected by a passphrase. After the …

Functional bug in secret-recovery pathError path blocked legitimate mnemonic recoveryNo input validation, memory-safety, or cryptographic change
8480f6c2by ekzyis+1−21 file
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Informational 12 AI analysisMessage 60 · Adequate
EP Elements ProjectCore Lightning BitcoinLightning Network

tests: add regression test for hsmtool commands with passphrase

This commit only adds and updates a regression test in the project's test suite. It checks that the hsmtool utility correctly handles both empty and non-empty passphrases when working with BIP39 mnemonic-based wallet secrets. There is no c…

Regression test added for passphrase handling in hsmtoolNo production code changes observedTest-only change to tests/test_wallet.py
8c42be35by ekzyis+47−201 file
No security note in commit
Low 33 AI analysisMessage 76 · Adequate
EP Elements ProjectCore Lightning BitcoinLightning Network

wally: update libwally to v1.5.6

This commit updates the bundled libwally library to version 1.5.6. The practical effect is that calling the JSON-RPC `signpsbt` command on a PSBT that is already signed now succeeds as a harmless no-op, instead of returning an error on Bit…

Dependency update to incorporate upstream bug fixBehavior change from error to no-op on re-signing signed PSBTsTaproot keypath handling change in upstream cryptographic library
37526ca4by daywalker90+7−82 files
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Low 31 AI analysisMessage 85 · Strong
EP Elements ProjectCore Lightning BitcoinLightning Network

wallet: make datastore helpers self-wrap a wallet transaction

This change fixes a crash bug in Core Lightning's wallet datastore helpers. Previously, four datastore functions required the caller to already be inside a database transaction, and would fatally crash if called outside one. The patch make…

Fixes fatal assertion/crash in database statement preparationResolves transaction-context mismatch in wallet datastore helperswatchman plugin persistence path was affected
ae1a3347by Sangbida Chaudhuri+23−11 file
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Informational 24 AI analysisMessage 73 · Adequate
EP Elements ProjectCore Lightning BitcoinLightning Network

wallet: handle bwatch wallet/utxo spend notifications

This commit adds the missing bookkeeping that runs when Core Lightning's own on-chain wallet spends a UTXO. It makes the node mark the UTXO as spent, record the spending transaction, and log a withdrawal coin movement. It also handles bloc…

Missing spend tracking for wallet-owned UTXOs could lead to stale UTXO state or incorrect coin-movement accountingReorg handling clears spendheight, preventing a spent output from becoming permanently unspendable in the wallet's viewDefensive log_broken calls on unexpected missing UTXO or malformed watch suffix
4ba051caby Sangbida Chaudhuri+149−03 files
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Moderate 54 AI analysisMessage 73 · Adequate
EP Elements ProjectCore Lightning BitcoinLightning Network

wallet: handle reorgs for our_outputs/our_txs by hand

This commit fixes how Core Lightning's wallet records handle blockchain reorganizations (reorgs) for two newer database tables, our_outputs and our_txs. Previously, these tables were not properly updated when blocks were removed or rolled …

Incorrect state persistence across blockchain reorgsMissing reorg handling for wallet tables without foreign-key cascadePotential stale spend/confirmation metadata in our_outputs/our_txs
bcdea215by Sangbida Chaudhuri+40−01 file
No security note in commit
Low 34 AI analysisMessage 68 · Adequate
EP Elements ProjectCore Lightning BitcoinLightning Network

wallet: read UTXO state from our_outputs

This commit switches Core Lightning's wallet code to read UTXO (unspent transaction output) data from a new database table called our_outputs instead of the older outputs table. It also deletes several old helper functions and updates test…

Large internal data-model migration with reader/writer split between old and new tablesDual-write mirroring to legacy outputs table for downgrade compatibilityDeletion of legacy UTXO reading helpers
0a10e74eby Sangbida Chaudhuri+433−5772 files
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Informational 15 AI analysisMessage 73 · Adequate
EP Elements ProjectCore Lightning BitcoinLightning Network

wallet: rename b32script to scriptpubkey in PSBT change paths

This commit is a simple variable rename inside a Bitcoin/Lightning wallet file. The old name 'b32script' suggested all change addresses were bech32 format, but the project now uses a newer address type (p2tr) by default. The developer rena…

b8a60579by Sangbida Chaudhuri+12−141 file
No security note in commit
Informational 15 AI analysisMessage 83 · Strong
EP Elements ProjectCore Lightning BitcoinLightning Network

tests: update test_wallet.py raw-SQL queries for our_outputs

This commit only updates internal test code to query a new database table (our_outputs) instead of an old one (outputs). It does not change the actual wallet or node software that users run, so it cannot directly affect security.

d14ee378by Sangbida Chaudhuri+31−281 file
No security note in commit
Low 44 AI analysisMessage 78 · Adequate
EP Elements ProjectCore Lightning BitcoinLightning Network

wallet: register scriptpubkey watches at startup

This change makes Core Lightning register long-lasting 'watches' for all wallet deposit addresses when the node starts up, so the new bwatch plugin can spot incoming payments from the first block it scans. It also removes a now-redundant p…

Change is part of an experimental chain-watcher (bwatch) featureAdds startup registration of scriptPubKey watches for all derived wallet keysRemoves a redundant unconfirmed-change watch, relying on the new blanket coverage
4a951d65by Sangbida Chaudhuri+89−114 files
No security note in commit
Low 29 AI analysisMessage 73 · Adequate
EP Elements ProjectCore Lightning BitcoinLightning Network

wallet: dual-write chaintopology UTXO changes into our_outputs

This is a database refactoring commit in Core Lightning. It makes the wallet write UTXO (unspent transaction output) state to a new table called our_outputs in addition to the legacy outputs table, while reads still use the old table. The …

Database schema migration with dual-write mirror patternNo security claim in commit title or messageNo CVE, advisory, or researcher attribution in commit metadata
824e8195by Sangbida Chaudhuri+118−162 files
No security note in commit
Low 32 AI analysisMessage 68 · Adequate
EP Elements ProjectCore Lightning BitcoinLightning Network

wallet: record bwatch-discovered wallet outputs

This commit adds new wallet bookkeeping code for Core Lightning. It records Bitcoin deposits found by a new chain-watcher ('bwatch') into database tables and handles blockchain reorganizations by demoting transactions back to unconfirmed r…

New database write paths for wallet UTXOs and transactionsReorg revert logic demotes rather than deletes rows to preserve metadataOwner-string constructors added to avoid silent unwatch failures from format mismatches
bc021011by Sangbida Chaudhuri+543−07 files
No security note in commit
Low 32 AI analysisMessage 73 · Adequate
EP Elements ProjectCore Lightning BitcoinLightning Network

wallet: route transaction reads/writes through our_txs

This commit changes how Core Lightning stores and reads wallet-related transactions. It moves most reads to a new table called our_txs while still keeping the old transactions table updated for compatibility. The main concern is that the c…

Dual-write consistency risk between our_txs and legacy transactions tableNew anti-downgrade logic for confirmed transactions in our_txsRemoval of legacy NULL handling for unconfirmed transactions
2c1ab4d0by Sangbida Chaudhuri+89−642 files
No security note in commit
Informational 18 AI analysisMessage 73 · Adequate
EP Elements ProjectCore Lightning BitcoinLightning Network

wallet: add our_outputs + our_txs schema migrations

This commit only adds two new empty database tables (our_outputs and our_txs) to Core Lightning's wallet. It is a preparatory schema change for a future feature; no code reads from or writes to these tables yet, and no existing behavior is…

Schema-only migration with no runtime codeNew tables are not yet populated or queried by any code pathDesign note: sentinel 0 replaces NULL for blockheight/txindex/reserved_til, which could reduce NULL-handling bugs in future code
ea4d1fcaby Sangbida Chaudhuri+38−01 file
No security note in commit
Low 28 AI analysisMessage 70 · Adequate
EP Elements ProjectCore Lightning BitcoinLightning Network

wallet: add migrate_backfill_bwatch_tables

This commit adds a database migration that copies existing wallet data into new tables used by an upcoming 'bwatch' wallet component. It is a data backfill, not a code fix for an active vulnerability. The main risk is that if the migration…

Database migration touching wallet UTXO and transaction tablesPotential for data inconsistency if mapping logic is wrongON CONFLICT DO NOTHING prevents overwrite but could hide duplicate-key anomalies
2e23893bby Sangbida Chaudhuri+513−04 files
No security note in commit
Low 27 AI analysisMessage 73 · Adequate
EP Elements ProjectCore Lightning BitcoinLightning Network

wallet: mirror bwatch writes into legacy outputs table

This change is a behind-the-scenes bookkeeping patch for Core Lightning's wallet database. The project is moving to a new table (`our_outputs`) for tracking spendable coins, but older versions of the software still read from the old table …

Race-condition guard for foreign-key-backed confirmation_height and spend_height when bwatch is ahead of chaintopologyTemporary mirroring to keep legacy outputs table consistent with new our_outputs tableON CONFLICT DO NOTHING used for legacy insert to avoid duplicate-key failures
bba68e0aby Sangbida Chaudhuri+101−62 files
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AI review queuedhsm_encryption: delete hsm_encryptionby Sangbida Chaudhuri · b4984fd9 · Oct 26, 2025 · 65 filesMessage 50 · ThinTriage 0Details
Commit message · Sangbida Chaudhuri

hsm_encryption: delete hsm_encryption

Changelog-Removed: Remove hsm_encryption files as they have now been replaced by hsm_secret

50/100 · ThinMessage clarity
✓ Descriptive subject✓ Provides an explanatory body
Why it was queued
second-pass: unusually broad change
AI review queuedwalletrpc: add addresstype "bip86"; make newaddr+listaddresses use itby Sangbida Chaudhuri · 618d4f33 · Oct 26, 2025 · 6 filesMessage 73 · AdequateTriage 12Details
Commit message · Sangbida Chaudhuri

walletrpc: add addresstype "bip86"; make newaddr+listaddresses use it

We should now be able to get BIP86 Taproot addresses through lightning-cli! For now we're just adding taproot addresses.

73/100 · AdequateMessage clarity
✓ Specific, descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Provides detailed explanatory context
Why it was queued
signing or wallet pathsecond-pass: security-sensitive path
AI review queuedccan: update to get improved grab_file API, and adapt code.by Rusty Russell · 42f93613 · Oct 26, 2025 · 39 filesMessage 65 · AdequateTriage 7Details
Commit message · Rusty Russell

ccan: update to get improved grab_file API, and adapt code.

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>

65/100 · AdequateMessage clarity
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Why it was queued
parser or protocol pathsecond-pass: unusually broad changesecond-pass: security-sensitive path
AI review queuedfuzz: translate fuzz-hsm_encryption to fuzz-hsm_secret.by Rusty Russell · 631a8ccd · Oct 26, 2025 · 62 filesMessage 75 · AdequateTriage 5Details
Commit message · Rusty Russell

fuzz: translate fuzz-hsm_encryption to fuzz-hsm_secret.

Copy corpora, since it's the same code paths.

Thanks Claude!

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>

75/100 · AdequateMessage clarity
✓ Specific, descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Provides an explanatory body✓ Mentions testing or verification
Why it was queued
fuzzing or regression evidencesecond-pass: unusually broad change
AI review queuedutxo: remove UTXO_P2TR_BIP86 enum and consolidate to UTXO_P2TRby Sangbida Chaudhuri · 185ab3d0 · Oct 26, 2025 · 4 filesMessage 73 · AdequateTriage 12Details
Commit message · Sangbida Chaudhuri

utxo: remove UTXO_P2TR_BIP86 enum and consolidate to UTXO_P2TR

This simplifies the UTXO type system by removing the separate BIP86
enum value. P2TR addresses will now use unified derivation logic
based on the wallet's HSM secret type rather than having separate
enum values."

73/100 · AdequateMessage clarity
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Why it was queued
signing or wallet pathsecond-pass: security-sensitive path
AI review queuedcommon: add new_htable() macro to allocate, initialize and setup memleak coverage for any typed hash table.by Rusty Russell · 75616f6b · Oct 24, 2025 · 23 filesMessage 83 · StrongTriage 12Details
Commit message · Rusty Russell

common: add new_htable() macro to allocate, initialize and setup memleak coverage for any typed hash table.

You can now simply add per-tal-object helpers for memleak, but our older pattern required
calling memleak functions explicitly during memleak handling. Hash tables in particular need
to be dynamically allocated (we override the allocators using htable_set_allocator and assume
this), so it makes sense to have a helper macro that does all three.

This eliminates a huge amount of code.

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>

83/100 · StrongMessage clarity
✓ Specific, descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Provides detailed explanatory context✓ Mentions testing or verification
Why it was queued
signing or wallet pathsecond-pass: unusually broad changesecond-pass: security-sensitive path
AI review queuedlightningd: fix crash in channel_control.by Rusty Russell · 5a530e6c · Oct 24, 2025 · 1 fileMessage 78 · AdequateTriage 0Details
Commit message · Rusty Russell

lightningd: fix crash in channel_control.

I got a NULL deref on `infcopy->remote_funding = *inflight->funding->splice_remote_funding`
at once point in testing, so this should prevent that from happening,
yet still allow us to catch it in CI if it happens again.

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>

78/100 · AdequateMessage clarity
✓ Descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Provides detailed explanatory context✓ Mentions testing or verification
Why it was queued
second-pass: broader security terminology
AI review queuedlightningd: cancel watching original funding when we switch to the new one via splice.by Rusty Russell · 89eaf834 · Oct 24, 2025 · 6 filesMessage 73 · AdequateTriage 12Details
Commit message · Rusty Russell

lightningd: cancel watching original funding when we switch to the new one via splice.

This happens if the channel is *not* announcable yet. Then we hit the assertion
in funding_depth_cb that the txid is the same as the current funding.txid.

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Changelog-EXPERIMENTAL: fixed crash when we splice a channel which hasn't been announced yet.

73/100 · AdequateMessage clarity
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Why it was queued
signing or wallet pathsecond-pass: broader security terminologysecond-pass: security-sensitive path
AI review queuedbookkeeper: only read listchannelmoves 1000 entries at a time.by Rusty Russell · e522aedc · Oct 20, 2025 · 1 fileMessage 73 · AdequateTriage 0Details
Commit message · Rusty Russell

bookkeeper: only read listchannelmoves 1000 entries at a time.

If we read all of them, we might get 1.6M at once (after initial
migration). Then we submit a few hundred thousand simultaneous
requests to lightningd, and it gets upset, queueing them all on the
xpay command hook and running out of memory.

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Changelog-Fixed: plugins: bookkeeper first invocation after migration from prior to 25.09 with very large databases will not crash.

73/100 · AdequateMessage clarity
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Why it was queued
second-pass: broader security terminology
AI review queuedconnectd: close connection properly after dev-disconnect `+`.by Rusty Russell · fc6bee89 · Oct 13, 2025 · 1 fileMessage 85 · StrongTriage 0Details
Commit message · Rusty Russell

connectd: close connection properly after dev-disconnect `+`.

We need to drain subds too, otherwise if timing is correct we never close.

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>

85/100 · StrongMessage clarity
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Why it was queued
second-pass: broader security terminology
AI review queuedccan: update to latest.by Rusty Russell · af340a68 · Oct 13, 2025 · 24 filesMessage 86 · StrongTriage 0Details
Commit message · Rusty Russell

ccan: update to latest.

We fix the configure test which was bogus, and breaks on 32-bit gcc with optimization:

```
checking for unaligned access to int... ccan/tools/configurator/configurator: Test for HAVE_UNALIGNED_ACCESS did not compile:
configuratortest.c: In function 'main':
configuratortest.c:8:22: error: array subscript 'int[0]' is partly outside array bounds of 'char[4]' [-Werror=array-bounds]
8 | return *x == *y;
| ^~
configuratortest.c:5:11: note: at offset 1 into object 'pad' of size 4
5 | char pad[sizeof(int *) * 1];
| ^~~
cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
```

And also removes sprintf() calls, which apparently MacOS no longer likes:

Environment: Sequoia 15.6.1 (24G90)
SDK Version: MacOSX15.sdk

```
ccan/ccan/closefrom/closefrom.c:83:2: error: 'sprintf' is deprecated: This function is provided for compatibility reasons only. Due to security concerns inherent in the design of sprintf(3), it is highly recommended that you use snprintf(3) instead. [-Werror,-Wdeprecated-declarations]
83 | sprintf(dnam, "/proc/%ld/fd", (long) getpid());
| ^
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/usr/include/_stdio.h:278:1: note: 'sprintf' has been explicitly marked deprecated here
278 | deprecated_msg("This function is provided for compatibility reasons only. Due to security concerns inherent in the design of sprintf(3), it is highly recommended that you use snprintf(3) instead.")
| ^
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/usr/include/sys/cdefs.h:218:48: note: expanded from macro 'deprecated_msg'
218 | #define deprecated_msg(_msg) attribute((deprecated(_msg)))
| ^
ccan/ccan/closefrom/closefrom.c:162:2: error: 'sprintf' is deprecated: This function is provided for compatibility reasons only. Due to security concerns inherent in the design of sprintf(3), it is highly recommended that you use snprintf(3) instead. [-Werror,-Wdeprecated-declarations]
162 | sprintf(dnam, "/proc/%ld/fd", (long) getpid());
| ^
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/usr/include/_stdio.h:278:1: note: 'sprintf' has been explicitly marked deprecated here
278 | deprecated_msg("This function is provided for compatibility reasons only. Due to security concerns inherent in the design of sprintf(3), it is highly recommended that you use snprintf(3) instead.")
| ^
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/usr/include/sys/cdefs.h:218:48: note: expanded from macro 'deprecated_msg'
218 | #define deprecated_msg(_msg) attribute((deprecated(_msg)))
| ^
2 errors generated.
make: *** [ccan-closefrom.o] Error 1
```

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Reported-by: Sangbida
Fixes: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/issues/8581
Reported-by: https://github.com/Raimo33
Fixes: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/issues/8501
Changelog-Fixed: build: we now build on MacOS without errors on the latest Command Line Tools (macOS 15 SDK).
Changelog-Fixes: build: fix build with -O2 on 32 bit arm (armhf)

86/100 · StrongMessage clarity
✓ Subject identifies a change✓ Provides detailed explanatory context✓ Explains rationale or failure mode✓ Mentions testing or verification✓ Links an issue, advisory, or supporting reference✓ Names security-relevant behavior explicitly
Why it was queued
second-pass: unusually broad change
AI review queuedwallet: fix migration speed for postgres.by Rusty Russell · 9f2e6de6 · Oct 13, 2025 · 1 fileMessage 78 · AdequateTriage 12Details
Commit message · Rusty Russell

wallet: fix migration speed for postgres.

Testing a large db shows Postgres slowing down exponentially as
it inserts the channel_events. Rather than updating the index in the
db every time, do it at the end, for spectacular speedup:

```
lightningd-1 2025-10-08T05:39:44.333Z INFO lightningd: Creating database
lightningd-1 2025-10-08T05:39:47.581Z DEBUG lightningd: Transferring 6166 chain_events
lightningd-1 2025-10-08T05:39:48.455Z DEBUG lightningd: Transferring 1660043 channel_events
lightningd-1 2025-10-08T05:39:54.390Z INFO lightningd: Inserted 103100/1660043 channel_events
lightningd-1 2025-10-08T05:40:04.390Z INFO lightningd: Inserted 283280/1660043 channel_events
lightningd-1 2025-10-08T05:40:14.390Z INFO lightningd: Inserted 464065/1660043 channel_events
lightningd-1 2025-10-08T05:40:24.390Z INFO lightningd: Inserted 629559/1660043 channel_events
lightningd-1 2025-10-08T05:40:34.390Z INFO lightningd: Inserted 800659/1660043 channel_events
lightningd-1 2025-10-08T05:40:44.390Z INFO lightningd: Inserted 975433/1660043 channel_events
lightningd-1 2025-10-08T05:40:54.390Z INFO lightningd: Inserted 1134719/1660043 channel_events
lightningd-1 2025-10-08T05:41:04.390Z INFO lightningd: Inserted 1290549/1660043 channel_events
lightningd-1 2025-10-08T05:41:14.390Z INFO lightningd: Inserted 1443304/1660043 channel_events
lightningd-1 2025-10-08T05:41:24.390Z INFO lightningd: Inserted 1590013/1660043 channel_events
lightningd-1 2025-10-08T05:41:29.148Z INFO lightningd: bookkeeper migration complete: migrated 6166 chainmoves, 1660043 channelmoves, 132481 descriptions
```

Now we complete the entire migration in 1 minute 45 seconds.

Thanks to @michael1101 for reporting this.

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Changelog-Fixed: db: migration from v25.09 on a reasonable size account database could take almost infinite time.

78/100 · AdequateMessage clarity
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signing or wallet pathsecond-pass: security-sensitive path
AI review queuedwallet: print progress reports for large account migration.by Rusty Russell · b260ec2f · Oct 13, 2025 · 1 fileMessage 73 · AdequateTriage 12Details
Commit message · Rusty Russell

wallet: print progress reports for large account migration.

Show the work we're doing (at debug level) and every 10 seconds print
progress (at INFO level):x

```
lightningd-1 2025-10-08T05:13:07.973Z INFO lightningd: Creating database
lightningd-1 2025-10-08T05:13:10.987Z DEBUG lightningd: Transferring 6166 chain_events
lightningd-1 2025-10-08T05:13:11.780Z DEBUG lightningd: Transferring 1660043 channel_events
```

It's the inserting channel_events which takes a long time, slowing
down exponentially:

```
lightningd-1 2025-10-08T05:13:18.034Z INFO lightningd: Inserted 26690/1660043 channel_events
lightningd-1 2025-10-08T05:13:28.034Z INFO lightningd: Inserted 47086/1660043 channel_events
lightningd-1 2025-10-08T05:13:38.035Z INFO lightningd: Inserted 61699/1660043 channel_events
lightningd-1 2025-10-08T05:13:48.035Z INFO lightningd: Inserted 73743/1660043 channel_events
lightningd-1 2025-10-08T05:13:58.035Z INFO lightningd: Inserted 83244/1660043 channel_events
...
lightningd-1 2025-10-08T05:35:18.286Z INFO lightningd: Inserted 466720/1660043 channel_events
lightningd-1 2025-10-08T05:35:29.074Z INFO lightningd: Inserted 468437/1660043 channel_events
lightningd-1 2025-10-08T05:35:39.079Z INFO lightningd: Inserted 470130/1660043 channel_events
lightningd-1 2025-10-08T05:35:49.081Z INFO lightningd: Inserted 471871/1660043 channel_events
```

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>

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AI review queuedlightningd: handle unparsable onion from first hop when using injectonionmessage.by Rusty Russell · 01e83b76 · Oct 13, 2025 · 2 filesMessage 93 · StrongTriage 0Details
Commit message · Rusty Russell

lightningd: handle unparsable onion from first hop when using injectonionmessage.

In this case we have a failmsg, so we should use that. Otherwise we can have
both failmsg and failonion NULL in the call to injectonion_fail, which is not
valid.

```
DEBUG 022d223620a359a47ff7f7ac447c85c46c923da53389221a0054c11c1e3ca31d59-chan#1: Removing out HTLC 1 state RCVD_REMOVE_ACK_REVOCATION WIRE_INVALID_ONION_HMAC
**BROKEN** lightningd: FATAL SIGNAL 11 (version v25.09-135-g19a3bbc-modded)
**BROKEN** lightningd: backtrace: common/daemon.c:41 (send_backtrace) 0x6220e8fe0080
**BROKEN** lightningd: backtrace: common/daemon.c:78 (crashdump) 0x6220e8fe00cf
**BROKEN** lightningd: backtrace: ./signal/../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/libc_sigaction.c:0 ((null)) 0x73614bc4532f
**BROKEN** lightningd: backtrace: lightningd/pay.c:1701 (injectonion_fail) 0x6220e8f951c0
**BROKEN** lightningd: backtrace: lightningd/pay.c:330 (tell_waiters_failed) 0x6220e8f943be
**BROKEN** lightningd: backtrace: lightningd/pay.c:656 (payment_failed) 0x6220e8f98db1
**BROKEN** lightningd: backtrace: lightningd/peer_htlcs.c:313 (fail_out_htlc) 0x6220e8fa1d04
**BROKEN** lightningd: backtrace: lightningd/peer_htlcs.c:1988 (remove_htlc_out) 0x6220e8fa271b
**BROKEN** lightningd: backtrace: lightningd/peer_htlcs.c:2086 (update_out_htlc) 0x6220e8fa2904
**BROKEN** lightningd: backtrace: lightningd/peer_htlcs.c:2095 (changed_htlc) 0x6220e8fa2c24
**BROKEN** lightningd: backtrace: lightningd/peer_htlcs.c:2608 (peer_got_revoke) 0x6220e8fa6e5a
**BROKEN** lightningd: backtrace: lightningd/channel_control.c:1555 (channel_msg) 0x6220e8f62725
**BROKEN** lightningd: backtrace: lightningd/subd.c:560 (sd_msg_read) 0x6220e8fb2eed
**BROKEN** lightningd: backtrace: ccan/ccan/io/io.c:60 (next_plan) 0x6220e90a3335
**BROKEN** lightningd: backtrace: ccan/ccan/io/io.c:422 (do_plan) 0x6220e90a3806
**BROKEN** lightningd: backtrace: ccan/ccan/io/io.c:439 (io_ready) 0x6220e90a38c3
**BROKEN** lightningd: backtrace: ccan/ccan/io/poll.c:455 (io_loop) 0x6220e90a524f
**BROKEN** lightningd: backtrace: lightningd/io_loop_with_timers.c:22 (io_loop_with_timers) 0x6220e8f7d1c7
**BROKEN** lightningd: backtrace: lightningd/lightningd.c:1496 (main) 0x6220e8f82db2
**BROKEN** lightningd: backtrace: ../sysdeps/nptl/libc_start_call_main.h:58 (__libc_start_call_main) 0x73614bc2a1c9
**BROKEN** lightningd: backtrace: ../csu/libc-start.c:360 (__libc_start_main_impl) 0x73614bc2a28a
**BROKEN** lightningd: backtrace: (null):0 ((null)) 0x6220e8f53b64
**BROKEN** lightningd: backtrace: (null):0 ((null)) 0xffffffffffffffff
```

Reported-by: @michael1011
Changelog-Fixed: lightningd: potential crash when we receive a malformed onion complain from our first peer when using sendonion / injectpaymentonion.
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>

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AI review queuedwallet: find and remove any duplicates from the bug we just fixed.by Rusty Russell · fb973fea · Oct 2, 2025 · 3 filesMessage 65 · AdequateTriage 12Details
Commit message · Rusty Russell

wallet: find and remove any duplicates from the bug we just fixed.

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>

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AI review queuedwallet: unit test for duplicate detection in wallet_save_chain_mvt.by Rusty Russell · 7631ce63 · Oct 2, 2025 · 2 filesMessage 75 · AdequateTriage 12Details
Commit message · Rusty Russell

wallet: unit test for duplicate detection in wallet_save_chain_mvt.

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>

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AI review queuedwallet: don't insert duplicate chain_moves entries after accounts.db migration.by Rusty Russell · bd1ba164 · Oct 2, 2025 · 2 filesMessage 73 · AdequateTriage 12Details
Commit message · Rusty Russell

wallet: don't insert duplicate chain_moves entries after accounts.db migration.

When we migrate from accounts.db, we use the `account_nonchannel_id`
field. But we can replay the block chain and the channel involved is
still open, we will use the `account_channel_id` field, and our duplicate
detection fails.

As a result, we can end up with duplicate entries in the database, which
make accounting incorrect.

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Changelog-Fixed: JSON-RPC: `listchainmoves` could contain bogus duplicate entries after 25.09 bookkeeper migration.

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AI review queuedwallet: unit test the migration dedup code.by Rusty Russell · 5b06e653 · Oct 2, 2025 · 2 filesMessage 70 · AdequateTriage 12Details
Commit message · Rusty Russell

wallet: unit test the migration dedup code.

This is based on a real database, which values changed.

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>

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AI review queuedpytest: test that we don't delete htlcs as soon as channel closed, wait for restart.by Rusty Russell · aa8d858c · Oct 2, 2025 · 1 fileMessage 75 · AdequateTriage 12Details
Commit message · Rusty Russell

pytest: test that we don't delete htlcs as soon as channel closed, wait for restart.

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>

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AI review queuedwallet: don't delete old htlcs when we forget a channel, do it on startup.by Rusty Russell · cb2849d0 · Oct 2, 2025 · 5 filesMessage 100 · StrongTriage 12Details
Commit message · Rusty Russell

wallet: don't delete old htlcs when we forget a channel, do it on startup.

For old channels, this can take a while, and it stops everything. But
we are only doing this to save space; it's not a *functional* necessity.

A quick and dirty test with 50,000 htlcs shows the htlc deletion took
450msec. I tried adding an index, and changing it to set hstate to
HTLC_STATE_INVALID instead of deleting entries, but it still took about 350ms.

Whereas the "COUNT(*)" only took 1.7msec, so it's worth keeping.

Reported-by: @michael1011
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Changelog-Changed: lightningd: we defer deletion of old htlcs on channel close, to avoid pausing for a long time (we clean them on startup)
Fixes: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/issues/7962

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AI review queuedwallet: don't show htlcs from closed channels in listhtlcs.by Rusty Russell · bee54f0e · Oct 2, 2025 · 1 fileMessage 85 · StrongTriage 12Details
Commit message · Rusty Russell

wallet: don't show htlcs from closed channels in listhtlcs.

This doesn't happen yet, since we delete all HTLCs when we close a channel. But we're
about to change that, so update the wallet_htlcs_first() code to avoid them.

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>

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AI review queueddoc: pretty!by Rusty Russell · 350af1a3 · Oct 1, 2025 · 1 fileMessage 33 · OpaqueTriage 0Details
Commit message · Rusty Russell

doc: pretty!

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>

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AI review queuedBOLT12: Remove `start_any_period` from recurrence_base.by Rusty Russell · e7ea57e1 · Oct 1, 2025 · 17 filesMessage 73 · AdequateTriage 7Details
Commit message · Rusty Russell

BOLT12: Remove `start_any_period` from recurrence_base.

Offer_absolute_expiry should be used if you want to require starting at the start.

Changelog-EXPERIMENTAL: Protocol: BOLT 12 recurrence `start_any_period` removed, use expiry if you need to restrict when they can start using the offer.

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AI review queuedBOLT12: Update recurrence to latest spec draft.by Rusty Russell · 54444e43 · Oct 1, 2025 · 20 filesMessage 68 · AdequateTriage 7Details
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BOLT12: Update recurrence to latest spec draft.

Changes:
* Fields renumbered to their draft values + billion.
* offer_recurrence now comes in compulsory or optional (backwards compat) flavors.
* `proportional_amount` is now inside `offer_recurrence_base` not `offer_recurrence_paywindow`.
* New field `invreq_recurrence_cancel`.

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Changelog-EXPERIMENTAL: Draft specification for recurring offers changed: old recurring offers will no longer work.

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AI review queuedgossipd: remove gossmap_fetch_tail.by Rusty Russell · f882b69d · Oct 1, 2025 · 3 filesMessage 58 · ThinTriage 0Details
Commit message · Rusty Russell

gossipd: remove gossmap_fetch_tail.

It only gets called for diagnostics when something goes wrong (and we
were going to exit anyway), and it's only useful with mmap (which we now disable
on error) but it shouldn't crash:

```
**BROKEN** gossipd: Truncated gossmap record @7991501/7991523 (len 0): waiting
**BROKEN** gossipd: FATAL SIGNAL 6 (version v25.09)
**BROKEN** gossipd: backtrace: common/daemon.c:41 (send_backtrace) 0x6506817cc529
**BROKEN** gossipd: backtrace: common/daemon.c:78 (crashdump) 0x6506817cc578
**BROKEN** gossipd: backtrace: ./signal/../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/libc_sigaction.c:0 ((null)) 0x75e8267a032f
**BROKEN** gossipd: backtrace: ./nptl/pthread_kill.c:44 (__pthread_kill_implementation) 0x75e8267f9b2c
**BROKEN** gossipd: backtrace: ./nptl/pthread_kill.c:78 (__pthread_kill_internal) 0x75e8267f9b2c
**BROKEN** gossipd: backtrace: ./nptl/pthread_kill.c:89 (__GI___pthread_kill) 0x75e8267f9b2c
**BROKEN** gossipd: backtrace: ../sysdeps/posix/raise.c:26 (__GI_raise) 0x75e8267a027d
**BROKEN** gossipd: backtrace: ./stdlib/abort.c:79 (__GI_abort) 0x75e8267838fe
**BROKEN** gossipd: backtrace: ./assert/assert.c:96 (__assert_fail_base) 0x75e82678381a
**BROKEN** gossipd: backtrace: ./assert/assert.c:105 (__assert_fail) 0x75e826796516
**BROKEN** gossipd: backtrace: common/gossmap.c:111 (map_copy) 0x6506817cea77
**BROKEN** gossipd: backtrace: common/gossmap.c:1870 (gossmap_fetch_tail) 0x6506817d1f93
**BROKEN** gossipd: backtrace: gossipd/gossmap_manage.c:1442 (gossmap_manage_get_gossmap) 0x6506817c45fb
**BROKEN** gossipd: backtrace: gossipd/gossmap_manage.c:753 (gossmap_manage_handle_get_txout_reply) 0x6506817c5850
**BROKEN** gossipd: backtrace: gossipd/gossipd.c:574 (recv_req) 0x6506817c172b
```

Reported-by: @grubles
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>

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