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Matt Corallo43452370574
Jeffrey Czyz19545182169
Wilmer Paulino15945155169
Leo Nash11613116162
Valentine Wallace14010135169
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Informational 19 AI analysisMessage 81 · Strong
LDK Lightning Dev Kitrust-lightning BitcoinCryptographic librariesLightning Network

Merge PR 'tx-sync: Parallelize esplora status queries' (#4913)

This commit rewrites how a Lightning wallet talks to Esplora block-explorer servers so that many status checks happen in parallel instead of one at a time. It is a performance/refactoring change. There is no direct evidence in the commit t…

Concurrency/timing change in transaction confirmation logicNew inconsistency check preserved when a previously-confirmed tx is reported unconfirmedAdded defensive error path for missing pre-fetched block status
c303f515by Matt Corallo+140−371 file
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Low 30 AI analysisMessage 81 · Strong
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Merge PR 'Skip Electrum creator transaction downloads' (#4992)

This change stops the Electrum-based transaction sync client from downloading the very transaction that created an output it is watching. Previously, the client could request that transaction from Electrum, even though a transaction can ne…

Avoids unnecessary Electrum transaction.get requests for watched outputsReduces information disclosure to Electrum server about watched outpointsAdds regression test verifying request suppression
c36e50cbby Matt Corallo+142−02 files
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Low 44 AI analysisMessage 81 · Strong
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Merge PR 'Use preferred sPK of watched txn in electrum, not rand ones' (#4867)

This change improves how the Lightning Dev Kit's Electrum and Esplora transaction-sync clients track watched Bitcoin transactions. Previously, the code ignored the script pubkey (the 'address' associated with a transaction) supplied when r…

Previously ignored `script_pubkey` argument in `register_tx` for transaction watchersElectrum script-history queries previously used an arbitrary transaction output, which could be OP_RETURN and therefore unindexed by some Electrum serversNew logic prefers caller-supplied script pubkey and falls back to non-OP_RETURN outputs
bfe5ca89by tnull+52−243 files
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Low 33 AI analysisMessage 81 · Strong
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Merge PR 'Serialize transient Event variants; move persist decision into ChannelManager' (#4791)

This commit changes how LDK stores pending event notifications. It adds serialization support for several event types that previously were not fully saved to disk, and introduces a helper method so the code can decide which events are wort…

Data-loss prevention: previously non-round-trippable event variants are now fully serialized, avoiding accidental event loss when users serialize Event queues themselvesState-consistency hardening: ChannelManager now explicitly skips events that describe non-surviving restart state, preventing replay of stale eventsDefensive assertion: debug builds assert that every persisted event round-trips to Some(event), catching serialization mismatches
a0d4632eby Matt Corallo+694−818 files
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Informational 15 AI analysisMessage 81 · Strong
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Merge PR 'Document that funding signing events can go stale' (#4960)

This commit only adds documentation comments to two source files. It explains that certain funding-signing events can become stale if the underlying negotiation fails, and that callers may see specific harmless errors as a result. No code …

26eecf2dby Matt Corallo+15−02 files
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Informational 15 AI analysisMessage 100 · Strong
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Drop the honggfuzz version pin from the CI fuzz job

This commit removes a fixed-version pin for the honggfuzz fuzzing tool in a continuous-integration script. The project now uses the current release of honggfuzz instead of an older pinned version. There is no change to the actual Lightning…

4a1635efby auto-pr-bot+1−51 file
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Informational 15 AI analysisMessage 86 · Strong
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Run the CI fuzz job on the stable toolchain

This commit changes the Rust toolchain used in the continuous integration (CI) fuzzing job from a fixed older version (1.75) to the latest stable release. It is purely a build/test infrastructure change to fix a dependency compatibility is…

21c4ed2bby auto-pr-bot+3−32 files
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Informational 19 AI analysisMessage 91 · Strong
LDK Lightning Dev Kitrust-lightning BitcoinCryptographic librariesLightning Network

Expose the dummy-hop tail constructor publicly

This commit makes a previously internal helper function public so that outside developers can build dummy-hop tails for blinded payment paths without recreating the logic themselves. It is an API usability change, not a fix for a known sec…

No security-relevant behavior change in the diffAPI visibility broadened from crate-public to publicCLTV expiry overflow check already present and unchanged
c5443353by auto-pr-bot+14−71 file
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Moderate 54 AI analysisMessage 100 · Strong
LDK Lightning Dev Kitrust-lightning BitcoinCryptographic librariesLightning Network

Fail commitment sig verification without counterparty params

This change adds a safety check in a Bitcoin Lightning Network library (LDK). Previously, if the software tried to verify a peer's commitment signature before it had learned the peer's channel parameters, it could crash with a panic. Now i…

Defensive check added on peer-driven code path to prevent panicMissing counterparty_parameters could previously cause panic during commitment transaction constructionChannel closure returned instead of panic
de7ecc2fby auto-pr-bot+24−01 file
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Informational 15 AI analysisMessage 100 · Strong
LDK Lightning Dev Kitrust-lightning BitcoinCryptographic librariesLightning Network

Clarify the commitment validation failure message

This commit only changes the wording of an error message sent to peers when a commitment transaction fails validation. It replaces the vague phrase 'Failed to validate our commitment' with the clearer 'Received commitment failed validation…

3284a006by auto-pr-bot+11−114 files
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Moderate 61 AI analysisMessage 81 · Strong
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Merge PR 'Move holder commit sig checks to `InMemorySigner`' (#4885)

This commit moves the checks that validate a counterparty's signatures on the holder's commitment and HTLC transactions out of the general channel code and into the signer module (InMemorySigner). Previously, these signature checks were do…

Moved signature validation from channel state machine into signer moduleAdded new tests that corrupt signatures and verify rejectionChanged error message from 'Invalid commitment tx signature from peer' / 'Invalid funding_created signature from peer' to 'Failed to validate our commitment'
83f5ba55by Matt Corallo+626−31024 files
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Low 42 AI analysisMessage 86 · Strong
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Merge PR 'Drop stale splice signature on disconnect' (#4954)

This change fixes a Lightning channel splicing bug: when two peers temporarily disconnect during a splice, any half-finished signature the other side already sent is now discarded. Before the fix, that stale signature could be reused after…

State-invalidation bug in multi-step protocol (splice negotiation)Stale cryptographic signature not cleared on disconnectPotential reuse of old commitment state after reconnect
c9a77251by Matt Corallo+22−12 files
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Moderate 58 AI analysisMessage 73 · Adequate
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Drop stale splice signature on disconnect

This fix prevents a Lightning channel from being accidentally force-closed. During a splice (a way to resize a payment channel), one side's initial signature could be kept in memory after the peers disconnected. If the peers later reconnec…

State inconsistency: in-memory buffered message not cleared on disconnectDuplicate message processing after reconnectionForce-close consequence for active Lightning channel
71405b4bby Wilmer Paulino+22−12 files
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Informational 20 AI analysisMessage 81 · Strong
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Merge PR 'offers: rename matches_invoice_signing_pubkey to key_can_sign_invoice' (#4942)

This commit is a simple rename of a public function from `matches_invoice_signing_pubkey` to `key_can_sign_invoice`, plus matching updates to its documentation, callers, tests, and changelog. No behavior changed. It is not a security fix.

a476cf92by Matt Corallo+13−133 files
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Informational 15 AI analysisMessage 73 · Adequate
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offers: rename matches_invoice_signing_pubkey to key_can_sign_invoice

This commit is a simple rename of a function and its documentation from matches_invoice_signing_pubkey to key_can_sign_invoice. No logic, behavior, or security properties changed. It is a follow-up code-review naming cleanup.

388187caby Vincenzo Palazzo+13−133 files
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Informational 18 AI analysisMessage 81 · Strong
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Merge PR 'offers: add Offer::permits_invoice_signed_by' (#4884)

This commit adds a new public helper method, Offer::matches_invoice_signed_by (later renamed matches_invoice_signing_pubkey), that lets callers check whether an invoice signing key belongs to the recipient named by a BOLT 12 offer. It also…

Refactors existing BOLT 12 invoice-signing-pubkey validation into a reusable helperAdds public API to bind an invoice signing key to an offer recipientAdds unit tests for issuer-id vs. path-last-hop matching behavior
016af8f9by Matt Corallo+81−135 files
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Low 29 AI analysisMessage 85 · Strong
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Support retired TLV fields in object-constructing macros

This commit is a feature enhancement for LDK's internal serialization macros. It allows developers to mark old protocol fields as 'retired' (reserved but no longer used) in more places, so those type numbers cannot be accidentally reused. …

TLV type-number reservation mechanism extended to more macro-generated code pathsPrevents accidental reuse of retired protocol field type numbersAvoids UnknownRequiredFeature decode failures for obsolete even-type fields
6d7c2bdaby Jeffrey Czyz+120−222 files
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Informational 17 AI analysisMessage 91 · Strong
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Replace splice failure wire tests with a 0.2 downgrade test

This commit is a test-only cleanup in the Lightning Dev Kit (LDK) Rust codebase. It removes low-level byte-level tests for splice failure events and replaces them with a single cross-version test that actually loads a 0.2 node with seriali…

Cross-version serialization compatibility test addedRemoval of byte-level tests that could not detect real 0.2 mismatchesNo production code changes
80f2b44fby auto-pr-bot+95−2663 files
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Low 28 AI analysisMessage 98 · Strong
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Document duplicate HTLC handling on revoked commitments

This commit only adds a code comment explaining an existing quirk: if a revoked old channel transaction contains two identical-looking payment forwards and the other side claims both, the software may only claim one upstream while letting …

Behavioral quirk in revoked-commitment HTLC resolution documentedDuplicate (payment_hash, amount) HTLCs can map to the same upstream sourcePotential missed upstream preimage claim on second identical HTLC
c5bd8b11by auto-pr-bot+19−01 file
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Moderate 60 AI analysisMessage 73 · Adequate
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Abort active splice RBF when prior candidate confirms

This commit fixes a state-handling bug in Lightning Dev Kit's splicing feature. When a user tries to speed up or replace a pending splice (an 'RBF' attempt) and the older splice transaction unexpectedly gets confirmed on-chain, the softwar…

State-conflict handling between confirmed splice candidate and active RBF negotiationStructured abort propagation through chain-event pathConditional abort based on holder signature progress to avoid unsafe cancellation
7587d2cdby Wilmer Paulino+623−424 files
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Lower-priorityPass commit context to codecov explicitly in coverage jobby Matt Corallo · 4f884af2 · Jun 28, 2026 · 1 fileMessage 83 · StrongInformational 15Details
Commit message · Matt Corallo

Pass commit context to codecov explicitly in coverage job

Codecov auto-detects only a fixed set of CI providers and cannot detect
the Forgejo Actions environment, so it fails to determine the pull
request (and commit/branch) for uploads. Pass --slug, --sha, --branch,
and --pr to the codecov CLI explicitly, derived from the workflow
context, with --pr omitted on non-pull_request events.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

83/100 · StrongMessage clarity
✓ Specific, descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Provides detailed explanatory context✓ Mentions testing or verification
AI analysis · Informational 15/100

This commit is a routine CI workflow fix. It tells the Codecov coverage tool the correct repository, commit hash, branch, and pull request number because the project's Forgejo-based CI environment isn't on Codecov's auto-detection list. There is no change to the actual Rust Lightning code, cryptography, networking, or any user-facing behavior.

Lower-priorityComment the codecov report link on PRsby Matt Corallo · 51d0a4f8 · Jun 28, 2026 · 1 fileMessage 78 · AdequateInformational 15Details
Commit message · Matt Corallo

Comment the codecov report link on PRs

Codecov's own PR comment depends on CI environment detection, which does
not work under Forgejo, so post a link to the commit's coverage report
from the coverage job instead. A hidden marker keeps the comment sticky
(updated in place rather than re-posted on every push), and the step
only runs for pull requests.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

78/100 · AdequateMessage clarity
✓ Descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Provides detailed explanatory context✓ Mentions testing or verification
AI analysis · Informational 15/100

This change adds a CI workflow step that automatically posts or updates a link to a code-coverage report on pull requests. It is purely a developer-convenience automation and does not touch any production code, cryptography, networking, or user data handling.

Lower-priorityRun tor in the background for the tor-connect jobby Matt Corallo · 7c206895 · Jun 28, 2026 · 1 fileMessage 78 · AdequateInformational 15Details
Commit message · Matt Corallo

Run tor in the background for the tor-connect job

The runner image ships the tor package but has no sudo to start the
system service, so the previous `sudo apt install -y tor` step cannot
work. Instead, start tor in the background within the test step, wait
for it to fully bootstrap (the test routes real traffic, including to a
.onion address, through the proxy), run the test, and kill tor on exit.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

78/100 · AdequateMessage clarity
✓ Descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Provides detailed explanatory context✓ Mentions testing or verification
AI analysis · Informational 15/100

This commit is a routine fix to the project's CI (continuous integration) workflow. It changes how the Tor proxy is started during automated testing so that tests can run on a new runner image that lacks sudo privileges. There is no indication this change affects the actual Lightning Dev Kit software or its users' security.

AI review queuedAdd workflow to assign a random reviewer on new PRsby Matt Corallo · 311a74cf · Jun 28, 2026 · 1 fileMessage 78 · AdequateInformational 15Details
Commit message · Matt Corallo

Add workflow to assign a random reviewer on new PRs

Forgejo has no built-in random/round-robin reviewer assignment, so add a
small Forgejo Actions workflow that, on pull request open, picks a random
developer from the maintainer pool (excluding the author) and requests
their review via the API.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

78/100 · AdequateMessage clarity
✓ Specific, descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Provides detailed explanatory context✓ Names security-relevant behavior explicitly
Why it was queued
signing or wallet pathsecond-pass: security-sensitive path
AI analysis · Informational 15/100

This commit adds a harmless automation script that randomly picks a code reviewer when a new pull request is opened. It does not change any payment, cryptography, or network code, and it does not introduce any obvious security flaw.

Lower-priorityAdd Forgejo Actions workflows mirroring GitHub CIby Matt Corallo · 93ac5802 · Jun 28, 2026 · 6 filesMessage 78 · AdequateInformational 15Details
Commit message · Matt Corallo

Add Forgejo Actions workflows mirroring GitHub CI

Port the GitHub Actions workflows under .github/workflows/ to Forgejo
Actions under .forgejo/workflows/, targeting the instance at
git.rust-bitcoin.org and the lightningdevkit/rust-lightning repo. All
jobs run on the debian-trixie worker label; the build matrix restores
windows/macos legs (no runners provisioned for those yet).

Forgejo-specific adaptations:
- Fold the fuzz corpus push into the fuzz job, since Forgejo supports
neither the workflow_run trigger nor cross-run artifact access. The
push still targets the GitHub corpus repo and is best-effort so a
push hiccup cannot cascade to dependent jobs.
- Report build failures and stale-unicode notices via the fj CLI
against Forgejo instead of the gh CLI against GitHub.
- Run cargo audit directly in place of the rustsec/audit-check action,
which is not on Forgejo's default action registry.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

78/100 · AdequateMessage clarity
✓ Descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Provides detailed explanatory context✓ Mentions testing or verification
Why it was queued
fuzzing or regression evidence
AI analysis · Informational 15/100

This commit adds new Forgejo-based CI/CD workflow files that mirror the project's existing GitHub Actions. It does not change any application code, cryptographic logic, or user-facing behavior. It is purely an infrastructure change to run the same tests and checks on a different CI platform.

Lower-prioritySet max fee in route params for probesby Valentine Wallace · 47f58f34 · Jun 26, 2026 · 1 fileMessage 72 · AdequateInformational 18Details
Commit message · Valentine Wallace

Set max fee in route params for probes

May as well, and allows removing a comment that explains why we were previously
leaving it as None.

72/100 · AdequateMessage clarity
✓ Descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Provides an explanatory body✓ Explains rationale or failure mode
AI analysis · Informational 18/100

This change sets a maximum routing fee for Lightning payment probes. Previously, probes used a dummy RouteParameters object with no fee limit. Now the fee cap is set to the actual fee of the fixed probe path. This is a minor hardening/cleanup change that makes fee tracking consistent and removes an explanatory comment. It does not appear to fix an active vulnerability.

Lower-priorityFuzz: remove unnecessary route_params clonesby Valentine Wallace · cc4312a7 · Jun 26, 2026 · 1 fileMessage 55 · ThinInformational 15Details
Commit message · Valentine Wallace

Fuzz: remove unnecessary route_params clones

55/100 · ThinMessage clarity
✓ Descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Mentions testing or verification! No meaningful explanatory body
Why it was queued
fuzzing or regression evidence
AI analysis · Informational 15/100

This commit removes two unnecessary .clone() calls on route_params inside a fuzz test file. It is a code cleanup change in test-only code and does not affect production behavior, security, or user funds.

Security candidateLower strictness of pending monitor update while awaiting tx_signaturesby Wilmer Paulino · b8a76c17 · Jun 25, 2026 · 2 filesMessage 73 · AdequateModerate 57Details
Commit message · Wilmer Paulino

Lower strictness of pending monitor update while awaiting tx_signatures

We previously assumed that no monitor update should ever be pending when
receiving `tx_signatures` while quiescent, with the exception of the
`RenegotiatedFunding` variant. This was a bit too strict, as we did not
consider that if an HTLC was sent via the same channel, its preimage
could be received from upstream leading to a monitor update to durably
persist it.

This commit ensures that if the recipient of a `tx_signatures` has not
yet echoed theirs back, and it is awaiting a monitor update completion,
then the pending monitor update must be of the `RenegotiatedFunding`
variant. If the pending monitor update is of another variant, then we
must remain quiescent with no pending updates available to send until
after the `tx_signatures` exchange.

73/100 · AdequateMessage clarity
✓ Specific, descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Provides detailed explanatory context
Why it was queued
signing boundary
AI analysis · Moderate 57/100

This commit fixes a logic bug in the Lightning Dev Kit's channel splicing code. Previously, the code wrongly assumed that no unrelated monitor update could be pending when a splice `tx_signatures` message arrived while the channel was quiescent. In reality, an unrelated HTLC preimage could trigger a pending monitor update at the same time. The fix relaxes the strictness so the protocol does not panic or get stuck, and adds a regression test covering the scenario.

Lower-priorityRemove expectance of interactive-tx commitment_signed during reestablishby Wilmer Paulino · fab95959 · Jun 25, 2026 · 1 fileMessage 73 · AdequateLow 45Details
Commit message · Wilmer Paulino

Remove expectance of interactive-tx commitment_signed during reestablish

The use of `expecting_peer_commitment_signed` was being used as a way to
signal that we must disconnect if the message is not sent in a timely
manner. This isn't necessary, as we're already quiescent within this
flow, and can disconnect via that signal instead.

73/100 · AdequateMessage clarity
✓ Specific, descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Provides detailed explanatory context
AI analysis · Low 45/100

This commit removes a small piece of bookkeeping in the Lightning channel code that tracked whether a peer's commitment signature was still expected during a channel re-establishment. The change says this extra signal is unnecessary because the protocol is already in a quiet 'quiescent' state that can be used to disconnect if needed. It is a cleanup, but it touches code that decides when to disconnect from a peer, which is security-sensitive in Lightning because disconnects affect funds availability and potential force-close behavior.

Security candidateIgnore stale splice initial commitment_signedby Wilmer Paulino · b3e2dc8d · Jun 25, 2026 · 2 filesMessage 73 · AdequateModerate 64Details
Commit message · Wilmer Paulino

Ignore stale splice initial commitment_signed

After we complete a splice negotiation and see a
`FundingTransactionReadyForSigning` event, the counterparty may already
have sent its initial `commitment_signed` for the splice funding
transaction. If we then cancel the funding contribution, our local
channel state no longer tracks the pending splice attempt and queues
`tx_abort`, but the in-flight `commitment_signed` can still arrive
first. Handling that message against the post-abort channel state
attempts to validate a signature for the now-stale splice funding
transaction and can force-close the still-live channel.

We fix this by checking the optional `funding_txid` (which we expect all
implementations to always include by default) included in
`commitment_signed` before validating the commitment signature. If it
does not match the channel's locked funding txid, we can safely ignore
the stale message.

73/100 · AdequateMessage clarity
✓ Descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Provides detailed explanatory context✓ Names security-relevant behavior explicitly
Why it was queued
signing boundarydefensive validation
AI analysis · Moderate 64/100

This patch fixes a bug in the Lightning Dev Kit where a delayed message from a peer could accidentally force-close a live payment channel. During a failed 'splice' (a way to resize a channel), the peer might already have sent a signature for the now-canceled new funding transaction. Before this fix, the software would try to check that signature against the old channel state, fail, and wrongly close the channel. The fix makes the software first check whether the signature belongs to the currently active funding transaction and ignore it if it is stale.

Lower-priorityAvoid heap-allocating background processor futuresby Abeeujah · 3cad6af6 · Jun 24, 2026 · 1 fileMessage 73 · AdequateInformational 20Details
Commit message · Abeeujah

Avoid heap-allocating background processor futures

Replace Box::pin with core::pin::pin! in process_events_async now that
MSRV is 1.75. This eliminates a heap allocation per task on every
loop iteration by pinning the futures directly to the stack.

To satisfy lifetime and Joiner bounds, the loop logic was refactored
to run synchronous timer checks first, using flags to conditionally
execute the stack-pinned futures. Existing eager polling and early-break
semantics are preserved.

73/100 · AdequateMessage clarity
✓ Specific, descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Provides detailed explanatory context
AI analysis · Informational 20/100

This is a routine performance and code-quality improvement. It replaces heap-allocated 'boxed' futures with stack-pinned futures in a background processor loop, removing one memory allocation per loop iteration. There is no security vulnerability being fixed here.

Security candidatePin zeroize for old Rust CIby Joost Jager · a8a4767f · Jun 24, 2026 · 1 fileMessage 68 · AdequateInformational 15Details
Commit message · Joost Jager

Pin zeroize for old Rust CI

zeroize 1.9.0 uses Rust 2024 metadata, which Cargo 1.75 cannot
parse. Pin it to 1.8.2 for older toolchains so the transaction sync
HTTPS feature check keeps passing on the MSRV job.

68/100 · AdequateMessage clarity
✓ Descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Provides detailed explanatory context
Why it was queued
access controlmemory safety
AI analysis · Informational 15/100

This commit only changes a CI script to pin a dependency version so older Rust toolchains can still build the project. It is a build-maintenance fix with no security relevance.

AI review queuedDrop the BufReader wrapperby Abeeujah · b582ce15 · Jun 24, 2026 · 1 fileMessage 58 · ThinInformational 15Details
Commit message · Abeeujah

Drop the BufReader wrapper

Post `0.32.4` deserialization of consensus objects now use `Read`
as the trait bounds, making the BufReader no longer needed for
deserialization.

58/100 · ThinMessage clarity
✓ Descriptive subject✓ Provides detailed explanatory context
Why it was queued
second-pass: broader security terminology
AI analysis · Informational 15/100

This commit removes a small, custom one-byte buffering helper that was only needed to make older versions of a dependency (rust-bitcoin) happy. After the dependency changed its requirements, the wrapper became unnecessary. There is no security issue here—just routine cleanup of dead code.

AI review queuedDeserialize consensus objects using Read typeby Abeeujah · deee085c · Jun 24, 2026 · 1 fileMessage 68 · AdequateInformational 15Details
Commit message · Abeeujah

Deserialize consensus objects using Read type

The BufReader wrapping is no longer needed after the rust-bitcoin
`0.32.4` release which contains the standardisation of the trait
bounds for deserialization to `Read` instead of `BufReader`.

68/100 · AdequateMessage clarity
✓ Descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Provides detailed explanatory context
Why it was queued
second-pass: broader security terminology
AI analysis · Informational 15/100

This is a small cleanup change that removes an unnecessary BufReader wrapper when deserializing Bitcoin consensus objects. The underlying rust-bitcoin library now accepts a simpler 'Read' trait directly, so the code was updated to match. There is no security issue visible in the change.

Lower-priorityCheck metadata length for bolt11 invoicesby elnosh · 87ea15c3 · Jun 23, 2026 · 1 fileMessage 60 · AdequateModerate 60Details
Commit message · elnosh

Check metadata length for bolt11 invoices

Check that the metadata when creating a bolt11 invoice is below
the bolt11 limit of 639 bytes for tagged fields.

60/100 · AdequateMessage clarity
✓ Descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Provides an explanatory body
AI analysis · Moderate 60/100

This commit fixes a missing length check when creating BOLT11 Lightning invoices. Before the fix, a user or attacker could supply payment metadata longer than the 639-byte BOLT11 limit, producing an invoice that violates the protocol and may fail to be parsed or routed correctly. The patch now rejects oversized metadata during invoice creation, similar to the existing check for descriptions.

Lower-priorityFix stable clippy string repeat lintby Joost Jager · 999ab2db · Jun 23, 2026 · 1 fileMessage 70 · AdequateInformational 15Details
Commit message · Joost Jager

Fix stable clippy string repeat lint

Use str::repeat in DebugMsg tests to satisfy current stable clippy.

70/100 · AdequateMessage clarity
✓ Descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Provides an explanatory body✓ Mentions testing or verification
AI analysis · Informational 15/100

This commit only changes three lines inside test code to use a different, clippy-preferred way of repeating a string. It does not touch any production logic, network handling, cryptography, or wallet code. There is no security relevance.

AI review queuedDrop duplicate Hasher importby Abeeujah · b4f74165 · Jun 23, 2026 · 1 fileMessage 35 · OpaqueInformational 15Details
Commit message · Abeeujah

Drop duplicate Hasher import

35/100 · OpaqueMessage clarity
✓ Descriptive subject! No meaningful explanatory body
Why it was queued
second-pass: opaque commit message
AI analysis · Informational 15/100

This commit removes a duplicate import of the `Hasher` trait in a Rust source file. It is a code cleanup change with no functional or security effect. The `Hasher` symbol was already imported elsewhere in the same scope, so the duplicate import only generated a compiler warning. No behavior of the Lightning Dev Kit code changes as a result.

Lower-prioritySimplify ChannelUnavailable APIError handling with let-elseby Abeeujah · e9e3060b · Jun 22, 2026 · 1 fileMessage 73 · AdequateInformational 15Details
Commit message · Abeeujah

Simplify ChannelUnavailable APIError handling with let-else

Refactor the nested match statement used during error construction into
a more idiomatic let-else construct (stabilised in Rust 1.65). The
previous implementation required verbose, nested matching to navigate
around borrow checker limitations.

By leveraging let-else alongside chaining unwrap_err on handle_error
Result, we achieve the same teardown logic (dropping state locks)
and error mapping with significantly less boilerplate and nesting.

73/100 · AdequateMessage clarity
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AI analysis · Informational 15/100

This is a pure code cleanup that rewrites an awkward nested match statement into a newer, more idiomatic Rust construct called let-else. It does not change what the program does, what data it accepts, or how it responds to errors. There is no security-relevant behavior change.

Security candidateFormat possiblyrandom cfg attributesby Joost Jager · bc01a548 · Jun 19, 2026 · 1 fileMessage 50 · ThinInformational 15Details
Commit message · Joost Jager

Format possiblyrandom cfg attributes

Run rustfmt on the possiblyrandom crate so its cfg attributes match
the current formatting rules.

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Why it was queued
seed or entropy path
AI analysis · Informational 15/100

This commit is purely a code-formatting cleanup. It runs rustfmt on a small Rust source file so that multi-line conditional compilation (cfg) attributes are collapsed onto single lines. No logic, behavior, or security properties of the code change.

Lower-priorityFix string slicing in TXT record validationby Matt Corallo · ae852b58 · Jun 18, 2026 · 1 fileMessage 73 · AdequateModerate 62Details
Commit message · Matt Corallo

Fix string slicing in TXT record validation

Rust's panicy string slicing behavior has always been a sharp edge
and here it finally caught up with us. Ensure we don't slice into
a string provided in an onion message until we're sure the index
is a character boundary.

Reported by Jordan Mecom of Block's Security Team

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AI analysis · Moderate 62/100

This commit fixes a crash bug in how rust-lightning checks DNS text records embedded in private onion messages. The old code used string slicing that could panic if a TXT record contained multi-byte characters and the prefix length landed in the middle of a character. The fix compares raw bytes instead, avoiding the panic. A malicious or malformed onion message could have triggered a denial-of-service crash in the node processing it.

Security candidateGet real rand in `possiblyrandom` on supported platforms w/o featby Matt Corallo · b7c9935b · Jun 18, 2026 · 1 fileMessage 78 · AdequateModerate 61Details
Commit message · Matt Corallo

Get real rand in `possiblyrandom` on supported platforms w/o feat

It turns out that conditionally-enabling a dependency via `target`
in `Cargo.toml` does not enable the corresponding dependency
`feature` when compiling the code. As a result, only when building
`possiblyrandom` with an explicit `getrandom` feature did we ever
actually return random values.

This fixes this by matching the `target` cfg in `Cargo.toml` to the
cfg in `lib.rs`.

Reported by Project Loupe

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Why it was queued
seed or entropy path
AI analysis · Moderate 61/100

This commit fixes a bug in a small helper crate called `possiblyrandom` used by the Lightning Dev Kit. The crate was supposed to return real random bytes on normal operating systems, but due to a Cargo.toml misconfiguration it was silently returning zeros unless an explicit feature flag was turned on. Randomness is important for cryptographic operations; using predictable zeros could weaken security in places that expect random input. The patch makes the code actually call the system's random source on supported platforms.

Lower-priorityTruncate logged peer message stringsby Elias Rohrer · e2f611e9 · Jun 18, 2026 · 3 filesMessage 68 · AdequateModerate 52Details
Commit message · Elias Rohrer

Truncate logged peer message strings

Counterparty-provided strings in network messages (Error, Warning,
TxAbort) were logged without length limits, allowing a malicious peer
to bloat log files. Some logging sites also lacked the same
sanitization used for other untrusted strings.

Add a `DebugMsg` struct and `log_msg!` macro that consistently
truncate messages to 512 characters while preserving `PrintableString`
sanitization. Replace all bare `msg.data` and ad hoc
`PrintableString(&msg.data)` usages at the 7 relevant logging sites
in `peer_handler.rs` and `channel.rs`.

Co-Authored-By: HAL 9000

68/100 · AdequateMessage clarity
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Why it was queued
defensive validation
AI analysis · Moderate 52/100

This commit fixes a minor denial-of-service issue where a malicious peer could send very long text strings inside Lightning network messages (errors, warnings, transaction aborts). Those strings were written to log files without any length limit or consistent cleanup, so an attacker could fill up disk space or make logs hard to read. The patch caps logged peer message strings at 512 characters and applies the project's usual untrusted-string sanitization everywhere these messages are logged.

Security candidateReject pre-epoch `LSPSDateTime` at parse timeby Elias Rohrer · 837763a6 · Jun 18, 2026 · 1 fileMessage 80 · StrongHigh 76Details
Commit message · Elias Rohrer

Reject pre-epoch `LSPSDateTime` at parse time

`LSPSDateTime::is_past` coerced `chrono`'s `i64` timestamp into a
`u64` via `try_into().expect(...)`. Because `LSPSDateTime` is parsed
from peer-controlled RFC 3339 strings (which can be pre-1970 and so
yield negative timestamps), this could be triggered remotely: an
attacker-supplied `valid_until` / `expires_at` field of e.g.
`"1900-01-01T00:00:00Z"` would parse successfully, land in LSPS state
before any HMAC / promise check, and panic the LSP thread on the next
`prune_pending_requests` sweep. Concretely reachable today via LSPS2
`opening_fee_params.valid_until` (in the buy request) and the LSPS1
expiry fields.

Make `LSPSDateTime::from_str` reject pre-epoch datetimes, and route
serde deserialization through it: `#[serde(transparent)]` was
delegating Deserialize directly to `chrono`'s impl and bypassing our
parser, so peer JSON had to be guarded separately. With both paths
funnelled through one parser, no `LSPSDateTime` value with a negative
inner timestamp can be constructed and `is_past` is safe by
construction.

Co-Authored-By: HAL 9000

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Why it was queued
explicit security language
AI analysis · High 76/100

This commit fixes a remote denial-of-service bug in rust-lightning's LSPS (Lightning Service Provider Specification) code. An attacker could send a specially crafted date string from before 1970 (like "1900-01-01T00:00:00Z") in certain peer messages. The date would be accepted, and later when the software checked whether it had expired, it would panic and crash the LSP thread. The fix rejects any pre-1970 date during parsing, including when reading JSON from peers, so the dangerous value can never be created.

Lower-priorityReturn optional recovered BOLT11 payee keysby Elias Rohrer · 851d03f3 · Jun 18, 2026 · 1 fileMessage 68 · AdequateLow 47Details
Commit message · Elias Rohrer

Return optional recovered BOLT11 payee keys

Recovering a BOLT11 payee key can fail even when an invoice includes a
valid n field. Return the recovery result as an option and document
get_payee_pub_key as the canonical accessor.

Co-Authored-By: HAL 9000

This finding was discovered by Project Loupe

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AI analysis · Low 47/100

This commit changes how a Bitcoin Lightning invoice library exposes the payee's public key. Previously, a function called recover_payee_pub_key always returned a public key, even when mathematically recovering it from the invoice signature actually failed. Now it returns an optional value (None when recovery fails), and callers are directed to a safer accessor. The change prevents callers from silently getting a wrong or misleading key, which could matter for payment security decisions.

Security candidateUse BOLT11 invoice payee keys for payment paramsby Elias Rohrer · 06393eba · Jun 18, 2026 · 3 filesMessage 73 · AdequateModerate 63Details
Commit message · Elias Rohrer

Use BOLT11 invoice payee keys for payment params

Payment parameters should use the canonical payee key from BOLT11
invoices. When an invoice includes an n field, using that key avoids
attempting signature recovery that may legitimately be unavailable.

Co-Authored-By: HAL 9000

This finding was discovered by Project Loupe

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Why it was queued
signing boundary
AI analysis · Moderate 63/100

This commit fixes a bug in how Lightning payment parameters are built from BOLT11 invoices. Previously, the code always tried to recover the payee's public key from the invoice signature, even when the invoice already explicitly included the payee's key. Signature recovery can fail or produce the wrong key in some legitimate cases, such as when the recovery ID byte is altered. The fix makes payment routing use the explicitly included payee key when available, falling back to signature recovery only when needed. This prevents potential payment routing failures or misrouting caused by relying on recoverable signatures.