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Informational 15 Bitcoin

xpay: support paying a (simple) bolt12 offer directly.

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Rusty Russell

73/100 · Adequate
xpay: support paying a (simple) bolt12 offer directly.

fetchinvoice is still good for detailed diagnostics and handling
recurring invoices and alternate currencies, but this covers the
"throw some sats" case well.

Changelog-Added: JSON-RPC: `xpay` can now pay a simple offer directly, rather than requiring fetchinvoice first.
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit adds a convenience feature to the Core Lightning `xpay` plugin so users can pay a simple BOLT12 offer directly, without first running `fetchinvoice` manually. The plugin now detects an offer string, validates it, calls `fetchinvoice` internally, and then proceeds with normal payment. There is no security-relevant change visible in the diff.

Recommended action

No security action required; this is a feature addition. Normal code review and regression testing are sufficient.

Security signals we found

No strong security signals were identified.

Risk score

Why this scored 15/100

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Potential impact 0/30
Exploitability 0/25
Stealth signal 0/15
Affected reach 0/15
Confidence 10/10
Evidence quality 5/5
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