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Informational 19 Bitcoin

tests: do not leak file descriptors

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Matt Whitlock

55/100 · Thin
tests: do not leak file descriptors

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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit fixes file descriptor leaks in the project's test suite. It replaces patterns like open(...).read() with context managers or helper methods that automatically close files. These changes only affect test code and test infrastructure, not the actual Core Lightning node software that users run. The leak could cause tests to run out of file handles during long test runs, but it is not a security vulnerability in production software.

Recommended action

No security action required. Treat as a normal code-quality/test-maintenance improvement. If reviewing, verify that all file operations in the changed test files now use context managers or equivalent auto-closing helpers.

Security signals we found

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Resource leak fix in test code only

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No changes to production daemon, wallet, or network code

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No input validation, authentication, or cryptography changes

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No memory corruption, injection, or privilege escalation signals

Risk score

Why this scored 19/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 2/30
Exploitability 0/25
Stealth signal 1/15
Affected reach 2/15
Confidence 9/10
Evidence quality 5/5
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