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askrene: refine: remove refine_with_fee_and_limits

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Lagrang3

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askrene: refine: remove refine_with_fee_and_limits

and remove unused helper functions.

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Signed-off-by: Lagrang3 <lagrang3@protonmail.com>
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit removes a large block of unused code from the askrene routing plugin in Core Lightning. The deleted functions handled fee calculations, capacity limits, and HTLC constraints during payment route refinement, but they were no longer being called anywhere. There is no indication in the commit message or diff that this fixes a security bug; it appears to be routine code cleanup.

Recommended action

No immediate security action is required. Reviewers may want to confirm that the removed refinement logic is genuinely unused and that its responsibilities have been taken over by other code paths (e.g., the MCF solver or newer refinement functions) to avoid regressions in route validity.

Security signals we found

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Large deletion of routing/refinement logic with no replacement code

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Removed functions previously performed fee, capacity, and HTLC constraint validation

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Commit message frames change as cleanup of unused code, not a security fix

Risk score

Why this scored 12/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 0/30
Exploitability 0/25
Stealth signal 0/15
Affected reach 0/15
Confidence 8/10
Evidence quality 4/5
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