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Informational 18 Bitcoin

Lazily load peer storage at node restart (#3257)

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What the developer wrote

Authored by pm47

68/100 · Adequate
Lazily load peer storage at node restart (#3257)

This avoids a herd effect when restarting the node.
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit changes how Eclair (a Bitcoin Lightning node) loads stored peer data when the node restarts. Previously, every peer's stored data was read from the database immediately at startup. Now it is loaded only when the peer first reconnects. The stated goal is to avoid a 'herd effect'—a large burst of database reads all at once after a restart. There is no direct security vulnerability in the diff; it is a performance and reliability improvement. The change does not alter who can request data or what data is stored.

Recommended action

No security action required. Treat as a normal performance/reliability refactor. Reviewers may want to verify that the lazy load does not skip sending PeerStorageRetrieval in any edge case where it was previously sent, and that PendingWrite data is still flushed on peer stop.

Security signals we found

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No authentication or authorization changes

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No new network inputs or message handlers

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No change to cryptographic operations

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Refactoring only: state-machine change with equivalent observable behavior

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Potential minor reliability improvement: reduced startup DB load

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No explicit security fix or vulnerability disclosure in commit message

Risk score

Why this scored 18/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 2/30
Exploitability 1/25
Stealth signal 1/15
Affected reach 2/15
Confidence 8/10
Evidence quality 4/5
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