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Low 31 Bitcoin

Don't try reconnecting automatically to mobile wallets (#3287)

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Bastien Teinturier

81/100 · Strong
Don't try reconnecting automatically to mobile wallets (#3287)

It's useless as they will always have a different IP address, and they
will be offline most of the time anyway. They will initiate connections
either when the app is started or when they receive a push notification
so we never need to initiate connections from the server side.
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This change stops Eclair lightning nodes from automatically trying to reconnect to mobile wallets. Mobile wallets change IP addresses frequently and are usually offline, so server-initiated reconnections are wasteful and can leak information about which channels belong to mobile users. The mobile wallet will reconnect on its own when it opens the app or gets a push notification. This is a hardening and privacy improvement, not a fix for an active exploit.

Recommended action

No urgent action required. Operators and downstream users should ensure they are on a release containing this commit if they run Eclair nodes that peer with mobile wallets, to benefit from reduced resource waste and improved privacy.

Security signals we found

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Prevents resource exhaustion from useless reconnection loops to offline mobile peers

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Reduces network-level metadata leakage about which peers are mobile wallets

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Adds feature-based gating using WakeUpNotificationClient

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No input validation or cryptographic changes

Risk score

Why this scored 31/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 5/30
Exploitability 3/25
Stealth signal 6/15
Affected reach 5/15
Confidence 8/10
Evidence quality 4/5
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