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Informational 19 Bitcoin

Reclaim liquidity from idle channels (#3269)

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Bastien Teinturier

76/100 · Adequate
Reclaim liquidity from idle channels (#3269)

We more aggressively reclaim liquidity from idle channels. We start by
identifying channels where the liquidity doesn't seem to be moving in
either direction. Then we lower our relay fees until we reach our
minimum configured value. Once we've reached that minimum fee, if the
payment volume doesn't increase, we eventually close those channels
(but we always keep one channel with those peers, we only close the
redundant channels).
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit adds an automated housekeeping feature to Eclair lightning nodes. It identifies channels where funds sit idle for a long time, lowers the routing fees on those channels to try to attract more payments, and eventually closes redundant idle channels if traffic still doesn't pick up. This is a normal business-logic change, not a security fix or vulnerability.

Recommended action

No security action required. Treat as a normal feature/operations improvement. Operators may want to review the new idle-channel thresholds and minimum relay fee settings in their configuration.

Security signals we found

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No security-relevant signals: change is economic/liquidity-management logic

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No input validation, parsing, cryptography, or network protocol changes

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No privilege escalation, authentication, or authorization changes

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No bug fixes, bounds checks, or memory safety changes

Risk score

Why this scored 19/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 2/30
Exploitability 1/25
Stealth signal 1/15
Affected reach 2/15
Confidence 9/10
Evidence quality 4/5
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