docs: add release notes for wallet_synced RPC field
What the developer wrote
Authored by Slyghtning
docs: add release notes for wallet_synced RPC field
What changed, and why it matters
This commit only adds a release note describing a new `wallet_synced` field in the GetInfo RPC response. It is documentation-only and makes no code changes, so it has no security impact on its own.
No security action required. Review the underlying PR #10507 if assessing whether the new RPC field exposes any sensitive sync state information.
Security signals we found
No strong security signals were identified.
Evidence from the diff
The diff adds a single bullet to docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.21.0.md explaining PR #10507, which introduced a wallet_synced boolean field to the GetInfo RPC. The field exposes the wallet’s internal chain-sync state separately from the existing synced_to_chain composite field. No implementation code is modified.
Changed components
docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.21.0.mdInspect captured patch +7 / −0
diff --git a/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.21.0.md b/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.21.0.md
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@@ -116,6 +116,13 @@
* routerrpc HTLC event subscribers now receive specific failure details for
invoice-level validation failures, avoiding ambiguous `UNKNOWN` results. [#10520](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/10520)
+* [A new `wallet_synced` field has been
+ added](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/10507) to the `GetInfo`
+ RPC response. This field indicates whether the wallet is fully synced to the
+ best chain, providing the wallet's internal sync state independently from the
+ composite `synced_to_chain` field which also considers router and blockbeat
+ dispatcher states.
+
## lncli Updates
## Breaking Changes
Why this scored 15/100
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