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contractcourt+lnwallet: move aux close finalization to chain watcher

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What the developer wrote

Authored by George Tsagkarelis

73/100 · Adequate
contractcourt+lnwallet: move aux close finalization to chain watcher

We now execute the aux chan closer finalization within the chain
watcher. This is better as we don't need to rely on the remote party
being online and sending us a message. Instead we do the finalization
once the on-chain transaction has been confirmed.
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit moves a finalization step for special auxiliary channel closes from the interactive negotiation phase to the point where the closing transaction is confirmed on-chain. The goal is to make the process more reliable by not depending on the remote party staying online and sending a message. The change itself is a refactor of when and where finalization happens, not a fix for a known exploit.

Recommended action

Review as a normal reliability/refactor change. Verify that moving finalization to on-chain confirmation does not introduce race conditions or skip necessary pre-confirmation validation for auxiliary channel closes. No urgent security patch appears indicated from the diff alone.

Security signals we found

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Refactor of auxiliary close finalization timing

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Reduced dependency on remote party online state for close finalization

03

No direct memory-safety, cryptographic, or authorization changes visible

04

Potential change in trust/availability assumptions for custom (aux) channel closes

Risk score

Why this scored 32/100

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