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Informational 18 Bitcoin

graph/db: use batch loading for ChanUpdatesInHorizon

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Elle Mouton

83/100 · Strong
graph/db: use batch loading for ChanUpdatesInHorizon

The following performance gains were measured using the new benchmark
test.

```
name old time/op new time/op delta
ChanUpdatesInHorizon-native-sqlite-10 18.5s ± 3% 2.0s ± 5% -89.11% (p=0.000 n=9+9)
ChanUpdatesInHorizon-native-postgres-10 59.0s ± 3% 0.8s ±10% -98.65% (p=0.000 n=10+9)
```
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit is a performance optimization for LND's channel graph database queries. It replaces a one-by-one loading approach with batch loading when retrieving Lightning channel updates within a time window. The change makes the operation roughly 9-30 times faster depending on the database backend, but it does not appear to fix a security vulnerability or change any security-critical behavior.

Recommended action

No security action required. Treat as a normal performance improvement. If deploying, monitor for functional regressions in channel graph synchronization or gossip query responses.

Security signals we found

No strong security signals were identified.

Risk score

Why this scored 18/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 0/30
Exploitability 0/25
Stealth signal 0/15
Affected reach 5/15
Confidence 9/10
Evidence quality 4/5
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