What the developer wrote
Authored by Mohamed Awnallah
docs: update release notes v0.20.0
What changed, and why it matters
This commit only updates the release notes document for version 0.20.0. It adds a description of a previously fixed bug about wallet rescanning during header sync. No code changes are included, so this commit itself does not alter software behavior or introduce security risk.
No action needed; this is a documentation update. Review the actual code change in PR #10280 separately if assessing the underlying fix.
Security signals we found
No strong security signals were identified.
Evidence from the diff
The diff is a documentation-only addition to docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.20.0.md describing PR #10280, which fixed premature wallet rescanning when a wallet is created during header sync, primarily affecting neutrino backends. There are no source code modifications in this commit.
Changed components
docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.20.0.mdInspect captured patch +6 / −0
diff --git a/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.20.0.md b/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.20.0.md
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# Bug Fixes
+- [Fixed premature wallet
+ rescanning](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/10280) that occurred
+ when a wallet was created during header sync. This issue primarily affected
+ neutrino chain backends. The fix ensures headers are fully synced before
+ starting the chain notifier backend.
+
- Fixed potential update inconsistencies in node announcements [by creating
a shallow copy before modifications](
https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/9815). This ensures the original
Why this scored 15/100
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