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paymentsdb: implement DeletePayments for sql backend

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Authored by ziggie

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paymentsdb: implement DeletePayments for sql backend
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit adds a new database cleanup feature to LND's SQL payment storage backend. It lets the node delete old payment records or failed payment attempts in bulk. The change is mostly a feature implementation and refactoring; there is no direct evidence in the commit that it fixes an active security vulnerability. The main security-relevant aspect is that the code deliberately skips payments that are still 'in flight' (active on the Lightning network) and only removes payments whose status is considered 'removable', which reduces the risk of deleting data needed for an ongoing payment.

Recommended action

Treat as a normal feature/refactor commit. Reviewers should verify that status.removable() correctly excludes in-flight and non-final payments, that the transaction retry logic cannot partially delete data, and that the DeletePayments RPC/database method is only reachable by authorized callers. No immediate security patch is indicated by the diff alone.

Security signals we found

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Bulk deletion guarded by status.removable() and explicit in-flight skip

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Deletion runs inside ExecTx with a retry-reset closure

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Refactoring of existing status computation into shared helper

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TODO comment noting future background batching for performance

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No input validation or authorization checks visible in the diff

Risk score

Why this scored 27/100

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