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Informational 17 Bitcoin

Simplify legacy closed-channel monitor update persistence handling

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Matt Corallo

73/100 · Adequate
Simplify legacy closed-channel monitor update persistence handling

Pre-0.1, after a channel was closed we generated
`ChannelMonitorUpdate`s with a static `update_id` of `u64::MAX`. In
this case, when using `MonitorUpdatingPersister`, we had to read
the persisted `ChannelMonitor` to figure out what range of monitor
updates to remove from disk. However, now that we have a `list`
method there's no reason to do this anymore, we can just use that.

Simplifying code that we anticipate never hitting anymore is always
a win.
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit is a code cleanup in the Lightning Dev Kit's storage layer. It removes a special-case code path that read an old channel monitor just to decide which stale monitor updates to delete. Instead, it reuses an existing list-and-delete helper. The change only affects how old data is cleaned up after a channel is closed, and the commit message explicitly says the removed path is no longer expected to be hit. There is no direct evidence this fixes a security vulnerability.

Recommended action

No immediate security action required. Treat as a normal maintenance refactor. If deploying, verify through existing tests that stale monitor updates are still correctly cleaned up after channel closure and on startup.

Security signals we found

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Refactor of persistence cleanup logic for channel monitors

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Removal of pre-read of old monitor before persisting closed-channel update

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No explicit security claim in commit message or diff

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Commit describes the changed code as legacy and unlikely to be hit

Risk score

Why this scored 17/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 2/30
Exploitability 1/25
Stealth signal 1/15
Affected reach 2/15
Confidence 8/10
Evidence quality 3/5
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