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Push splice initiation through the quiescent pipeline

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Authored by Matt Corallo

73/100 · Adequate
Push splice initiation through the quiescent pipeline

Now that we have a `QuiescentAction` to track what we intend to do
once we reach quiescence, we need to use it to initiate splices.

Here we do so, adding a new `SpliceInstructions` to track the
arguments that are currently passed to `splice_channel`. While
these may not be exactly the right arguments to track in the end,
a lot of the splice logic is still in flight, so we can worry about
it later.
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit changes how Lightning channel 'splicing' (a way to resize a payment channel's on-chain funds) is started. Instead of immediately sending a splice request, the code now first enters a 'quiet' (quiescent) state where both sides pause normal updates, then sends the splice request once both sides agree. It also adds serialization support for new internal data structures so node state can be saved and restored. There is no direct evidence in the commit that this fixes a security vulnerability; it appears to be a protocol-correctness and state-management improvement for an in-development splicing feature.

Recommended action

Treat as a normal feature/architecture commit. Reviewers should verify that the quiescence completion path always clears `quiescent_action` on error, that `SpliceInstructions` serialization is backward-compatible, and that the new `DoNothing` variant gating under `#[cfg(any(test, fuzzing))]` does not break production state persistence. No urgent security action is indicated by the diff alone.

Security signals we found

01

State-machine change: splice initiation now requires mutual quiescence, reducing risk of races/interleaving with HTLC updates

02

Serialization added for new splice-related state, improving crash-recovery consistency

03

Error handling tightened: duplicate splice/quiescent actions are rejected via `quiescent_action.is_some()` checks

04

No explicit security bug fixed; commit is architectural/protocol alignment

Risk score

Why this scored 26/100

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