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fuzz: retain channel ids in payment paths

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Joost Jager

78/100 · Adequate
fuzz: retain channel ids in payment paths

Keep each hop ChannelId beside its SCID and retain the complete set
of paths while a payment is pending. This is mechanical preparation;
the new fields are intentionally not interpreted yet.

SCIDs remain the route-building input, while explicit closes identify
channels by ChannelId. Carrying both representations in one path model
lets a later force-close allowance match affected payments without
reconstructing routes or maintaining parallel bookkeeping.
✓ Descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Provides detailed explanatory context✓ Mentions testing or verification
The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit changes internal fuzz-testing code only. It adds extra bookkeeping so that simulated payment paths remember both a short channel ID and a channel ID. The commit message explicitly says the new fields are not used yet and that this is mechanical preparation for future work. There is no change to production code, no user-facing behavior change, and no security fix or vulnerability introduced in the diff itself.

Recommended action

No security action needed. Treat as normal test-infrastructure refactoring. Monitor follow-up commits that actually interpret the retained channel IDs and paths for any force-close-related logic.

Security signals we found

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No security-relevant code change in production paths

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Change is confined to fuzz test harness

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Commit message describes change as preparatory and explicitly notes new fields are not interpreted yet

Risk score

Why this scored 13/100

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