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Add inline persistence with async `LSPS2ServiceHandler` API methods

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Elias Rohrer

65/100 · Adequate
Add inline persistence with async `LSPS2ServiceHandler` API methods

.. and wrap them accordingly for the `LSPS2ServiceHandlerSync` variant.
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit changes several LSPS2 (a Lightning service protocol) API methods from synchronous to asynchronous so they can save peer state to disk inline, right when state changes. It also adds synchronous wrapper methods that immediately poll the new async versions. The change is a reliability improvement: it makes sure state is persisted before returning, reducing the chance of losing track of a payment or channel if the program crashes. There is no direct evidence in the commit that this fixes a security vulnerability, but inconsistent persistence can lead to loss-of-funds or state-confusion bugs in Lightning nodes.

Recommended action

Treat as a hardening/reliability patch. Reviewers should verify that all lock guards are dropped before `.await` points to avoid deadlocks, confirm that the sync wrapper's `unreachable!` assumption holds for all callers, and ensure persistence failures are handled safely without corrupting in-memory state. No immediate security response is indicated by the commit alone.

Security signals we found

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Async methods now await inline persistence after state mutations

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Sync wrapper uses dummy waker and panics on Pending future

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Clippy allow attribute added for awaiting while holding lock

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Persistence previously deferred via needs_persist flag now done synchronously within API call

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Potential for state inconsistency or loss-of-funds if persistence fails or is skipped

Risk score

Why this scored 32/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 8/30
Exploitability 5/25
Stealth signal 4/15
Affected reach 6/15
Confidence 6/10
Evidence quality 3/5
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