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Emit SpliceFailed event for interactive-tx failures

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Jeffrey Czyz

73/100 · Adequate
Emit SpliceFailed event for interactive-tx failures

When interactive transaction construction fails during splice funding
negotiation, emit Event::SpliceFailed to notify users of the failure
such that they can reclaim any contributed UTXOs.
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This change improves how the Lightning Dev Kit (LDK) node tells its user when a splice funding negotiation fails during interactive transaction construction. Previously, failures were mostly silent at the application level, meaning users might not know they could reclaim UTXOs they had contributed. Now the node emits a new SpliceFailed event containing the contributed inputs and outputs so wallets can act. It also changes how some protocol errors are handled: unexpected interactive-tx messages now trigger a warning/disconnect instead of being treated as an internal abort. This is a reliability/usability fix rather than a critical remote-exploitable vulnerability.

Recommended action

Review the new SpliceFailed event handling in wallet integrations to ensure users are notified and can reclaim UTXOs. Monitor for any edge cases where the initiator check might omit events for non-initiators who also contributed outputs. No urgent security patch is indicated.

Security signals we found

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New event emission on negotiation failure reduces risk of user funds being stranded due to lack of notification

02

Unexpected interactive-tx messages now treated as warning/disconnect rather than internal abort

03

Persistence now occurs on interactive-tx handler errors, improving state consistency after failures

04

No evidence of memory safety issues, cryptographic flaws, or remote code execution paths

Risk score

Why this scored 32/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 8/30
Exploitability 3/25
Stealth signal 4/15
Affected reach 6/15
Confidence 7/10
Evidence quality 4/5
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