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Informational 17 Bitcoin

Dedup data in InboundUpdateAdd::Forwarded::hop_data

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Valentine Wallace

85/100 · Strong
Dedup data in InboundUpdateAdd::Forwarded::hop_data

Previously, the InboundUpdateAdd::Forwarded enum variant contained an
HTLCPreviousHopData, which had a lot of fields that were redundant with the
outer InboundHTLCOutput/Channel structs. Here we dedup those fields, which is
important because the pending InboundUpdateAdds are persisted whenever the
ChannelManager is persisted.
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit is a code cleanup that removes duplicated data stored when a forwarded Lightning payment is saved to disk. It does not change how payments are validated or how funds move; it only changes which fields are kept in memory versus reconstructed later. There is no direct security vulnerability visible in the diff, though any serialization change carries a small risk of compatibility bugs.

Recommended action

Treat as a normal refactor. Verify backward/forward serialization compatibility through existing tests, especially around persistence and restart scenarios for forwarded HTLCs. No security-specific action is required based on the diff alone.

Security signals we found

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Serialization format change for persisted HTLC state

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Reduction in persisted data size for forwarded HTLCs

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No new input parsing or validation introduced

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No change to cryptographic checks or HTLC claim/fail logic

Risk score

Why this scored 17/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 2/30
Exploitability 0/25
Stealth signal 0/15
Affected reach 3/15
Confidence 8/10
Evidence quality 4/5
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