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Introduce VerifiedInvoiceRequest<S: SigningPubkeyStrategy>

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Authored by shaavan

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Introduce VerifiedInvoiceRequest<S: SigningPubkeyStrategy>

This commit reintroduces `VerifiedInvoiceRequest`, now parameterized by
`SigningPubkeyStrategy`.

The key motivation is to restrict which functions can be called on a
`VerifiedInvoiceRequest` based on its strategy type. This enables
compile-time guarantees — ensuring that an incorrect `InvoiceBuilder`
cannot be constructed for a given request, and misuses are caught early.
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit is a code-quality and type-safety refactor in rust-lightning's BOLT12 offers handling. It reintroduces VerifiedInvoiceRequest with a generic signing-key strategy so the Rust compiler can prevent mismatched invoice builders (e.g., trying to use automatically derived keys when explicit keys are required). The change itself does not fix a runtime crash or a known exploit; it makes a class of programming mistakes impossible at compile time. There is no vendor statement that this is a security fix, and no independent researcher is credited.

Recommended action

Treat as a normal refactor/hardening commit. Reviewers should verify that all call sites correctly handle both DerivedKeys and ExplicitKeys arms and that no reachable code path can still construct an InvoiceBuilder with the wrong signing strategy. No urgent security response is indicated by the supplied materials.

Security signals we found

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Type-system hardening: compile-time prevention of incorrect InvoiceBuilder selection

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Removal of runtime Option<Keypair> branch in favor of statically-known signing strategy

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No explicit security relevance stated by vendor in commit message or code comments

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No CVE, advisory, or researcher attribution present in supplied materials

Risk score

Why this scored 24/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 5/30
Exploitability 3/25
Stealth signal 2/15
Affected reach 4/15
Confidence 7/10
Evidence quality 3/5
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