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This commit updates Eclair's underlying Bitcoin library from version 0.47 to 0.48 and makes small code adjustments to match the new library's API. The changes touch how private keys are derived and how test data is converted. There is no d…
Dependency version bump of cryptographic Bitcoin libraryPrivate key derivation code modifiedTaproot/MuSig2 test vector code adjusted
This commit adds an experimental new Lightning channel type to Eclair called 'zero-fee commitments.' It is a large feature patch implementing a draft BOLT specification (PR 1228), not a fix for a known vulnerability. The change introduces …
Large feature addition (+1618/-276 across 42 files) touching consensus-sensitive transaction construction and signingNew experimental channel type disabled by default; requires explicit opt-in via eclair.confImplements draft BOLT specification (lightning/bolts#1228), not a finalized standard
This commit updates the PostgreSQL database driver used by the Eclair Lightning node software from version 42.7.8 to 42.7.11. The commit message says this fixes a vulnerability that could allow denial-of-service (DoS) attacks if a node con…
Dependency version bump for security fixVendor-disclosed potential DoS vector via untrusted database hostChecksum file updated for reproducible builds
This commit only adjusts a flaky unit test that checks transaction weight estimates. It widens the allowed tolerance for variable-length ECDSA signatures when two signatures are involved instead of one. There is no change to production cod…
This commit adds official Lightning channel splicing support to Eclair and replaces an experimental protocol. It includes backwards-compatibility shims for older Phoenix wallets, changes how reconnection messages request retransmission of …
Protocol state machine changes for interactive transaction signing and reconnection retransmissionBackwards-compatibility shim that multiplexes two protocol versions based on peer feature bitsTLV type-number collision handling between official and experimental splicing protocols
This commit changes how Eclair (a Bitcoin Lightning node) remembers its own closing signatures during a mutual channel close. Previously, the code re-generated signing nonces and re-signed closing transactions when the peer's signature arr…
MuSig2 nonce handling changed: local partial signatures are now stored and reused instead of regeneratedEarly signature validation added for peer's partial signature before final transaction aggregationRemoved CloserNonces helper that generated three random nonces per closing attempt
This commit updates the Eclair Lightning node software to support a new, backwards-compatible draft of the official Bitcoin Lightning 'splicing' protocol. It adds a funding transaction identifier to commitment signatures and introduces a '…
Adds disambiguation of commitment signatures by funding transaction ID, reducing risk of applying a signature to the wrong commitment during multi-funding splicingIntroduces a new odd-length message (start_batch) and odd TLV (FundingTx), which unknown peers should ignore per Lightning spec conventionsMaintains legacy experimental batch TLV for backwards compatibility
This commit adds a new testing-only module that uses a fuzzing tool called Jazzer to automatically throw random data at Eclair's Lightning message parsers. It does not change any production code, network behavior, or security logic. It is …
New test-only fuzzing module addedNo production code changesNo network-facing or cryptographic logic modified
This commit updates Eclair to use a newer version of its underlying Bitcoin library (bitcoin-lib 0.47). Most changes are mechanical: replacing local helper functions with new library-provided equivalents for encoding signatures and signing…
Dependency version bump for bitcoin-lib and secp256k1-kmpRefactor of ECDSA signature encoding/signing code pathsRemoval of local DER conversion helpers in favor of library-provided methods
This commit is a refactoring and observability improvement for the Eclair Lightning node. It adds start/end timestamps to payment events and failures, renames some timestamp fields for consistency, and updates how payment hashes are derive…
Refactoring of payment event data model with new timestamp fieldsPayment hash now derived from preimage instead of passed separatelyRemoval of WaitingToRelayPayment from JSON type hints
This commit updates Eclair to use a newer version of its underlying Bitcoin library (bitcoin-lib 0.46). The main change is a code refactor in how Taproot addresses and scripts are created: instead of passing an optional script tree, caller…
Dependency version bump (bitcoin-lib 0.45.1 -> 0.46)Taproot script construction API refactorNo explicit security claim in commit message or diff
This is a routine dependency update for Eclair, a Bitcoin Lightning node. It bumps the internal 'bitcoin-lib' library from version 0.45 to 0.45.1 and its related 'bitcoin-kmp-jvm' component from 0.28.0 to 0.28.1. The commit message says th…
Dependency version bump onlyNo source code changes in commitNo security-related wording in commit message or diff
This commit adjusts how Eclair estimates the 'weight' (a measure of transaction size used to calculate Bitcoin mining fees) for funding inputs in Lightning channel transactions. It increases the assumed signature size from 72 to 73 bytes, …
Fee-estimation mismatch between implementations could cause interactive-tx negotiation failuresUnder-estimated weight could lead to insufficient fees if a 73-byte high-S signature is accepted by minersChange aligns with BOLT 3 recommendation and LDK behavior
This commit fixes a bug in Eclair, a Bitcoin Lightning Network node implementation. When a user tried to buy extra spending capacity (a 'liquidity purchase') and the remote peer backed out after the local node had already signed, Eclair ke…
Fixes a denial-of-service / availability issue where upstream HTLCs were held until near CLTV expiry after a peer-aborted liquidity purchaseAdds explicit handling for tx_abort after local signing in dual-funded opens and splicesIntroduces LiquidityPurchaseAborted event and matching cleanup in Peer
This commit is a small cleanup pull request titled 'Nits'. It fixes a typo in documentation, corrects a log message to show the right commitment format name, changes a debug log to info level for transaction signing, adds structured loggin…
This commit removes support for older Lightning channel types ('static_remotekey' and 'default' channels) from the Eclair node software. It is a deliberate feature-removal change announced in the previous release. The main risk is operatio…
Removal of legacy commitment format support reduces attack surface for fee-manipulation and transaction-malleability issues present in pre-anchor channels.Simplified fee tolerance removes the 'too low' feerate check, relying on anchor/taproot CPFP/RBF behavior.Explicit channel_type requirement prevents silent downgrade to weaker channel types.
This commit refactors how Eclair stores closed Lightning channels. Instead of keeping all closed channel data in the same table as active channels, it moves them to a dedicated table with only essential summary information. The main stated…
DoS mitigation: channels that never confirmed or had nothing at stake are no longer persisted in the databaseDatabase schema migration removes foreign key constraint on htlc_infosNew closed-channel data class stores only minimal, stringified fields to avoid future backwards-compatibility issues
This commit updates Eclair's underlying bitcoin-lib dependency from version 0.41 to 0.43.2 and adjusts Eclair's code to match the new library's API. The changes are mostly mechanical: switching how Musig2 nonces and Taproot script trees ar…
Dependency version bump of core cryptographic library (bitcoin-lib 0.41 -> 0.43.2, secp256k1-kmp 0.18.0 -> 0.19.0)Refactoring of MuSig2 nonce handling and Taproot script tree constructionRemoval of Kotlin interop conversions around cryptographic types
This commit fixes a bug in Eclair's dual-funded Lightning channel logic. When opening or splicing a channel using taproot (P2TR) inputs, each participant's wallet needs full details about every input in the transaction, not just its own. P…
Fixes a signing failure in taproot interactive dual-funding/splicingPSBT now includes all remote inputs, satisfying BIP-341 all-inputs signature commitmentPreviously tests hid the bug by sharing a single dummy wallet between both parties
This commit only adds a new test case to Eclair's invoice parsing tests. It checks that a specific Bitcoin Lightning invoice with a non-standard 'high-S' signature can still be decoded and that the sender's public key is recovered correctl…
Test-only change: no production code modifiedRelates to BOLT 11 signature malleability / high-S acceptanceReferences upstream BOLT specification change (bolts PR 1284)
We more aggressively reclaim liquidity from idle channels. We start by identifying channels where the liquidity doesn't seem to be moving in either direction. Then we lower our relay fees until we reach our minimum configured value. Once we've reached that minimum fee, if the payment volume doesn't increase, we eventually close those channels (but we always keep one channel with those peers, we only close the redundant channels).
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* der2compact() and compact2der() methods have been removed, new signInputCompact() method has been added
* Use Transaction.encodeWitnessEcdsaSig() instead of low-level calls
* Replace local der() methode with bitcoin-lib's encodeWitnessEcdsaSig()
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This commit updates Eclair to use a newer version of its underlying Bitcoin library (bitcoin-lib 0.47). Most changes are mechanical: replacing local helper functions with new library-provided equivalents for encoding signatures and signing transaction inputs. There is no direct evidence in the commit message or diff that this fixes a specific security vulnerability, but it does touch cryptographic code and updates a dependency, which can sometimes address bugs or weaknesses in the library itself.
Lower-priorityImprove data stored in `AuditDb` (#3245)by Bastien Teinturier · 890ccb37 · Mar 26, 2026 · 12 filesMessage 76 · AdequateTriage 0Details
Commit message · Bastien Teinturier
Improve data stored in `AuditDb` (#3245)
* Improve `channel_events` in the `AuditDb`
We improve the `channel_events` table in the `AuditDb` by:
- adding the `funding_txid` from each event - adding the `channel_type` from each event - using hex instead of blobs in sqlite - providing APIs to list these events - adding indexes on `channel_id` and `remote_node_id`
The added data isn't available in past events. We decide to simply rename the older tables and start fresh: previous data will not be available from the API, but can still be queried directly in SQL if necessary.
* Improve transaction events in the `AuditDb`
We improve the `transactions_published` and `transactions_confirmed` tables in the `AuditDb` by:
- adding more details about mining fees and feerates - adding input and output counts - using hex instead of blobs in sqlite - providing APIs to list transactions by `remote_node_id` - adding indexes for listing APIs
The added data isn't available in past events. We decide to simply rename the older tables and start fresh: previous data will not be available from the API, but can still be queried directly in SQL if necessary.
* Improve payment sent and received events in the `AuditDb`
We improve the `sent` and `received` payment tables in the `AuditDb` by:
- adding `start_at` / `settled_at` timestamps to measure duration - adding `remote_node_id` for every channel used - using hex instead of blobs in sqlite - reordering columns and renaming them wherever useful
The added data isn't available in past events. We decide to simply rename the older tables and start fresh: previous data will not be available from the API, but can still be queried directly in SQL if necessary.
* Improve payment relayed events in the `AuditDb`
We improve the `relayed` and `relayed_trampoline` payment tables in the `AuditDb` by:
- unifying the way we handle multi-part payments, by having one row per payment, whether incoming or outgoing, and reconciling based on type and direction when listing events - adding `remote_node_id` for every channel used - using hex instead of blobs in sqlite - renaming columns for better clarify
The added data isn't available in past events. We decide to simply rename the older tables and start fresh: previous data will not be available from the API, but can still be queried directly in SQL if necessary.
* Improve relay statistics computation
We change the relay statistics we compute, to more accurately reflect nodes that are good or bad peers and inform liquidity allocation decisions.
* Add liquidity purchase fees in transaction events
We now track liquidity purchases as well in transaction events, as their fees must be taken into account when evaluating the overall fees earned from a node.
We also add the number of on-chain transactions made with a given peer to its relay stats.
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Close connection when receiving malformed messages (#3273)
When receiving a message that we're supposed to be able to decode, for which decoding fails, we must send a warning and close the connection. This ensures that the connection state cannot become corrupted, which may otherwise happen if we fail to deserialize a `commit_sig` message (for example) and simply ignored it while continuing to process the next messages.
Fixes #3271
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We create a new set of actors that keep track of payment statistics across our peers and rank them to identify the top profit earners. Based on those statistics, the actors issue recommendations to:
- allocate more liquidity towards nodes that are generating revenue and may run out of liquidity in the next few days - reclaim liquidity from inactive channels - change our relay fees to optimize increases or decreases in outgoing flow and volume
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AI review queuedFix race condition in `Postman` causing flaky `OfferPayment` tests (#3270)by Bastien Teinturier · 8c5f39f4 · Mar 19, 2026 · 1 fileMessage 100 · StrongTriage 0Details
Commit message · Bastien Teinturier
Fix race condition in `Postman` causing flaky `OfferPayment` tests (#3270)
The integration test "send blinded multi-part payment a->b->c (single channel a->b)" in `OfferPaymentSpec` fails intermittently. The root cause is a race condition in `Postman` where the subscription for an onion message reply is registered after the message is sent, allowing the reply to arrive and be silently dropped before the subscription exists.
In integration tests where all 3 nodes run on the same JVM, the onion message round-trip (Alice -> Bob -> Carol -> creates invoice -> Carol -> Bob -> Alice) can complete in just a few milliseconds - fast enough to beat the `Subscribe` message to the `Postman`'s mailbox.
This explains why the test is flaky: it usually works (round-trip slower than subscribe), but occasionally fails (round-trip faster than subscribe, reply dropped).
We simply move the subscription registration to *before* the message is sent to the network.
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AI review queuedAdd bitcoin rpc call to check if an address belongs to our wallet (#3267)by Fabrice Drouin · a4d66adc · Mar 18, 2026 · 4 filesMessage 73 · AdequateTriage 12Details
Commit message · Fabrice Drouin
Add bitcoin rpc call to check if an address belongs to our wallet (#3267)
We use the "ismine" property that is returned by the "getaddressinfo" RPC call.
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AI review queuedImprove support for plugin-defined features (#3264)by Bastien Teinturier · a4f4abd9 · Mar 17, 2026 · 42 filesMessage 93 · StrongTriage 19Details
Commit message · Bastien Teinturier
Improve support for plugin-defined features (#3264)
We allow injecting non-official features via plugins, by extending the `CustomFeaturePlugin` trait. However, we previously added those features to a set of unknown features: we can do better and add them to the known features map, which provides pretty-printing in logs and simplifies debugging.
We also had an issue where `hasFeature` would always return `false` for plugin features, even when they were supported by both nodes, because we only looked at our `activated` features map which only contains official features.
We get rid of the `UnknownFeature` class entirely and keep the encoded feature bits after deserializing them. We take those feature bits into account in `hasFeature`, which fixes the issue.
This creates a slightly weird asymmetry because our local features, which are created based on our `eclair.conf`, will not have this field set while features that are read from network messages or the DB will have this field set. A better architecture would be to remove the `activated` map entirely and directly wrap the feature bits, while providing helper functions to interact with features without having to directly read a `BitVector`. This is a larger refactoring though, because we'd need to add support for filtering `init` / `node` features using bitmasks, which isn't entirely trivial to handle and requires careful management of plugin features.
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AI review queuedFix flaky onion message test (#3266)by Bastien Teinturier · 1543e7ca · Mar 17, 2026 · 1 fileMessage 98 · StrongTriage 0Details
Commit message · Bastien Teinturier
Fix flaky onion message test (#3266)
The "automatically connect to known nodes" test was flaky, because there is a race with our code that lazily removes node announcements from our DB after channels close (in `handleChannelSpent` in `Validation.scala`).
We now explicitly wait for gossip to ensure that we cannot run into this race condition, which should fix the flakyness during CI.
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AI review queuedReject offers with amount set to `0` (#3265)by Bastien Teinturier · 16ebf01a · Mar 17, 2026 · 2 filesMessage 76 · AdequateTriage 7Details
Commit message · Bastien Teinturier
Reject offers with amount set to `0` (#3265)
This doesn't make any sense, the field should be omitted if any amount is acceptable: setting it to `0` is confusing.
See https://github.com/lightning/bolts/pull/1316
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AI review queuedRemove support for zlib encoding for channel queries (#3263)by Bastien Teinturier · eef7c326 · Mar 11, 2026 · 8 filesMessage 81 · StrongTriage 7Details
Commit message · Bastien Teinturier
Remove support for zlib encoding for channel queries (#3263)
We removed support for sending compressed data when it was removed from the spec (see https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/pull/2244). We meant to remove support for receiving compressed data as well as a follow-up, but it slipped for a long time! There's no reason to keep supporting it now.
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Plugin validation of interactive transactions (#3258)
We add a new `ValidateInteractiveTxPlugin` trait that can be extended by plugins that want to perform custom validation of remote inputs and outputs added to interactive transactions. This can be used for example to reject transactions that send to specific addresses or use specific UTXOs.
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Lower-priorityAuto-refresh relay fees from conf can be disabled (#3260)by pm47 · 0a9853bf · Mar 2, 2026 · 7 filesMessage 81 · StrongTriage 0Details
Commit message · pm47
Auto-refresh relay fees from conf can be disabled (#3260)
There is a performance hit on restart if there is a large number (>100s) of channels, so it can be disabled with a new `eclair.relay.fees.reset-existing-channels` setting.
The default behavior is unchanged.
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We add a `ChannelFundingCreated` event that is emitted when the funding transaction or a splice transaction has been signed and can now be published, either by us or by our peer (depending on who funds).
This can be handy to detect peers that are using black-listed inputs and immediately close the channel before it confirms and can be used.
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This avoids a herd effect when restarting the node.
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Lower-priorityDon't automatically use `scid_alias` for public channels (#3255)by Bastien Teinturier · 546028fd · Feb 27, 2026 · 3 filesMessage 81 · StrongTriage 0Details
Commit message · Bastien Teinturier
Don't automatically use `scid_alias` for public channels (#3255)
In #3250 we started implicitly choosing the best channel type based on activated features when not explicitly specified by the node operator. However, we automatically used `scid_alias` if it was supported by both peers, but it is only allowed for unannounced channels. We now restrict this to follow the BOLTs.
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This was generated using Opus 4.6 with the `/init` command. It provides overall context about the codebase to every Claude session, to avoid repeating work to build that context (consume less token whenever using Claude for a task).
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We fix a few flaky tests in our channel FSM that test scenarios where errors are received while creating funding transactions. The issue was that we used a dummy wallet that could complete its call before our calls to `awaitCond(alice.stateName == WAIT_FOR_FUNDING_INTERNAL)`.
We use a new dummy on-chain wallet that never responds to transaction funding calls to allow tests to inject failure events.
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Lower-priorityAdd claude files to `.gitignore` (#3252)by pm47 · 11a86046 · Feb 20, 2026 · 1 fileMessage 76 · AdequateTriage 0Details
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Add claude files to `.gitignore` (#3252)
Claude adds a `.claude` dir at the root of the project. In a sandboxing setup we may want to use other custom claude-related directories, hence the wildcard.
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Select `channel_type` for automatic channel creation (#3250)
When creating channels automatically, we don't necessarily have access to our peer's features. It is useful to automatically select the channel type based on local and remote features. We now allow this behavior in the `OpenChannelInterceptor`.
Note that when we add official support for taproot channels and 0-fee commitments, we will hard-code in `eclair` which type of channels we think is best. If node operators want to override this order, they will need to explicitly provide the `channel_type` parameter (which can be done when using the API).
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Those tests started randomly failing after moving to anchor outputs. The reason is that anchor outputs have a bigger commit weight than non anchor channels, and with our initial balance allocation we sometimes reached a point where the *remote* had exhausted all of its balance to pay commit fees (when the feerate was around 10 000 sat/kw), so the *local* couldn't send HTLCs (`RemoteCannotAffordFeesForNewHtlc`). This is an expected situation where we cannot do anything except wait for pending HTLCs to resolve before sending other HTLCs.
We simply increase the initial balance to avoid running into this case. We also remove the `skip` case (which wasn't working at all, we should have used the `cancel` scalatest helper if we wanted to interrupt the test without failing it) and allow failures during the initial HTLC setup (which can happen if HTLCs are larger than the available balance).
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Prioritize private channels when relaying payments (#3248)
When relaying payments, we want to select private channels first and keep as much liquidity available as possible in public channels, to ensure that we don't send a `channel_update` that would otherwise disable the public channel (and thus make the private channels also unusable since they aren't visible by path-finding algorithms) or limit the `htlc_maximum_msat` of this public channel (which also indirectly applies to private channels).
We also change the order in which we select channels that have the same visibility: we prioritize channels with smaller balances, to ensure that we keep our larger balances for larger payments. When balances are equal, we prioritize the largest channel, which creates a larger inbound liquidity to allow receiving larger payments.
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