We introduced a task to regularly compute network statistics (mostly about
channel parameters such as expiry and fees).
The goal was to use this information in the MPP split algorithm to decide
whether to split a payment or not.
But we haven't used it, and I'm not sure anymore that it's useful at all.
If node operators are interested in network statistics, an ad-hoc
on-the-fly computation would make more sense.
The output of `getsentinfo` didn't include the `nodeId` of the failing node.
This PR adds it, as it can be used by external apps when they build routes
themselves instead of relying on eclair's internals (e.g. channel rebalancing).
This PRs adds an alternate strategy to handle unhandled exceptions. The goal is to avoid unnecessary mass force-close, but it is reserved to advanced users who closely monitor the node.
Available strategies are:
- local force close of the channel (default)
- log an error message and stop the node
Default settings maintain the same behavior as before.
Add support for cookie authentication with bitcoind instead of
user/password. This is recommended when running eclair and
bitcoind on the same machine: it ensures only processes with
read permissions to the bitcoind cookie file are able to call the
RPC, which is safer than a user/password pair.
Add a new log file for important notifications that require an action from
the node operator.
Using a separate log file makes it easier than grepping specific messages
from the standard logs, and lets us use a different style of messaging,
where we provide more information about what steps to take to resolve
the issue.
We rely on an event sent to the event stream so that plugins can also pick
it up and connect with notification systems (push, messages, mails, etc).
For incoming htlcs, the amount needs to be included in our balance if we know the preimage, even if the htlc hasn't yet been formally settled.
We were already taking into accounts preimages in the `pending_commands` database.
But, as soon as we have sent and signed an `update_fulfill_htlc`, we clean up the `pending_commands` database. So we also need to look at current sent changes.
Add options to ignore specific channels or nodes for
findRoute* APIs, and an option to specify a flat maximum
fee.
With these new parameters, it's now possible to do circular
rebalancing of your channels.
Co-authored-by: Roman Taranchenko <romantaranchenko@Romans-MacBook-Pro.local>
Co-authored-by: t-bast <bastuc@hotmail.fr>
Add API to delete an invoice.
This only works if the invoice wasn't paid yet.
Co-authored-by: Roman Taranchenko <romantaranchenko@Romans-MacBook-Pro.local>
Co-authored-by: t-bast <bastuc@hotmail.fr>
We define `TimestampSecond` and `TimestampMilli` for second and millisecond precision UNIX-style timestamps.
Let me know what you think of the syntaxic sugar, I went for `123456 unixsec` and `123456789 unixms`.
Json serialization is as follows for resp. second and millisecond precision. Note that in both case we display the unix format in second precision, but the iso format is more precise:
```
{
"iso": "2021-10-04T14:32:41Z",
"unix": 1633357961
}
{
"iso": "2021-10-04T14:32:41.456Z",
"unix": 1633357961
}
```
Add config fields for max dust htlc exposure.
These configuration fields let node operators decide on the amount of dust
htlcs that can be in-flight in each channel.
In case the channel is force-closed, up to this amount may be lost in
miner fees.
When sending and receiving htlcs, we check whether they would overflow
our configured dust exposure, and fail them instantly if they do.
A large `update_fee` may overflow our dust exposure by removing from the
commit tx htlcs that were previously untrimmed.
Node operators can choose to automatically force-close when that happens,
to avoid risking losing large dust amounts to miner fees.
We previously computed the on-chain fees paid by us after the fact, when
receiving a notification that a transaction was confirmed. This worked
because lightning transactions had a single input, which we stored in
our DB to allow us to compute the fee.
With anchor outputs, this mechanism doesn't work anymore. Some txs have
their fees paid by a child tx, and may have more than one input.
We completely change our model to store every transaction we publish,
along with the fee we're paying for this transaction. We then separately
store every transaction that confirms, which lets us join these two data
sets to compute how much on-chain fees we paid.
This has the added benefit that we can now audit every transaction that
we tried to publish, which lets node operators audit the anchor outputs
internal RBF mechanism and all the on-chain footprint of a given channel.
We are slowly dropping support for non-segwit outputs, as proposed in
https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lightning-rfc/pull/894
We can thus safely allow dust limits all the way down to 354 satoshis.
In very rare cases where dust_limit_satoshis is negotiated to a low value,
our peer may generate closing txs that will not correctly relay on the
bitcoin network due to dust relay policies.
When that happens, we detect it and force-close instead of completing the
mutual close flow.
It's useful to have the release notes directly inside the repository
instead of relying on Github: that lets for example users read them offline.
It also lets us fill the release notes every time we add relevant features
on `master` instead of having to do them all at once when we decide to make
a release.
