diff --git a/lnrpc/routerrpc/router_backend.go b/lnrpc/routerrpc/router_backend.go
index 420259de2..d8f1aa04a 100644
--- a/lnrpc/routerrpc/router_backend.go
+++ b/lnrpc/routerrpc/router_backend.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/wire"
 	sphinx "github.com/lightningnetwork/lightning-onion"
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/channeldb"
-	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/channeldb/models"
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/feature"
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/htlcswitch"
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/lnrpc"
@@ -280,7 +279,7 @@ func (r *RouterBackend) parseQueryRoutesRequest(in *lnrpc.QueryRoutesRequest) (
 	// inside of the path rather than the request's fields.
 	var (
 		targetPubKey   *route.Vertex
-		routeHintEdges map[route.Vertex][]*models.CachedEdgePolicy
+		routeHintEdges map[route.Vertex][]routing.AdditionalEdge
 		blindedPmt     *routing.BlindedPayment
 
 		// finalCLTVDelta varies depending on whether we're sending to
diff --git a/routing/blinding.go b/routing/blinding.go
index 50d3b6f79..61d303a0c 100644
--- a/routing/blinding.go
+++ b/routing/blinding.go
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ func (b *BlindedPayment) toRouteHints() RouteHints {
 
 	hintCount := len(b.BlindedPath.BlindedHops) - 1
 	hints := make(
-		map[route.Vertex][]*models.CachedEdgePolicy, hintCount,
+		RouteHints, hintCount,
 	)
 
 	// Start at the unblinded introduction node, because our pathfinding
@@ -116,25 +116,31 @@ func (b *BlindedPayment) toRouteHints() RouteHints {
 	// will ensure that pathfinding provides sufficient fees/delay for the
 	// blinded portion to the introduction node.
 	firstBlindedHop := b.BlindedPath.BlindedHops[1].BlindedNodePub
-	hints[fromNode] = []*models.CachedEdgePolicy{
-		{
-			TimeLockDelta: b.CltvExpiryDelta,
-			MinHTLC:       lnwire.MilliSatoshi(b.HtlcMinimum),
-			MaxHTLC:       lnwire.MilliSatoshi(b.HtlcMaximum),
-			FeeBaseMSat:   lnwire.MilliSatoshi(b.BaseFee),
-			FeeProportionalMillionths: lnwire.MilliSatoshi(
-				b.ProportionalFee,
-			),
-			ToNodePubKey: func() route.Vertex {
-				return route.NewVertex(
-					// The first node in this slice is
-					// the introduction node, so we start
-					// at index 1 to get the first blinded
-					// relaying node.
-					firstBlindedHop,
-				)
-			},
-			ToNodeFeatures: features,
+	edgePolicy := &models.CachedEdgePolicy{
+		TimeLockDelta: b.CltvExpiryDelta,
+		MinHTLC:       lnwire.MilliSatoshi(b.HtlcMinimum),
+		MaxHTLC:       lnwire.MilliSatoshi(b.HtlcMaximum),
+		FeeBaseMSat:   lnwire.MilliSatoshi(b.BaseFee),
+		FeeProportionalMillionths: lnwire.MilliSatoshi(
+			b.ProportionalFee,
+		),
+		ToNodePubKey: func() route.Vertex {
+			return route.NewVertex(
+				// The first node in this slice is
+				// the introduction node, so we start
+				// at index 1 to get the first blinded
+				// relaying node.
+				firstBlindedHop,
+			)
+		},
+		ToNodeFeatures: features,
+	}
+
+	hints[fromNode] = []AdditionalEdge{
+		&BlindedEdge{
+			policy:        edgePolicy,
+			cipherText:    b.BlindedPath.BlindedHops[0].CipherText,
+			blindingPoint: b.BlindedPath.BlindingPoint,
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -156,15 +162,19 @@ func (b *BlindedPayment) toRouteHints() RouteHints {
 			b.BlindedPath.BlindedHops[nextHopIdx].BlindedNodePub,
 		)
 
-		hint := &models.CachedEdgePolicy{
+		edgePolicy := &models.CachedEdgePolicy{
 			ToNodePubKey: func() route.Vertex {
 				return nextNode
 			},
 			ToNodeFeatures: features,
 		}
 
-		hints[fromNode] = []*models.CachedEdgePolicy{
-			hint,
+		hints[fromNode] = []AdditionalEdge{
+			&BlindedEdge{
+				policy: edgePolicy,
+				cipherText: b.BlindedPath.BlindedHops[i].
+					CipherText,
+			},
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/routing/blinding_test.go b/routing/blinding_test.go
index 5dc71354f..561ace6fc 100644
--- a/routing/blinding_test.go
+++ b/routing/blinding_test.go
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 package routing
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcec/v2"
 	sphinx "github.com/lightningnetwork/lightning-onion"
+	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/channeldb/models"
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/lnwire"
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/routing/route"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@@ -94,6 +96,12 @@ func TestBlindedPaymentToHints(t *testing.T) {
 		htlcMin   uint64 = 100
 		htlcMax   uint64 = 100_000_000
 
+		sizeEncryptedData = 100
+		cipherText        = bytes.Repeat(
+			[]byte{1}, sizeEncryptedData,
+		)
+		_, blindedPoint = btcec.PrivKeyFromBytes([]byte{5})
+
 		rawFeatures = lnwire.NewRawFeatureVector(
 			lnwire.AMPOptional,
 		)
@@ -108,6 +116,7 @@ func TestBlindedPaymentToHints(t *testing.T) {
 	blindedPayment := &BlindedPayment{
 		BlindedPath: &sphinx.BlindedPath{
 			IntroductionPoint: pk1,
+			BlindingPoint:     blindedPoint,
 			BlindedHops: []*sphinx.BlindedHopInfo{
 				{},
 			},
@@ -125,40 +134,52 @@ func TestBlindedPaymentToHints(t *testing.T) {
 	blindedPayment.BlindedPath.BlindedHops = []*sphinx.BlindedHopInfo{
 		{
 			BlindedNodePub: pkb1,
+			CipherText:     cipherText,
 		},
 		{
 			BlindedNodePub: pkb2,
+			CipherText:     cipherText,
 		},
 		{
 			BlindedNodePub: pkb3,
+			CipherText:     cipherText,
 		},
 	}
 
 	expected := RouteHints{
 		v1: {
-			{
-				TimeLockDelta: cltvDelta,
-				MinHTLC:       lnwire.MilliSatoshi(htlcMin),
-				MaxHTLC:       lnwire.MilliSatoshi(htlcMax),
-				FeeBaseMSat:   lnwire.MilliSatoshi(baseFee),
-				FeeProportionalMillionths: lnwire.MilliSatoshi(
-					ppmFee,
-				),
-				ToNodePubKey: func() route.Vertex {
-					return vb2
+			//nolint:lll
+			&BlindedEdge{
+				policy: &models.CachedEdgePolicy{
+					TimeLockDelta: cltvDelta,
+					MinHTLC:       lnwire.MilliSatoshi(htlcMin),
+					MaxHTLC:       lnwire.MilliSatoshi(htlcMax),
+					FeeBaseMSat:   lnwire.MilliSatoshi(baseFee),
+					FeeProportionalMillionths: lnwire.MilliSatoshi(
+						ppmFee,
+					),
+					ToNodePubKey: func() route.Vertex {
+						return vb2
+					},
+					ToNodeFeatures: features,
 				},
-				ToNodeFeatures: features,
+				blindingPoint: blindedPoint,
+				cipherText:    cipherText,
 			},
 		},
 		vb2: {
-			{
-				ToNodePubKey: func() route.Vertex {
-					return vb3
+			&BlindedEdge{
+				policy: &models.CachedEdgePolicy{
+					ToNodePubKey: func() route.Vertex {
+						return vb3
+					},
+					ToNodeFeatures: features,
 				},
-				ToNodeFeatures: features,
+				cipherText: cipherText,
 			},
 		},
 	}
+
 	actual := blindedPayment.toRouteHints()
 
 	require.Equal(t, len(expected), len(actual))
@@ -170,13 +191,24 @@ func TestBlindedPaymentToHints(t *testing.T) {
 		require.Len(t, actualHint, 1)
 
 		// We can't assert that our functions are equal, so we check
-		// their output and then mark as nil so that we can use
+		// their output and then mark them as nil so that we can use
 		// require.Equal for all our other fields.
-		require.Equal(t, expectedHint[0].ToNodePubKey(),
-			actualHint[0].ToNodePubKey())
+		require.Equal(t, expectedHint[0].EdgePolicy().ToNodePubKey(),
+			actualHint[0].EdgePolicy().ToNodePubKey())
 
-		actualHint[0].ToNodePubKey = nil
-		expectedHint[0].ToNodePubKey = nil
+		actualHint[0].EdgePolicy().ToNodePubKey = nil
+		expectedHint[0].EdgePolicy().ToNodePubKey = nil
+
+		// The arguments we use for the payload do not matter as long as
+		// both functions return the same payload.
+		expectedPayloadSize := expectedHint[0].IntermediatePayloadSize(
+			0, 0, false, 0,
+		)
+		actualPayloadSize := actualHint[0].IntermediatePayloadSize(
+			0, 0, false, 0,
+		)
+
+		require.Equal(t, expectedPayloadSize, actualPayloadSize)
 
 		require.Equal(t, expectedHint[0], actualHint[0])
 	}
diff --git a/routing/pathfind.go b/routing/pathfind.go
index 642dab90b..81bdefc34 100644
--- a/routing/pathfind.go
+++ b/routing/pathfind.go
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ var (
 // of the edge.
 type edgePolicyWithSource struct {
 	sourceNode route.Vertex
-	edge       *models.CachedEdgePolicy
+	edge       AdditionalEdge
 }
 
 // finalHopParams encapsulates various parameters for route construction that
@@ -355,8 +355,9 @@ type graphParams struct {
 
 	// additionalEdges is an optional set of edges that should be
 	// considered during path finding, that is not already found in the
-	// channel graph.
-	additionalEdges map[route.Vertex][]*models.CachedEdgePolicy
+	// channel graph. These can either be private edges for bolt 11 invoices
+	// or blinded edges when a payment to a blinded path is made.
+	additionalEdges map[route.Vertex][]AdditionalEdge
 
 	// bandwidthHints is an interface that provides bandwidth hints that
 	// can provide a better estimate of the current channel bandwidth than
@@ -609,7 +610,7 @@ func findPath(g *graphParams, r *RestrictParams, cfg *PathFindingConfig,
 	distance := make(map[route.Vertex]*nodeWithDist, estimatedNodeCount)
 
 	additionalEdgesWithSrc := make(map[route.Vertex][]*edgePolicyWithSource)
-	for vertex, outgoingEdgePolicies := range g.additionalEdges {
+	for vertex, additionalEdges := range g.additionalEdges {
 		// Edges connected to self are always included in the graph,
 		// therefore can be skipped. This prevents us from trying
 		// routes to malformed hop hints.
@@ -619,12 +620,13 @@ func findPath(g *graphParams, r *RestrictParams, cfg *PathFindingConfig,
 
 		// Build reverse lookup to find incoming edges. Needed because
 		// search is taken place from target to source.
-		for _, outgoingEdgePolicy := range outgoingEdgePolicies {
+		for _, additionalEdge := range additionalEdges {
+			outgoingEdgePolicy := additionalEdge.EdgePolicy()
 			toVertex := outgoingEdgePolicy.ToNodePubKey()
 
 			incomingEdgePolicy := &edgePolicyWithSource{
 				sourceNode: vertex,
-				edge:       outgoingEdgePolicy,
+				edge:       additionalEdge,
 			}
 
 			additionalEdgesWithSrc[toVertex] =
@@ -821,23 +823,30 @@ func findPath(g *graphParams, r *RestrictParams, cfg *PathFindingConfig,
 		// blob.
 		var payloadSize uint64
 		if fromVertex != source {
+			// In case the unifiedEdge does not have a payload size
+			// function supplied we request a graceful shutdown
+			// because this should never happen.
+			if edge.hopPayloadSizeFn == nil {
+				log.Criticalf("No payload size function "+
+					"available for edge=%v unable to "+
+					"determine payload size: %v", edge,
+					ErrNoPayLoadSizeFunc)
+
+				return
+			}
+
 			supportsTlv := fromFeatures.HasFeature(
 				lnwire.TLVOnionPayloadOptional,
 			)
 
-			hop := route.Hop{
-				AmtToForward: amountToSend,
-				OutgoingTimeLock: uint32(
-					toNodeDist.incomingCltv,
-				),
-				LegacyPayload: !supportsTlv,
-			}
-
-			payloadSize = hop.PayloadSize(edge.policy.ChannelID)
+			payloadSize = edge.hopPayloadSizeFn(
+				amountToSend,
+				uint32(toNodeDist.incomingCltv),
+				!supportsTlv, edge.policy.ChannelID,
+			)
 		}
 
 		routingInfoSize := toNodeDist.routingInfoSize + payloadSize
-
 		// Skip paths that would exceed the maximum routing info size.
 		if routingInfoSize > sphinx.MaxPayloadSize {
 			return
@@ -930,9 +939,14 @@ func findPath(g *graphParams, r *RestrictParams, cfg *PathFindingConfig,
 			// calculations. We set a high capacity to act as if
 			// there is enough liquidity, otherwise the hint would
 			// not have been added by a wallet.
+			// We also pass the payload size function to the
+			// graph data so that we calculate the exact payload
+			// size when evaluating this hop for a route.
 			u.addPolicy(
-				reverseEdge.sourceNode, reverseEdge.edge,
+				reverseEdge.sourceNode,
+				reverseEdge.edge.EdgePolicy(),
 				fakeHopHintCapacity,
+				reverseEdge.edge.IntermediatePayloadSize,
 			)
 		}
 
diff --git a/routing/pathfind_test.go b/routing/pathfind_test.go
index 7c4f635df..9b54b69b8 100644
--- a/routing/pathfind_test.go
+++ b/routing/pathfind_test.go
@@ -746,6 +746,9 @@ func TestPathFinding(t *testing.T) {
 	}, {
 		name: "path finding with additional edges",
 		fn:   runPathFindingWithAdditionalEdges,
+	}, {
+		name: "path finding max payload restriction",
+		fn:   runPathFindingMaxPayloadRestriction,
 	}, {
 		name: "path finding with redundant additional edges",
 		fn:   runPathFindingWithRedundantAdditionalEdges,
@@ -1204,7 +1207,7 @@ func runPathFindingWithAdditionalEdges(t *testing.T, useCache bool) {
 
 	// Create the channel edge going from songoku to doge and include it in
 	// our map of additional edges.
-	songokuToDoge := &models.CachedEdgePolicy{
+	songokuToDogePolicy := &models.CachedEdgePolicy{
 		ToNodePubKey: func() route.Vertex {
 			return doge.PubKeyBytes
 		},
@@ -1215,8 +1218,10 @@ func runPathFindingWithAdditionalEdges(t *testing.T, useCache bool) {
 		TimeLockDelta:             9,
 	}
 
-	additionalEdges := map[route.Vertex][]*models.CachedEdgePolicy{
-		graph.aliasMap["songoku"]: {songokuToDoge},
+	additionalEdges := map[route.Vertex][]AdditionalEdge{
+		graph.aliasMap["songoku"]: {&PrivateEdge{
+			policy: songokuToDogePolicy,
+		}},
 	}
 
 	find := func(r *RestrictParams) (
@@ -1266,6 +1271,122 @@ func runPathFindingWithAdditionalEdges(t *testing.T, useCache bool) {
 	assertExpectedPath(t, graph.aliasMap, path, "songoku", "doge")
 }
 
+// runPathFindingMaxPayloadRestriction tests the maximum size of a sphinx
+// package when creating a route. So we make sure the pathfinder does not return
+// a route which is greater than the maximum sphinx package size of 1300 bytes
+// defined in BOLT04.
+func runPathFindingMaxPayloadRestriction(t *testing.T, useCache bool) {
+	graph, err := parseTestGraph(t, useCache, basicGraphFilePath)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "unable to create graph")
+
+	sourceNode, err := graph.graph.SourceNode()
+	require.NoError(t, err, "unable to fetch source node")
+
+	paymentAmt := lnwire.NewMSatFromSatoshis(100)
+
+	// Create a node doge which is not visible in the graph.
+	dogePubKeyHex := "03dd46ff29a6941b4a2607525b043ec9b020b3f318a1bf281" +
+		"536fd7011ec59c882"
+	dogePubKeyBytes, err := hex.DecodeString(dogePubKeyHex)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "unable to decode public key")
+	dogePubKey, err := btcec.ParsePubKey(dogePubKeyBytes)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "unable to parse public key from bytes")
+
+	doge := &channeldb.LightningNode{}
+	doge.AddPubKey(dogePubKey)
+	doge.Alias = "doge"
+	copy(doge.PubKeyBytes[:], dogePubKeyBytes)
+	graph.aliasMap["doge"] = doge.PubKeyBytes
+
+	const (
+		chanID          uint64 = 1337
+		finalHtlcExpiry int32  = 0
+	)
+
+	// Create the channel edge going from songoku to doge and later add it
+	// with the mocked size function to the graph data.
+	songokuToDogePolicy := &models.CachedEdgePolicy{
+		ToNodePubKey: func() route.Vertex {
+			return doge.PubKeyBytes
+		},
+		ToNodeFeatures:            lnwire.EmptyFeatureVector(),
+		ChannelID:                 chanID,
+		FeeBaseMSat:               1,
+		FeeProportionalMillionths: 1000,
+		TimeLockDelta:             9,
+	}
+
+	// The route has 2 hops. The exit hop (doge) and the hop
+	// (songoku -> doge). The desired path looks like this:
+	// source -> songoku -> doge
+	tests := []struct {
+		name              string
+		mockedPayloadSize uint64
+		err               error
+	}{
+		{
+			// The final hop payload size needs to be considered
+			// as well and because its treated differently than the
+			// intermediate hops this tests choose to use the legacy
+			// payload format to have a constant final hop payload
+			// size.
+			name:              "route max payload size (1300)",
+			mockedPayloadSize: 1300 - sphinx.LegacyHopDataSize,
+		},
+		{
+			// We increase the enrypted data size by one byte.
+			name: "route 1 bytes bigger than max " +
+				"payload",
+			mockedPayloadSize: 1300 - sphinx.LegacyHopDataSize + 1,
+			err:               errNoPathFound,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, testCase := range tests {
+		testCase := testCase
+
+		t.Run(testCase.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			restrictions := *noRestrictions
+			// No tlv payload, this makes sure the final hop uses
+			// the legacy payload.
+			restrictions.DestFeatures = lnwire.EmptyFeatureVector()
+
+			// Create the mocked AdditionalEdge and mock the
+			// corresponding calls.
+			mockedEdge := &mockAdditionalEdge{}
+
+			mockedEdge.On("EdgePolicy").Return(songokuToDogePolicy)
+
+			mockedEdge.On("IntermediatePayloadSize",
+				paymentAmt, uint32(finalHtlcExpiry), true,
+				chanID).Once().
+				Return(testCase.mockedPayloadSize)
+
+			additionalEdges := map[route.Vertex][]AdditionalEdge{
+				graph.aliasMap["songoku"]: {mockedEdge},
+			}
+
+			path, err := dbFindPath(
+				graph.graph, additionalEdges,
+				&mockBandwidthHints{}, &restrictions,
+				testPathFindingConfig, sourceNode.PubKeyBytes,
+				doge.PubKeyBytes, paymentAmt, 0,
+				finalHtlcExpiry,
+			)
+			require.ErrorIs(t, err, testCase.err)
+
+			if err == nil {
+				assertExpectedPath(t, graph.aliasMap, path,
+					"songoku", "doge")
+			}
+
+			mockedEdge.AssertExpectations(t)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 // runPathFindingWithRedundantAdditionalEdges asserts that we are able to find
 // paths to nodes ignoring additional edges that are already known by self node.
 func runPathFindingWithRedundantAdditionalEdges(t *testing.T, useCache bool) {
@@ -1290,7 +1411,7 @@ func runPathFindingWithRedundantAdditionalEdges(t *testing.T, useCache bool) {
 
 	// Create the channel edge going from alice to bob and include it in
 	// our map of additional edges.
-	aliceToBob := &models.CachedEdgePolicy{
+	aliceToBobPolicy := &models.CachedEdgePolicy{
 		ToNodePubKey: func() route.Vertex {
 			return target
 		},
@@ -1301,8 +1422,10 @@ func runPathFindingWithRedundantAdditionalEdges(t *testing.T, useCache bool) {
 		TimeLockDelta:             9,
 	}
 
-	additionalEdges := map[route.Vertex][]*models.CachedEdgePolicy{
-		ctx.source: {aliceToBob},
+	additionalEdges := map[route.Vertex][]AdditionalEdge{
+		ctx.source: {&PrivateEdge{
+			policy: aliceToBobPolicy,
+		}},
 	}
 
 	path, err := dbFindPath(
@@ -2402,7 +2525,8 @@ func assertExpectedPath(t *testing.T, aliasMap map[string]route.Vertex,
 	path []*models.CachedEdgePolicy, nodeAliases ...string) {
 
 	if len(path) != len(nodeAliases) {
-		t.Fatal("number of hops and number of aliases do not match")
+		t.Fatalf("number of hops=(%v) and number of aliases=(%v) do "+
+			"not match", len(path), len(nodeAliases))
 	}
 
 	for i, hop := range path {
@@ -3072,7 +3196,7 @@ func (c *pathFindingTestContext) assertPath(path []*models.CachedEdgePolicy,
 // dbFindPath calls findPath after getting a db transaction from the database
 // graph.
 func dbFindPath(graph *channeldb.ChannelGraph,
-	additionalEdges map[route.Vertex][]*models.CachedEdgePolicy,
+	additionalEdges map[route.Vertex][]AdditionalEdge,
 	bandwidthHints bandwidthHints,
 	r *RestrictParams, cfg *PathFindingConfig,
 	source, target route.Vertex, amt lnwire.MilliSatoshi, timePref float64,
@@ -3230,8 +3354,8 @@ func TestBlindedRouteConstruction(t *testing.T) {
 	edges := []*models.CachedEdgePolicy{
 		aliceBobEdge,
 		bobCarolEdge,
-		carolDaveEdge,
-		daveEveEdge,
+		carolDaveEdge.EdgePolicy(),
+		daveEveEdge.EdgePolicy(),
 	}
 
 	// Total timelock for the route should include:
diff --git a/routing/payment_session.go b/routing/payment_session.go
index a04a4de55..61496e915 100644
--- a/routing/payment_session.go
+++ b/routing/payment_session.go
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ type PaymentSession interface {
 // loop if payment attempts take long enough. An additional set of edges can
 // also be provided to assist in reaching the payment's destination.
 type paymentSession struct {
-	additionalEdges map[route.Vertex][]*models.CachedEdgePolicy
+	additionalEdges map[route.Vertex][]AdditionalEdge
 
 	getBandwidthHints func(routingGraph) (bandwidthHints, error)
 
@@ -441,11 +441,12 @@ func (p *paymentSession) GetAdditionalEdgePolicy(pubKey *btcec.PublicKey,
 	}
 
 	for _, edge := range edges {
-		if edge.ChannelID != channelID {
+		policy := edge.EdgePolicy()
+		if policy.ChannelID != channelID {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		return edge
+		return policy
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/routing/payment_session_source.go b/routing/payment_session_source.go
index 229c932f3..b96a2294b 100644
--- a/routing/payment_session_source.go
+++ b/routing/payment_session_source.go
@@ -95,9 +95,9 @@ func (m *SessionSource) NewPaymentSessionEmpty() PaymentSession {
 // RouteHintsToEdges converts a list of invoice route hints to an edge map that
 // can be passed into pathfinding.
 func RouteHintsToEdges(routeHints [][]zpay32.HopHint, target route.Vertex) (
-	map[route.Vertex][]*models.CachedEdgePolicy, error) {
+	map[route.Vertex][]AdditionalEdge, error) {
 
-	edges := make(map[route.Vertex][]*models.CachedEdgePolicy)
+	edges := make(map[route.Vertex][]AdditionalEdge)
 
 	// Traverse through all of the available hop hints and include them in
 	// our edges map, indexed by the public key of the channel's starting
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ func RouteHintsToEdges(routeHints [][]zpay32.HopHint, target route.Vertex) (
 			// Finally, create the channel edge from the hop hint
 			// and add it to list of edges corresponding to the node
 			// at the start of the channel.
-			edge := &models.CachedEdgePolicy{
+			edgePolicy := &models.CachedEdgePolicy{
 				ToNodePubKey: func() route.Vertex {
 					return endNode.PubKeyBytes
 				},
@@ -142,6 +142,10 @@ func RouteHintsToEdges(routeHints [][]zpay32.HopHint, target route.Vertex) (
 				TimeLockDelta: hopHint.CLTVExpiryDelta,
 			}
 
+			edge := &PrivateEdge{
+				policy: edgePolicy,
+			}
+
 			v := route.NewVertex(hopHint.NodeID)
 			edges[v] = append(edges[v], edge)
 		}
diff --git a/routing/payment_session_test.go b/routing/payment_session_test.go
index 1c199ff40..67a285159 100644
--- a/routing/payment_session_test.go
+++ b/routing/payment_session_test.go
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ func TestUpdateAdditionalEdge(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, 1, len(policies), "should have 1 edge policy")
 
 	// Check that the policy has been created as expected.
-	policy := policies[0]
+	policy := policies[0].EdgePolicy()
 	require.Equal(t, testChannelID, policy.ChannelID, "channel ID mismatch")
 	require.Equal(t,
 		oldExpiryDelta, policy.TimeLockDelta, "timelock delta mismatch",
diff --git a/routing/router.go b/routing/router.go
index c602573eb..00c0ded57 100644
--- a/routing/router.go
+++ b/routing/router.go
@@ -1954,7 +1954,7 @@ type RouteRequest struct {
 
 // RouteHints is an alias type for a set of route hints, with the source node
 // as the map's key and the details of the hint(s) in the edge policy.
-type RouteHints map[route.Vertex][]*models.CachedEdgePolicy
+type RouteHints map[route.Vertex][]AdditionalEdge
 
 // NewRouteRequest produces a new route request for a regular payment or one
 // to a blinded route, validating that the target, routeHints and finalExpiry
diff --git a/routing/router_test.go b/routing/router_test.go
index 227899c83..12c8ff729 100644
--- a/routing/router_test.go
+++ b/routing/router_test.go
@@ -3954,7 +3954,7 @@ func TestNewRouteRequest(t *testing.T) {
 			name:           "hints and blinded",
 			blindedPayment: blindedMultiHop,
 			routeHints: make(
-				map[route.Vertex][]*models.CachedEdgePolicy,
+				map[route.Vertex][]AdditionalEdge,
 			),
 			err: ErrHintsAndBlinded,
 		},
diff --git a/routing/unified_edges.go b/routing/unified_edges.go
index aee168348..c828e9a6e 100644
--- a/routing/unified_edges.go
+++ b/routing/unified_edges.go
@@ -40,9 +40,12 @@ func newNodeEdgeUnifier(sourceNode, toNode route.Vertex,
 }
 
 // addPolicy adds a single channel policy. Capacity may be zero if unknown
-// (light clients).
+// (light clients). We expect a non-nil payload size function and will request a
+// graceful shutdown if it is not provided as this indicates that edges are
+// incorrectly specified.
 func (u *nodeEdgeUnifier) addPolicy(fromNode route.Vertex,
-	edge *models.CachedEdgePolicy, capacity btcutil.Amount) {
+	edge *models.CachedEdgePolicy, capacity btcutil.Amount,
+	hopPayloadSizeFn PayloadSizeFunc) {
 
 	localChan := fromNode == u.sourceNode
 
@@ -62,9 +65,20 @@ func (u *nodeEdgeUnifier) addPolicy(fromNode route.Vertex,
 		u.edgeUnifiers[fromNode] = unifier
 	}
 
+	// In case no payload size function was provided a graceful shutdown
+	// is requested, because this function is not used as intended.
+	if hopPayloadSizeFn == nil {
+		log.Criticalf("No payloadsize function was provided for the "+
+			"edge (chanid=%v) when adding it to the edge unifier "+
+			"of node: %v", edge.ChannelID, fromNode)
+
+		return
+	}
+
 	unifier.edges = append(unifier.edges, &unifiedEdge{
-		policy:   edge,
-		capacity: capacity,
+		policy:           edge,
+		capacity:         capacity,
+		hopPayloadSizeFn: hopPayloadSizeFn,
 	})
 }
 
@@ -79,9 +93,13 @@ func (u *nodeEdgeUnifier) addGraphPolicies(g routingGraph) error {
 			return nil
 		}
 
-		// Add this policy to the corresponding edgeUnifier.
+		// Add this policy to the corresponding edgeUnifier. We default
+		// to the clear hop payload size function because
+		// `addGraphPolicies` is only used for cleartext intermediate
+		// hops in a route.
 		u.addPolicy(
 			channel.OtherNode, channel.InPolicy, channel.Capacity,
+			defaultHopPayloadSize,
 		)
 
 		return nil
@@ -96,6 +114,12 @@ func (u *nodeEdgeUnifier) addGraphPolicies(g routingGraph) error {
 type unifiedEdge struct {
 	policy   *models.CachedEdgePolicy
 	capacity btcutil.Amount
+
+	// hopPayloadSize supplies an edge with the ability to calculate the
+	// exact payload size if this edge would be included in a route. This
+	// is needed because hops of a blinded path differ in their payload
+	// structure compared to cleartext hops.
+	hopPayloadSizeFn PayloadSizeFunc
 }
 
 // amtInRange checks whether an amount falls within the valid range for a
@@ -202,6 +226,7 @@ func (u *edgeUnifier) getEdgeLocal(amt lnwire.MilliSatoshi,
 			log.Debugf("Skipped edge %v: not enough bandwidth, "+
 				"bandwidth=%v, amt=%v", edge.policy.ChannelID,
 				bandwidth, amt)
+
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -214,14 +239,16 @@ func (u *edgeUnifier) getEdgeLocal(amt lnwire.MilliSatoshi,
 			log.Debugf("Skipped edge %v: not max bandwidth, "+
 				"bandwidth=%v, maxBandwidth=%v",
 				bandwidth, maxBandwidth)
+
 			continue
 		}
 		maxBandwidth = bandwidth
 
 		// Update best edge.
 		bestEdge = &unifiedEdge{
-			policy:   edge.policy,
-			capacity: edge.capacity,
+			policy:           edge.policy,
+			capacity:         edge.capacity,
+			hopPayloadSizeFn: edge.hopPayloadSizeFn,
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -234,10 +261,11 @@ func (u *edgeUnifier) getEdgeLocal(amt lnwire.MilliSatoshi,
 // forwarding context.
 func (u *edgeUnifier) getEdgeNetwork(amt lnwire.MilliSatoshi) *unifiedEdge {
 	var (
-		bestPolicy  *models.CachedEdgePolicy
-		maxFee      lnwire.MilliSatoshi
-		maxTimelock uint16
-		maxCapMsat  lnwire.MilliSatoshi
+		bestPolicy       *models.CachedEdgePolicy
+		maxFee           lnwire.MilliSatoshi
+		maxTimelock      uint16
+		maxCapMsat       lnwire.MilliSatoshi
+		hopPayloadSizeFn PayloadSizeFunc
 	)
 
 	for _, edge := range u.edges {
@@ -274,7 +302,6 @@ func (u *edgeUnifier) getEdgeNetwork(amt lnwire.MilliSatoshi) *unifiedEdge {
 		maxTimelock = lntypes.Max(
 			maxTimelock, edge.policy.TimeLockDelta,
 		)
-
 		// Use the policy that results in the highest fee for this
 		// specific amount.
 		fee := edge.policy.ComputeFee(amt)
@@ -282,11 +309,17 @@ func (u *edgeUnifier) getEdgeNetwork(amt lnwire.MilliSatoshi) *unifiedEdge {
 			log.Debugf("Skipped edge %v due to it produces less "+
 				"fee: fee=%v, maxFee=%v",
 				edge.policy.ChannelID, fee, maxFee)
+
 			continue
 		}
 		maxFee = fee
 
 		bestPolicy = edge.policy
+		// The payload size function for edges to a connected peer is
+		// always the same hence there is not need to find the maximum.
+		// This also counts for blinded edges where we only have one
+		// edge to a blinded peer.
+		hopPayloadSizeFn = edge.hopPayloadSizeFn
 	}
 
 	// Return early if no channel matches.
@@ -308,6 +341,7 @@ func (u *edgeUnifier) getEdgeNetwork(amt lnwire.MilliSatoshi) *unifiedEdge {
 	modifiedEdge := unifiedEdge{policy: &policyCopy}
 	modifiedEdge.policy.TimeLockDelta = maxTimelock
 	modifiedEdge.capacity = maxCapMsat.ToSatoshis()
+	modifiedEdge.hopPayloadSizeFn = hopPayloadSizeFn
 
 	return &modifiedEdge
 }
diff --git a/routing/unified_edges_test.go b/routing/unified_edges_test.go
index 9b603d78c..043447f52 100644
--- a/routing/unified_edges_test.go
+++ b/routing/unified_edges_test.go
@@ -41,15 +41,17 @@ func TestNodeEdgeUnifier(t *testing.T) {
 	c2 := btcutil.Amount(8)
 
 	unifierFilled := newNodeEdgeUnifier(source, toNode, nil)
-	unifierFilled.addPolicy(fromNode, &p1, c1)
-	unifierFilled.addPolicy(fromNode, &p2, c2)
+	unifierFilled.addPolicy(fromNode, &p1, c1, defaultHopPayloadSize)
+	unifierFilled.addPolicy(fromNode, &p2, c2, defaultHopPayloadSize)
 
 	unifierNoCapacity := newNodeEdgeUnifier(source, toNode, nil)
-	unifierNoCapacity.addPolicy(fromNode, &p1, 0)
-	unifierNoCapacity.addPolicy(fromNode, &p2, 0)
+	unifierNoCapacity.addPolicy(fromNode, &p1, 0, defaultHopPayloadSize)
+	unifierNoCapacity.addPolicy(fromNode, &p2, 0, defaultHopPayloadSize)
 
 	unifierNoInfo := newNodeEdgeUnifier(source, toNode, nil)
-	unifierNoInfo.addPolicy(fromNode, &models.CachedEdgePolicy{}, 0)
+	unifierNoInfo.addPolicy(
+		fromNode, &models.CachedEdgePolicy{}, 0, defaultHopPayloadSize,
+	)
 
 	tests := []struct {
 		name             string