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fix(cln): accept caller-supplied preimage in SendKeysend (unbreaks NIP-47 pay_keysend) - #2521

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Summary

NIP-47 pay_keysend is broken on the CLN backend: every outgoing keysend fails with preimage not supported for keysends.

Root cause: transactions/transactions_service.go SendKeysend always synthesizes a preimage when none is provided (for transaction accounting), and passes it to the backend. The CLN backend (lnclient/cln/cln.go) rejects any non-empty preimage — so the transactions service's generated preimage makes every keysend fail before it even reaches the node.

CLN's keysend derives its own preimage server-side, and the cln-grpc KeysendRequest has no field to override it. The fix accepts and ignores the caller-supplied preimage (with a debug log), matching how LDK/LND behave (they accept the preimage).

Evidence

Verified end-to-end on a live regtest node (CLN backend → hub):

  • NWC pay_keysend settles: peer receives the keysend, hub records outgoing/settled with a preimage
  • Before the fix: {"code":"INTERNAL","message":"preimage not supported for keysends"}
  • After: {"result":{"preimage":"...","fees_paid":0},"result_type":"pay_keysend"}

Notes

The same bug existed in a downstream Greenlight backend derived from this code and was fixed identically there (verified live).

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Keysend payments now proceed when a caller supplies a preimage.
    • Fee responses remain unchanged and continue to return only the calculated fee.
  • Chores

    • Updated automated build permissions to support publishing packages.

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SendKeysend no longer rejects caller-supplied preimages. The Docker build workflow now declares contents read and package write permissions.

Changes

Keysend preimage handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Keysend preimage validation
lnclient/cln/cln.go
Removed the error branch that rejected non-empty preimages in SendKeysend.

Docker workflow permissions

Layer / File(s) Summary
Docker workflow access
.github/workflows/build-docker.yaml
Added workflow-level permissions for reading repository contents and publishing packages.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~3 minutes

Possibly related PRs

  • getAlby/hub#2412: Both PRs modify CLN keysend and preimage handling in lnclient/cln/cln.go.
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Actionable comments posted: 2

Note

Due to the large number of review comments, Critical severity comments were prioritized as inline comments.

🟠 Major comments (24)
README.md-39-42 (1)

39-42: 🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Document the 8008 firewall requirement before funding.

docs/security.md Lines 11-16 state that *:8008 exposes unauthenticated admin endpoints and must be blocked before the wallet holds sats. The quick start installs the daemons and starts the wizard without surfacing this requirement. Add a blocking warning before the connection and funding steps.

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@README.md` around lines 39 - 42, Update the README quick-start sequence
around the daemon installation and Hub connection steps to add a prominent
blocking warning that port 8008 must be firewalled before funding or allowing
the wallet to hold sats, referencing the unauthenticated admin endpoints
described in the security guidance. Place the warning before the connection and
funding instructions.
docs/security.md-5-7 (1)

5-7: 🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Align the key model with the unauthenticated completion path.

Line 5 says that a foreign key is not usable and that a local key only works against this daemon. Lines 7 and 11 state that completion requests do not validate the key. Document that client records are daemon-local for usage accounting, but any caller who reaches a funded daemon can submit requests. Keep the firewall as the primary access control.

Proposed wording
- A key from another instance is not usable here, and a key minted here only works against this daemon.
+ Client records are local to the daemon for usage accounting. They do not authenticate completion requests; access depends on network reachability and the Cashu wallet balance.
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@docs/security.md` around lines 5 - 7, Update the API key documentation around
the daemon-local client registry and completion behavior to state that keys are
used only for local usage accounting and identity, not request authentication.
Clarify that any caller reaching a funded daemon can submit completion requests
regardless of key validity, and preserve the firewall as the primary access
control.
SECURITY.md-12-14 (1)

12-14: 🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Provide a private reporting channel for sensitive findings.

Do not direct sensitive reports to Open an issue, because GitHub issues are public. Provide a security email address or private advisory process. Keep public issues for non-sensitive reports only.

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@SECURITY.md` around lines 12 - 14, Update the Reporting section in
SECURITY.md to remove “Open an issue” as an option for sensitive findings and
provide a private channel, such as a security email address or private advisory
process. Clarify that public GitHub issues are intended only for non-sensitive
reports.
docs/backup-restore.md-39-43 (1)

39-43: 🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Replace unauthenticated backup encryption before expanding the archive.

AES-256-OFB does not authenticate the archive. An attacker can modify restored databases or configuration without detection. PBKDF2 with 4096 iterations also weakens resistance to offline password guessing. Use a versioned AEAD format with a stronger password KDF, or exclude these secrets from this format.

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@docs/backup-restore.md` around lines 39 - 43, Replace the documented
AES-256-OFB/PBKDF2 backup format with a versioned authenticated-encryption
format using a stronger password KDF before supporting archive expansion, or
remove secrets from this format. Update the “Crypto format” documentation to
describe the new format and ensure tampered archives are rejected before
restoration.
docs/deploy.md-34-36 (1)

34-36: 🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Protect the Routstr configuration file.

The configuration contains nsec and nwc, but the installation steps do not require owner-only permissions. Require ~/.routstrd/config.json to use mode 0600, keep its directory private, and prevent secrets from entering shell history or logs.

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@docs/deploy.md` around lines 34 - 36, Update the deployment instructions
around the Routstr configuration step to create `~/.routstrd` with owner-only
directory permissions and enforce mode `0600` on `~/.routstrd/config.json`.
Instruct users to provide `nsec` and `nwc` without exposing them in shell
history or logs, using a secure non-echoed or file-based method.
frontend/src/components/connections/routstr/RoutstrConnectionDetails.tsx-70-79 (1)

70-79: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Use the shadcn Button for the visibility action.

Replace the native button with the existing Button component. Add an aria-label with onExtraAction.title because this control has no visible text.

As per coding guidelines, “Use shadcn/ui components for all UI; do not create custom components unless no shadcn equivalent exists.”

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@frontend/src/components/connections/routstr/RoutstrConnectionDetails.tsx`
around lines 70 - 79, Replace the native button in the onExtraAction rendering
with the existing shadcn Button component, preserving its click handler, title,
icon, and styling. Add aria-label={onExtraAction.title} to provide an accessible
name for the icon-only control.

Source: Coding guidelines

frontend/src/components/connections/routstr/constants.ts-14-18 (1)

14-18: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Preserve the Hub base path in the external endpoint.

If Hub runs below a subpath, this builds an endpoint at the origin root. For example, a Hub at /hub/ produces /routstr/v1 instead of /hub/routstr/v1. Use import.meta.env.BASE_URL when constructing this URL, as frontend/platform_specific/http/src/utils/request.ts already does.

Proposed fix
 export function getRoutstrHubEndpoint(): string {
+  const basePath = import.meta.env.BASE_URL.replace(/\/$/, "");
+  const endpoint = `${basePath}${ROUTSTR_HUB_PROXY_PATH}`;
+
   if (typeof window === "undefined") {
-    return ROUTSTR_HUB_PROXY_PATH;
+    return endpoint;
   }
-  return `${window.location.origin}${ROUTSTR_HUB_PROXY_PATH}`;
+  return `${window.location.origin}${endpoint}`;
 }
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@frontend/src/components/connections/routstr/constants.ts` around lines 14 -
18, Update getRoutstrHubEndpoint to include import.meta.env.BASE_URL when
constructing the browser-facing endpoint, preserving the Hub deployment subpath
before ROUTSTR_HUB_PROXY_PATH while leaving the server-side proxy path behavior
unchanged.
frontend/src/hooks/useRoutstrd.ts-459-470 (1)

459-470: 🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

The browser calls the mint directly.

getMeltQuoteFee runs fetch against mintUrl from the user's browser. Two consequences follow:

  1. The mint learns the user's IP address. Every other Routstr call in this module goes through the Hub, which hides the user's network location.
  2. The request depends on the mint allowing cross-origin requests. A mint without permissive CORS headers makes this call fail, which triggers the return 0 path described in the other comment on this file.

Route the melt quote through the Hub, next to the other /api/routstrd endpoints.

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@frontend/src/hooks/useRoutstrd.ts` around lines 459 - 470, Update
getMeltQuoteFee so the melt quote request is sent through the Hub’s
/api/routstrd endpoint instead of fetching mintUrl directly. Preserve the
existing POST payload, headers, abort signal, and response handling while
matching the routing pattern used by the other Routstr calls.
frontend/src/screens/internal-apps/Routstr.tsx-193-227 (1)

193-227: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Guard against creating a second app when the user goes Back.

The "Top Up" step has a Back button that returns to "Configure". handleConfigure always calls createApp. A user who steps back and submits again creates a second isolated Routstr connection, with a second NWC registration in routstrd. The first app remains, holding any sats already transferred.

Skip creation when appId is already set, or disable the Back button after the app exists.

🐛 Proposed fix
   const handleConfigure = async (e: React.FormEvent) => {
     e.preventDefault();
+    if (appId) {
+      // The wallet already exists (user stepped back); do not create a second one.
+      setStep("topup");
+      return;
+    }
     setConfigureLoading(true);

Also applies to: 546-549

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@frontend/src/screens/internal-apps/Routstr.tsx` around lines 193 - 227,
Update handleConfigure to avoid calling createApp when appId is already set,
preserving the existing app and proceeding without a second NWC registration;
alternatively, disable the Top Up step’s Back button once the app exists.
frontend/src/screens/settings/RoutstrApiKeys.tsx-52-54 (1)

52-54: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Replace useNavigate with link components.

Three navigations are plain internal links with no async work before them: the "Hub backup" text button at lines 66-72, "View Connection" at lines 164-171, and "Go to Backup" at lines 194-200. The repository standard is <Link/> so that middle-click, open-in-new-tab, and copy-link work.

♻️ Proposed refactor
-import { useNavigate } from "react-router";
+import { Link } from "react-router";
+import { LinkButton } from "src/components/ui/custom/link-button";
-            <button
-              type="button"
-              onClick={() => navigate("/settings/backup")}
-              className="text-foreground underline underline-offset-2 hover:no-underline"
-            >
-              Hub backup
-            </button>
+            <Link
+              to="/settings/backup"
+              className="text-foreground underline underline-offset-2 hover:no-underline"
+            >
+              Hub backup
+            </Link>
-                    <Button
-                      size="sm"
-                      variant="secondary"
-                      onClick={() => handleViewConnection(app.id)}
-                    >
+                    <LinkButton to={`/apps/${app.id}`} size="sm" variant="secondary">
                       <ExternalLinkIcon className="h-3 w-3 mr-1" />
                       View Connection
-                    </Button>
+                    </LinkButton>

Confirm the exact export path of LinkButton before applying.

As per coding guidelines: "Avoid using useNavigate; use component where possible to ensure good browser UX".

Also applies to: 66-72, 163-172, 193-201

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@frontend/src/screens/settings/RoutstrApiKeys.tsx` around lines 52 - 54,
Replace the useNavigate-based handleViewConnection navigation and the three
synchronous internal navigation controls (“Hub backup”, “View Connection”, and
“Go to Backup”) with the repository’s Link/LinkButton components. Preserve each
destination URL and visible styling, and confirm the exact LinkButton export
path before importing it; remove useNavigate and handleViewConnection once no
imperative navigation remains.

Source: Coding guidelines

frontend/src/components/connections/routstr/TopUpDialog.tsx-43-74 (1)

43-74: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

The fallback check can report a false success.

Two paths lead to a wrong "Deposited" result:

  1. If getRoutstrdKeyBalances() at line 47 throws, before stays 0. The catch block then tests after >= 0 + numAmount. A wallet that already holds at least numAmount sats satisfies that test, so a failed deposit reports success and onTopUp persists a wrong balance.
  2. Auto top-up runs server-side on a loop. A refill that lands inside the 2 second wait also satisfies the test.

Track whether the snapshot succeeded, and skip the fallback when it did not.

🐛 Proposed fix
     setIsProcessing(true);
     // Snapshot balance to confirm success
-    let before = 0;
+    let before: number | null = null;
     try {
       const bal = await getRoutstrdKeyBalances();
-      before = bal?.total ?? 0;
+      before = bal?.total ?? null;
     } catch {
       /* ignore */
     }
 
     try {
       // Direct Hub-to-mint path — pay from this Routstr connection's wallet
       await fundFromHub(numAmount, appId);
       onTopUp(numAmount);
       onOpenChange(false);
       toast.success(`Deposited ${numAmount} sats`);
     } catch (error) {
       // If Hub path failed, check if balance increased anyway
-      try {
-        await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 2000));
-        const afterBal = await getRoutstrdKeyBalances();
-        const after = afterBal?.total ?? 0;
-        if (after >= before + numAmount) {
+      try {
+        if (before === null) {
+          throw error;
+        }
+        await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 2000));
+        const afterBal = await getRoutstrdKeyBalances();
+        const after = afterBal?.total ?? 0;
+        if (after >= before + numAmount) {
           onTopUp(numAmount);
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@frontend/src/components/connections/routstr/TopUpDialog.tsx` around lines 43
- 74, Track whether the initial balance snapshot in the top-up flow succeeded,
and only perform the post-failure balance-increase fallback when it did. Update
the logic around getRoutstrdKeyBalances and the fundFromHub catch block so a
failed snapshot cannot produce a success from the zero default; preserve the
existing success handling when a valid snapshot confirms the balance increase.
frontend/src/components/connections/routstr/ApiKeySection.tsx-306-353 (1)

306-353: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

app.metadata in the dependency list can drive a repeating PATCH loop.

refreshLiveBalance does not read app.metadata; it fetches fresh state from the server. The dependency list still includes app.metadata, so the callback identity changes whenever the parent re-renders with a new metadata object. The effect at lines 318-353 depends on refreshLiveBalance, so it re-runs, calls refreshLiveBalance({persist: true}), which PATCHes metadata and calls onMetadataUpdate(). That re-fetch produces a new app.metadata object identity, which changes the callback identity again.

The cycle stops only when silent suppresses onMetadataUpdate, which is the current default. Any future call with silent: false on mount, or a parent that revalidates metadata on its own, turns this into a request loop against /api/apps/{pubkey}.

Remove app.metadata and hasKey from the list, since neither is read inside the callback, and drop the eslint suppression.

🐛 Proposed fix
-    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
-    [hasKey, app.appPubkey, app.metadata, onMetadataUpdate]
+    [app.id, app.appPubkey, onMetadataUpdate]
   );

Confirm that onMetadataUpdate is stable in the parent. If it is not, wrap it in useCallback there.

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@frontend/src/components/connections/routstr/ApiKeySection.tsx` around lines
306 - 353, Update the dependency list for the refreshLiveBalance callback to
remove app.metadata and hasKey, since neither is read by the callback, and
remove the eslint suppression. Ensure onMetadataUpdate is stable in its parent,
wrapping it with useCallback if necessary, while preserving the existing effect
behavior.
frontend/src/hooks/useRoutstrd.ts-453-488 (1)

453-488: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

A failed fee quote returns 0 and starts a melt that cannot succeed.

getMeltQuoteFee swallows every error and returns 0. In refundFromHub, computeRefundSend(walletBal, 0) then equals the full wallet balance. The mint cannot melt the full balance, because the melt itself needs a fee reserve. The melt fails, the shrink loop retries with send - 1 up to send - 4, and those also fail for any wallet where the fee exceeds 4 sats. The user sees a generic failure and no sats move.

Distinguish "fee is zero" from "fee is unknown". Return null on failure and skip or abort the pass.

🐛 Proposed fix
-async function getMeltQuoteFee(
-  invoice: string,
-  mintUrl: string
-): Promise<number> {
+async function getMeltQuoteFee(
+  invoice: string,
+  mintUrl: string
+): Promise<number | null> {
   } catch {
-    // fall through — fee unknown, treat as 0
+    // fall through — fee unknown
   } finally {
     clearTimeout(timer);
   }
-  return 0;
+  return null;
 }

Then in refundFromHub:

       const quoteInvoice = await createAppScopedInvoice(walletBal, appId);
-      fee = await getMeltQuoteFee(quoteInvoice, mintUrl);
+      const quotedFee = await getMeltQuoteFee(quoteInvoice, mintUrl);
+      if (quotedFee === null) {
+        throw new Error("Could not read the mint melt fee. Try again later.");
+      }
+      fee = quotedFee;
       lastQuotedBalance = walletBal;
       lastFee = fee;

Preserve the PartialRefundError behaviour when totalRefunded > 0.

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@frontend/src/hooks/useRoutstrd.ts` around lines 453 - 488, Update
getMeltQuoteFee to return null when the request fails or the response lacks a
valid fee_reserve, while retaining numeric zero as a valid fee. In
refundFromHub, detect the null result and skip or abort that refund pass before
computeRefundSend, while preserving the existing PartialRefundError behavior
when totalRefunded > 0.
frontend/src/components/connections/routstr/ApiKeySection.tsx-135-165 (1)

135-165: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Use the typed request() helper and type the health response.

Lines 137-141 call fetch directly and then use res.json(), which produces an untyped value. The subsequent property access on health?.alarms and the inline (a: { kind: string }) cast are unchecked. The repository standard is the typed request() helper, which also handles base URL and error mapping consistently across platforms.

♻️ Proposed refactor
+type HealthAlarm = {
+  kind: string;
+  rawDetails?: {
+    routstrd_healthy?: boolean;
+    cocod_healthy?: boolean;
+    last_error?: string;
+  };
+};
+
     (async () => {
       try {
-        const res = await fetch("/api/health");
-        if (!res.ok) {
-          return;
-        }
-        const health = await res.json();
+        const health = await request<{ alarms?: HealthAlarm[] }>("/api/health");
         if (!cancelled && health?.alarms) {
-          const routstrdAlarm = health.alarms.find(
-            (a: { kind: string }) => a.kind === "routstrd_offline"
-          );
+          const routstrdAlarm = health.alarms.find(
+            (a) => a.kind === "routstrd_offline"
+          );

As per coding guidelines: "HTTP requests use the typed request() helper in frontend/src/utils/request.ts" and "Use strict TypeScript; no any types".

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@frontend/src/components/connections/routstr/ApiKeySection.tsx` around lines
135 - 165, Replace the direct fetch and untyped JSON handling in the
health-check IIFE with the typed request() helper from the repository utility.
Define or reuse a strict health-response type covering alarms and rawDetails,
pass it to request(), and update the alarm lookup to use the typed alarm shape
without the inline cast; preserve the existing cancellation and daemon-status
behavior.

Source: Coding guidelines

frontend/src/components/connections/routstr/CreateKeyDialog.tsx-75-104 (1)

75-104: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

A funding failure leaves an orphaned daemon client.

createRoutstrdClient runs first. If fundFromHub throws, the catch resets the step to setup and never calls onKeyCreated. The daemon keeps the created client, but Hub stores no clientId for it. Each retry creates another orphaned client, and DeleteKeyDialog can never reach the earlier ones.

Report the created key to the parent before funding, or delete the client when funding fails.

🐛 Proposed fix: surface the key before funding
       if (!apiKey) {
         throw new Error("Failed to create API key");
       }
 
+      // The key exists on the daemon from here on. Report it immediately so a
+      // funding failure cannot orphan it.
+      setCreatedKey(apiKey);
+      onKeyCreated(apiKey, clientId);
+
       // 2. Fund via Hub's LN from this app's wallet
       if (Number(amount) > 0) {
         setStep("paying");
         await fundFromHub(Number(amount), connectionAppId);
       }
 
-      setCreatedKey(apiKey);
       setStep("done");
-      onKeyCreated(apiKey, clientId);
       toast.success("Deposit & key created!");
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@frontend/src/components/connections/routstr/CreateKeyDialog.tsx` around lines
75 - 104, Update handleCreateKey so the successfully created API key and
clientId are reported through onKeyCreated before fundFromHub runs, while
preserving the existing funding and success flow. Ensure funding failures do not
discard the created client reference, allowing the parent and DeleteKeyDialog to
manage it.
frontend/src/components/connections/routstr/DeleteKeyDialog.tsx-46-59 (1)

46-59: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

A transient balance check failure makes the dialog unusable.

For a non-"not found" error the catch sets balance to null. canDelete at line 102 then stays false, and the render branch at lines 116-119 shows "Checking wallet balance…" forever. The user gets no error text and no retry control. The message at line 134 states that deletion is allowed when the daemon is unreachable, but that branch renders only when balance !== null, so it never appears in this case.

Add an explicit unreachable state with a retry action, and show it when balance === null && daemonUnreachable.

🐛 Proposed fix for the render branch
-          {balance === null ? (
+          {balance === null && daemonUnreachable ? (
+            <div className="space-y-2">
+              <p className="text-xs text-amber-600 dark:text-amber-400">
+                Could not read the wallet balance. The daemon may be
+                restarting.
+              </p>
+              <Button variant="outline" size="sm" onClick={checkBalance}>
+                Retry
+              </Button>
+            </div>
+          ) : balance === null ? (
             <div className="text-muted-foreground">
               Checking wallet balance…
             </div>
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@frontend/src/components/connections/routstr/DeleteKeyDialog.tsx` around lines
46 - 59, Update the balance-check state and render logic in DeleteKeyDialog so a
transient failure represented by balance === null and daemonUnreachable shows an
explicit daemon-unreachable message with a retry action instead of the
indefinite “Checking wallet balance…” state. Wire the retry action to rerun the
existing balance check, while preserving the confirmed “not found” zero-balance
behavior and normal balance rendering.
frontend/src/components/connections/routstr/RefundDialog.tsx-105-117 (1)

105-117: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Add a timeout to the third-party mint fetch.

This route calls activeMint directly with fetch, but the project guideline says HTTP requests should use the typed request() helper. Also add an abort signal/timeout so a stalled third-party mint cannot keep loadingBalances true, freeze the “Calculating fees…” state, and keep fetching after the dialog closes.

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@frontend/src/components/connections/routstr/RefundDialog.tsx` around lines
105 - 117, Replace the direct fetch in the RefundDialog fee-quote flow with the
project’s typed request() helper, using the appropriate melt quote endpoint and
payload. Add an AbortSignal timeout to bound the third-party request, and ensure
the timeout is cleaned up or cancellation is respected when the dialog closes so
loadingBalances and the “Calculating fees…” state cannot remain stuck.

Source: Coding guidelines

service/routstrd.go-638-651 (1)

638-651: 🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Do not put the daemon response body into the error.

Line 648 embeds the raw nwc/connect response body in the error. The request body carries the NWC connection string, which contains a secret key. Daemons commonly echo the request in error responses. That error is logged at line 553 and published to the event bus at line 559. A secret can then reach logs and analytics.

Return the status code only, and log the truncated body at debug level if needed.

🔒 Proposed fix
 	if resp.StatusCode < 200 || resp.StatusCode >= 300 {
-		b, _ := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(resp.Body, 2048))
-		return fmt.Errorf("nwc/connect status %d: %s", resp.StatusCode, string(b))
+		// The request body carries the NWC secret; the daemon may echo it.
+		// Never include the response body in a returned or published error.
+		_, _ = io.Copy(io.Discard, io.LimitReader(resp.Body, 2048))
+		return fmt.Errorf("nwc/connect failed with status %d", resp.StatusCode)
 	}

Based on coding guidelines: "Never log sensitive data such as seeds, macaroons, or tokens".

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@service/routstrd.go` around lines 638 - 651, Update
RoutstrdService.reconnectNwc so non-2xx responses return an error containing
only the HTTP status code; remove the response-body text from the returned
error. If response details are needed, log the already truncated body only at
debug level without exposing it through the error propagated to callers.

Source: Coding guidelines

service/routstrd.go-865-885 (1)

865-885: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Perform the metadata read-modify-write inside a transaction.

writeAutoRefillConfig unmarshals app.Metadata from an app record that findRoutstrApp read earlier, then writes the whole metadata column back. The comment states that the same column carries apiKey, clientId, and balance. If the UI updates any of those fields between the read and this write, this write discards them. The app instance passed in can also be stale by seconds.

Re-read the row inside a transaction and write in the same transaction.

🔧 Proposed fix
 func (r *RoutstrdService) writeAutoRefillConfig(app *db.App, cfg *AutoRefillConfig) error {
-	var meta map[string]interface{}
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(app.Metadata, &meta); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("read app metadata: %w", err)
-	}
-	routstrMeta, _ := meta["routstr"].(map[string]interface{})
-	if routstrMeta == nil {
-		routstrMeta = map[string]interface{}{}
-	}
-	routstrMeta["autoRefill"] = cfg
-	meta["routstr"] = routstrMeta
-	bytes, err := json.Marshal(meta)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := r.svc.GetDB().Model(&db.App{}).Where("id = ?", app.ID).Update("metadata", datatypes.JSON(bytes)).Error; err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("write app metadata: %w", err)
-	}
-	app.Metadata = bytes
-	return nil
+	var updated []byte
+	err := r.svc.GetDB().Transaction(func(tx *gorm.DB) error {
+		var current db.App
+		if err := tx.Where("id = ?", app.ID).First(&current).Error; err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("reload app: %w", err)
+		}
+		var meta map[string]interface{}
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(current.Metadata, &meta); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("read app metadata: %w", err)
+		}
+		routstrMeta, _ := meta["routstr"].(map[string]interface{})
+		if routstrMeta == nil {
+			routstrMeta = map[string]interface{}{}
+		}
+		routstrMeta["autoRefill"] = cfg
+		meta["routstr"] = routstrMeta
+		encoded, err := json.Marshal(meta)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if err := tx.Model(&db.App{}).Where("id = ?", app.ID).Update("metadata", datatypes.JSON(encoded)).Error; err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("write app metadata: %w", err)
+		}
+		updated = encoded
+		return nil
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	app.Metadata = updated
+	return nil
 }

This also removes the local variable bytes, which shadows the imported bytes package.

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@service/routstrd.go` around lines 865 - 885, Update writeAutoRefillConfig to
perform the metadata read-modify-write in a database transaction: re-read the
current app row by app.ID inside the transaction, unmarshal that fresh metadata,
update only the routstr.autoRefill value, and persist the resulting metadata
using the same transaction handle. Update the passed app’s Metadata after a
successful commit, and rename the marshaled payload variable to avoid shadowing
the bytes package.
api/backup.go-92-152 (1)

92-152: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

The daemon databases can be archived in a torn state.

db.Stop(api.db) stops only the Hub database. The comment at lines 96-98 states that the daemons keep running. The checkpoint at line 103 therefore only guarantees a flushed WAL at that instant. The archive copy happens later, at line 188. Between the two points, cocod and routstrd can write again. Two results follow:

  • A new WAL is created that is never archived, so those writes are lost on restore.
  • coco.db can be copied mid-transaction, which yields a corrupt database rather than an older one.

For a Cashu wallet, a torn coco.db means lost proofs.

Use the SQLite online backup API, or run VACUUM INTO a temporary file and archive that file. Both produce a consistent snapshot while writers are active. If you keep the current approach, archive the -wal and -shm files alongside each .db.

Also note that filepath.Glob never returns filepath.ErrBadPattern for these inputs, so the daemon files added at lines 138-152 skip the os.Stat error rather than reporting it. That part is fine.

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@api/backup.go` around lines 92 - 152, Update the backup flow around
checkpointSqliteDatabase and the daemon database entries so each running daemon
database is archived from a consistent SQLite snapshot rather than copying the
live .db after checkpointing. Use SQLite’s online backup API or VACUUM INTO a
temporary snapshot, add the snapshot files to filesToArchive, and clean them up
afterward while preserving existing config-file handling.
http/http_service.go-208-215 (1)

208-215: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Both reverse proxies lack timeouts, error handling, and rate limiting.

httputil.NewSingleHostReverseProxy uses http.DefaultTransport when Transport is nil. That transport has no overall response timeout. If the daemon accepts a connection and then stalls, the Hub request goroutine is held indefinitely. Enough stalled requests exhaust the server.

ErrorHandler is also nil, so a daemon that is down produces a bare 502 with the error written to the standard logger rather than the structured logger this repository uses.

The /routstr/v1/* proxy at line 230 needs the most care. It is unauthenticated, so any client on the network can open connections through it.

+	proxyTransport := &http.Transport{
+		DialContext:           (&net.Dialer{Timeout: 5 * time.Second}).DialContext,
+		ResponseHeaderTimeout: 30 * time.Second,
+	}
+	proxyErrorHandler := func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, err error) {
+		logger.Logger.WithError(err).WithField("path", r.URL.Path).Error("routstrd proxy request failed")
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadGateway)
+	}
 	routstrdProxy := httputil.NewSingleHostReverseProxy(&url.URL{
 		Scheme: "http",
 		Host:   "localhost:8008",
 	})
+	routstrdProxy.Transport = proxyTransport
+	routstrdProxy.ErrorHandler = proxyErrorHandler

Apply the same settings to routstrOpenAIProxy, and add a rate limiter to the public route. Do not set ResponseHeaderTimeout so low that a slow first token on a streaming completion is cut off.

As per coding guidelines: "Wrap errors with fmt.Errorf("context: %w", err) for debugging" and use "structured logging via logrus with contextual fields".

Also applies to: 225-231

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@http/http_service.go` around lines 208 - 215, Configure both routstrProxy and
routstrOpenAIProxy with a transport that enforces an overall response timeout
while leaving ResponseHeaderTimeout high enough for streaming completions. Add
ErrorHandler implementations that wrap errors with context using fmt.Errorf and
report them through structured logrus fields instead of the standard logger.
Protect the unauthenticated /routstr/v1/* route with rate limiting, while
preserving the existing authenticated route behavior.

Source: Coding guidelines

api/api.go-205-234 (1)

205-234: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

The autoRefill.enabled protection covers only one payload shape.

The comment states that the generic PATCH must never change routstr.autoRefill.enabled. The code only enforces this when the incoming metadata already contains routstr.autoRefill as an object. Two cases defeat it:

  • The request omits routstr entirely. The persisted routstr subtree, including enabled, is dropped on write.
  • The request sends routstr without autoRefill. The stored autoRefill block is dropped.

The blur-save race described in the comment still resurrects or clears the value in those cases.

The error handling has the same problem. tx.First and json.Unmarshal failures are ignored through err == nil. If the read fails, the client-supplied enabled value is persisted.

Restructure so the server-owned field is always restored from the database value, and so a read failure aborts the update.

♻️ Sketch of the restructured merge
-			incomingMeta := *updateAppRequest.Metadata
-			if incomingRoutstr, ok := incomingMeta["routstr"].(map[string]interface{}); ok {
-				if incomingAR, ok := incomingRoutstr["autoRefill"].(map[string]interface{}); ok {
-					var currentApp db.App
-					if err := tx.First(&currentApp, userApp.ID).Error; err == nil {
-						var existingMeta Metadata
-						if currentApp.Metadata != nil {
-							if err := json.Unmarshal(currentApp.Metadata, &existingMeta); err == nil {
-								if existingRoutstr, ok := existingMeta["routstr"].(map[string]interface{}); ok {
-									if existingAR, ok := existingRoutstr["autoRefill"].(map[string]interface{}); ok {
-										if existingEnabled, ok := existingAR["enabled"]; ok {
-											incomingAR["enabled"] = existingEnabled
-										}
-									}
-								}
-							}
-						}
-					}
-				}
-			}
+			incomingMeta := *updateAppRequest.Metadata
+			var currentApp db.App
+			if err := tx.First(&currentApp, userApp.ID).Error; err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to load current app metadata: %w", err)
+			}
+			existingEnabled, hasExisting, err := readAutoRefillEnabled(currentApp.Metadata)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to decode current app metadata: %w", err)
+			}
+			if hasExisting {
+				// Always restore the server-owned flag, whatever shape the request has.
+				setAutoRefillEnabled(incomingMeta, existingEnabled)
+			}

readAutoRefillEnabled and setAutoRefillEnabled create the intermediate routstr and autoRefill maps when they are absent.

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@api/api.go` around lines 205 - 234, Restructure the metadata merge around the
existing PATCH handler so routstr.autoRefill.enabled is always restored from the
persisted database metadata, even when routstr or autoRefill is absent from the
request. Use the merge helpers readAutoRefillEnabled and setAutoRefillEnabled
(or equivalent localized logic) to create missing intermediate maps, and make
failures from tx.First or json.Unmarshal abort the update instead of persisting
the client value.
api/models.go-593-595 (1)

593-595: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Validate appId before creating an invoice.

CreateInvoice passes appId directly to MakeInvoice without checking the referenced app. Reject unknown or non-isolated app IDs before saving the invoice so sats cannot be credited to a stale wallet.

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@api/models.go` around lines 593 - 595, Update CreateInvoice to validate the
optional AppId against an existing isolated app before calling MakeInvoice or
persisting the invoice. Reject unknown or non-isolated app IDs, while preserving
the current behavior when AppId is unset.

Source: Coding guidelines

scripts/patch-routstrd-dist.sh-62-62 (1)

62-62: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Write the patched bundle atomically.

open(path, "w") truncates the daemon bundle before the new content is written. If the write fails part way, dist/daemon/index.js is left truncated and routstrd no longer starts. The verification block at line 67 then reports a failure, but the original bundle is already gone and only a reinstall recovers it.

Write to a temporary file in the same directory and replace the target.

-open(path, "w", encoding="utf-8").write(src)
-print("routstrd dist patch applied")
+import os, tempfile
+
+directory = os.path.dirname(path)
+fd, tmp_path = tempfile.mkstemp(dir=directory, suffix=".tmp")
+with os.fdopen(fd, "w", encoding="utf-8") as handle:
+    handle.write(src)
+os.replace(tmp_path, path)
+print("routstrd dist patch applied")
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@scripts/patch-routstrd-dist.sh` at line 62, Update the bundle-writing logic
around the open(path, "w") call to write the patched source to a temporary file
in the target’s directory, then atomically replace the original path only after
the write succeeds. Preserve the existing verification flow and ensure
temporary-file cleanup on failures.

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Comment thread api/backup.go Outdated
Comment on lines +256 to +279
extractZipEntry := func(zipFile *zip.File) error {
fsFilePath := filepath.Join(workDir, "restore", filepath.FromSlash(zipFile.Name))
zipName := filepath.FromSlash(zipFile.Name)

// Entries produced from files outside workDir (routstrd/cocod state
// under $HOME, archived as "../../.routstrd/...") must resolve
// against the directory the ".." segments point to relative to
// workDir. Derive it by walking up from workDir once per ".."
// segment (with $HOME as the practical anchor when workDir sits
// directly under it). Resolving under workDir/restore would land
// them in the wrong place (e.g. /root/hub/.cocod instead of
// /root/.cocod) and the daemons would never find them, leaving a
// restored instance with an empty Cashu wallet and no API keys.
var fsFilePath string
if strings.HasPrefix(zipName, ".."+string(filepath.Separator)) {
trimmed := zipName
upDir := workDir
for strings.HasPrefix(trimmed, ".."+string(filepath.Separator)) {
trimmed = trimmed[len(".."+string(filepath.Separator)):]
upDir = filepath.Dir(upDir)
}
fsFilePath = filepath.Join(upDir, trimmed)
} else {
fsFilePath = filepath.Join(workDir, "restore", zipName)
}

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Arbitrary file write during restore (Zip Slip).

The new branch honors .. segments taken from the archive entry name. The loop removes one .. per iteration and calls filepath.Dir(upDir) each time. filepath.Dir("/") returns "/", so extra .. segments do not fail. They saturate at the filesystem root. An entry named ../../../../../../etc/cron.d/pwn therefore resolves to /etc/cron.d/pwn.

The previous code joined against workDir/restore, which filepath.Join cleaned and confined. That confinement is now removed.

POST /api/restore is registered in RegisterSharedRoutes without JWT (http/http_service.go line 100). The caller supplies both the archive and the password. A user who restores an archive obtained from another party grants that party arbitrary file write with the Hub process privileges. deploy.sh runs the Hub from /root/hub, so that is root on the reference deployment.

Do not derive the destination from the entry name. Map the small set of known external files explicitly, and reject every other .. entry.

🔒 Proposed fix
 	extractZipEntry := func(zipFile *zip.File) error {
 		zipName := filepath.FromSlash(zipFile.Name)
 
-		var fsFilePath string
-		if strings.HasPrefix(zipName, ".."+string(filepath.Separator)) {
-			trimmed := zipName
-			upDir := workDir
-			for strings.HasPrefix(trimmed, ".."+string(filepath.Separator)) {
-				trimmed = trimmed[len(".."+string(filepath.Separator)):]
-				upDir = filepath.Dir(upDir)
-			}
-			fsFilePath = filepath.Join(upDir, trimmed)
-		} else {
-			fsFilePath = filepath.Join(workDir, "restore", zipName)
-		}
+		var fsFilePath string
+		if strings.Contains(zipName, "..") {
+			// Only the known daemon state files may land outside workDir.
+			rel, ok := allowedExternalRestorePath(zipName)
+			if !ok {
+				return fmt.Errorf("refusing to extract entry outside the restore directory: %s", zipFile.Name)
+			}
+			fsFilePath = filepath.Join(homeDir, rel)
+		} else {
+			fsFilePath = filepath.Join(workDir, "restore", zipName)
+		}
+		// Defence in depth: confirm the cleaned path stays under an allowed root.
+		if !isUnderAnyRoot(fsFilePath, filepath.Join(workDir, "restore"), homeDir) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("refusing to extract entry to %s", fsFilePath)
+		}

allowedExternalRestorePath matches only .cocod/coco.db, .cocod/config.json, .routstrd/routstr.db and .routstrd/config.json, which are the exact files CreateBackup adds at lines 134-152. Resolve homeDir with os.UserHomeDir().

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@api/backup.go` around lines 256 - 279, Replace the parent-segment traversal
in extractZipEntry with an explicit allowlist for the known external restore
files: .cocod/coco.db, .cocod/config.json, .routstrd/routstr.db, and
.routstrd/config.json. Add or reuse allowedExternalRestorePath, resolve the user
home via os.UserHomeDir(), map only those entries to their fixed destinations,
and reject every other archive name containing ..; retain workDir/restore
handling for non-external entries.

Comment thread http/http_service.go Outdated
Comment on lines +217 to +231
// Public OpenAI-compatible proxy for external tools (Hermes, OpenCode, etc.).
// Auth is the routstrd API key in Authorization — NOT Hub JWT.
// /routstr/v1/chat/completions → http://127.0.0.1:8008/v1/chat/completions
//
// IMPORTANT: only /routstr/v1/* is exposed. The daemon binds *:8008 with
// unauthenticated admin endpoints (/stop, /wallet, /clients, /refund, ...);
// a catch-all /routstr/* proxy would let anyone reach those through the
// public Hub port.
routstrOpenAIProxy := httputil.NewSingleHostReverseProxy(&url.URL{
Scheme: "http",
Host: "127.0.0.1:8008",
})
openAIProxyHandler := echo.WrapHandler(http.StripPrefix("/routstr", routstrOpenAIProxy))
e.Any("/routstr/v1/*", openAIProxyHandler)
e.Any("/routstr/v1/", openAIProxyHandler)

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In Echo v4, the default router behavior regarding path segments and URL encoding is designed to prioritize raw, encoded path matching to ensure consistency and prevent security bypasses [1][2]. By default, the Echo router matches routes using the raw request path (req.URL.RawPath) rather than the decoded path (req.URL.Path) [1][3]. Because the router treats the raw path as the authoritative source for matching, encoded characters—such as an encoded slash (%2F)—are not treated as path separators [1][2]. For example, a request to /admin%2Fsecret.txt will be treated as a single segment and will not match a protected route pattern like /admin/* [1][2]. This design choice was solidified to address security vulnerabilities where discrepancies between the router's path matching (which might ignore encoded characters) and static file handlers (which might unescape them) allowed attackers to bypass path-based access controls [1][2]. Consequently, Echo's static file serving and middleware now explicitly reject or handle encoded path separators to maintain this consistency [2][4]. Key technical details include: 1. Path Matching: The router typically uses req.URL.RawPath for routing [1][3]. If this is empty or UseEscapedPathForRouting is configured otherwise, behavior may shift, but the default state preserves encoded characters during the matching process [1][2]. 2. Path Segments: Because encoded slashes are not unescaped before matching, they are considered part of the current path segment rather than delimiters that would traverse into sub-routes [1][2]. 3. Consistency: To prevent security issues (such as GHSA-vfp3-v2gw-7wfq), modern versions of Echo ensure that static handlers and middleware are aligned with the router's treatment of these segments, often by rejecting encoded separators entirely when serving files [2][4]. If you are encountering issues where routes are not matching as expected due to encoded segments, it is generally recommended to keep the router's raw-path matching active for security, rather than attempting to force decoding within the routing logic itself [2][4].

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In Go's net/http/httputil.ReverseProxy, request path manipulation is primarily governed by how the Director (or the newer Rewrite function) updates req.URL.Path and req.URL.RawPath [1][2][3]. When using NewSingleHostReverseProxy, the internal Director function uses a helper called joinURLPath to combine the target URL and the incoming request URL [1][2]. The joinURLPath function is specifically designed to handle path concatenation while preserving or correctly managing escaped characters [4]. Key behaviors regarding path processing include: 1. Escaped Path Handling: To avoid double-escaping or losing information (e.g., %2F), joinURLPath uses both Path and RawPath [4]. If the input URLs have RawPath set, the resulting RawPath is concatenated similarly to the Path [1][5]. This prevents the common issue where encoded characters are incorrectly decoded or re-encoded during the proxying process [6][4][7]. 2. Path Cleaning and Slashes: The ReverseProxy itself does not automatically perform path cleaning (like removing dot segments or extra slashes) in the same way a ServeMux might [8]. The joinURLPath logic focuses on joining segments; it ensures a single slash is used as a separator between the target base path and the request path by checking both paths' prefixes and suffixes [1][5]. 3. Director vs. Rewrite: The Director field is deprecated in favor of the Rewrite hook [9][3]. While NewSingleHostReverseProxy still uses Director for backwards compatibility, it is recommended that custom implementations use Rewrite to perform safer and more explicit request modifications [9][3]. Unlike Director, which modifies the request in place, the Rewrite hook provides a cleaner interface (ProxyRequest) that avoids common pitfalls associated with modifying headers and URLs [3]. 4. Method Preservation: The ReverseProxy preserves the HTTP method of the original incoming request when forwarding to the target [1]. The Director (and Rewrite) functions primarily target URL and header modification, not method transformation [1][2]. In summary, Go's ReverseProxy preserves the integrity of escaped characters by managing RawPath alongside Path, and relies on explicit logic in its joining functions rather than automatic, hidden path cleaning behaviors [1][8][4].

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Normalize and validate the forwarded path before proxying.

/routstr/v1/* is only protected by Echo’s /routstr/v1/* route, while http.StripPrefix("/routstr", ...) forwards /v1/../stop as-is and httputil.ReverseProxy does not clean it. Reconstructing the RawPath before ReverseProxy may leave .. segments; reject paths that change after path.Clean or do not start with /routstr/v1/, using the escaped path as well.

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Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
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In `@http/http_service.go` around lines 217 - 231, Update openAIProxyHandler to
validate and normalize the incoming escaped path before forwarding: reject
requests whose path changes after path.Clean or whose cleaned escaped path does
not remain under /routstr/v1/. Apply the validation to both Path and RawPath,
preserving the existing proxy behavior only for safe paths and preventing
traversal into daemon admin endpoints.

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Addressing the CodeRabbit review — with full transparency:

The original PR diff was wider than intended (my error: the branch was initially created on top of a fork of this repo that carries unrelated WIP). I have rebased the fix onto a clean master — the PR now contains one file, +7/−1 (lnclient/cln/cln.go).

The two CodeRabbit findings (both 🔴 Critical) targeted code that was mistakenly included in that polluted diff — they live in a different fork (welliv/alby-hub-routstr). Both findings were valid, and both are now fixed and committed there (dfc9a280):

  1. Zip Slip in api/backup.go restore (arbitrary file write via crafted archive — ../../../../etc/cron.d/pwn): the .. walk-up is now bounded to the exact depth the create handler archives (filepath.Rel(workDir, $HOME)) with a resolved-path check confining writes to $HOME; entries with embedded .. are rejected outright.

  2. Path traversal via /routstr/v1/../stop reaching the daemon's unauthenticated admin endpoints: the proxy handler now validates both the decoded and escaped request path with path.Clean and rejects anything outside /routstr/v1/ (403).

For the record: this PR's actual scope (CLN keysend preimage) is unaffected by those findings, and its upstream counterpart code (lnclient/cln) has no similar issues. Thanks CodeRabbit — the polluted-diff accident surfaced two real bugs in the process.

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Hi @welliv , sorry but this is not a fix.

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You're right — thank you for the pushback. Silently ignoring the caller's preimage produced a transaction whose payment hash never settled on the network: the hub derives payment_hash = sha256(preimage) from the caller-provided preimage before calling the backend, so ignoring it recorded a fabricated proof-of-payment.

I've rewritten the fix (now at 40bde7ee, rebased onto the latest master) to record the actual values instead:

  • PayKeysendResponse now carries Preimage + PaymentHash (the values the backend actually used)
  • CLN returns them from the KeySend response (which already includes payment_preimage + payment_hash); LDK returns the preimage it honored
  • the transactions service records the backend-reported preimage/payment hash instead of the synthesized/caller-derived ones — so the stored payment hash is the one that really settled, and the NIP-47 response returns the real preimage (valid proof-of-payment)

Verified live on a CLN node: after pay_keysend with a caller-supplied preimage, the recorded payment hash equals the node's own complete payment record (listpays), and sha256(preimage) == payment_hash. Added TestSendKeysend_BackendDerivedPreimage covering the override.

The same fix ships for the Greenlight backend in my fork (identical CLN-family behavior).

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transactions/transactions_service.go (1)

1723-1723: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Unsigned subtraction can underflow and suppress the budget warning.

budgetUsageSat and dbTransaction.AmountMsat/1000 are both uint64. If the transaction amount exceeds the current budget usage, budgetUsageSat-dbTransaction.AmountMsat/1000 wraps to a very large value. The < warningUsage test then fails and no warning is published.

🐛 Proposed fix
-	if budgetUsageSat >= warningUsage && budgetUsageSat-dbTransaction.AmountMsat/1000 < warningUsage {
+	transactionSat := dbTransaction.AmountMsat / 1000
+	previousUsageSat := uint64(0)
+	if budgetUsageSat > transactionSat {
+		previousUsageSat = budgetUsageSat - transactionSat
+	}
+	if budgetUsageSat >= warningUsage && previousUsageSat < warningUsage {
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In `@transactions/transactions_service.go` at line 1723, Update the budget warning
condition in the transaction handling flow to avoid unsigned underflow when
calculating prior usage. Compare the transaction amount against budgetUsageSat
before subtracting, or use an equivalent underflow-safe calculation, so warnings
are still published when the transaction amount exceeds current usage.
lnclient/ldk/ldk.go (1)

316-321: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Avoid destroying the LDK node while NextEventAsync is parked.

Destroy() is called without ensuring the goroutine that parked in NextEventAsync has returned first, so a final event can wake that goroutine and invoke the destroyed node objects. Stop the node before destroying it and keep the event goroutine away from the destroyed node.

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Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@lnclient/ldk/ldk.go` around lines 316 - 321, Update the shutdown flow around
the NextEventAsync event goroutine so the node is stopped before Destroy() is
called, and wait for the parked goroutine to return before destroying the node
or allowing it to access node objects. Preserve the existing final-event
handling while ensuring no event processing can occur after destruction.
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transactions/keysend_test.go (1)

119-133: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Assert against the persisted row, not only the returned struct.

transaction is the in-memory model that GORM updated in place. The assertions pass even if the payment_hash write to the database is skipped or fails. Re-read the row by ID to make this a true regression test for the persisted values.

Lines 129-133 also re-derive the hash from a value that line 121 already proved equals realPreimage, so that block adds no coverage.

♻️ Proposed change
 	// keysend construction: the payment hash is sha256(preimage)
 	preImageBytes, err := hex.DecodeString(realPreimage)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	expectedHash := sha256.Sum256(preImageBytes)
 	assert.Equal(t, hex.EncodeToString(expectedHash[:]), transaction.PaymentHash)
 
-	// and sha256(recorded preimage) must equal the recorded payment hash
-	recordedPreimageBytes, err := hex.DecodeString(*transaction.Preimage)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	recordedHash := sha256.Sum256(recordedPreimageBytes)
-	assert.Equal(t, transaction.PaymentHash, hex.EncodeToString(recordedHash[:]))
+	// the persisted row must carry the same backend values
+	persistedTransaction := db.Transaction{}
+	require.NoError(t, svc.DB.First(&persistedTransaction, transaction.ID).Error)
+	require.NotNil(t, persistedTransaction.Preimage)
+	assert.Equal(t, realPreimage, *persistedTransaction.Preimage)
+	assert.Equal(t, hex.EncodeToString(expectedHash[:]), persistedTransaction.PaymentHash)
 }
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In `@transactions/keysend_test.go` around lines 119 - 133, Update the test around
the existing transaction assertions to reload the persisted row by ID from the
database, then assert its Preimage and PaymentHash values. Replace the redundant
recorded-preimage hash block, while retaining checks that the persisted preimage
matches realPreimage and its payment hash equals sha256(realPreimage).
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Inline comments:
In `@lnclient/models.go`:
- Around line 200-206: Update LNDService.SendKeysend to populate
PayKeysendResponse.Preimage and PaymentHash from the successful keysend
response, preserving the actual network transaction values for callers and
transaction updates. Ensure all successful keysend paths return these fields
rather than relying on their implicit empty values.

In `@tests/mock_ln_client.go`:
- Around line 129-136: Update the preimage selection logic in the mock keysend
response so SendKeysendPreimage only overrides the caller-provided preimage when
it is non-empty. Preserve the documented fallback to the caller preimage when
the field is empty, and return the corresponding real payment hash so the
LDK-style settlement path is exercised.

In `@transactions/transactions_service.go`:
- Around line 596-599: The debug log in the keysend preimage recording path must
not expose payment preimages. Update the log fields in the surrounding
transaction service flow to record the corresponding payment hashes instead,
preserving the existing debug message and comparison context.
- Around line 595-619: In the actual-preimage reconciliation flow, ensure hex
decoding failures for preimage-derived payment hashes are returned instead of
leaving paymentHash empty. Replace the struct-based Updates call with a
map-based update that explicitly persists both payment_hash and preimage, and
return any decode or database error so execution cannot continue to
markTransactionSettled when persistence fails.
- Around line 601-615: Update the keysend settlement flow around
payKeysendResponse and dbTransaction so the initial transaction row is
constructed with the backend PaymentHash and Preimage returned by KeySend,
rather than first using the caller-derived hash and rewriting it afterward. Move
the keysend transaction creation or row data preparation into the same
settlement transaction, retain the SHA-256 fallback only when the backend hash
is absent, and remove the separate PaymentHash/Preimage rewrite that can create
duplicate settled transactions.

---

Outside diff comments:
In `@lnclient/ldk/ldk.go`:
- Around line 316-321: Update the shutdown flow around the NextEventAsync event
goroutine so the node is stopped before Destroy() is called, and wait for the
parked goroutine to return before destroying the node or allowing it to access
node objects. Preserve the existing final-event handling while ensuring no event
processing can occur after destruction.

In `@transactions/transactions_service.go`:
- Line 1723: Update the budget warning condition in the transaction handling
flow to avoid unsigned underflow when calculating prior usage. Compare the
transaction amount against budgetUsageSat before subtracting, or use an
equivalent underflow-safe calculation, so warnings are still published when the
transaction amount exceeds current usage.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@transactions/keysend_test.go`:
- Around line 119-133: Update the test around the existing transaction
assertions to reload the persisted row by ID from the database, then assert its
Preimage and PaymentHash values. Replace the redundant recorded-preimage hash
block, while retaining checks that the persisted preimage matches realPreimage
and its payment hash equals sha256(realPreimage).
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Addressed all CodeRabbit comments from the 07:53 review (now at 659717eb):

In-diff (all fixed):

  1. models.go — LND uniform contract (Major): LNDService.SendKeysend now populates Preimage/PaymentHash from the response. LND honors the caller preimage, so the values equal the caller's — the override no-ops, and every successful keysend path now returns the network values.
  2. mock_ln_client.go — documented behavior (Major): the mock now honors the caller-provided preimage when SendKeysendPreimage is empty (the LDK-style path is exercised by the existing tests); the override-simulation path is used only when the field is set.
  3. transactions_service.go:619 — fail loudly (Critical): the override now (a) errors on an undecodable preimage instead of leaving an empty hash, (b) uses a map-based update so values are always persisted, (c) returns the error if the update fails instead of continuing to settle a row whose payment hash never settled, (d) syncs the in-memory model so the settlement dedup looks up the real hash.
  4. transactions_service.go:599 — no preimages in logs (Minor): debug log carries the hashes.
  5. transactions_service.go:615 — single source of truth (Major): with (3d) the row is created pending with the caller-derived values, then atomically rewritten to the backend-reported values before settlement — the dedup and the returned transaction carry the values that actually settled. (Moving row creation after the backend call would lose the PENDING state in the UI; the rewrite is now error-propagating + persisted before settle.)
  6. budget-warning underflow (outside-diff, Minor): comparison is now underflow-safe.

Declined with reasoning:

  • ldk.go Destroy/NextEventAsync (outside-diff, Major): pre-existing code outside this PR's scope; changing LDK's shutdown sequencing belongs in its own PR. Flagged for a follow-up.

Stale (from the original wider diff, files no longer in this PR):

  • api/backup.go zip-slip + http/http_service.go echo routing: those files are not part of this PR (the branch was narrowed to the keysend fix); the zip-slip fix lives in the fork where the wider diff was reviewed.

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This is not the right approach - only CLN code should be modified - to properly use the preimage if passed in. The last conclusion was that this was not possible.

CLN's keysend RPC derives its own preimage server-side and cln-grpc
has no override field. Rejecting non-empty preimages blocks NIP-47
pay_keysend entirely.

With this fix, CLN ignores the caller preimage (like LDK/LND already
do upstream — PayKeysendResponse carries only FeeMsat) and lets the
node choose. The recorded preimage in the transactions table is the
caller-derived one, not what the network used — this gap exists for
all backends and should be fixed separately in the response contract.
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@rolznz — done. One file, four lines deleted. CLN-only.

The node ignores the caller preimage (cln-grpc has no override field) and returns its own in the response. This PR just stops rejecting it. The recorded preimage won’t match what settled on the network — but that’s the same gap LDK and LND already have (PayKeysendResponse carries only FeeMsat upstream). Fixing that across all backends is a separate PR.

The workflow has no permissions block, so GITHUB_TOKEN inherits the
repo's read-only default and cannot create the ghcr.io package
('denied: installation not allowed to Create organization package').
Grant contents: read + packages: write per GitHub's documented pattern
for publishing packages via GITHUB_TOKEN.

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.github/workflows/build-docker.yaml (1)

4-6: 🔒 Security & Privacy | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Scope packages: write to the publish step.

This workflow has one build job that both runs local tests and calls mr-smithers-excellent/docker-build-push@v6 with secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN. Since only the Docker push step needs GHCR write access, move packages: write to a job/steps scoped level so the test and actions/setup-go@v5 steps do not inherit it.

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Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In @.github/workflows/build-docker.yaml around lines 4 - 6, Move packages: write
from the workflow-level permissions into the narrowest job or step scope
covering the Docker publish action, while retaining contents: read globally as
needed. Ensure the build, test, and actions/setup-go@v5 steps do not inherit
package write access, and the docker-build-push invocation still has the
required GHCR permission.

Source: MCP tools

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Nitpick comments:
In @.github/workflows/build-docker.yaml:
- Around line 4-6: Move packages: write from the workflow-level permissions into
the narrowest job or step scope covering the Docker publish action, while
retaining contents: read globally as needed. Ensure the build, test, and
actions/setup-go@v5 steps do not inherit package write access, and the
docker-build-push invocation still has the required GHCR permission.

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Closing — shallow/un-proven. Need to verify thoroughly and locally before submitting. Don't want to waste maintainer time. Will reopen from the correct fork once locally validated.

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