fix: never broadcast our commitment transaction from restored channel monitors

[rolandgx]

Related: getAlby/hub#2616

Problem

hub-recovery restores channel monitors from a static channel backup via restore_encoded_channel_monitors and relies on the peers force-closing the channels. The restored monitors are always outdated: the backup is taken at some point in the past, and the stored monitor is itself only fully rewritten every 100 updates or every few blocks (MonitorUpdatingPersister).

If such a monitor contains an HTLC that has since expired (outbound, or inbound with a known preimage), LDK broadcasts our commitment transaction from it (should_broadcast_holder_commitment_txn). That commitment is most likely revoked, so the peer can claim the whole channel balance with a penalty transaction. The same happens when hub-recovery is re-run on top of a previous run's data (the persisted channel manager force-closes the monitors without matching channels).

Trying to avoid HTLCs at backup time doesn't help existing backups, and is racy and incomplete (e.g. ListBalances' *_htlc_rounded_msat fields only hold the sub-satoshi remainder of non-dust HTLCs).

Fix

When monitors are restored, the TransactionBroadcaster refuses to broadcast any package containing a transaction that spends the funding output of a loaded channel monitor, and logs an error instead.

• The only transactions spending a funding output are our commitment transactions and cooperative closes, and cooperative closes can't happen with the empty channel manager of a recovery.
• Claims and sweeps of the counterparty's commitment spend that commitment's outputs, not the funding output, so they are unaffected.
• The whole package is dropped, since e.g. an anchor CPFP child depends on the refused commitment.
• No public API change: this is only active when restore_encoded_channel_monitors was used, which Alby Hub never calls. hub-recovery picks it up by bumping its ldk-node dependency.

Trade-off: if a peer never force-closes, recovery can't fall back to broadcasting our own commitment — which isn't safe with an outdated monitor anyway.

Tests

• New end-to-end regtest test restored_channel_monitors_never_broadcast_revoked_commitment (tests/integration_tests_rust.rs), reproducing Static channel backups can include monitors with pending HTLCs, which is unsafe for hub-recovery hub#2616:
  1. A opens a channel to B and pays a hold invoice of B, so an outbound HTLC is pending.
  2. A syncs block by block until the stored channel monitor (which MonitorUpdatingPersister only fully rewrites every few blocks) contains the HTLC, then takes the backup via get_encoded_channel_monitors().
  3. B settles the payment, revoking A's commitment in the backup. A is stopped and blocks are mined past the HTLC expiry.
  4. A is recovered like hub-recovery does: same seed, fresh storage, restore_encoded_channel_monitors(backup).
  5. Asserts the funding output stays unspent, then connects to B, which force-closes, and asserts A recovers its channel balance on-chain.
• Without the fix (base 74daaf9 + the test): fails with "the restored node broadcast its revoked commitment transaction". The restored node logs Force-closing channel due to outbound HTLC timeout for the hold invoice's payment hash and broadcasts the revoked commitment, an anchor bump and an HTLC-timeout transaction.
• With the fix: passes (2 runs, ~107s each). The restored node logs the same force-close attempt on every block, but Refusing to broadcast transaction … spending the funding output of a restored channel monitor; B force-closes and A sweeps its balance.
• New unit test tx_broadcaster::tests::refuses_to_broadcast_spends_of_blocked_funding_outpoints; cargo test --lib passes (24 tests).
• The other failing CI checks (stable rustfmt on src/lib.rs/src/liquidity.rs, VSS server path, LND test dependency, semver of Error) fail on main too and are unrelated.

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• Bug Fixes
  • Transactions that spend funding outputs belonging to restored channels are now blocked from broadcast. If a transaction package contains one of these spends, the entire package is dropped; packages that spend other outputs continue through the normal broadcast process. This keeps restored-channel funding spends from being broadcast while recovery monitoring is initialized.

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📝 Walkthrough

The broadcaster now drops transaction packages that spend blocked funding outpoints. When the store builder receives recovery monitors, it registers their funding outpoints before chain monitor initialization. The VSS builder does not enable this blocking path.

Changes: Restored Monitor Spend Blocking

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Track and filter blocked outpoint spends src/tx_broadcaster.rs	The broadcaster tracks blocked funding outpoints and drops a package if any transaction in it spends one. Tests cover dropping a package with a blocked spend and queuing a transaction that spends a different output.
Register recovery monitor outpoints src/builder.rs	The store builder passes whether recovery monitors were supplied and registers their funding outpoints before chain monitor initialization. The VSS builder passes false.

Priority: ⬆️ High

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to cc6d9

This change is meant to stop a node from broadcasting a possibly outdated commitment after recovering channel monitors from a backup. The protection only lasts for the first startup. After a restart, the recovered monitors are loaded again without the block, so a stale commitment could still be broadcast and lead to a penalty claim on channel funds. The block also covers channels that were not part of the recovery. Fix both before merging.

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Review comments at @src/builder.rs:
- Around line 1682-1684: Track the monitors supplied by the recovery process
separately from monitors already present in the store, and register funding
outpoints only for the restored monitors. Update the recovery flow around
channel_monitors iteration so unrelated current monitors do not block valid
local commitments.
- Line 1041: Persist the recovered funding outpoints or a durable recovery
marker alongside the monitors saved by restore_encoded_channel_monitors. In
build_with_store, reload that state and ensure build_with_store_internal calls
block_funding_outpoint_spends for the recovered monitors before initializing
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