0.0.113 - Dec 16, 2022 - "Big Movement Intercepted"

API Updates

• ChannelManager::send_payment now takes an explicit PaymentId which is a
  loose idempotency token. See send_payment docs for more (#1761, #1826).
• HTLCs bound for SCIDs from ChannelManager::get_intercept_scid are now
  intercepted and can be forwarded manually over any channel (#1835, #1893).
• Confirm::get_relevant_txids now returns a BlockHash, expanding the set
  of cases where transaction_unconfirmed must be called, see docs (#1796).
• Pending outbound payments are no longer automatically timed-out a few blocks
  after failure. Thus, in order to avoid leaking memory, you MUST call
  ChannelManager::abandon_payment when you no longer wish to retry (#1761).
• ChannelManager::abandon_payment docs were updated to note that the payment
  may return to pending after a restart if no persistence occurs (#1907).
• Event::PaymentReceived has been renamed Event::PaymentClaimable (#1891).
• Event handling is now optionally async for Rust users (#1787).
• user_channel_id is now a u128 and random for inbound channels (#1790).
• A new ChannelReady event is generated whenever a channel becomes ready to
  be used, i.e., after both sides sent the channel_ready message (#1743).
• NetworkGraph now prunes channels where either node is offline for 2 weeks
  and refuses to accept re-announcements of pruned channels (#1735).
• Onion messages are now read in CustomOnionMessageHandler rather than via
  MaybeReadableArgs (#1809).
• Added a new util to generate an invoice with a custom hash (#1894) -
  create_invoice_from_channelmanager_and_duration_since_epoch_with_payment_hash
• Signers are now by default re-derived using KeysInterface's new
  derive_channel_signer rather than read_chan_signer (#1867).
• Confirm::transactions_confirmed is now idempotent (#1861).
• ChannelManager::compute_inflight_htlcs has been added to fetch in-flight
  HTLCs for scoring. Note that InvoicePayer does this for you (#1830).
• Added PaymentClaimable::via_channel_id (#1856).
• Added the node_id (phantom or regular) to payment events (#1766).
• Added the funding transaction confirmations to ChannelDetails (#1856).
• BlindedRoute has been renamed BlindedPath (#1918).
• Support for the BOLT 4 "legacy" onion format has been removed, in line with
  its removal in the spec and vanishingly rare use (#1413).
• ChainMonitor::list_pending_monitor_updates was added (#1834).
• Signing for non-zero-fee anchor commitments is supported again (#1828).
• Several helpers for transaction matching and generation are now pub (#1839).

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a rare race where a crash may result in a pending HTLC not being
  failed backwards, leading to a force-closure by our counterparty (#1857).
• Avoid incorrectly assigning a lower-bound on channel liquidity when routing
  fails due to a closed channel earlier in the path (#1817).
• If a counterparty increases the channel fee, but not enough per our own fee
  estimator, we no longer force-close the channel (#1852).
• Several bugs in the lightning-background-processor future feature were
  fixed, including requirements doc corrections (#1843, #1845, #1851).
• Some failure messages sent back when failing an HTLC were corrected (#1895).
• rapid-gossip-sync no longer errors if an update is applied duplicatively
  or in rare cases when the graph is updated from payment failures (#1833).
• Sending onion messages to a blinded path in which we're the introduction
  node no longer fails (#1791).

Backwards Compatibility

• No ChannelReady events will be generated for previously existing channels,
  including those which become ready after upgrading to 0.0.113 (#1743).
• Once UserConfig::accept_intercept_htlcs is set, downgrades to LDK versions
  prior to 0.0.113 are not supported (#1835).
• Existing payments may see a PaymentClaimable::user_channel_id of 0 (#1856)
• When downgrading to a version of LDK prior to 0.0.113 when there are
  resolved payments waiting for a small timeout, the payments may not be
  removed, preventing payments with the same PaymentId (#1761).

In total, this release features 76 files changed, 11639 insertions, 6067
deletions in 210 commits from 18 authors, in alphabetical order:

• Antoine Riard
• Arik Sosman
• Devrandom
• Duncan Dean
• Elias Rohrer
• Gleb Naumenko
• Jeffrey Czyz
• John Cantrell
• Matt Corallo
• Tee8z
• Tobin C. Harding
• Tristan F
• Valentine Wallace
• Viktor Tigerström
• Wilmer Paulino
• benthecarman
• jurvis
• ssbright