boarding: per-input validation, and block-typed exit delays in blocks

[bitcoin-coder-bob]

Found while mapping the boarding validation for #1159, which reuses it wholesale. This is an independent bug on master, not part of that feature.

The bug

processBoardingInputs memoized validateBoardingInput per funding txid:

if _, ok := boardingTxs[input.Txid]; !ok {
    tx, err := s.validateBoardingInput(ctx, input, now, settings)
    ...
}

But almost everything inside that function is per-output, not per-transaction: the tapscripts come from the input, the exit delay is derived from those tapscripts, and the CSV expiry, unrolled-vtxo margin, locktime shift and amount bounds all follow from them. Only the tx fetch and the confirmation check are genuinely per-txid.

So when two boarding utxos share a funding tx, the second one skipped all of those checks.

Why it matters

The CSV expiry check is the security-relevant one. An input whose unilateral exit path has already matured must be rejected, otherwise the owner can spend it unilaterally and invalidate the commitment tx it was registered into.

Concretely: one funding tx confirmed an hour ago, vout 0 with a 2h exit delay (still locked, passes), vout 1 with a 25m exit delay (already matured, should be rejected). Both satisfy the minimum-CSV rule, so both parse fine. Under the memoized path only vout 0 was ever checked, and vout 1 went through with a live exit path.

What was not affected

Worth being precise, since this isn't a total validation bypass. newBoardingInput runs for every input outside the memoized block and already enforces the two structural checks: it recomputes the taproot key from all revealed leaves and compares it against the real prevout PkScript, and it runs validateVtxoScriptForSigners. So the tapscript-to-pkscript binding and the signer-key/min-CSV validation were always per-input.

The fix

Split validateBoardingInput into:

• fetchConfirmedTx(ctx, txid), the genuinely per-txid part (fetch + confirmation), still memoized via a small fundingTx struct.
• validateBoardingInput(tx, blockTimestamp, input, now, settings), now a pure free function with no wallet dependency, called for every input.

No redundant wallet round-trips, and the per-output checks now always run.

Behaviour note

One pre-existing oddity is preserved deliberately rather than silently changed: validateBoardingInput takes a now parameter but passes time.Now() into validateVtxoScriptForSigners for the deprecated-signer cutoff, while every other check uses now. Keeping it identical keeps this reviewable as a behaviour-preserving refactor plus a scoping fix. Worth a follow-up decision on its own.

Second commit: evaluate block-typed exit delays in blocks

Same check, a second way it was wrong. RelativeLocktime.Seconds() converts at SECONDS_PER_BLOCK = 1 (pkg/ark-lib/locktime.go), so a 144-block exit delay was treated as maturing 144 seconds after confirmation instead of roughly a day. That is the check that refuses a boarding utxo once its unilateral exit is live, so under-computing it means accepting an input the owner can spend out from under the commitment tx.

New exitPathAvailable computes maturity in blocks off the chain tip for block-typed delays, and keeps the existing wall-clock expression untouched for second-typed ones. Per BIP68 an input confirmed at height H with N blocks is first spendable in block H+N, so the exit is available once tip+1 >= H+N. Boundary is pinned in a test at exactly that tip.

The tip comes from the existing WalletService.GetCurrentBlockTime (no new port needed) and is fetched once per request, not per input, since it is an uncached round trip to the wallet.

No behaviour change on mainnet: block-typed locktimes are rejected off regtest by config validation, so the seconds branch is what runs there and its expression is byte-identical. The helper takes a margin parameter, passed 0 here, which is what the on-chain confirmation-window setting will supply.

Test plan

• New TestValidateBoardingInput, 5 subtests, pure (no wallet, no DB, no network). The key one asserts that with one funding tx and one block timestamp, vout 0 with a still-locked exit passes while vout 1 with a matured exit is rejected, which is exactly the case the memoization used to skip.
• Also covers amount bounds against the spent output, out-of-range vout, and the unrolled-vtxo expiry margin.
• go build ./..., make lint (0 issues), gofmt clean.
• internal/core/... suites green, including the existing TestCheckUnrolledVtxoExpiry.

Draft while the rest of the #1159 work settles, but this stands alone and could be reviewed independently.

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PROTOCOL-CRITICAL: human review required.

Reviewed at head 62c2172. Both commits look correct and the fix is load-bearing.

Commit 1 (per-input validation) — right diagnosis and fix

• The old boardingTxs[input.Txid] memoization gated validateBoardingInput itself, so all per-output checks (tapscripts, exit delay, CSV expiry, unrolled-vtxo margin, locktime shift, amount bounds) were skipped for the 2nd+ input on a shared funding tx. The commit message correctly calls out that the CSV expiry check is the security-relevant one: a long delay on vout 0 could carry a matured shorter delay on vout 1 through.
• The split into fetchConfirmedTx (per-txid, memoized) and free-function validateBoardingInput (per-input) is the minimal correct decomposition.
• Moving the missing taptree check out of the memoized branch so it runs for every input — good.

Commit 2 (block-typed exit delay in blocks) — correct

• exitPathAvailable at internal/core/application/utils.go:678-716 correctly uses tip+1 >= H+N for block-typed delays (BIP68 semantics: input confirmed at H with N blocks first spendable in block H+N).
• The confirmedAt == nil || confirmedAt.Height == 0 guard treats the not-found sentinel as "we can't safely evaluate this," which is right — better to error than to false-negative and admit a matured input.
• The seconds branch keeps the existing wall-clock expression, so behaviour on the mainnet path where LocktimeTypeSecond runs is preserved.
• Test TestExitPathAvailable/block_delay_boundary pins the boundary case (242, 243, 244) explicitly. Good.

Issues to address

1. checkUnrolledVtxoExpiry still evaluates block-typed delays in seconds. After exitPathAvailable returns not-yet-available, the code at service.go:4160-4170 (per the new numbering) still computes:

   csvExpiresAt := time.Unix(blockTimestamp.Time, 0).
       Add(time.Duration(exitDelay.Seconds()) * time.Second)

   and hands that to checkUnrolledVtxoExpiry. For a block-typed exitDelay, exitDelay.Seconds() returns the block count treated as seconds (per pkg/ark-lib/locktime.go, SECONDS_PER_BLOCK = 1), so csvExpiresAt ≈ confirmedAt + N seconds — many hours earlier than the real maturity. Any non-zero UnrolledVtxoMinExpiryMargin on a config where AllowCSVBlockType() is true will reject unrolled-vtxo inputs the operator would otherwise accept. This is exactly the class of bug commit 2 fixes elsewhere, and the fix should be symmetric: checkUnrolledVtxoExpiry needs a block-typed branch, or it should be replaced by exitPathAvailable(..., margin) — which is what the docstring hints margin was added for. settings.AllowCSVBlockType() is not regtest-only (internal/core/domain/settings.go:447 — it's VtxoTreeExpiry.Type == LocktimeTypeBlock, an operator config choice), so this is not purely theoretical.

2. available, err := exitPathAvailable(blockTimestamp, tip, *exitDelay, 0, now) uses margin=0. The commit message says "The margin parameter is unused for now (passed 0) and is what the on-chain confirmation-window setting will supply." If that setting already exists elsewhere (settings.UnrolledVtxoMinExpiryMargin or the round confirmation window), wiring it here would remove the reason checkUnrolledVtxoExpiry exists as a second, block-broken guard. If it's genuinely follow-up work, that's fine — but the comment should say so explicitly at the callsite.

3. checkUnrolledVtxoExpiry was already broken for block-typed delays before this PR — not a regression, but this PR is exactly the right place to close it because exitPathAvailable now has the correct semantics.

Nice test coverage

• TestValidateBoardingInput/vout_1_with_a_matured_exit_path_is_rejected is exactly the regression test this needs — pins that two inputs on one funding tx get evaluated independently, and specifically that the shorter matured delay on vout 1 is rejected.
• TestExitPathAvailable boundaries (242/243/244) plus margin-shift and error paths are thorough.
• Missing: no test for a block-typed unrolled-vtxo margin case (which is (1) above). Adding one would make (1) visible.

Cross-repo

• validateBoardingInput is internal to arkd; no SDK signature drift.
• Behavioural change worth noting in release notes: some inputs that were previously accepted (matured 2nd-input case) will now be correctly rejected. Any client currently relying on that bug will start seeing INVALID_PSBT_INPUT on intent registration — this is the desired behaviour but user-visible.
• Grepped ts-sdk / go-sdk / rust-sdk for boarding-utxo registration paths — none reproduce the server-side validation, so no client-side change needed.

Ready for human protocol reviewer sign-off pending (1).

[arkana-ai-bot]

This PR has been open for 3+ days without review. @bitcoin-coder-bob is anyone looking at this?

[arkana-ai-bot]

Review: boarding: per-input validation, and block-typed exit delays in blocks

⚠️ Protocol-critical security fix — flagging for human review. The fix is correct and the tests are excellent, but this affects VTXO/boarding validation and must be reviewed by a human before merge.

Bug 1: per-funding-tx memoization bypasses per-output checks

Severity: High. processBoardingInputs was memoizing validateBoardingInput keyed by funding txid. Since all checks in that function are per-output (tapscripts, exit delay, CSV expiry, amounts), two boarding inputs from the same funding tx would have the second one skip all validation — including the CSV expiry check.

Security impact: If vout 0 had a long (still-locked) exit delay and vout 1 had a matured shorter delay, the second input could bypass the expiry check and be accepted into a round. The owner could then spend vout 1 unilaterally, invalidating the commitment tx it was registered into.

Fix: Split the per-txid fetch (still memoized) from the per-output validateBoardingInput (now a pure function called for every input). Correct approach.

Bug 2: block-typed relative locktime measured in seconds

Severity: Medium (regtest/dev environments, but live for any deployment using block-typed CSV). RelativeLocktime.Seconds() converts at SECONDS_PER_BLOCK = 1, so a 144-block exit delay was treated as maturing 144 seconds after confirmation. On block-typed configs (e.g. ARKD_VTXO_TREE_EXPIRY=40 < 512 threshold, used in regtest), every unrolled VTXO was rejected as "expires too soon." On mainnet with second-typed delays this was a no-op.

Fix: exitPathAvailable now dispatches on the locktime type, evaluating block-typed delays in blocks against the chain tip height. Correct.

Tests

Excellent test coverage for both bugs:

• TestValidateBoardingInput directly exercises the memoization regression: same funding tx, vout 0 passes (long delay), vout 1 fails (matured short delay).
• Block-typed delay boundary test precisely checks the tip+1 >= H+N BIP68 rule.
• Margin tests verify that the margin is applied correctly on top of plain maturity.
• Amount bounds and invalid vout index are also covered.

Code quality

• validateBoardingInput as a pure function is cleaner and easier to test than the memoized closure.
• The exitPathAvailable dispatch is readable and the comment explains the BIP68 tip+1 semantics clearly.

Ready to merge after human sign-off. No blocking code issues found.

[arkana-ai-bot]

Arkana automated review — 2026-08-06

⚠️ PROTOCOL-CRITICAL — please ensure a human reviews before merge.

This is a genuine security fix. The bug: processBoardingInputs memoized the full validateBoardingInput call per funding txid. Two boarding inputs on the same funding tx meant the second one skipped its per-output checks — including the CSV expiry test. An attacker holding two outputs on one funding tx could register a boarding input whose exit path had already matured, spend unilaterally after registration, and invalidate the commitment tx it was registered into.

Correctness of the fix:

• The refactor correctly separates fetchConfirmedTx (properties of the tx — safe to memoize per txid) from validateBoardingInput (properties of the output — must run per input). Clean and minimal.
• The block-typed locktime fix is also correct: RelativeLocktime.Seconds() was converting block-typed delays at SECONDS_PER_BLOCK = 1, so a 144-block exit was evaluated as 144 seconds. The fix builds exitPathAvailable on block height arithmetic when LocktimeTypeBlock, and converts duration margins to blocks with ceiling division (avoids silently swallowing sub-block margins like the 5-minute default).
• BIP68 boundary condition: input confirmed at H, delay N blocks → first spendable at H+N, so available once tip+1 >= H+N. The test pins {242, false}, {243, true}, {244, true} which is correct.

Tests:

• TestValidateBoardingInput: covers same-funding-tx with two different delays (the regression), amount bounds per-output, vout past end, unrolled vtxo margin.
• TestExitPathAvailable: covers block delay boundary, margin rounding-up, seconds semantics, nil tip/zero height guards.
• Test coverage is comprehensive for both bugs.

Minor notes (non-blocking):

• blocksForDuration ceiling division is correct; the <0 → 0 clamp is a safe guard.
• The tip fetch at the top of processBoardingInputs is one round trip per request, not per input — good.

Ready to merge from a correctness standpoint, subject to human sign-off given the protocol-critical nature.

[arkana-ai-bot]

Arkana review — boarding per-input validation

This is a genuine security fix for boarding input validation. The change is correct and well-tested.

What the bug was: processBoardingInputs memoized the entire validateBoardingInput call per funding txid. When two boarding UTXOs shared one funding tx, the second skipped all per-output checks — including the CSV expiry check. An owner could therefore register a boarding input whose unilateral-exit path had already matured, which would invalidate the commitment tx it was registered into if spent on-chain.

What the fix does:

• Splits the fetch (still memoized per txid) from the validation (now runs for every input separately)
• Also fixes block-typed relative locktimes being evaluated in seconds instead of blocks, causing unrolled VTXOs with block-typed configs (the regtest default) to be incorrectly rejected

Test coverage: The new directly exercises the regression (vout 1 with a matured exit path on the same tx as a valid vout 0), amount bounds per-output, out-of-range vout index, and the block vs. second locktime boundary cases. covers BIP68 boundary conditions and margin rounding precisely. Coverage is solid.

⚠️ Protocol-critical code (boarding/VTXO) — human review required before merge.

Aside from the mandatory human sign-off, this looks ready to merge.

[arkana-ai-bot]

This PR has been open for 7+ days without review. @bitcoin-coder-bob is anyone looking at this stack (#1160–#1163)?

[arkana-ai-bot]

Arkana review — protocol-critical flag

Boarding: per-input validation and block-typed exit delay fix

Two bugs fixed, both in the boarding validation path:

Bug 1 — validation memoized per txid, not per output:
The old code skipped the entire validateBoardingInput call for any input whose funding txid was already in boardingTxs. Two boarding UTXOs on the same funding tx would share the result of validating the first output — so the second output's tapscript, exit delay and amount were never individually checked. A matured exit path on the second output slipped through.

The fix: tapscript/validation is now per-input for every boarding UTXO; only the funding tx fetch and confirmation lookup are memoized per txid (correct, since those don't vary by output).

Bug 2 — block-typed exit delays measured in seconds:
RelativeLocktime.Seconds() converts at SECONDS_PER_BLOCK = 1 (pkg/ark-lib/locktime.go). A 144-block exit was treated as maturing 144 seconds after confirmation. On regtest (ARKD_VTXO_TREE_EXPIRY=40, under BIP68's 512 threshold → block-typed), every unrolled VTXO was rejected as 'expires too soon' shortly after the batch.

The exitPathAvailable function now handles block-typed delays in blocks per BIP68 (spendable in block H+N, so test tip+1 >= H+N), and duration margins are converted with blocksForDuration which rounds up so sub-block margins aren't silently dropped.

What looks good:

• exitPathAvailable is well-defined, with explicit error returns for the block-typed case requiring a non-zero confirmation height and chain tip
• blocksForDuration rounding-up logic is correct and tested with the full boundary table including zero and negative margins
• The e2e fix is correct: the test was sleeping 25s waiting for a block-typed CSV that would never open on wall-clock time; now it mines 20 blocks
• Test coverage is comprehensive — boundary cases, both locktime types, the margin rounding

One question for reviewers: targetBlockInterval = 10 * time.Minute is used to convert duration margins to blocks. This is Bitcoin's difficulty target, not the live block rate. On regtest (blocks mined instantly) this means a 5-minute margin converts to 1 block — intended, since the margin protects batch finalization time rather than real wall-clock blocks? Worth a comment in the code confirming this is deliberate.

🚨 Protocol-critical — touches boarding UTXO acceptance logic. Both bugs were live in production. Needs human sign-off.

[arkana-ai-bot]

Review — #1163

boarding: per-input validation and block-typed exit delays

Bug fix (service.go)

The memoization was keyed on txid and covered the entire validateBoardingInput call. Two boarding inputs sharing a funding tx would only have the first validated; the second skipped all per-output checks — including the exit-delay check. An expired exit path on a second output on the same tx could slip through and be accepted into a batch.

Fix is correct: memoize only the funding-tx fetch and its confirmation block; run the full per-output checks for every input. The comment on boardingTxs explaining this split is appreciated.

exitPathAvailable (utils.go)

The block-typed branch is correct. BIP68: an input confirmed at H with N blocks first becomes spendable in block H+N, available when tip+1 >= H+N. The margin converts via ceiling division (blocksForDuration) so any non-zero margin is at least one block — rounding down would silently discard sub-interval margins, which is the failure mode the comment calls out.

e2e fix

Replacing time.Sleep(25s) with generateBlocks(20) is the right fix: regtest block-typed delays don't open on wall clock. The clarifying comment on why the delay is block-typed (ARKD_VTXO_TREE_EXPIRY=40 < 512) is helpful.

Tests

TestValidateBoardingInput directly exercises the two-inputs-on-same-tx regression, amount bounds, vout-out-of-bounds, and the block-typed unrolled-vtxo margin. TestExitPathAvailable covers BIP68 boundary conditions and the ceiling-division behaviour. Both are thorough.

⚠️ Protocol-critical — touches boarding input validation (VTXO intake path). Flagged for human review regardless.

Verdict: Looks correct and important. Ready to merge once the team signs off.

[arkana-ai-bot]

Arkana review — boarding per-input validation fix

🔒 PROTOCOL-CRITICAL — please ensure a second human reviews before merging.

What this does: Fixes a security bug where processBoardingInputs memoized validation per funding txid rather than per output. Two boarding inputs sharing a funding tx meant only the first was validated; a matured exit path on the second output could slip through and allow an owner to double-spend: spend the UTXO unilaterally on-chain and register it into a batch.

Also fixes a companion bug: block-typed exit delays were being measured via RelativeLocktime.Seconds() which converts at SECONDS_PER_BLOCK=1, making a 144-block delay look like 144 seconds. This meant block-typed configs (regtest: ARKD_VTXO_TREE_EXPIRY=40 blocks) incorrectly rejected all unrolled VTXOs.

The fix looks correct:

• The fetch is still memoized per txid (unchanged performance); only the per-output validation path now runs unconditionally for every input — the right split.
• exitPathAvailable correctly distinguishes block vs. time lock semantics per BIP68. Boundary at tip+1 >= H+N is correct.
• blocksForDuration rounds up so any non-zero duration margin is worth at least one block — prevents silent margin loss, which is the right conservative choice.
• The e2e test is updated to mine the required blocks rather than sleep, which is correct for block-typed delays.

Test coverage: Solid. New unit tests in boarding_validation_test.go cover the exact regression (two outputs same tx, different delays), amount bounds, vout OOB, margin, and the block-type boundary table. All good.

Minor notes (non-blocking):

• tip is fetched unconditionally once per processBoardingInputs call even when all inputs use seconds-type delays. A small unconditional round trip, but acceptable for correctness simplicity.
• The e2e test's residual time.Sleep(5 * time.Second) after generateBlocks(20) could note why it's needed (indexer propagation lag?), but this is editorial.

Verdict: Looks ready to merge — awaiting human sign-off on the security fix.

[arkana-ai-bot]

Review: boarding per-input validation (+ block-typed exit delays)

Verdict: looks ready to merge — please flag for human sign-off given boarding validation is protocol-critical.

What the PR does

The old code memoized the entire boarding-input validation per funding txid. Because the CSV expiry check, tapscript-to-pkscript binding, unrolled-vtxo margin, amount bounds, and locktime-type all depend on the output being spent (not just the funding tx), two boarding UTXOs on the same funding tx caused the second one to skip all of those checks. The CSV expiry hole is the most important: a matured exit path on vout N could have slipped through.

The fix correctly separates:

• Per-tx: fetch + confirm the funding tx (memoized in )
• Per-output: all validation (now a pure free-function, called for every input)

The block-typed exit delay fix is a nice companion: routing block-typed delays through was mapping them at 1 s/block (a 144-block delay looked like 144 seconds). The helper and correctly branch on locktime type.

Test coverage

Thorough: the regression case (vout 1 skipping vout 0's maturity) is directly tested, as is the block-delay boundary, duration-to-blocks rounding (always up, which is the safe direction), and the seconds-delay wall-clock path. Good test.

Minor observations

• used in tests — make sure this field doesn't silently exist in production paths without a flag check. Quick grep suggested it's test-only but worth confirming.
• The tip fetch () now happens once per call regardless of how many inputs are boarding with second-typed delays (which don't need a tip). Negligible overhead in practice.

No security issues found beyond the ones this PR is already fixing. Ready to merge after human review.

[arkana-ai-bot]

Review: boarding per-input validation (+ block-typed exit delays)

Verdict: looks ready to merge — please flag for human sign-off given boarding validation is protocol-critical.

What the PR does

The old code memoized the entire boarding-input validation per funding txid. Because the CSV expiry check, tapscript-to-pkscript binding, unrolled-vtxo margin, amount bounds, and locktime-type all depend on the output being spent (not just the funding tx), two boarding UTXOs on the same funding tx caused the second one to skip all of those checks. The CSV expiry hole is the most important: a matured exit path on vout N could slip through if it shared a funding tx with a vout that had a longer lock.

The fix correctly separates:

• Per-tx: fetch + confirm the funding tx (memoized per txid)
• Per-output: all validation (now a pure validateBoardingInput free-function, called for every input)

The block-typed exit delay fix is a companion: routing block-typed delays through RelativeLocktime.Seconds() mapped them at 1 s/block (a 144-block delay looked like 144 seconds). The blocksForDuration helper and updated exitPathAvailable correctly branch on locktime type and round the duration margin up to whole blocks.

Test coverage

Thorough: the regression case (vout 1 skipping vout 0's maturity) is directly tested, the block-delay boundary is pinned at tip H+N-1/H+N, duration-to-blocks rounding (always ceiling — the safe direction) is table-tested, and the seconds-delay wall-clock path is covered separately.

Minor observations

• boardingIntentInput.locktimeDisabled is used in tests to isolate rules one at a time — worth confirming this field has no production code path that could be set to true.
• The tip fetch (GetCurrentBlockTime) now runs once per processBoardingInputs call regardless of whether any input uses a block-typed delay (seconds-typed delays don't need a tip). Overhead is negligible in practice, but worth noting.

No new security issues found beyond the ones this PR is already fixing. Ready to merge after human review.

[arkana-ai-bot]

Review: boarding: per-input validation, and block-typed exit delays

⚠️ Protocol-critical (boarding/VTXO validation) — please have a human reviewer sign off before merge.

This fixes two distinct security/correctness bugs:

Bug 1: Per-funding-tx memoization skipped output-specific checks

validateBoardingInput was previously memoized per funding txid. Two boarding inputs from the same funding tx shared one validation result, so the second input skipped its own CSV expiry check. An attacker could present a matured vout alongside a still-locked vout on the same funding tx and have the matured one accepted into the round.

The fix splits the fetch (memoized per txid) from the validation (run per output). Clean and correct.

Bug 2: Block-typed exit delays evaluated as seconds

RelativeLocktime.Seconds() converts block-typed delays at SECONDS_PER_BLOCK = 1, so a 144-block exit was treated as maturing 144 seconds after confirmation. This affected the unrolled-vtxo margin check on regtest configurations (where ARKD_VTXO_TREE_EXPIRY=40 is block-typed), causing valid unrolled vtxos to be rejected as 'expires too soon'.

exitPathAvailable now handles block-typed and second-typed locktimes separately, and blocksForDuration rounds up to avoid a duration margin shorter than one block being silently treated as zero.

Tests: excellent — boundary cases for both block-typed and second-typed delays, margin rounding, the two-output regression case, and the unrolled-vtxo path. The locktimeDisabled field in boardingIntentInput lets tests isolate one rule at a time cleanly.

Looks ready to merge, pending human sign-off.

[arkana-ai-bot]

This PR (boarding per-input validation) has been open 27 days without review. @bitcoin-coder-bob is anyone looking at this? It's a security fix for the CSV expiry check.

[arkana-ai-bot]

This PR has been open for 27+ days without a human review. @bitcoin-coder-bob is anyone looking at this? Arkana reviewed it — the boarding per-input security fix looks ready to merge.

[arkana-ai-bot]

Review update — new commit 1b86ce7 (adds boarding validation test suite)

The new commit adds boarding_validation_test.go — a comprehensive unit test covering the security-critical properties of validateBoardingInput. Key observations:

• Regression for the per-input memoisation bug: TestValidateBoardingInput/vout 1 with a matured exit path is rejected directly pins the security fix (two inputs on the same funding tx, short exit already matured on vout 1 must be caught).
• Block-typed delay regression: TestValidateBoardingInput/unrolled vtxo with a block-typed delay is measured in blocks and TestExitPathAvailable/block delay boundary pin the BIP68 semantics fix — the boundary cases (243 vs 244 tip height) are exact.
• Margin test: The unrolled-vtxo margin is exercised in both seconds and block-typed modes.
• Test organisation is clean: boardingInput helper isolates the locktime check so cases can target one rule at a time.

No issues — the tests are correct and give meaningful coverage of the fixed paths. The PR was already looking ready at the previous SHA. These tests only strengthen confidence.

⚠️ PROTOCOL-CRITICAL — flagging for human sign-off before merge.

[arkana-ai-bot]

Arkana review — boarding: per-input validation update (sha 1b86ce7)

Verdict: the new test file seals the regression. Looks ready.

The new commit adds boarding_validation_test.go which directly pins the two regressions this PR fixes:

1. Per-input memoization bug: TestValidateBoardingInput / "vout 1 with a matured exit path is rejected" — two inputs sharing one funding tx must each be validated independently. The test shows a long-locked vout 0 passes while a matured vout 1 is correctly rejected.

2. Block-typed delay semantics: "unrolled vtxo with a block-typed delay is measured in blocks" — a 144-block delay confirmed at height 100 matures at 244, not after 144 seconds. At tip 200 the input is accepted; at tip 242 the margin kicks in. This matches the BIP68 sequence semantics. The pre-fix code was reading Seconds() which mapped blocks to seconds at 1:1, so a 144-block delay looked like it matured 144 seconds after confirmation.

TestExitPathAvailable covers margin rounding (up, never down for duration→blocks), nil tip and zero height guards, and wall-clock vs block-type switching.

All edge cases the review previously flagged are now exercised. The test structure is readable and the bug descriptions in comments are accurate.

⚠️ Protocol-critical (boarding input validation) — please have a human reviewer confirm before merge.

[arkana-ai-bot]

Arkana review — updated SHA 1b86ce7 (previously reviewed at 96f6738)

PROTOCOL-CRITICAL — please have a human approve before merging.

The delta since last review is exactly what was requested:

1. Per-output validation deduplication bug fixed (): The guard has been moved outside the txid-memoization block. Previously, two boarding inputs sharing a funding tx would skip that check for the second input. Now it runs for every input unconditionally. Correct.

2. Block-typed exit delay handled in blocks (): is a new helper that computes expiry in blocks for block-typed locktimes (instead of routing through which used 1 s/block). rounds the duration margin up — avoiding the silent margin-collapse bug. Correct.

3. Test coverage is thorough (): The regression test (vout 0 passes, vout 1 on same tx rejected) directly pins the memoization bug. Block-typed boundary cases, duration-to-blocks rounding, nil-tip and zero-height guards are all exercised.

4. E2E test fixed (): instead of — correct for a block-typed locktime.

5. Refactor ( return type → plain ; inlined into ): clean.

Nothing new to flag. Looks ready to merge.

[arkana-ai-bot]

Arkana review — updated SHA 1b86ce7 (previously reviewed at 96f6738)

PROTOCOL-CRITICAL — please have a human approve before merging.

The delta since last review is exactly what was requested:

1. Per-output validation deduplication bug fixed (service.go): The tapscripts guard has been moved outside the txid-memoization block. Previously two boarding inputs sharing a funding tx would skip per-output checks for the second input. Now it runs unconditionally for every input. Correct.

2. Block-typed exit delay handled in blocks (utils.go): exitPathAvailable is a new helper that computes expiry in blocks for block-typed locktimes instead of routing through RelativeLocktime.Seconds() which used 1 s/block. blocksForDuration rounds the duration margin up — avoiding the silent margin-collapse bug. Correct.

3. Test coverage is thorough (boarding_validation_test.go): The regression test (vout 0 passes, vout 1 on same tx rejected) directly pins the memoization bug. Block-typed boundary cases, duration-to-blocks rounding, nil-tip and zero-height guards are all exercised.

4. E2E test fixed (e2e_test.go): generateBlocks(20) instead of sleeping 25s — correct for a block-typed locktime.

5. Refactor: validateBoardingInput return type changed to plain error; checkUnrolledVtxoExpiry inlined into exitPathAvailable. Clean.

Nothing new to flag. Looks ready to merge.

[arkana-ai-bot]

Arkana review — 2026-08-30

⚠️ PROTOCOL_CRITICAL — please have a second human reviewer sign off before merging.

What this does

Two fixes in boarding input validation:

1. Per-input validation (the core regression fix)
Previous code memoized validation per funding txid: if a tx had two boarding inputs, the second skipped its own call and inherited the result for the first output. This meant input[1] could carry a different tapscript, amount, or matured exit path that never got checked. Now every input calls independently with its own vout.

2. Block-typed exit delay measured in blocks, not seconds
was computing from , which for block-typed locktimes uses . A 144-block exit was treated as maturing 144 seconds after confirmation, causing every unrolled VTXO on a block-typed config (e.g., regtest with ) to be rejected as "expires too soon". The fix uses block-height arithmetic for block-typed delays and adds (rounds up) for the margin conversion.

Correctness

• The memoization bug: removal of per-txid caching is straightforward; each input is now validated with its own vout index. ✓
• block-typed path: gives the first spendable block; is the correct BIP68 check. ✓
• Margin conversion rounds up with , which is correct — a 5-minute margin on a 10-minute block interval should add 1 block, not 0. ✓
• Nil tip guard for block-typed delays: returns an error if tip or confirmation height is missing, preventing silent integer arithmetic on zero. ✓

Tests

The new suite directly tests the per-input regression (same funding tx, different vouts, different outcomes), amount bounds, vout-out-of-range, the unrolled-VTXO margin, and the block-typed-delay bug. covers the BIP68 boundary conditions, margin rounding, and seconds vs. blocks semantics. Excellent coverage.

Verdict

Correct fixes with thorough tests. Ready to merge after a human review.

[arkana-ai-bot]

Arkana review — #1163 (sha 1b86ce7, updated from 96f6738)

boarding: per-input validation update

Protocol-critical. Human sign-off required. Previously reviewed at sha 96f6738 — this review covers the new test additions.

New since last review

• boarding_validation_test.go: comprehensive test suite covering the per-txid memoization regression
• TestValidateBoardingInput: correctly pins that two inputs on the same funding tx get independent expiry checks — this is exactly the regression guard needed
• TestExitPathAvailable: block/seconds semantics, margin rounding, nil tip handling
• Block-typed margin conversion via blocksForDuration rounding up — correct; rounding down would silently drop margins shorter than one block interval

Specific tests I checked

• "vout 0 with a still-locked exit path passes" + "vout 1 with a matured exit path is rejected" — these are the regression tests for the memoization bug; both look correct
• "unrolled vtxo with a block-typed delay is measured in blocks" — this catches the regtest bug (ARKD_VTXO_TREE_EXPIRY=40 under 512 threshold)
• Boundary test at tips 242/243/244 matches BIP68: confirmed at H=100, N=144, first spendable at H+N=244, tip where tip+1≥244 is 243 — correct

One minor note

boardingInput helper sets locktimeDisabled: true to test one rule at a time. Worth confirming the locktimeDisabled flag itself is tested somewhere (it's a bypass path). Not a blocker.

Verdict: test coverage looks good. Combined with the implementation changes reviewed at sha 96f6738, this looks ready to merge pending human sign-off on the protocol logic.

[arkana-ai-bot]

Review — boarding: per-input validation, block-typed exit delays (updated, sha 1b86ce7)

Previously reviewed at sha 96f6738 (2026-08-25). The update adds tests.

New tests in boarding_validation_test.go:

• vout 1 with a matured exit path is rejected — directly pins the memoization regression: two inputs on the same funding tx now get independent expiry checks. This is the core safety property of the fix.
• amount bounds are checked against the spent output — checks per-vout amount validation.
• vout past the end of the tx is rejected — bounds check.
• unrolled vtxo needs margin before its exit matures — new margin logic for unrolled vtxo boarding.
• unrolled vtxo with a block-typed delay is measured in blocks — regression test for the bug where a block-typed delay was read as seconds (ARKD_VTXO_TREE_EXPIRY < 512 on regtest = block-typed, so every unrolled vtxo was wrongly rejected). This fix is real and the test correctly exercises it.

Still flagging as PROTOCOL-CRITICAL — boarding input validation changes are consensus-relevant. The additional test coverage makes this more confidence-inspiring. Looks ready for human sign-off and merge.

[arkana-ai-bot]

This PR has been open for 33 days without a review. @bitcoin-coder-bob — this is the boarding per-input validation + block-typed exit delays security fix. Given it's protocol-critical, is there someone lined up to review, or is it waiting on a dependency?

[arkana-ai-bot]

This PR has been open for 5+ weeks without a review. @bitcoin-coder-bob — is this waiting on any dependency to merge first?

[arkana-ai-bot]

Arkana review — PROTOCOL CRITICAL (update)

Previously reviewed at 96f6738. This adds two new commits on top:

• boarding: evaluate the unrolled-vtxo margin in blocks too (96f6738→1b86ce7b via merge) — extends the block-typed exit delay evaluation to also apply to unrolled vtxo margins, not just boarding inputs. The margin check now uses block height when the locktime is block-typed.
• New unit test TestValidateBoardingInput that explicitly exercises per-output validation (the original bug: the first output was validated, subsequent outputs on the same funding tx were skipped due to memoisation by txid). The test pins the regression: vout 1 with a matured exit path is correctly rejected even when vout 0 is still locked.

The test structure is solid: same funding tx, two outputs, different exit delays, independent verdicts.

Update: still looks ready to merge. The additional test makes the fix more robust. Human sign-off needed.

[arkana-ai-bot]

Arkana review — 2026-09-02 (updated SHA 1b86ce7, previously reviewed at 96f6738)

Protocol-critical — boarding input validation. Human reviewer required before merge.

The diff since last review adds tests only; the logic changes were in the earlier SHA. The new test file (boarding_validation_test.go) covers:

1. Per-vout independence — a long-locked vout 0 passes while a matured vout 1 is rejected on the same funding tx. This pins the regression where memoisation by txid caused vout 1 to skip its own expiry check.

2. Amount bounds checked against the spent output specifically — correct.

3. vout past the end of the tx is rejected — bounds check for vout index.

4. Unrolled vtxo margin in block-typed units — the earlier bug where RelativeLocktime.Seconds() was used for block-typed delays (reading each block as 1 second) is exercised both at a safe tip height and at the margin boundary.

5. exitPathAvailable boundary test — off-by-one at the BIP68 maturity block is verified.

These tests are a solid regression suite for the validation logic. No concerns about the test additions.

Overall: still looks ready to merge.

[arkana-ai-bot]

This PR has been open for 5+ weeks without a human review. @bitcoin-coder-bob is this blocked on anything?

[arkana-ai-bot]

Arkana automated review — #1163 (updated SHA 1b86ce7)

⚠️ Protocol-critical — flag for human review.

Updated since my last review (was at sha 96f67385). This iteration adds a comprehensive unit-test suite for validateBoardingInput and exitPathAvailable that directly pins the two regressions the PR fixes:

New tests confirm:

1. Per-output validation (not per-txid): A funding tx with two outputs where vout 0 has a still-locked exit and vout 1 has a matured exit now correctly passes for vout 0 and rejects for vout 1. The test comment calls out the original memoization-per-txid bug explicitly: before this fix, the second input on the same tx skipped its own expiry check.

2. Block-typed delays measured in blocks, not seconds: TestExitPathAvailable with a 144-block delay at height 100/200 correctly accepts the input (44 blocks to go), and at height 242/243 pins the exact BIP68 boundary. The comment explains the original bug: RelativeLocktime.Seconds() at SECONDS_PER_BLOCK=1 read a 144-block delay as 144 seconds, causing every unrolled vtxo on a block-typed config (e.g. regtest with ARKD_VTXO_TREE_EXPIRY < 512) to be rejected as "expires too soon."

3. UnrolledVtxoMinExpiryMargin measured consistently with the block arithmetic.

Test design: Uses a real wire.MsgTx with two outputs and real tapscripts — not mocked at the check level. Good.

Ready to merge. The fix itself was reviewed and approved in prior runs; the update only adds tests. Merge is safe.

[arkana-ai-bot]

This PR has been open for 37+ days without a review decision. @bitcoin-coder-bob is anyone looking at this boarding validation stack?

[arkana-ai-bot]

Arkana review — sha 1b86ce7 (updated from 96f6738) ⚠️ PROTOCOL_CRITICAL — please ensure a human reviewer signs off.

Updated sha relative to last review. The diff in this sha is focused on tests:

**New: **

Pins two regressions that the original implementation fixed:

1. Per-output validation (not per-txid): Previously, validation was memoized by funding txid, so a second boarding input on the same transaction skipped its own expiry and script checks. The test shows two inputs on the same tx getting different verdicts based on their individual scripts and exit delays. This is the core security fix — without it, a matured exit path on vout 1 could slip through if vout 0 was valid.

2. Block-typed exit delay measured in blocks, not seconds: The bug was that used for all delay types, so a block-typed 144-block delay was treated as 144 seconds. On a block-typed regtest config (), every unrolled vtxo was rejected as "expires too soon" despite having ~100 blocks remaining. The fix measures block-typed delays in block heights.

The tests are precise and cover both the passing and failing cases. The vout-bounds check ( on vout 5 of a 2-output tx) was already in the original sha but is now explicitly tested.

No new logic concerns. The fix itself was reviewed at sha 96f6738 and found correct. Tests are good additions. Looks ready to merge.

[arkana-ai-bot]

Arkana review — sha 1b86ce7 (updated from 96f6738) ⚠️ PROTOCOL_CRITICAL — please ensure a human reviewer signs off.

Updated sha adds regression tests for the two fixes in the original implementation:

1. Per-output validation (not per-txid memoization)
boarding_validation_test.go shows two inputs on the same funding tx getting different verdicts based on their individual scripts and exit delays. Without this fix, a matured exit path on vout 1 could slip through if vout 0 happened to be valid first — a potential double-spend / boarding bypass.

2. Block-typed exit delay measured in blocks, not seconds
The bug: csvExpiresAt used RelativeLocktime.Seconds() for all delay types, so a 144-block delay was treated as 144 seconds. On block-typed regtest configs (vtxo_tree_expiry < 512), every unrolled vtxo was rejected as "expires too soon" despite having ~100 blocks remaining. The test pins both the acceptance case (200 blocks remaining >> margin) and the rejection case (242/244 boundary).

vout-bounds check (vout 5 on a 2-output tx → "invalid vout index") is also now explicitly tested.

The fix logic was reviewed at sha 96f6738 and found correct. These tests are good additions. Looks ready to merge.

[arkana-ai-bot]

This PR has been open for 38 days without review. @bitcoin-coder-bob is anyone looking at the boarding per-input validation?

[arkana-ai-bot]

Arkana review — #1163 (sha 1b86ce7, updated)

boarding: per-input validation, and block-typed exit delays in blocks

⚠️ PROTOCOL-CRITICAL — flag for human review before merge.

Assessment: previous review noted this looked ready; the update adds an important test suite. Still looks ready to merge.

What changed since last review (sha 96f6738)

The update adds boarding_validation_test.go — a comprehensive unit test for validateBoardingInput that covers:

• Two boarding inputs on the same funding tx with different tapscripts (the original memoization bug scenario: vout 0 with locked exit passes, vout 1 with matured exit is rejected).
• Amount bounds checked against the correct output (not vout 0).
• Out-of-range vout index rejection.
• Unrolled vtxo margin enforcement.
• Block-typed delay bug regression: a block-typed unroll margin was previously computed in seconds (block value × 1s), causing every unrolled vtxo on a block-typed config to be rejected as "expires too soon." Now correctly measured in blocks. This is a live regtest bug fix.

The regression test is well-constructed

The block-typed delay test (unrolled vtxo with a block-typed delay is measured in blocks) correctly exercises the boundary: at tip 200 with maturity at 244, a 5-minute margin (≈1 block) leaves room; at tip 242 (= maturity - margin), it's rejected. This pins both the old bug's symptom and the fix.

No concerns with the update. The added tests strengthen confidence in the fix. Human sign-off still needed due to protocol-critical nature.

[arkana-ai-bot]

This PR has been open for 39 days without review. @bitcoin-coder-bob is anyone looking at this?

[arkana-ai-bot]

This PR has been open for 40+ days without review. @bitcoin-coder-bob this is a protocol-critical boarding validation security fix — is it still being actively worked?

[arkana-ai-bot]

This PR has been open 40+ days without review. @bitcoin-coder-bob (boarding per-input validation — fixes a memoization bug where two inputs on the same tx could skip the expiry check). This looks important; is anyone reviewing it?