# Changelog All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/) and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html). ## [Unreleased] ### Added - plugins: fully enabled, and ready for you to write some! - lightning-cli: `help ` finds man pages even if `make install` not run. - JSON API: `waitsendpay` now has an `erring_channel_direction` field. - JSON API: `listpeers` now has a `channel_direction` field in `channels`. ### Changed - The `short_channel_id` separator has been changed to be `x` to match the specification. ### Deprecated Note: You should always set `allow-deprecated-apis=false` to test for changes. ### Removed ### Fixed ### Security ## [0.6.3] - 2019-01-09: "The Smallblock Conspiracy" This release named by @molxyz and [@ctrlbreak](https://twitter.com/ctrlbreak). ### Added - JSON API: New command `check` checks the validity of a JSON API call without running it. - JSON API: `getinfo` now returns `num_peers` `num_pending_channels`, `num_active_channels` and `num_inactive_channels` fields. - JSON API: use `\n\n` to terminate responses, for simplified parsing (pylightning now relies on this) - JSON API: `fundchannel` now includes an `announce` option, when false it will keep channel private. Defaults to true. - JSON API: `listpeers`'s `channels` now includes a `private` flag to indicate if channel is announced or not. - JSON API: `invoice` route hints may now include private channels if you have no public ones, unless new option `exposeprivatechannels` is false. - Plugins: experimental plugin support for `lightningd`, including option passthrough and JSON-RPC passthrough. ### Changed - JSON API: `pay` and `decodepay` accept and ignore `lightning:` prefixes. - pylightning: Allow either keyword arguments or positional arguments. - JSON-RPC: messages are now separated by 2 consecutive newlines. - JSON-RPC: `jsonrpc`:`2.0` now included in json-rpc command calls. complies with spec. ### Deprecated Note: You should always set `allow-deprecated-apis=false` to test for changes. - pylightning: Support for pre-2-newline JSON-RPC (<= 0.6.2 lightningd) is deprecated. ### Removed - option_data_loss_protect is now only offered if EXPERIMENTAL_FEATURES is enabled, since it seems incompatible with lnd and has known bugs. ### Fixed - JSON API: uppercase invoices now parsed correctly (broken in 0.6.2). - JSON API: commands are once again read even if one hasn't responded yet (broken in 0.6.2). - Protocol: allow lnd to send `update_fee` before `funding_locked`. - Protocol: fix limit on how much funder can send (fee was 1000x too small) - Protocol: don't send invalid onion errors if peer says onion was bad. - Protocol: don't crash when peer sends a 0-block-expiry HTLC. - pylightning: handle multiple simultanous RPC replies reliably. ### Security ## [0.6.2] - 2018-10-20: "The Consensus Loving Nasal Daemon" This release named by practicalswift. ### Added - JSON API: `listpeers` has new field `scratch_txid`: the latest tx in channel. - JSON API: `listpeers` has new array `htlcs`: the current live payments. - JSON API: `listchannels` has two new fields: `message_flags` and `channel_flags`. This replaces `flags`. - JSON API: `invoice` now adds route hint to invoices for incoming capacity (RouteBoost), and warns if insufficient capacity. - JSON API: `listforwards` lists all forwarded payments, their associated channels, and fees. - JSON API: `getinfo` shows forwarding fees earnt as `msatoshi_fees_collected`. - Bitcoind: more parallelism in requests, for very slow nodes. - Testing: fixed logging, cleaner interception of bitcoind, minor fixes. - Protocol: we set and handle the new `htlc_maximum_msat` channel_update field. ### Changed - Protocol: `channel_update` sent to disable channel only if we reject an HTLC. - Protocol: we don't send redundant `node_announcement` on every new channel. - Config: config file can override `lightning-dir` (makes sense with `--conf`). - Config: `--conf` option is now relative to current directory, not `lightning-dir`. - lightning-cli: `help ` prints basic information even if no man page found. - JSON API: `getinfo` now reports global statistics about forwarded payments, including total fees earned and amounts routed. ### Deprecated Note: You should always set `allow-deprecated-apis=false` to test for changes. - JSON RPC: `listchannels`' `flags` field. This has been split into two fields, see Added. - JSON RPC: `global_features` and `local_features` fields: use `globalfeatures` and `localfeatures` as per BOLT #1. ### Removed - JSON API: the optional 'seed' parameter to `getroute` was removed. ### Fixed - Startup: more coherent complaint if daemon already running. - Lightningd: correctly save full HTLCs across restarts; fixup old databases. - JSON RPC: `getinfo` now shows correct Tor port. - JSON RPC: `ping` now works even after one peer fails to respond. - JSON RPC: `getroute` `fuzzpercent` and `pay` `maxfeepercent` can now be > 100. - JSON RPC: `riskfactor` in `pay` and `getroute` no longer always treated as 1. - JSON-RPC: `listpeers` was always reporting 0 for all stats. - JSON RPC: `withdraw all` says `Cannot afford transaction` if you have absolutely no funds, rather than `Output 0 satoshis would be dust`. - Protocol: don't send gossip about closed channels. - Protocol: fix occasional deadlock when both peers flood with gossip. - Protocol: fix occasional long delay on sending `reply_short_channel_ids_end`. - Protocol: re-send `node_announcement` when address/alias/color etc change. - Protocol: multiple HTLCs with the same payment_hash are handled correctly. - Options: 'autotor' defaults to port 9051 if not specified. ### Security ## [0.6.1] - 2018-09-11: "Principled Opposition To Segwit" This release named by ZmnSCPxj. ### Added - Protocol: gossipd now deliberately delays spamming with `channel_update`. - Protocol: liveness ping when we commit changes but peer is idle: speeds up failures and reduces forced closures. - Protocol: `option_data_loss_protect` now supported to protect peers against being out-of-date. - JSON API: Added description to invoices and payments (#1740). - JSON API: `getinfo` has new fields `alias` and `color`. - JSON API: `listpeers` has new fields `global_features` and `local_features`. - JSON API: `listnodes` has new field `global_features`. - JSON API: `ping` command to send a ping to a connected peer. - JSON API: `feerates` command to retrieve current fee estimates. - JSON API: `withdraw` and `fundchannel` can be given manual feerate. - Config: `--conf` option to set config file. - Documentation: Added CHANGELOG.md - pylightning: RpcError now has `method` and `payload` fields. - Sending lightningd a SIGHUP will make it reopen its `log-file`, if any. ### Changed - Protocol: Fee estimates are now smoothed over time, to avoid sudden jumps. - Config: You can only announce one address if each type (IPv4, IPv6, TORv2, TORv3). - lightning-cli: the help command for a specific command now runs the `man` command. - HSM: The HSM daemon now maintains the per-peer secrets, rather than handing them out. It's still lax in what it signs though. - connectd: A new daemon `lightning_connectd` handles connecting to/from peers, instead of `gossipd` doing that itself. `lightning_openingd` now handles peers immediately, even if they never actually open a channel. - Test: `python-xdist` is now a dependency for tests. - Logging: JSON connections no longer spam debug logs. - Routing: We no longer consider channels that are not usable either because of their capacity or their `htlc_minimum_msat` parameter (#1777) - We now try to connect to all known addresses for a peer, not just the one given or the first one announced. - Crash logs are now placed one-per file like `crash.log.20180822233752` - We will no longer allow withdrawing funds or funding channels if we do not have a fee estimate (eg. bitcoind not synced); use new `feerate` arg. ### Deprecated ### Removed - JSON API: `listpeers` results no long have `alias` and `color` fields; they're in `listnodes` (we used to internally merge the information). - JSON API: `listpeers` will never have `state` field (it accidentally used to exist and set to `GOSSIPING` before we opened a channel). `connected` will indicate if we're connected, and the `channels` array indicates individual channel states (if any). - Config: `default-fee-rate` is no longer available; use explicit `feerate` option if necessary. - Removed all Deprecated options from 0.6. ### Fixed - Protocol: `node_announcement` multiple addresses are correctly ordered and uniquified. - Protocol: if we can't estimate feerate, be almost infinitely tolerant of other side setting fees to avoid unilateral close. - JSON API: `listnodes`: now displays node aliases and colors even if they don't advertise a network address - JSON API: `fundchannel all`: now restricts to 2^24-1 satoshis rather than failing. - JSON API: `listnodes`: now correctly prints `addresses` if more than one is advertised. - Config: `bind-addr` of a publicly accessible network address was announced. - When we reconnect and have to retransmit failing HTLCs, the errors weren't encrypted by us. - `lightningd_config` man page is now installed by `make install`. - Fixed crash when shutting down during opening a channel (#1737) - Don't lose track of our own output when applying penalty transaction (#1738) - Protocol: `channel_update` inside error messages now refers to correct channel. - Stripping type prefix from `channel_update`s that are nested in an onion reply to be compatible with eclair and lnd (#1730). - Failing tests no longer delete the test directory, to allow easier debugging (Issue: #1599) ### Security ## [0.6] - 2018-06-22: "I Accidentally The Smart Contract" In the prehistory of c-lightning, no changelog was kept. But major JSON API changes are tracked. This release named by Fabrice Drouin. ### Deprecated Note: You should always set `allow-deprecated-apis=false` to test for changes. - Config: `port`. Use `addr=:`. - Config: `ipaddr`. Use `addr`. - Config: `anchor-confirms`. Use `funding-confirms`. - Config: `locktime-blocks`. Use `watchtime-blocks`. - Protocol: on closing we allow out-of-range offers, prior to spec fix 2018-01-30 ("BOLT 2: order closing-signed negotiation by making funder send first." `90241d9cf60a598eac8fd839ac81e4093a161272`) - JSON API: `listinvoice` command. Use `listinvoices`. - JSON API: invoice result fields `paid_timestamp` and `expiry_time`. Use `paid_at` and `expires_at`. - JSON API: `invoice` command field `fallback`. Use `fallbacks`. - JSON API: `decodepay` result fields `timestamp` and `fallback`. Use `created_at` and `fallbacks`. - JSON API: payment result fields `timestamp`. Use `created_at`. - JSON API: `getinfo` result field `port`. Use `binding` and `address` arrays. - JSON API: `getlog` result field `creation_time`. Use `created_at`. - JSON API: `getpeers` result field `channel_reserve_satoshis`. Use `their_channel_reserve_satoshis`. - JSON API: `getpeers` result field `to_self_delay`. Use `their_to_self_delay`. ## Older versions There predate the BOLT specifications, and are only of vague historic interest: 1. [0.1] - 2015-08-08: "MtGox's Cold Wallet" (named by Rusty Russell) 2. [0.2] - 2016-01-22: "Butterfly Labs' Timely Delivery" (named by Anthony Towns) 3. [0.3] - 2016-05-25: "Nakamoto's Genesis Coins" (named by Braydon Fuller) 4. [0.4] - 2016-08-19: "Wright's Cryptographic Proof" (named by Chrstian Decker) 5. [0.5] - 2016-10-19: "Bitcoin Savings & Trust Daily Interest" (named by Glenn Willen) 6. [0.5.1] - 2016-10-21 7. [0.5.2] - 2016-11-21: "Bitcoin Savings & Trust Daily Interest II" [Unreleased]: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/compare/v0.6.3...HEAD [0.6.3]: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/releases/tag/v0.6.3 [0.6.2]: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/releases/tag/v0.6.2 [0.6.1]: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/releases/tag/v0.6.1 [0.6]: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/releases/tag/v0.6 [0.5.2]: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/releases/tag/v0.5.2-2016-11-21 [0.5.1]: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/releases/tag/v0.5.1-2016-10-21 [0.5]: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/releases/tag/v0.5-2016-10-19 [0.4]: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/releases/tag/v0.4-2016-08-19 [0.3]: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/releases/tag/v0.3-2016-05-26 [0.2]: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/releases/tag/v0.2-2016-01-22 [0.1]: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/releases/tag/v0.1-2015-08-08