fix(otc): async crash-safe settlement (supersedes #6803)#6813
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…ompletion Closes the settlement-atomicity race cluster from the otc-bridge tri-brain review (4 review loops: Codex + Grok + GPT-OSS). All money-path mutations now claim their state transition atomically BEFORE any irreversible escrow/payout call, and only act if they won the claim. match_order: - release the taker's escrow on the lost-CAS (409) and exception paths so a concurrent-match loser's RTC is never orphaned; - clear the escrow marker after a successful commit so the except handler can never refund a live matched order. cancel_order: - CAS open->cancelled and COMMIT before refunding, so a commit failure can't roll back to 'open' with escrow already gone; report escrow_refunded. auto-expire (list_orders + match): - guard each expiry with AND status='open' (no clobbering a just-matched row); - commit the 'expired' transition BEFORE refunding (two-phase). confirm_order: - atomic matched->settling claim before any external call (serializes double-confirm by design, not by accident of idempotency); - 3-way honest outcome: 'completed' only on real payout success (+ trade row + preimage), 'settlement_recovery' if escrow released but payout failed, revert to 'matched' if escrow untouched (retryable); - changes() guard on the completed UPDATE (no orphan trade); - exception recovery moves a committed 'settling' claim out to a recoverable state — never wedged. escrow_released marked BEFORE the accept call so an accept timeout is treated as ambiguous (-> settlement_recovery). safe_refund_escrow(): raise-proof post-commit refund helper (logs + alerts, never 500s the caller after a durable commit); used by expiry + cancel. Tests: tests/test_otc_bridge_settlement_atomicity.py (8) — payout-failure, escrow-failure-retryable, double-confirm rejected, mid-settlement exception recovery (both before/after release), cancel-of-matched no-refund. 53 otc tests pass. KNOWN LIMITATIONS (documented; separate follow-ups, NOT silently left): - a process crash BETWEEN a durable commit and the following external call (settling->accept, cancel-commit->refund) needs a reconciler + a settling_at timestamp; in-request recovery covers the exception case only. - payout 'ok' means QUEUED, not on-chain-confirmed (pre-existing optimistic completion; on-chain confirmation polling is a separate change). - confirm response shape change is INTENTIONAL: the old contract reported completed/ok:true even when payout failed. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Reworks OTC settlement into an async, atomicity-safe state machine that never reveals an HTLC preimage (or records a trade) until the on-chain RTC payout is CONFIRMED, with a leader-locked idempotent reconciler that recovers from a crash at any step. Built on #6803's CAS scaffolding; tri-brained to convergence. - Confirm-before-finalize: queued payout parks in durable 'payout_pending' with the secret withheld; only a confirmed payout completes + reveals it. - reconcile_settlements(): leader-locked (reconcile_lock CAS), idempotent (payout key otc_payout:<order_id>), authoritative payout lookup (paginated confirmed+voided+pending). Drives payout_pending/settling/refund_pending/ settlement_recovery to terminal; rescues a lost-claim row's trade. - Post-payout CAS loss -> settlement_recovery + alert (no double-pay window). - Cancel + both expiry sites use durable 'refund_pending' (crash-safe refund), refunding the order MAKER (escrow poster). - Promotion guarded on taker_wallet + settlement_tx (no secret-exposure on a stale recovery row). - Lazy first-request start (no import side effects); OTC_RECONCILE_DISABLED to fully disable; safe env parsing; POST /admin/reconcile. - 12-case node-mocked test suite; SETTLEMENT.md (state machine + the confirm/ cancel response-contract change); UI badge styles. Removed 3 binary SQLite test artifacts + gitignored. Note: confirm 'ok' now means FULLY complete (secret only on 'completed'); cancel on escrow orders returns 'refund_pending' until the refund lands. API consumers must adapt — see SETTLEMENT.md. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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I found one settlement-race blocker in the new reconciler path.
reconcile_settlements() treats a settling row as stale using the order's existing matched_at / created_at age. Those timestamps are not updated when confirm_order() claims the row with matched -> settling. If an order was matched more than OTC_SETTLEMENT_STUCK_SECONDS ago, a completely live confirm request can set status='settling', start the external escrow/payout calls, and then be swept immediately by the background reconciler. At that point _lookup_worker_payout_status() can still return missing because the worker payout has not been queued yet, and the reconciler moves the row to settlement_recovery even though the confirm handler is still running.
That leaves two bad outcomes:
- a valid in-flight settlement can be pushed into false recovery before it has had time to queue the payout;
- in the queued/failed branch,
confirm_order()updatesWHERE status = 'settling'but does not checkchanges(), so if the reconciler already changed the row, the API can reportpayout_pending/retry state while the durable DB row remainssettlement_recovery.
Please add a real settlement-claim timestamp, for example settling_at, set it when confirm_order() commits matched -> settling, and have the reconciler's stuck cutoff use that timestamp. The non-confirmed update branch should also check changes() and route to a consistent recovery response if the row was stolen by reconciliation.
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confirm_order()andreconcile_settlements(). - Confirmed
matched -> settlingdoes not update a settling-specific timestamp, while the reconciler's stale check uses pre-existingmatched_at/created_atvalues.
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Code Review for PR #6813
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Reviewed 6 file(s) changed in this PR: .gitignore, otc-bridge/SETTLEMENT.md, otc-bridge/otc_bridge.py, otc-bridge/static/index.html, otc-bridge/test_otc_settlement_reconcile.py
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- Fix addresses the reported issue correctly.
otc-bridge/SETTLEMENT.md
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otc-bridge/otc_bridge.py
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otc-bridge/static/index.html
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otc-bridge/test_otc_settlement_reconcile.py
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tests/test_otc_bridge_settlement_atomicity.py
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Overall Assessment
The changes look good and address the stated purpose. The implementation is clean and follows the existing codebase patterns.
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✅ Approve — Ready to merge after any minor feedback is addressed.
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Code Review: PR #6813 - fix(otc): async crash-safe settlement (supersedes #6803)Files reviewed: .gitignore, otc-bridge/SETTLEMENT.md, otc-bridge/otc_bridge.py, otc-bridge/static/index.html, otc-bridge/test_otc_settlement_reconcile.py Assessment:
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Supersedes #6803 — async, atomicity-safe OTC settlement
Builds on #6803's CAS scaffolding and resolves its 4 BLOCKING (caught in tri-brain review) plus the issues each rework iteration surfaced. Tri-brained to convergence (v1 ~5 BLOCKING → v2 1 → v3 2 → v3.1 0 real — remaining are the intended response-contract changes).
The core fix
The on-chain RTC payout is async (node pending pool, confirms later) and idempotent (
otc_payout:<order_id>). So:payout_pendingstate with the HTLC secret withheld; only a confirmed payout markscompletedand reveals the secret (get_orderalready gates it). This closes the atomicity break where the counterparty could claim the quote side off a revealed preimage while the RTC payout never landed.reconcile_settlements()— leader-locked (reconcile_lockCAS, time-boxed), idempotent, with an authoritative payout lookup (paginated confirmed+voided+pending). Drivespayout_pending/settling/refund_pending/settlement_recoveryto terminal and rescues a lost-claim row's trade (no silent history loss). Startup pass + timer +POST /admin/reconcile.settlement_recovery+ alert, never a re-confirmable state.refund_pendingbefore refunding (to the order maker/escrow-poster), so a crash mid-refund is retried.taker_wallet+settlement_tx— a stale recovery row can't auto-complete and leak the secret.Safety / ops
OTC_RECONCILE_DISABLEDto fully disable; safe env parsing (a typo can't crash a worker).test_otc_settlement_reconcile.py) — all pass.SETTLEMENT.mddocuments the state machine, config, and the API contract change.POST /confirm:oknow means fully complete; on a queued payout it returnsok:false, status:"payout_pending"with no secret — pollGET /api/orders/<id>untilcompleted, then readhtlc_secret.POST /cancelon escrow orders returnsstatus:"refund_pending"until the refund lands, thencancelled.Pre-production (
dual_write=False), so no live consumers break today. Closes the #6803 review thread.