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fix: handle do_payment early-exit failures so buyer is always retried
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69 changes: 51 additions & 18 deletions src/app/release.rs
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Expand Up @@ -57,6 +57,15 @@ pub async fn check_failure_retries(

// Count payment retries up to limit
order.count_failed_payment(retries_number);
// Only update payment-retry fields to avoid overwriting fields modified by
// concurrent processes (dev_fee_paid, dev_fee_payment_hash, status, etc.)
sqlx::query("UPDATE orders SET failed_payment = ?, payment_attempts = ? WHERE id = ?")
.bind(order.failed_payment)
.bind(order.payment_attempts)
.bind(order.id)
.execute(pool)
.await
.map_err(|e| MostroInternalErr(ServiceError::DbAccessError(e.to_string())))?;
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Make retry updates atomic.

Lines 59-68 calculate retry state from a caller snapshot and then write it without a version guard. Concurrent failures for the same order can both write payment_attempts = 1, or a stale task can overwrite a higher persisted count. The retry scheduler can then exceed the configured retry limit.

Use a compare-and-swap update with a reload-and-retry path, or calculate and cap the counter in one SQL statement. Derive is_first_failure from the committed state so Action::PaymentFailed is emitted once.

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In `@src/app/release.rs` around lines 60 - 68, Make the retry update in the
release flow atomic: avoid writing caller-snapshot values without guarding
against concurrent changes, and ensure payment_attempts is calculated and capped
from committed database state. Use a compare-and-swap reload-and-retry approach
or an equivalent single SQL update, and derive is_first_failure from the
committed result so Action::PaymentFailed is emitted only once.


let buyer_pubkey = order.get_buyer_pubkey().map_err(MostroInternalErr)?;

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -108,16 +117,6 @@ pub async fn check_failure_retries(
.await;
}

// Only update payment-retry fields to avoid overwriting fields modified by
// concurrent processes (dev_fee_paid, dev_fee_payment_hash, status, etc.)
sqlx::query("UPDATE orders SET failed_payment = ?, payment_attempts = ? WHERE id = ?")
.bind(order.failed_payment)
.bind(order.payment_attempts)
.bind(order.id)
.execute(pool)
.await
.map_err(|e| MostroInternalErr(ServiceError::DbAccessError(e.to_string())))?;

Ok(order)
}

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -507,24 +506,38 @@ async fn handle_child_order(
/// CLTV bound, not already expired) before LND submission; resolve, decode and
/// validation failures plus `send_payment` RPC errors go through
/// [`check_failure_retries_or_log`] and return `Err` (no empty status-watcher
/// spawn). Streamed `PaymentStatus::Failed` updates also bump retry
/// bookkeeping. Callers such as `release_action` typically ignore the error
/// after hold settlement — retries are driven by the failed-payment job.
/// spawn). Missing buyer invoice, zero amount after fee, and LND connection
/// failures are also routed through [`check_failure_retries_or_log`] so every
/// failure path marks the order for retry. Streamed `PaymentStatus::Failed`
/// updates also bump retry bookkeeping. Callers such as `release_action`
/// typically ignore the error after hold settlement — retries are driven by
/// the failed-payment job.
pub async fn do_payment(
ctx: &AppContext,
mut order: Order,
request_id: Option<u64>,
) -> Result<(), MostroError> {
// Seller already settled at this point — every failure must call
// check_failure_retries_or_log so the retry scheduler can pay the buyer.
let payment_request = match order.buyer_invoice.as_ref() {
Some(req) => req.to_string(),
_ => return Err(MostroInternalErr(ServiceError::InvoiceInvalidError)),
_ => {
warn!("Order id {}: no buyer invoice; scheduling retry", order.id);
check_failure_retries_or_log(ctx, &order, request_id).await;
return Err(MostroInternalErr(ServiceError::InvoiceInvalidError));
}
};

let ln_addr = LightningAddress::from_str(&payment_request);
// Calculate buyer's portion after subtracting only the Mostro fee
// Dev fee is NOT charged to buyer - it's paid by mostrod from its earnings
let amount = (order.amount as u64).saturating_sub(order.fee as u64);
if amount == 0 {
warn!(
"Order id {}: payment amount is zero after fee; scheduling retry",
order.id
);
check_failure_retries_or_log(ctx, &order, request_id).await;
return Err(MostroInternalErr(ServiceError::InvoiceInvalidError));
}
// `is_valid_invoice` accepts a Lightning Address *and* an encoded LNURL, so
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -583,7 +596,17 @@ pub async fn do_payment(
},
None => payment_request,
};
let mut ln_client_payment = LndConnector::new().await?;
let mut ln_client_payment = match LndConnector::new().await {
Ok(client) => client,
Err(e) => {
warn!(
"Order id {}: failed to connect to LND: {}; scheduling retry",
order.id, e
);
check_failure_retries_or_log(ctx, &order, request_id).await;
return Err(e);
}
};
let (tx, mut rx) = channel(100);

let payment_task = ln_client_payment.send_payment(&payment_request, amount as i64, tx);
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -840,6 +863,7 @@ mod tests {
use crate::app::context::AppContext;
use crate::config::{MESSAGE_QUEUES, MOSTRO_CONFIG};
use async_trait::async_trait;
use mostro_core::db;
use nostr_sdk::{Keys, Timestamp};
use sqlx::SqlitePool;
use std::sync::Arc;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1697,13 +1721,16 @@ mod tests {
let seller = Keys::generate().public_key();
let buyer = Keys::generate().public_key();
let order = fiat_sent_sell_order(seller, buyer);
let order = order.create(&pool).await.unwrap();

let result = do_payment(&ctx, order, None).await;
let result = do_payment(&ctx, order.clone(), None).await;

assert!(matches!(
result,
Err(MostroInternalErr(ServiceError::InvoiceInvalidError))
));
let db_order = Order::by_id(&pool, order.id).await.unwrap().unwrap();
assert!(db_order.failed_payment);
}

#[tokio::test]
Expand All @@ -1716,13 +1743,16 @@ mod tests {
order.buyer_invoice = Some("lnbc1notchecked".to_string());
order.amount = 100;
order.fee = 100;
let order = order.create(&pool).await.unwrap();

let result = do_payment(&ctx, order, None).await;
let result = do_payment(&ctx, order.clone(), None).await;

assert!(matches!(
result,
Err(MostroInternalErr(ServiceError::InvoiceInvalidError))
));
let db_order = Order::by_id(&pool, order.id).await.unwrap().unwrap();
assert!(db_order.failed_payment);
}

#[tokio::test]
Expand All @@ -1737,12 +1767,15 @@ mod tests {
let buyer = Keys::generate().public_key();
let mut order = fiat_sent_sell_order(seller, buyer);
order.buyer_invoice = Some("lnbc1notchecked".to_string());
let order = order.create(&pool).await.unwrap();

// Act
let result = do_payment(&ctx, order, None).await;
let result = do_payment(&ctx, order.clone(), None).await;

// Assert
assert!(result.is_err());
let db_order = Order::by_id(&pool, order.id).await.unwrap().unwrap();
assert!(db_order.failed_payment);
}

/// An expired regtest invoice: rejected by `validate_payout_invoice` on
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