fix(watchdog): handle LND restarts without locking outgoing operations

When the payment index advances (e.g. after an LND restart or external
payment), update the cached offset instead of immediately locking.
Only lock if both a history mismatch AND a balance discrepancy are
detected — indicating a real security concern rather than a benign
LND restart.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

src/nostrMiddleware.ts

@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ export default (serverMethods: Types.ServerMethods, mainHandler: Main, nostrSett
 
     return {
         Stop: () => { mainHandler.adminManager.setNostrConnected(false); return nostr.Stop },
-        Send: (...args) => nostr.Send(...args),
+        Send: async (...args) => nostr.Send(...args),
         Ping: () => nostr.Ping(),
         Reset: (settings: NostrSettings) => nostr.Reset(settings)
     }

src/services/lnd/lnd.ts

@@ -142,15 +142,20 @@ export default class {
         return new Promise<void>((res, rej) => {
             const interval = setInterval(async () => {
                 try {
-                    await this.GetInfo()
+                    const info = await this.GetInfo()
+                    if (!info.syncedToChain || !info.syncedToGraph) {
+                        this.log("LND responding but not synced yet, waiting...")
+                        return
+                    }
                     clearInterval(interval)
                     this.ready = true
                     res()
                 } catch (err) {
                     this.log("LND is not ready yet, will try again in 1 second")
-                    if (Date.now() - now > 1000 * 60) {
+                }
-                        rej(new Error("LND not ready after 1 minute"))
+                if (Date.now() - now > 1000 * 60 * 10) {
-                    }
+                    clearInterval(interval)
+                    rej(new Error("LND not synced after 10 minutes"))
                 }
             }, 1000)
         })

src/services/main/debitManager.ts

@@ -153,13 +153,14 @@ export class DebitManager {
     }
 
     notifyPaymentSuccess = (debitRes: NdebitSuccess, event: { pub: string, id: string, appId: string }) => {
+        this.logger("✅ [DEBIT REQUEST] Payment successful, sending OK response to", event.pub.slice(0, 16) + "...", "for event", event.id.slice(0, 16) + "...")
         this.sendDebitResponse(debitRes, event)
     }
 
     sendDebitResponse = (debitRes: NdebitFailure | NdebitSuccess, event: { pub: string, id: string, appId: string }) => {
+        this.logger("📤 [DEBIT RESPONSE] Sending Kind 21002 response:", JSON.stringify(debitRes), "to", event.pub.slice(0, 16) + "...")
         const e = newNdebitResponse(JSON.stringify(debitRes), event)
         this.storage.NostrSender().Send({ type: 'app', appId: event.appId }, { type: 'event', event: e, encrypt: { toPub: event.pub } })
-
     }
 
     payNdebitInvoice = async (event: NostrEvent, pointerdata: NdebitData): Promise<HandleNdebitRes> => {

src/services/main/watchdog.ts

@@ -196,15 +196,19 @@ export class Watchdog {
         const knownMaxIndex = Math.max(maxFromDb, this.latestPaymentIndexOffset)
         const newLatest = await this.lnd.GetLatestPaymentIndex(knownMaxIndex)
         const historyMismatch = newLatest > knownMaxIndex
+        if (historyMismatch) {
+            this.log("Payment index advanced from", knownMaxIndex, "to", newLatest, "- updating offset (likely LND restart or external payment)")
+            this.latestPaymentIndexOffset = newLatest
+        }
         const other = { ilnd: this.initialLndBalance, hf: this.accumulatedHtlcFees, iu: this.initialUsersBalance, tu: totalUsersBalance, km: knownMaxIndex, nl: newLatest, oext: otherExternal }
         //getLogger({ component: 'watchdog_debug2' })(JSON.stringify({ deltaLnd, deltaUsers, totalExternal, other }))
         const deny = await this.checkBalanceUpdate(deltaLnd, deltaUsers)
-        if (historyMismatch) {
-            getLogger({ component: 'bark' })("History mismatch detected in absolute update, locking outgoing operations")
-            this.lnd.LockOutgoingOperations()
-            return
-        }
         if (deny) {
+            if (historyMismatch) {
+                getLogger({ component: 'bark' })("Balance mismatch with unexpected payment history, locking outgoing operations")
+                this.lnd.LockOutgoingOperations()
+                return
+            }
             this.log("Balance mismatch detected in absolute update, but history is ok")
         }
         this.lnd.UnlockOutgoingOperations()

src/services/nostr/handler.ts

@@ -132,12 +132,12 @@ const handleNostrSettings = (settings: NostrSettings) => {
         send(event)
     })
 } */
-const sendToNostr: NostrSend = (initiator, data, relays) => {
+const sendToNostr: NostrSend = async (initiator, data, relays) => {
     if (!subProcessHandler) {
         getLogger({ component: "nostrMiddleware" })(ERROR, "nostr was not initialized")
         return
     }
-    subProcessHandler.Send(initiator, data, relays)
+    await subProcessHandler.Send(initiator, data, relays)
 }
 
 send({ type: 'ready' })

src/services/nostr/nostrPool.ts

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export type SendDataContent = { type: "content", content: string, pub: string }
 export type SendDataEvent = { type: "event", event: UnsignedEvent, encrypt?: { toPub: string } }
 export type SendData = SendDataContent | SendDataEvent
 export type SendInitiator = { type: 'app', appId: string } | { type: 'client', clientId: string }
-export type NostrSend = (initiator: SendInitiator, data: SendData, relays?: string[] | undefined) => void
+export type NostrSend = (initiator: SendInitiator, data: SendData, relays?: string[] | undefined) => Promise<void>
 
 export type LinkedProviderInfo = { pubkey: string, clientId: string, relayUrl: string }
 export type AppInfo = { appId: string, publicKey: string, privateKey: string, name: string, provider?: LinkedProviderInfo }
@@ -203,21 +203,26 @@ export class NostrPool {
         const signed = finalizeEvent(event, Buffer.from(keys.privateKey, 'hex'))
         let sent = false
         const log = getLogger({ appName: keys.name })
-        // const r = relays ? relays : this.getServiceRelays()
+        this.log(`📤 Publishing Kind ${event.kind} event to ${relays.length} relay(s): ${relays.join(', ')}`)
         const pool = new SimplePool()
-        await Promise.all(pool.publish(relays, signed).map(async p => {
+        try {
-            try {
+            await Promise.all(pool.publish(relays, signed).map(async p => {
-                await p
+                try {
-                sent = true
+                    await p
-            } catch (e: any) {
+                    sent = true
-                console.log(e)
+                } catch (e: any) {
-                log(e)
+                    this.log(ERROR, `Failed to publish Kind ${event.kind} event:`, e.message || e)
+                    log(e)
+                }
+            }))
+            if (!sent) {
+                this.log(ERROR, `Failed to send Kind ${event.kind} event to any relay`)
+                log("failed to send event")
+            } else {
+                this.log(`✅ Kind ${event.kind} event published successfully (id: ${signed.id.slice(0, 16)}...)`)
             }
-        }))
+        } finally {
-        if (!sent) {
+            pool.close(relays)
-            log("failed to send event")
-        } else {
-            //log("sent event")
         }
     }
 

src/services/nostr/sender.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { NostrSend, SendData, SendInitiator } from "./nostrPool.js"
-import { getLogger } from "../helpers/logger.js"
+import { ERROR, getLogger } from "../helpers/logger.js"
 export class NostrSender {
-    private _nostrSend: NostrSend = () => { throw new Error('nostr send not initialized yet') }
+    private _nostrSend: NostrSend = async () => { throw new Error('nostr send not initialized yet') }
     private isReady: boolean = false
     private onReadyCallbacks: (() => void)[] = []
     private pendingSends: { initiator: SendInitiator, data: SendData, relays?: string[] | undefined }[] = []
@@ -12,7 +12,12 @@ export class NostrSender {
         this.isReady = true
         this.onReadyCallbacks.forEach(cb => cb())
         this.onReadyCallbacks = []
-        this.pendingSends.forEach(send => this._nostrSend(send.initiator, send.data, send.relays))
+        // Process pending sends with proper error handling
+        this.pendingSends.forEach(send => {
+            this._nostrSend(send.initiator, send.data, send.relays).catch(e => {
+                this.log(ERROR, "failed to send pending event", e.message || e)
+            })
+        })
         this.pendingSends = []
     }
     OnReady(callback: () => void) {
@@ -22,13 +27,16 @@ export class NostrSender {
             this.onReadyCallbacks.push(callback)
         }
     }
-    Send(initiator: SendInitiator, data: SendData, relays?: string[] | undefined) {
+    Send(initiator: SendInitiator, data: SendData, relays?: string[] | undefined): void {
         if (!this.isReady) {
             this.log("tried to send before nostr was ready, caching request")
             this.pendingSends.push({ initiator, data, relays })
             return
         }
-        this._nostrSend(initiator, data, relays)
+        // Fire and forget but log errors
+        this._nostrSend(initiator, data, relays).catch(e => {
+            this.log(ERROR, "failed to send event", e.message || e)
+        })
     }
     IsReady() {
         return this.isReady

src/services/storage/tlv/tlvFilesStorageProcessor.ts

@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ class TlvFilesStorageProcessor {
                     throw new Error('Unknown metric type: ' + t)
             }
         })
-        this.wrtc.attachNostrSend((initiator: SendInitiator, data: SendData, relays?: string[] | undefined) => {
+        this.wrtc.attachNostrSend(async (initiator: SendInitiator, data: SendData, relays?: string[] | undefined) => {
             this.sendResponse({
                 success: true,
                 type: 'nostrSend',

src/services/webRTC/index.ts

@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ export default class webRTC {
     attachNostrSend(f: NostrSend) {
         this._nostrSend = f
     }
-    private nostrSend: NostrSend = (initiator: SendInitiator, data: SendData, relays?: string[] | undefined) => {
+    private nostrSend: NostrSend = async (initiator: SendInitiator, data: SendData, relays?: string[] | undefined) => {
         if (!this._nostrSend) {
             throw new Error("No nostrSend attached")
         }
-        this._nostrSend(initiator, data, relays)
+        await this._nostrSend(initiator, data, relays)
     }
 
     private sendCandidate = (u: WebRtcUserInfo, candidate: string) => {