Fiber Dev Log 2025-09-18

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Updates

Features / Release

• Fiber v0.6.0-rc5 released: https://github.com/nervosnetwork/fiber/releases/tag/v0.6.0-rc5

Improvements & Fixes

• Fixed RPC issues and unit tests after rebasing multi-hop cross-chain-hub payments PR
  • Fix rpc error message for channel error #881
• Rewrote PRs to persist cross-chain-hub orders and separated them into a dedicated service.
• Fixed trace funding issues
• Resolved issues found during large-scale testing:
  • fix: watchtower log issue #891
  • chore: timeout ckb rpc call #892
  • chore: tweak DEFAULT_TLC_EXPIRY_DELTA to 4 hours #874
• Avoid accessing database in graph RPC: graph_channels read from memory instead of from DB #879
• Improvements on fault tolerance
  • Reconnect periodically to peers with established channels: Reconnect disconnected peer regularly #884
  • Checks for force-closed channels: Fix remote force close during shutting down won't update the channel state #889
• Fix a bug that fiber will only use the first address to connect to a specified peer: Fix connect to peer with multi addresses #877
• Miscellaneous refactors:
  • CheckChannelActive will only shutdown channel forcefully #878
  • Add a random expiry delta for payment router #875
  • Apply retry limit for payment attempts #870

In Pipeline

• Expanding fiber-dashboard with new pages and improved visualizations
• Finalizing PRs for persist cross-chain-hub orders and making them as a separate service
• Investigating into payment channel liquidity and payment channel atomic swap solutions
• Adding channel whole-cycle monitor for fiber-dashboard