# Now, move l2 back in time.
l2.stop()
# Overwrite with OLD db.
Path(dbpath).write_bytes(orig_db)
l2.start()
# l1 will keep trying to reconnect, but it's using exponential backoff,
# which only gets reset after the connection has lasted MAX_WAIT_SECONDS (300)
# which it hasn't. Speed things up (and avoid a timeout flake!) by reconnecting
# manually now.
l1.rpc.connect(l2.info['id'], 'localhost', l2.port)
# l2 should freak out!
l2.daemon.wait_for_log("Peer permanent failure in CHANNELD_NORMAL:.*Awaiting unilateral close")
# l2 must NOT drop to chain.
l2.daemon.wait_for_log("Cannot broadcast our commitment tx: they have a future one")
assert not l2.daemon.is_in_log('sendrawtx exit 0',
start=l2.daemon.logsearch_start)
# l1 should receive error and drop to chain
> l1.daemon.wait_for_log("They sent ERROR.*Awaiting unilateral close")
tests/test_connection.py:3182:
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:21:46.888Z plugin-bcli: [IN] 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
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:21:47.888Z lightningd: cln:estimatefees#401[OUT]
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:21:47.888Z lightningd: cln:getrawblockbyheight#402[OUT]
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:21:47.928Z plugin-bcli: [IN] 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
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:21:48.933Z lightningd: cln:estimatefees#403[OUT]
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:21:48.933Z lightningd: cln:getrawblockbyheight#404[OUT]
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:21:49.073Z plugin-bcli: [IN] 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
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:21:50.073Z lightningd: cln:estimatefees#405[OUT]
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:21:50.073Z lightningd: cln:getrawblockbyheight#406[OUT]
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:21:50.181Z plugin-bcli: [IN] 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
lightningd-1 2026-09-15T15:21:51.101Z lightningd: cln:estimatefees#442[OUT]
lightningd-1 2026-09-15T15:21:51.101Z lightningd: cln:getrawblockbyheight#443[OUT]
lightningd-1 2026-09-15T15:21:51.101Z jsonrpc#90: [OUT] 7b226a736f6e727063223a22322e30222c226964223a222d633a6465762d6d656d6c65616b233430222c22726573756c74223a7b226c65616b73223a5b5d7d7d0a0a
lightningd-1 2026-09-15T15:21:51.102Z jsonrpc#89: [IN] 7b226a736f6e727063223a2022322e30222c20226d6574686f64223a2022636865636b222c2022706172616d73223a207b22636f6d6d616e645f746f5f636865636b223a20226465762d7265706f72742d666473227d2c20226964223a20222d633a636865636b233431227d
lightningd-1 2026-09-15T15:21:51.102Z jsonrpc#89: "-c:check#41"[IN]
lightningd-1 2026-09-15T15:21:51.102Z jsonrpc#89: [OUT] 7b226a736f6e727063223a22322e30222c226964223a222d633a636865636b233431222c22726573756c74223a7b22636f6d6d616e645f746f5f636865636b223a226465762d7265706f72742d666473227d7d0a0a
lightningd-1 2026-09-15T15:21:51.104Z jsonrpc#89: [IN] 7b226a736f6e727063223a2022322e30222c20226d6574686f64223a20226465762d7265706f72742d666473222c2022706172616d73223a207b7d2c20226964223a20222d633a6465762d7265706f72742d666473233432227d
lightningd-1 2026-09-15T15:21:51.104Z jsonrpc#89: "-c:dev-report-fds#42"[IN]
lightningd-1 2026-09-15T15:21:51.104Z jsonrpc#89: [OUT] 7b226a736f6e727063223a22322e30222c226964223a222d633a6465762d7265706f72742d666473233432222c22726573756c74223a7b7d7d0a0a
lightningd-1 2026-09-15T15:21:51.105Z jsonrpc#89: [IN] 7b226a736f6e727063223a2022322e30222c20226d6574686f64223a2022636865636b222c2022706172616d73223a205b2273746f70225d2c20226964223a20222d633a636865636b233433227d
lightningd-1 2026-09-15T15:21:51.105Z jsonrpc#89: "-c:check#43"[IN]
lightningd-1 2026-09-15T15:21:51.105Z jsonrpc#89: [OUT] 7b226a736f6e727063223a22322e30222c226964223a222d633a636865636b233433222c22726573756c74223a7b22636f6d6d616e645f746f5f636865636b223a2273746f70227d7d0a0a
lightningd-1 2026-09-15T15:21:51.108Z jsonrpc#89: [IN] 7b226a736f6e727063223a2022322e30222c20226d6574686f64223a202273746f70222c2022706172616d73223a207b7d2c20226964223a20222d633a73746f70233434227d
lightningd-1 2026-09-15T15:21:51.108Z jsonrpc#89: "-c:stop#44"[IN]
lightningd-1 2026-09-15T15:21:51.108Z UNUSUAL lightningd: JSON-RPC shutdown
lightningd-1 2026-09-15T15:21:51.109Z DEBUG lightningd: io_break: start_json_stream
lightningd-1 2026-09-15T15:21:51.109Z DEBUG lightningd: io_loop_with_timers: main
lightningd-1 2026-09-15T15:21:51.157Z plugin-bcli: [IN] 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
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:21:51.181Z lightningd: cln:estimatefees#407[OUT]
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:21:51.181Z lightningd: cln:getrawblockbyheight#408[OUT]
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:21:51.242Z plugin-bcli: [IN] 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
lightningd-1 2026-09-15T15:21:51.308Z INFO connectd: dev_report_fds: 3 -> hsm fd
lightningd-1 2026-09-15T15:21:51.309Z INFO connectd: dev_report_fds: 4 -> gossipd fd
lightningd-1 2026-09-15T15:21:51.309Z INFO connectd: dev_report_fds: 5 -> listener (connection_in)
lightningd-1 2026-09-15T15:21:51.309Z INFO connectd: dev_report_fds: 5 name IPv4 socket 127.0.0.1:18228
lightningd-1 2026-09-15T15:21:51.309Z INFO connectd: dev_report_fds: 6 -> gossip_store
lightningd-1 2026-09-15T15:21:51.309Z INFO connectd: dev_report_fds: 7 -> IN=IO_POLLING_NOTSTARTED:do_read+read_body_from_peer(connectd/connectd.c:122:struct peer), OUT=IO_WAITING:(nil)+write_to_peer(connectd/connectd.c:122:struct peer)
lightningd-1 2026-09-15T15:21:51.309Z INFO connectd: dev_report_fds: 7 name IPv4 socket 127.0.0.1:41764
lightningd-1 2026-09-15T15:21:51.309Z DEBUG connectd: REPLY WIRE_CONNECTD_START_SHUTDOWN_REPLY with 0 fds
lightningd-1 2026-09-15T15:21:51.309Z DEBUG lightningd: io_break: connectd_start_shutdown_reply
lightningd-1 2026-09-15T15:21:51.946Z DEBUG plugin-bcli: Killing plugin: exited during normal operation
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:21:52.250Z lightningd: cln:estimatefees#409[OUT]
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:21:52.250Z lightningd: cln:getrawblockbyheight#410[OUT]
lightningd-1 2026-09-15T15:21:52.295Z DEBUG plugin-cln-bwatch: Killing plugin: exited during normal operation
lightningd-1 2026-09-15T15:21:52.440Z DEBUG plugin-autoclean: Killing plugin: exited during normal operation
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:21:52.476Z plugin-bcli: [IN] 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
lightningd-1 2026-09-15T15:21:52.498Z DEBUG plugin-recklessrpc: Killing plugin: exited during normal operation
lightningd-1 2026-09-15T15:21:52.604Z DEBUG plugin-sql: Killing plugin: exited during normal operation
lightningd-1 2026-09-15T15:21:52.607Z DEBUG plugin-exposesecret: Killing plugin: exited during normal operation
lightningd-1 2026-09-15T15:21:52.618Z DEBUG plugin-keysend: Killing plugin: exited during normal operation
lightningd-1 2026-09-15T15:21:52.628Z DEBUG plugin-recover: Killing plugin: exited during normal operation
lightningd-1 2026-09-15T15:21:52.633Z DEBUG plugin-spenderp: Killing plugin: exited during normal operation
lightningd-1 2026-09-15T15:21:52.797Z DEBUG plugin-txprepare: Killing plugin: exited during normal operation
lightningd-1 2026-09-15T15:21:52.874Z DEBUG plugin-chanbackup: Killing plugin: exited during normal operation
lightningd-1 2026-09-15T15:21:52.879Z DEBUG plugin-funder: Killing plugin: exited during normal operation
lightningd-1 2026-09-15T15:21:52.881Z DEBUG plugin-cln-xpay: Killing plugin: exited during normal operation
lightningd-1 2026-09-15T15:21:52.888Z DEBUG plugin-offers: Killing plugin: exited during normal operation
lightningd-1 2026-09-15T15:21:52.888Z DEBUG plugin-pay: Killing plugin: exited during normal operation
lightningd-1 2026-09-15T15:21:52.898Z DEBUG plugin-cln-renepay: Killing plugin: exited during normal operation
lightningd-1 2026-09-15T15:21:52.899Z DEBUG plugin-commando: Killing plugin: exited during normal operation
lightningd-1 2026-09-15T15:21:52.901Z DEBUG plugin-topology: Killing plugin: exited during normal operation
lightningd-1 2026-09-15T15:21:52.926Z DEBUG plugin-cln-askrene: Killing plugin: exited during normal operation
lightningd-1 2026-09-15T15:21:53.097Z DEBUG plugin-bookkeeper: Killing plugin: exited during normal operation
lightningd-1 2026-09-15T15:21:53.097Z DEBUG lightningd: io_break: destroy_plugin
lightningd-1 2026-09-15T15:21:53.098Z DEBUG lightningd: Command returned result after jcon close
lightningd-1 2026-09-15T15:21:53.098Z DEBUG connectd: Shutting down
lightningd-1 2026-09-15T15:21:53.100Z DEBUG gossipd: Shutting down
lightningd-1 2026-09-15T15:21:53.101Z DEBUG hsmd: Shutting down
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:21:53.103Z DEBUG 038194b5f32bdf0aa59812c86c4ef7ad2f294104fa027d1ace9b469bb6f88cf37b-lightningd: peer_disconnected
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:21:53.104Z plugin-funder: [IN] 7b226a736f6e727063223a22322e30222c226d6574686f64223a226c6f67222c22706172616d73223a7b226c6576656c223a226465627567222c226d657373616765223a22436c65616e696e6720757020696e666c696768747320666f72207065657220696420303338313934623566333262646630616135393831326338366334656637616432663239343130346661303237643161636539623436396262366638386366333762227d7d0a0a
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:21:53.104Z DEBUG plugin-funder: Cleaning up inflights for peer id 038194b5f32bdf0aa59812c86c4ef7ad2f294104fa027d1ace9b469bb6f88cf37b
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:21:53.111Z jsonrpc#89: [IN] 7b226a736f6e727063223a2022322e30222c20226d6574686f64223a2022636865636b222c2022706172616d73223a205b226465762d6d656d6c65616b225d2c20226964223a20222d633a636865636b233331227d
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:21:53.111Z jsonrpc#89: "-c:check#31"[IN]
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:21:53.112Z jsonrpc#89: [OUT] 7b226a736f6e727063223a22322e30222c226964223a222d633a636865636b233331222c22726573756c74223a7b22636f6d6d616e645f746f5f636865636b223a226465762d6d656d6c65616b227d7d0a0a
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:21:53.112Z jsonrpc#90: [IN] 7b226a736f6e727063223a2022322e30222c20226d6574686f64223a20226465762d6d656d6c65616b222c2022706172616d73223a207b7d2c20226964223a20222d633a6465762d6d656d6c65616b233332227d
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:21:53.112Z jsonrpc#90: "-c:dev-memleak#32"[IN]
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:21:53.113Z DEBUG gossipd: REPLY WIRE_GOSSIPD_DEV_MEMLEAK_REPLY with 0 fds
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:21:53.113Z DEBUG connectd: REPLY WIRE_CONNECTD_DEV_MEMLEAK_REPLY with 0 fds
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:22:04.082Z lightningd: cln:estimatefees#411[OUT]
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:22:04.082Z lightningd: cln:getrawblockbyheight#412[OUT]
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:22:04.082Z jsonrpc#90: [OUT] 7b226a736f6e727063223a22322e30222c226964223a222d633a6465762d6d656d6c65616b233332222c22726573756c74223a7b226c65616b73223a5b5d7d7d0a0a
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:22:04.085Z jsonrpc#89: [IN] 7b226a736f6e727063223a2022322e30222c20226d6574686f64223a2022636865636b222c2022706172616d73223a207b22636f6d6d616e645f746f5f636865636b223a20226465762d7265706f72742d666473227d2c20226964223a20222d633a636865636b233333227d
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:22:04.085Z jsonrpc#89: "-c:check#33"[IN]
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:22:04.085Z jsonrpc#89: [OUT] 7b226a736f6e727063223a22322e30222c226964223a222d633a636865636b233333222c22726573756c74223a7b22636f6d6d616e645f746f5f636865636b223a226465762d7265706f72742d666473227d7d0a0a
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:22:04.086Z jsonrpc#89: [IN] 7b226a736f6e727063223a2022322e30222c20226d6574686f64223a20226465762d7265706f72742d666473222c2022706172616d73223a207b7d2c20226964223a20222d633a6465762d7265706f72742d666473233334227d
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:22:04.086Z jsonrpc#89: "-c:dev-report-fds#34"[IN]
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:22:04.087Z jsonrpc#89: [OUT] 7b226a736f6e727063223a22322e30222c226964223a222d633a6465762d7265706f72742d666473233334222c22726573756c74223a7b7d7d0a0a
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:22:04.092Z jsonrpc#89: [IN] 7b226a736f6e727063223a2022322e30222c20226d6574686f64223a2022636865636b222c2022706172616d73223a205b2273746f70225d2c20226964223a20222d633a636865636b233335227d
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:22:04.092Z jsonrpc#89: "-c:check#35"[IN]
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:22:04.092Z jsonrpc#89: [OUT] 7b226a736f6e727063223a22322e30222c226964223a222d633a636865636b233335222c22726573756c74223a7b22636f6d6d616e645f746f5f636865636b223a2273746f70227d7d0a0a
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:22:04.097Z jsonrpc#89: [IN] 7b226a736f6e727063223a2022322e30222c20226d6574686f64223a202273746f70222c2022706172616d73223a207b7d2c20226964223a20222d633a73746f70233336227d
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:22:04.097Z jsonrpc#89: "-c:stop#36"[IN]
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:22:04.097Z UNUSUAL lightningd: JSON-RPC shutdown
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:22:04.098Z DEBUG lightningd: io_break: start_json_stream
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:22:04.098Z DEBUG lightningd: io_loop_with_timers: main
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:22:04.253Z plugin-bcli: [IN] 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
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:22:04.627Z INFO connectd: dev_report_fds: 3 -> hsm fd
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:22:04.627Z INFO connectd: dev_report_fds: 4 -> gossipd fd
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:22:04.628Z INFO connectd: dev_report_fds: 5 -> listener (connection_in)
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:22:04.628Z INFO connectd: dev_report_fds: 5 name IPv4 socket 127.0.0.1:26361
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:22:04.628Z INFO connectd: dev_report_fds: 6 -> gossip_store
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:22:04.628Z DEBUG connectd: REPLY WIRE_CONNECTD_START_SHUTDOWN_REPLY with 0 fds
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:22:04.628Z DEBUG lightningd: io_break: connectd_start_shutdown_reply
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:22:05.630Z DEBUG plugin-bcli: Killing plugin: exited during normal operation
lightningd-2 2026-09-15T15:22:05.836Z DEBUG plugin-sql: Killing plugin: exited during normal operation
https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/actions/runs/34979695918/job/104441631730?pr=9518
https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/actions/runs/34979695918/job/104441631730?pr=9518