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Draft. #349 is merged and this targets main. It stays a draft until an SDK release carries arkade-os/ts-sdk#1221, which the solver then bumps to in this PR.

Summary

Once arkd holds the network's pinned emulator key, updated clients derive covenants on arkd's own signer key instead. The solver has to quote the lockup those clients derive, and keep serving clients that still pin the old key. Clients name the key; the solver checks it against an allowlist, builds on it, stores it on the row, and spends covenants on keys arkd holds through arkd directly.

Wire

Every rfq_request profile whose contract has a co-signer-tweaked leaf takes an optional profile.emulator_pubkey (32-byte x-only lowercase hex). The profiles are: Lightning send and receive, on-chain send, both EVM corridors, and asset RFQ. When it's absent, quotes are byte-identical to today. The protocol doc and the reference client are updated.

Allowlist

The solver accepts:

arkd info is read fresh, and only for requests that name a non-default key. Anything else is refused as unsupported_payload with the new error_code unsupported_emulator_pubkey.

Derivation

The five hash-lock orchestrators build and persist on the chosen key. Their rows already rebuild from the stored emulator_pubkey.

asset_rfq_swap gains a nullable emulator_pubkey (x-only):

  • new rows record the key their offer was derived with, and settle re-derives with it;
  • null rows predate the column and use the default key.

The Lightning send re-serve also requires the same co-signer key.

Spending

refundSwapScript and refundSweptSwapScript route by the covenant's own key. When arkd lists it:

  • the offchain refund goes to arkd with submitTx, then finalizeTx. We sign arkd's checkpoint copies only where our key is in the leaf, after checking their sighash types;
  • the swept refund skips the emulator and registers the signed proof with arkd.

Any other key keeps the emulator path. Rows on the pin move to arkd once arkd lists the pin, which also avoids double-signing the same key through the emulator.

Limitations

  • The asset RFQ corridor accepts only the default key for now. Fills go through the SDK's fillOffer, which submits via the emulator and can't co-sign arkd's key. The corridor refuses arkd's key until a solver release on an SDK that can submit fills to arkd (feat(arkade)!: co-sign covenants on arkd's signer key ts-sdk#1221).
  • covclaimd co-signs non-interactive claims through its own emulator, outside this repo. Lockups on arkd's key are still claimable by the client's interactive claim.

Test plan

  • pnpm -r build, pnpm typecheck and pnpm format:check pass.
  • pnpm test on 2dcf9f8f, after merging current main: 348 files, 6603 passed. One test times out locally: rfqCore "derives byte-identical lockups" passes in 7.3 s with a longer timeout, and it also times out at the default 5 s on clean main on this machine.
  • New tests cover:
    • schema accept and refuse for emulator_pubkey;
    • the allowlist: the default key, arkd's current signer, and deprecated signers before their cutoff are accepted; past-cutoff and unknown keys are refused;
    • X-derived quotes are persisted and rebuilt with X;
    • asset settle with the row key, and null rows with the default;
    • refund and swept-refund routing to arkd versus the emulator;
    • the asset corridor accepts only the default key.
  • arkd's real co-signing on submitTx/registerIntent is not exercised; the unit tests mock arkd.

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RFQ profiles now support an optional emulator co-signer public key. Quote services resolve the requested key, reject unsupported keys, and use accepted keys in covenant construction and quote records. Offer settlement uses stored keys, and refund processing selects arkd or the emulator based on operator key ownership.

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Emulator co-signer key support

Layer / File(s) Summary
RFQ key field and refusal contract
packages/solver-core/src/core/rfqProtocol.ts, packages/solver-core/src/core/refusalReasons.ts, packages/solver-corridors/src/wire/*, packages/solver-corridors-evm/src/wire/evmPayloads.ts, docs/rfq-protocol.md, examples/lib/rfq-core.mjs, test/wire/*
The RFQ protocol adds the emulator public-key validation and unsupported_emulator_pubkey refusal mapping. Corridor schemas, documentation, and tests cover the field and refusal code.
Key resolution and quote construction
packages/solver-arkade/src/arkade/arkadeOps.ts, packages/solver-arkade/src/arkade/cosignerKey.ts, packages/solver-corridors/src/{send,receive}/*, packages/solver-corridors-evm/src/{send,receive}/*, packages/solver-corridors/src/corridors/*, packages/solver-corridors-evm/src/corridors/evmRfq.ts, packages/solver-app/src/ops/services.ts, test/arkade/cosignerKey.test.ts, test/send/onchainOrchestrator.test.ts, test/cli/assetRfqServices.test.ts
RFQ handlers pass the requested key to quote services. Services resolve supported keys, use them in covenant parameters and quote records, and return unsupported_emulator_pubkey when resolution fails.
Offer derivation and stored keys
packages/solver-arkade/src/arkade/{offerTerms.ts,quotedOfferSettle.ts}, packages/solver-corridors/src/asset/assetRfqOrchestrator.ts, packages/solver-corridors/src/db/assetRfqSwaps.ts, test/arkade/quotedOfferSettle.test.ts, test/asset/assetRfqOrchestrator.test.ts, test/db/assetRfqSwaps.test.ts, test/wire/assetRfqPayloads.test.ts
Asset offers use the selected key during derivation and store it with the swap row. Settlement uses the stored key when present and the deployment key for legacy rows.
Refund submission routing
packages/solver-arkade/src/arkade/{sweptRefund.ts,wallet.ts}, test/arkade/{sweptRefund.test.ts,wallet.test.ts}
Refund paths use arkd when the operator holds the covenant co-signer key. Otherwise, they submit through the emulator. Tests cover both routes.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant RFQClient
  participant RFQHandler
  participant QuoteService
  participant ArkadeOps
  RFQClient->>RFQHandler: Send profile with emulator_pubkey
  RFQHandler->>QuoteService: Pass requested emulator key
  QuoteService->>ArkadeOps: Resolve a non-default key
  ArkadeOps-->>QuoteService: Return accepted key or null
  QuoteService-->>RFQHandler: Return quote or unsupported_emulator_pubkey refusal
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Possibly related PRs

  • arkade-os/intent-solver#349: Changes the default emulator public key used by quoteCosignerKey and edits the related createServices test assertion.

Suggested reviewers: pietro909

Merge Risk: Low · previous review ab53a

Named co-signer keys now flow through quoting and refunds. A refund for a covenant whose deprecated signer is past its cutoff could be routed to arkd instead of the emulator, which may block that refund. The protocol docs also do not state the asset RFQ default-key-only limit, the covclaimd auto-claim limit, or the need to re-derive with the default key after a refusal. These are bounded and worth fixing before or soon after merge.

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The title "feat(rfq): let clients name the covenant co-signer key" matches the main change. The PR adds an optional profile.emulator_pubkey field to RFQ requests. Clients use it to name the co-signer key that the covenant uses. The solver validates non-default keys against arkd's signer information and refuses unsupported keys with unsupported_emulator_pubkey. The title is specific, follows conventional commit style, and is 54 characters long.

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Review comments at @docs/rfq-protocol.md:
- Line 1840: Update the `unsupported_emulator_pubkey` guidance to require
clients that omit `emulator_pubkey` to derive their covenant using the solver’s
default key, so the derived address matches the solver’s address comparison.
- Around line 867-869: Update the emulator-key rule in § 7.2.1 to state that
asset RFQ accepts only the default key, even when the server’s signer list
includes the pinned emulator key; clarify that the co-signer exception does not
apply to this path.
- Around line 867-869: Update § 7.1.2 or the co-signer rule to clarify the limit
on named co-signer keys for covclaimd’s non-interactive claim; first establish
covclaimd’s actual claim-leaf key expectation, then document that verified
expectation and its effect on claims built with a named server key without
presenting unconfirmed behavior as fact.

Review comments at @packages/solver-arkade/src/arkade/wallet.ts:
- Line 902: Update the arkd routing condition around operatorHolds to check the
covenant signer’s expiration status using the SDK’s supported
signer-classification mechanism; route only non-expired signers to arkd,
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Reviewed both commits. The incremental head commit is docs-only (docs/rfq-protocol.md) and directly addresses the two gaps CodeRabbit flagged: it now states that asset RFQ accepts only the default key while fills route through the emulator, and that covclaimd's non-interactive claim on a server-key lockup requires submitting to the Arkade server. The refusal-table row also gains the client action ("omit emulator_pubkey and re-derive with the default key"). Accurate and sufficient.


Finding 1 — deprecated-signer cutoff not checked at spend time (medium)

packages/solver-arkade/src/arkade/cosignerKey.ts:11
packages/solver-arkade/src/arkade/wallet.ts:898
packages/solver-arkade/src/arkade/sweptRefund.ts:332

operatorHolds includes every entry in deprecatedSigners, regardless of its cutoffDate:

return signers.active === xOnly || signers.deprecated.has(xOnly)

Both refundSwapScript and refundSweptSwapScript route to arkd when this returns true. If arkd stops co-signing for a deprecated key after its cutoff but keeps the entry in deprecatedSigners while doing so, the routing condition sends the refund to arkd and arkd rejects it — no emulator fallback. The old emulator path was the only path before this PR, so the net result is a potentially unrecoverable refund rather than a delayed one.

This is safe only if arkd's deprecatedSigners list is kept in sync with what it will actually co-sign: entries are removed at exactly the moment arkd stops processing them. If that invariant holds, no change is needed. If the list can lag, the routing condition needs to filter by cutoffDate using whatever the SDK exposes. Worth confirming with the arkd side before merge.


Finding 2 — arkd round-trip inside the Lightning-send re-serve check (low)

packages/solver-corridors/src/corridors/rfq.ts:244

existing.emulatorPubkey === (await service.cosignerKey(request.profile.emulator_pubkey))

service.cosignerKey for a non-default key calls cosignerKeyFor, which hits arkd live. This adds an arkd RPC to what is otherwise a cheap idempotency check on every re-serve attempt for clients using a named key. The commit message acknowledges this and flags a cache as the follow-up. That's fine — just noting it's unmitigated until the cache lands, and quote latency will spike in mixed-key deployments. No correctness issue.


Head commit (a682120) specifically

Docs change only. The asset-RFQ and covclaimd limits are now stated accurately and in the right places (§ 6 co-signer rule and the refusal table). No issues.


Everything else

  • Allowlist logic in quoteCosignerKey / operatorCosignerKey is correct: absent or default → no arkd read; arkd's key → allowed only while arkd lists the network pin; anything else → refuse.
  • DB schemas already carried emulator_pubkey on send/receive swap rows; asset-RFQ adds its own nullable column correctly, with null correctly interpreted as "derive with deployment default" on legacy rows.
  • Re-serve comparison on emulatorPubkey is semantically correct (null legacy rows re-quote rather than re-serve, which is the right behaviour).
  • EVM corridors receive cosignerKeyFor via the full ArkadeOps wired in EvmSendServiceDeps.arkade — no silent hole there.
  • Test coverage for the allowlist, re-derive-with-stored-key, and routing branches is solid.

Finding 1 is the only thing I'd want resolved before merge.

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PROTOCOL-CRITICAL: human review required.

This PR rewires the allowlist gate that decides which co-signer key the solver builds covenants on, and routes live settlement (both the offchain-refund submitTx/finalizeTx path and the swept-refund registerIntent path) through arkd instead of the emulator when arkd holds that key. All of that sits directly on the money-movement path. The logic looks well-reasoned and the new tests are solid, but the two issues below need resolution before merge.


Findings

1. Bug — Lightning send re-serve broken for in-flight rows at deployment

File: packages/solver-corridors/src/corridors/rfq.ts, added condition in respondToLightningRfqRequest

The added deduplication clause is:

existing.emulatorPubkey === (await service.cosignerKey(request.profile.emulator_pubkey))

service.cosignerKey(undefined) returns the compressed default key (a non-null string). existing.emulatorPubkey for any row written before emulatorPubkey was stored is null. null === <string> is always false.

Impact: a client that retries a Lightning send quote issued before this deployment cannot re-serve the existing row; the solver instead tries to insert a new row for the same payment hash and hits a unique-constraint error. The client sees a quote failure mid-flight. The locked-up VTXO is safe (it refunds on timeout), but the user experience break can appear as a fund-loss until the timeout clears.

The fix is cheap — treat null rows as the default key on the left side:

(existing.emulatorPubkey ?? arkade.emulatorPubkey) === (await service.cosignerKey(request.profile.emulator_pubkey))

(The asset-RFQ and EVM corridors do not have a re-serve path so they are not affected.)


2. Coverage gap — refundSwapScript arkd routing via deprecated signer not tested

File: test/arkade/wallet.test.ts

The new routing test always sets deprecatedSigners: [] and routes by matching the covenant key to arkd's active signer. operatorHolds accepts both active and deprecated signers, so a lockup built on a key that has since been deprecated to arkd will also take the arkd path. That branch is exercised in sweptRefund.test.ts and cosignerKey.test.ts, but not in wallet.test.ts's refundSwapScript test. For a function that sends a live submitTx/finalizeTx sequence to arkd this is worth a dedicated case.


Security observations (no change requested)

assertAllowedSighashTypes placement (packages/solver-arkade/src/arkade/wallet.ts, new arkd path): the guard runs on each server-returned checkpoint before signOurs runs. This is the right order — signing a server-supplied SIGHASH_ALL checkpoint would let arkd redirect the output. Correctly placed.

matchServerCheckpoints bijection (wallet.ts): the txid-keyed map with delete-on-match ensures no server-supplied checkpoint satisfies two local slots. Correctly applied.

operatorCosignerKey only accepts active signer (packages/solver-arkade/src/arkade/cosignerKey.ts): deprecated signers are not accepted for new quote allowlisting, only for settle routing. This is the right policy — you can still settle on a key arkd has deprecated, but you cannot quote new lockups on it.

Asset corridor limitation (packages/solver-app/src/ops/services.ts): passing { emulatorPubkey: ... } without cosignerKeyFor forces quoteCosignerKey to return null for any non-default key. The limitation is real, documented, and correctly enforced.


Minor observations (no change requested)

Double getInfo() on Lightning send re-quote (rfq.ts + orchestrator.ts): when a client re-quotes a send and re-serve fails, cosignerKey() is called twice — once in the re-serve check, once inside quote(). Both may hit arkProvider.getInfo() for non-default keys. Not a correctness issue.

Inconsistent key encoding across corridors (assetRfqSwaps.ts stores x-only hex; sendSwaps, receiveSwaps, onchain, and EVM store compressed hex). Both are consumed correctly by their own paths, but the encoding difference would be a footgun for any future cross-corridor query that compares stored emulator_pubkey values.

Once arkd holds the network's pinned emulator key, new clients derive
covenants on arkd's own signer key instead. The solver has to quote the
lockup those clients derive, and keep serving clients that pin the old key.

Wire: every rfq_request profile whose contract has an emulator-tweaked leaf
(Lightning send and receive, on-chain send, both EVM corridors, asset RFQ)
takes an optional profile.emulator_pubkey, x-only hex. Absent keeps the
solver's default key (covenantCosignerKey) and byte-identical quotes.

Allowlist: the default key, or arkd's current signerPubkey while arkd lists
the network pin as its signer or a deprecated one. arkd's info is read fresh
and only for a request naming a non-default key: absent-key quotes add no
round trip, and acceptance never trails arkd's own state. The cost is one
arkd read per such quote; a short cache is the upgrade if that shows up in
quote latency. Anything else is refused as unsupported_payload with the new
error_code unsupported_emulator_pubkey (closed set, reference client and
docs/rfq-protocol.md updated).

Derivation: each quote builds and persists its covenant on the chosen key.
Hash-lock rows already store emulator_pubkey and rebuild from it; arkd's key
is stored as arkd advertises it, which derives the same covenant as its
x-only form because the SDK lifts the co-signer key to x-only before
tweaking. The asset RFQ table gains a nullable emulator_pubkey (x-only):
every new row records the key its offer was derived with and settle
re-derives with it; null, on rows quoted before the column, keeps deriving
with the deployment's default key. The Lightning send re-serve also requires
the same co-signer key before re-emitting a quote (same content, 4.5).

Spending: refundSwapScript and refundSweptSwapScript route by the covenant's
own key. When arkd lists it (signerPubkey or deprecatedSigners, x-only), the
offchain refund goes to arkd as submitTx then finalizeTx, signing arkd's
checkpoint copies only where our key is in the leaf, after checking their
sighash types, and passing the rest through; the swept refund skips the
emulator's submitIntent and registers the solver-signed proof with arkd.
Any other key keeps the emulator path unchanged. Routing reads arkd's info at
spend time, so a row on the pinned key also moves to arkd once arkd lists
the pin.

Asset RFQ accepts only the default key for now: offer fills (asset RFQ settle,
offer packets) still go through the SDK's fillOffer via the emulator, which
cannot co-sign arkd's key, so the corridor refuses it until fills can be
submitted to arkd. Not covered: covclaimd's non-interactive claim on the
receive legs co-signs through its own emulator, outside this repo.
…ner key

The co-signer rule read as if every covenant corridor accepted the server's
key. The asset RFQ corridor accepts only the default key while its fills still
co-sign through the emulator, and covclaimd claims a server-key lockup only if
it submits that claim to the Arkade server. The refusal table now also says a
client omitting the key must derive with the default.
A client-named emulator_pubkey is now verified against arkd's info alone:
arkd's current signerPubkey, or one of its deprecatedSigners whose cutoff
has not passed (0 meaning none, as arkd reads it). Accepting the current
signer only while arkd also listed the network pin tied acceptance to the
pin; every key arkd lists is one it co-signs for, so the pin adds nothing.
An absent field still means the solver's default key.

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PROTOCOL-CRITICAL: human review required.

Status: Branch was force-pushed since my last review; the actual incremental diff (equivalent baseline 4433ce65 → c925de05) touches 3 files: cosignerKey.ts, cosignerKey.test.ts, docs/rfq-protocol.md. 0 prior findings fixed. 2 still open.


Prior findings — closure

1. Bug — Lightning send re-serve broken for in-flight null rows — Still open

File: packages/solver-corridors/src/corridors/rfq.ts:245

existing.emulatorPubkey === (await service.cosignerKey(request.profile.emulator_pubkey))

Present unchanged in both 4433ce65 (equivalent of my baseline) and c925de05 (current head). existing.emulatorPubkey is null for any row written before this column was stored; service.cosignerKey(undefined) returns the compressed default key (a non-null string); null === <string> is always false. A client retrying a Lightning send quote issued before this deployment hits the quote_conflict path instead of the re-serve path, then a unique-constraint error on the same payment hash. The locked VTXO is safe; the user experience break can read as a fund-loss until the timeout clears.

Suggested fix (no new public surface needed):

(existing.emulatorPubkey ?? (await service.cosignerKey(undefined))) ===
  (await service.cosignerKey(request.profile.emulator_pubkey))

Or cache cosignerKey(undefined) and cosignerKey(request.profile.emulator_pubkey) before the if block to avoid calling getInfo() twice on the non-default path.

2. Coverage gap — refundSwapScript arkd routing via deprecated signer — Still open

File: test/arkade/wallet.test.ts

The test added in the initial commit (06d0ed9f) wires arkdSigning(signer) with deprecatedSigners: [] throughout. operatorHolds accepts both active and deprecated signers, so a lockup built on a key that has since been deprecated to arkd also takes the arkd submit→finalize path. For a function that sends a live submitTx/finalizeTx sequence to arkd, the deprecated-signer routing branch merits a dedicated test case.


Incremental diff analysis (4433ce6 → c925de0)

operatorCosignerKey policy relaxation — correct, no issue

The old implementation had two requirements:

  1. requested === xOnly(signerPubkey) — only the active key was accepted
  2. operatorHolds(pin, info) — arkd also had to hold the network's pinned emulator key

The new implementation drops the pin dependency and adds non-expired deprecated signers:

if (requested === toXOnlySignerHex(info.signerPubkey)) return info.signerPubkey
const deprecated = info.deprecatedSigners.find(
  (signer) =>
    signer.pubkey &&
    toXOnlySignerHex(signer.pubkey) === requested &&
    (signer.cutoffDate === 0n || signer.cutoffDate > BigInt(nowSeconds)),
)
return deprecated?.pubkey ?? null

Cutoff boundary: cutoffDate > BigInt(nowSeconds) — a key is rejected at exactly its cutoff second. cosignerKey.test.ts now verifies cutoffDate === NOW → null. Correct.

Pinless networks: The old code returned null on any network where defaultEmulatorPubkey threw (signet, etc.), blocking all named keys. The new code accepts named keys that arkd signs for on those networks. This is an intentional behaviour change and consistent with the new policy.

Asymmetry preserved: operatorCosignerKey (quote-time, cutoff-filtered) vs operatorHolds (settlement-time, all deprecated accepted). A covenant built on a key before its cutoff can still be settled through arkd after the cutoff. This is the right policy.

Default parameter nowSeconds: Evaluated at call time (JavaScript semantics), so each production invocation from arkadeOpsFromContext's cosignerKeyFor gets a fresh wall-clock value. ✓

cosignerKey.test.ts — covers what it should

Boundary cases:

  • cutoffDate = 0 (no cutoff) → accepted ✓
  • cutoffDate = NOW + 1 → accepted ✓
  • cutoffDate = NOW → rejected ✓
  • Absent cosignerKeyFor → refuses non-default ✓
  • Default key absent or named → bypasses cosignerKeyFor entirely ✓

docs/rfq-protocol.md — accurate

Refusal-table row updated from "names the server's signer while it lists the pin" to "name a server signer key not past its cutoff". Matches the new implementation. ✓


Security observations (no change requested)

operatorHolds and signerSetFromInfo (wallet.ts:902, sweptRefund.ts:334): Settlement routing uses signerSetFromInfo from the SDK. Whether that helper filters expired deprecated entries determines whether a covenant built on an expired key routes to arkd or falls back to the emulator. This is an SDK contract question; the two callers rely on signerSetFromInfo including all deprecated entries (including expired). If the SDK silently filters them, covenants whose key has just passed its cutoff would route to the emulator and stall until the emulator rejects them. Worth confirming the SDK's guarantee here, but unchanged by this diff.

covenantCosignerKey simplification (cosigner.ts): The old third argument (operatorKey) is gone. The new function always returns the SDK pin (or the emulator's report on pinless networks). The services.ts call site was updated accordingly. No behavioral change for standard (pinned) deployments. ✓

Wire validation (emulatorPubkey.test.ts): New test confirms all six corridor schemas accept emulator_pubkey as optional x-only hex (64 lowercase chars) and reject compressed, uppercase, non-hex, empty, and non-string values across the full send/receive matrix. ✓

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Kukks changed the base branch from feat/cosigner-operator-key to main November 13, 2026 08:12
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# Conflicts:
#	packages/solver-corridors/src/db/assetRfqSwaps.ts
A lockup built on a key arkd now lists only among its deprecated signers
still refunds through arkd's submit and finalize, not the emulator.
Dropping deprecated keys from operatorHolds fails the new case.
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Replying to Arkana's two open findings at c925de05:

1. Re-serve of rows with a null emulator_pubkey: leaving as is. A null key marks a row that is not a covenant swap. covenantScriptFromRow throws on it: swap … is not a covenant swap: missing refund destination or emulator key (packages/solver-arkade/src/arkade/covenantRow.ts:147). The column has existed since the first commit, and every RFQ send quote stores the key it built on (send/orchestrator.ts:748). If the comparison treated null as the default key, it would re-serve a covenant quote whose script the solver cannot rebuild to claim or refund. Refusing with quote_conflict is the safe outcome for such a row.

2. Refund routing on a deprecated signer key: added in 3b01507f. The routing test now also refunds a lockup whose co-signer key arkd lists only among deprecatedSigners, and checks that it goes through arkd's submit and finalize, not the emulator. With deprecated keys dropped from operatorHolds, that case fails.

Also in this push: #349 is merged, so this PR now targets main and merges it in (2dcf9f8f; one conflict, in the asset RFQ INSERT, resolved to main's new columns plus emulator_pubkey).

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@arkana-ai-bot Please review head 3b01507

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Arkana review — head 3b01507f

Both prior findings are now resolved.


Finding 1 — null re-serve rows (closed)

@Kukks' explanation is convincing: emulatorPubkey has been present and always written at quote time since the column was introduced — a null value marks a row that cannot reconstruct its covenant script, and covenantScriptFromRow already throws on null per the comment at packages/solver-arkade/src/arkade/covenantRow.ts:36. Refusing with quote_conflict is the correct outcome, not a re-serve of an unrebuildable row. Finding closed.


Finding 2 — refundSwapScript deprecated-signer routing not tested (closed)

Fixed in this commit. test/arkade/wallet.test.ts now adds a case where the covenant's co-signer key is listed only in deprecatedSigners (with cutoffDate: 0n, no expiry). The assertions confirm:

  • submitTx (emulator path) is not called
  • finalizeTx (arkd path) is called exactly once

This directly exercises the routing branch that was untested. The expired-key → emulator-path case is covered separately in cosignerKey.test.ts, so the split is appropriate. Finding closed.


Incremental diff (3b01507f) — no new issues

The commit is test-only: a single new case in the refundSwapScript describe block. The refactor of routed to build a full getInfo response (rather than delegating to arkdSigning) is an improvement — it makes the shape of what operatorHolds / signerSetFromInfo consume explicit in the test. arkdSubmitTx is not cleared before the new case, so the test cannot assert it was called exactly once there, but submitTx not called + finalizeTx called once is sufficient to prove the right path was taken.


No open findings remain. The PR is still marked Draft — when you're ready to move it forward, the logic, tests, and docs look good to me.

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