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Author: TheBlueMatt

lightning/src/ln/channelmanager.rs

@@ -7585,6 +7585,9 @@ where
 									// deliberately keeping the pending payment around forever.
 									// Given it should only occur when we have a channel we're
 									// force-closing for being stale that's okay.
+									// The alternative would be to wipe the state by claiming,
+									// generating a `PaymentPathSuccessful` event but regenerating
+									// it and the `PaymentSent` on every restart, forever.
 									pending_outbounds.claim_htlc(payment_id, preimage, session_priv, path, false, &pending_events, &args.logger);
 									pending_events_read = pending_events.into_inner().unwrap();
 								}