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fix: guard against short reservation id when printing shortid#1090

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Guard against slicing ReservationId when printing the short ID to avoid a potential panic if the identifier is shorter than expected

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This pull request introduces a defensive programming measure to enhance the robustness of the instantOut command. It specifically addresses a potential runtime panic that could occur if a ReservationId is unexpectedly short, ensuring the application continues to function reliably when displaying reservation information.

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  • Panic Prevention: Implemented a length check for ReservationId before slicing to prevent a potential panic if the ID is shorter than expected when generating a short ID for display.

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  • cmd/loop/instantout.go
    • Added a length check for ReservationId to prevent slicing a short string and causing a panic.
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This pull request correctly guards against a potential panic that could occur when printing a short reservation ID. The added check on the length of the ReservationId before slicing it is a good defensive measure. I have one minor suggestion to improve the clarity of the conditional logic, making it more idiomatic.

@Olexandr88 Olexandr88 requested a review from starius March 10, 2026 16:49
@Olexandr88 Olexandr88 requested a review from starius March 11, 2026 09:46
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starius commented Mar 11, 2026

I reformatted it to follow the code style guide (formatting of fmt.Errorf). Also minimized the diff.

diff --git a/cmd/loop/instantout.go b/cmd/loop/instantout.go
index 5a558f2..a071529 100644
--- a/cmd/loop/instantout.go
+++ b/cmd/loop/instantout.go
@@ -89,6 +89,12 @@ func instantOut(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
        fmt.Printf("Available reservations: \n\n")
        for _, res := range confirmedReservations {
                idx++
+               if len(res.ReservationId) != reservation.IdLength {
+                       return fmt.Errorf("invalid reservation id length: "+
+                               "got %d, expected %d", len(res.ReservationId),
+                               reservation.IdLength)
+               }
+
                fmt.Printf("Reservation %v: shortid %x, amt %v, expiry "+
                        "height %v \n", idx, res.ReservationId[:3], res.Amount,
                        res.Expiry)

Could you update the PR to have just a single commit with this diff, please?

@Olexandr88 Olexandr88 force-pushed the master branch 2 times, most recently from f21f9db to 582bc5e Compare March 11, 2026 19:14
@Olexandr88 Olexandr88 requested a review from starius March 11, 2026 19:16
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starius commented Mar 13, 2026

Could you rebase the PR, please? We recently enabled AI flow for low-severity PRs and this is a good candidate to validate it.

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Rebased on latest master

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