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fix(fee-abstraction): drop Lazy-mode expiration check that validates the wrong value - #844

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Root cause, confirmed independently

collect_fee()'s Lazy branch only re-approves when the existing allowance is already below max_fee_amount. When it isn't, the else branch ran validate_expiration_ledger(e, expiration_ledger) — which only checks that the parameter passed to this call is in the future. That parameter has no relationship to the real, on-chain allowance's actual expiration: it was already fixed by whichever prior approve() call established it, and TokenClient doesn't even expose it as a readable value (only the amount, via allowance()).

Ran the crate's own cited test (collect_fee_with_lazy_approval_expired_ledger_panics) against main at fbfde38 before touching anything: it panics with Error(Contract, #5006), and the diagnostic event log shows allowance: 100 at the moment of the panic — confirming the real allowance was genuinely sufficient and non-expired when the call was rejected. Then wrote two new, independent tests to isolate both directions the issue describes before writing this fix:

  • A real allowance of 100 units valid until ledger 200, current ledger 101 (99 ledgers of real validity left), still panics on expiration_ledger: 100 < 101 — a false rejection.
  • An expiration_ledger of 9999, nowhere near the real allowance's actual expiration of 200, is accepted just as readily as any other value — the parameter never reaches the real allowance either way.

Both confirmed the bug is real and exactly as scoped, not an edge case or a misreading of the original report.

Fix (option a from the issue)

The issue's own "Suggested direction" left two paths open:

  • (a) drop the check in the else branch — the SAC's own transfer_from expiry enforcement, called two lines later in the same function, already protects the real allowance; this check wasn't adding coverage transfer_from didn't already provide, only a false-rejection surface.
  • (b) if Lazy mode is meant to let a caller tighten an existing approval's expiration without bumping the amount, that needs an actual approve() call when the expiration should change, not a validation of an unused parameter.

This PR implements (a), the smaller and less debatable of the two — dropping the check entirely rather than changing Lazy mode's semantics. validate_expiration_ledger itself is untouched and stays public (it still has its own direct unit test, validate_expiration_ledger_past); this PR only removes the one call site that was checking it against the wrong value. If the maintainers want (b) instead — real tightening via a conditional approve() — happy to rework this PR for that instead; flagging it here since it's a real behavior fork, not just an implementation detail.

Tests

  • cargo test --lib in packages/fee-abstraction: 22/22 passing (20 pre-existing + 2 new).
  • cargo clippy --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings: clean.
  • cargo +nightly fmt --all -- --check: clean.
  • The old collect_fee_with_lazy_approval_expired_ledger_panics test encoded the bug as expected behavior (#[should_panic]). Replaced with collect_fee_with_lazy_approval_succeeds_regardless_of_expiration_ledger_param (same exact setup, now asserts success and the correct post-call allowance) and collect_fee_with_lazy_approval_ignores_unrelated_expiration_ledger_param (the second direction — an arbitrary future param has no real effect).

Fixes #840.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Fee collection now succeeds when an existing allowance covers the fee, regardless of the supplied expiration ledger parameter.
    • Prevented valid allowances from being incorrectly rejected due to unrelated or outdated expiration values.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage confirming successful fee collection and correct allowance and recipient balances in these scenarios.

…the wrong value

collect_fee()'s Lazy branch only re-approves when the existing allowance
already covers max_fee_amount. When it does, expiration_ledger is never
applied to anything real — the else branch instead ran
validate_expiration_ledger(e, expiration_ledger), which only checks that
the *parameter passed to this call* is in the future. It has no
relationship to the real allowance's actual expiration, which was set by
whichever prior approve() call established it and isn't even readable
through TokenClient (only the amount is, via allowance()).

Two consequences, demonstrated by two new tests:

- False rejection: a genuinely valid, non-expired real allowance (100
  units until ledger 200, current ledger 101) still panicked with
  Error(Contract, #5006) if the unrelated expiration_ledger argument
  happened to be less than the current ledger sequence.
- No real effect either way: an expiration_ledger nowhere near the real
  allowance's actual expiration (e.g. 9999 against a real expiration of
  200) was accepted just as readily — there was never a tightening or
  loosening effect to preserve.

The SAC's own transfer_from expiry enforcement already protects the real
allowance on the line right after this branch; this check wasn't adding
coverage transfer_from didn't already provide, only a false-rejection
surface. Dropped the call in the else branch. validate_expiration_ledger
itself stays public (still has its own direct unit test) — this only
removes the one call site that was checking it against the wrong thing.

The old collect_fee_with_lazy_approval_expired_ledger_panics test
encoded the bug as expected behavior; replaced with two tests that
assert the corrected behavior in both directions and keep the exact
same setup so the fix's before/after is legible from the diff.

Fixes OpenZeppelin#840.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The lazy approval path now skips expiration validation when the existing allowance covers the fee. Tests verify that expired or unrelated expiration_ledger parameters do not block fee collection.

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Lazy approval expiration handling

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Update lazy approval branch
packages/fee-abstraction/src/storage.rs
The sufficient-allowance branch no longer validates expiration_ledger.
Validate allowance behavior
packages/fee-abstraction/src/test.rs
Tests verify successful collection with expired and unrelated expiration parameters. They also verify the allowance decreases only by the collected fee.

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I nibbled the stale check away,
The valid allowance holds its sway.
Fees flow through, the balance bends,
No false expiry message descends.
Hop, hop—tests confirm the way!

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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes implement issue #840 by removing the incorrect validation and adding tests for both false rejection and unrelated expiration parameters.
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In `@packages/fee-abstraction/src/test.rs`:
- Line 261: In the allowance behavior test, replace
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#[test]
fn collect_fee_with_lazy_approval_ignores_unrelated_expiration_ledger_param() {
let e = Env::default();
e.mock_all_auths_allowing_non_root_auth();

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Use the standard auth mock in this test.

This test verifies allowance behavior. It does not test authorization machinery. Replace e.mock_all_auths_allowing_non_root_auth() with e.mock_all_auths().

Proposed fix
-    e.mock_all_auths_allowing_non_root_auth();
+    e.mock_all_auths();

As per coding guidelines, “Use e.mock_all_auths() for tests unless the test specifically targets authorization machinery.”

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e.mock_all_auths_allowing_non_root_auth();
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In `@packages/fee-abstraction/src/test.rs` at line 261, In the allowance behavior
test, replace e.mock_all_auths_allowing_non_root_auth() with the standard
e.mock_all_auths() setup; leave authorization-specific mocking unchanged
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fee-abstraction: Lazy-mode expiration check added in #546 validates the wrong value, not the actual allowance

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