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Adds an opt-in confidential feature to solana-mpp implementing Token-2022
confidential transfers for the charge intent, and migrates the workspace to
the solana 4.0 client line.

Confidential transfers

  • protocol: CredentialPayload::Bundle (multi-tx); MethodDetails
    confidential / auditorElgamalPubkey / recipientElgamalPubkey;
    validate_confidential_charge gate; USDPT placeholder mint.
  • client: confidential transfer bundle builder — proof generation
    (proof-generation 0.6.1 / zk-sdk 7), verify-into-context-state accounts,
    spl-record range-proof staging, async-signer key derivation (modern KDF).
  • server: settle_confidential_bundle with two modes —
    recipient-key (gateway controls the payee → enforces the exact amount by
    decrypting its own pending-balance delta) and facilitator trust-proofs
    (submit + verify the transfer targets the recipient; the on-chain ZK program
    guarantees proof validity; the recipient reconciles the amount out of band).
  • recover_split_amount — the shared ElGamal split-amount decryption primitive.

solana 4.0 migration

Moves rpc-client / transaction-status to 4.0 (interface crates stay 3.x),
bumps the solana-keychain rev to one allowing solana-signature 3.3.x, and
switches to solana-transaction-status-client-types (its parent gates the lib
behind agave-unstable-api). Enables surfpool 1.4 / litesvm 0.13.

Tests

cargo test -p solana-mpp --features confidential729 pass, including
litesvm end-to-end tests: the ZK ElGamal Proof program accepts our generated
proofs, and a full on-chain lifecycle (mint → configure → deposit →
apply-pending → transfer) confirms the recipient recovers the exact amount with
its own key.

Note (dev shim)

The litesvm [patch.crates-io] points at a fork branch
(lgalabru/litesvm@loosen-solana-address-constraint) that loosens an overly
strict solana-address =2.2.0 pin so litesvm 0.13 can coexist with the
confidential proof crates. Pending the upstream litesvm PR.

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lgalabru added 4 commits June 20, 2026 14:33
Add an opt-in `confidential` feature to solana-mpp implementing the
Token-2022 confidential-transfer bundle for the charge intent:

- protocol: CredentialPayload::Bundle; MethodDetails confidential /
  auditorElgamalPubkey / recipientElgamalPubkey; USDPT placeholder mint;
  validate_confidential_charge gate.
- client: confidential transfer bundle builder — proof generation
  (proof-generation 0.6.1 / zk-sdk 7), verify-into-context-state
  accounts, spl-record range-proof staging, auditor handle, async-signer
  key derivation (modern KDF). Wired into the charge builder; fail-closed
  when the feature is off.
- server: fail-closed Bundle arm + recover_amount_via_auditor primitive.
- tests: litesvm proof-acceptance + auditor amount-recovery (728 pass).

Migrate the workspace to the solana 4.0 client line (rpc-client and
transaction-status 4.0, keychain rev allowing solana-signature 3.3.x,
solana-transaction-status-client-types) so surfpool 1.4 / litesvm 0.13
resolve alongside the confidential proof crates.
…fication

Wire production settlement of confidential-transfer bundles, using the
recipient-key model (the gateway is the payee; it confirms the amount by
decrypting what its own account received — no auditor key at the gateway).

- recover_split_amount(key, lo, hi): generic ElGamal split-amount decryption
  primitive (replaces the auditor-specific helper; key-agnostic).
- server: Config.recipient_signer + settle_confidential_bundle — submit the
  bundle txs sequentially, read the recipient's pending balance before/after,
  decrypt the delta with the recipient key, and require it equals the charge.
- litesvm e2e (recipient_recovers_confidential_transfer_amount_in_litesvm):
  full on-chain lifecycle (CT mint, configure, deposit, apply-pending,
  transfer) proving recipient-side recovery; proofs verified inline (litesvm
  has no 1232-byte limit, so no spl-record needed).
…lement

settle_confidential_bundle no longer requires recipient_signer. Two modes:

- recipient_signer SET (gateway controls the payee): enforce the exact amount
  by decrypting the recipient's pending-balance delta with the recipient key.
- recipient_signer ABSENT (facilitator settling to an arbitrary recipient):
  trust-proofs — submit the bundle and verify the transfer targets the
  recipient ATA; the on-chain ZK program guarantees proof validity and the
  recipient reconciles the amount out of band.

Both modes now also structurally verify the final transfer's destination is
the expected recipient ATA, so a bundle can't silently pay someone else.
…traint)

Replaces the local-path litesvm [patch.crates-io] with the pushed fork
branch (github.com/lgalabru/litesvm) while the upstream PR is open.
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This PR adds an opt-in confidential Cargo feature to solana-mpp implementing Token-2022 confidential transfers for the charge intent, and migrates the workspace to the Solana 4.0 client crates. The confidential path is gated at every boundary — the client fails closed without the feature, the server rejects Bundle credentials when not compiled in, and a new worker feature adds the settlement actor and orphan sweeper.

  • Client: build_confidential_transfer_bundle in client/confidential.rs assembles the gateway-paid, partially-signed ZK proof bundle (equality, validity, and U128 range proofs staged via spl-record), with POD byte-casts bridging the zk-sdk 4.0 / 7.0.1 version split.
  • Server: settle_confidential_bundle in server/charge.rs verifies every transaction against a tight program allow-list before co-signing, then optionally enforces the exact transferred amount via recipient-key decryption of the pending-balance delta; sweep_confidential_orphans reclaims rent from stranded proof/record accounts using a two-pass guard.
  • Solana 4.0 migration: solana-rpc-client and solana-transaction-status-client-types bump to 4.0 across mpp, x402, and core; interface-level crates stay on flexible 3.x ranges; a temporary litesvm fork patch loosens an overly strict solana-address pin.

Confidence Score: 3/5

The core bundle allow-list and destination checks are now pre-broadcast, but the broadcast_close async function in the orphan sweeper blocks the Tokio thread with a synchronous sleep, and several correctness issues flagged in earlier review rounds remain open.

The orphan sweeper's broadcast_close blocks the Tokio executor with synchronous sleep on every orphan close, and multiple correctness gaps flagged in earlier rounds remain unaddressed in this revision.

rust/crates/mpp/src/server/charge.rs — broadcast_close confirmation loop and the before snapshot handling for fresh confidential accounts both need fixes.

Important Files Changed

Filename Overview
rust/crates/mpp/src/server/charge.rs Core settlement logic: adds settle_confidential_bundle, verify_confidential_bundle_tx allow-list, sweep_confidential_orphans, and broadcast_close. broadcast_close has a blocking std::thread::sleep in an async confirmation loop.
rust/crates/mpp/src/client/confidential.rs New client module: builds the gateway-paid confidential transfer bundle (ZK proof context accounts, spl-record staging, partial signing). Well-tested with unit tests for all cast helpers and signing invariants.
rust/crates/mpp/src/server/confidential_worker.rs New worker module: sequential mpsc actor for confidential settlement + periodic orphan sweep. Correctly threads recipient_signer from ConfidentialWorkerConfig into each per-charge Mpp.
rust/crates/mpp/src/protocol/confidential.rs Crypto primitives: async key derivation and recover_split_amount. Comprehensive litesvm e2e tests cover proof format compatibility, recipient-key recovery, and auditor-key recovery across lo/hi split boundaries.
rust/crates/mpp/src/protocol/solana.rs Adds CredentialPayload::Bundle, MethodDetails confidential fields, USDPT mint constant, and validate_confidential_charge. All new paths are tested.
rust/crates/mpp/docs/confidential-transfers.md New design document: thorough explanation of ElGamal/AES crypto, bundle anatomy, and settlement modes. Contains hardcoded author-local filesystem paths in section 4.1.
rust/crates/mpp/tests/confidential_integration.rs New e2e integration tests for the full confidential charge lifecycle. Missing the RUN_SURFPOOL_TESTS env-var skip guard added to charge_integration.rs in this same PR, causing panics in unstable surfnet environments.
rust/Cargo.toml Adds [patch.crates-io] override pointing litesvm/litesvm-token to a personal fork branch. Clearly annotated as a temporary shim pending an upstream PR.
rust/crates/mpp/Cargo.toml Adds confidential and worker opt-in features with well-documented version pinning strategy for the two-zk-sdk coexistence pattern (zk-sdk 4.0 for token-2022 ABI, 7.0.1 for proof generation).

Sequence Diagram

%%{init: {'theme': 'neutral'}}%%
sequenceDiagram
    participant Client as Pay Client
    participant GW as Gateway
    participant RPC as Solana RPC
    participant ZK as ZK ElGamal Proof
    participant T22 as Token-2022

    Client->>GW: "POST charge (confidential=true)"
    GW-->>Client: "402 challenge (feePayerKey=gateway)"
    Client->>RPC: fetch recipient ATA, mint CT config, sender CT account
    Note over Client: derive ElGamal+AES keys, generate 3 split proofs, partial-sign
    Client-->>GW: CredentialPayload::Bundle
    loop each tx
        Note over GW: allow-list check, fee-payer check, dest check
        GW->>GW: co-sign gateway fee-payer slot
        GW->>RPC: simulate + send_transaction
        RPC->>ZK: VerifyEquality / VerifyValidity / VerifyRange
        RPC->>T22: inner_transfer + close accounts
        GW->>RPC: confirm_transaction
    end
    Note over GW: assert exactly 1 confidential transfer
    alt recipient-key mode
        GW->>RPC: getAccountInfo recipient ATA after
        Note over GW: recover_split_amount, assert delta == amount
    else facilitator mode
        Note over GW: trust on-chain ZK proofs
    end
    GW->>GW: consume_signature (replay protection)
    GW-->>Client: Receipt::success
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sequenceDiagram
    participant Client as Pay Client
    participant GW as Gateway
    participant RPC as Solana RPC
    participant ZK as ZK ElGamal Proof
    participant T22 as Token-2022

    Client->>GW: "POST charge (confidential=true)"
    GW-->>Client: "402 challenge (feePayerKey=gateway)"
    Client->>RPC: fetch recipient ATA, mint CT config, sender CT account
    Note over Client: derive ElGamal+AES keys, generate 3 split proofs, partial-sign
    Client-->>GW: CredentialPayload::Bundle
    loop each tx
        Note over GW: allow-list check, fee-payer check, dest check
        GW->>GW: co-sign gateway fee-payer slot
        GW->>RPC: simulate + send_transaction
        RPC->>ZK: VerifyEquality / VerifyValidity / VerifyRange
        RPC->>T22: inner_transfer + close accounts
        GW->>RPC: confirm_transaction
    end
    Note over GW: assert exactly 1 confidential transfer
    alt recipient-key mode
        GW->>RPC: getAccountInfo recipient ATA after
        Note over GW: recover_split_amount, assert delta == amount
    else facilitator mode
        Note over GW: trust on-chain ZK proofs
    end
    GW->>GW: consume_signature (replay protection)
    GW-->>Client: Receipt::success
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  1. rust/crates/mpp/src/server/charge.rs, line 3407-3421 (link)

    P1 Blocking std::thread::sleep in broadcast_close async fn

    broadcast_close is an async fn called from sweep_confidential_orphans, but its confirmation loop calls std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(200)) up to 30 × 200 ms = 6 s per close. This blocks the OS thread running the async task, preventing any other task on that Tokio worker from progressing while the sweeper waits. Replace with tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(200)).await.

Reviews (6): Last reviewed commit: "docs(mpp): update confidential-transfers..." | Re-trigger Greptile

lgalabru added 4 commits June 20, 2026 17:31
…tion

The recipient-key correction left validate_confidential_charge still
*requiring* auditorElgamalPubkey, so the client would have rejected the
gateway's (correct) no-auditor confidential challenge. The auditor is the mint
issuer's optional compliance facility — not required for a charge — so only a
present-but-empty value is now rejected. Removes the obsolete client test that
asserted the old mandatory-auditor behavior (covered by the solana.rs unit test).
Adds docs/confidential-transfers.md: ElGamal/CT primitives, the account
lifecycle, the proof bundle, the end-to-end pay-push-confidential flow, the two
settlement modes (recipient-key vs facilitator trust-proofs), and repo layout —
with mermaid diagrams.
Confidential bundles were client-paid, but clients have no SOL. Flip the model
so the gateway is fee payer, rent funder, proof/record-account authority, and
rent-reclaim destination for every bundle tx; the client only signs the transfer
authority and the ephemeral account keypairs and leaves the fee-payer slot empty
for the gateway to co-sign at settlement.

Builder (client/confidential.rs): take the gateway feePayerKey from the
challenge; partial-sign; route create_account/authority/close to the gateway.
charge.rs requires feePayerKey for confidential charges.

Settlement (server/charge.rs): hard-verify every bundle tx before co-signing —
fee payer must be the gateway, instructions are allow-listed (ZK proof,
spl-record, Token-2022, System create_account only, funded by the gateway and
assigning to the ZK/record program), bundle size is bounded. Then co-sign the
empty fee-payer slot, simulate, broadcast. Memo is disallowed (confidential
charges reconcile by signature, not an on-chain order-id). Unit-tested the
allow-list (accepts valid shapes; rejects System transfer, bad create_account
owner, unknown program, wrong fee payer).
Comment thread rust/crates/mpp/src/server/charge.rs Outdated
lgalabru added 4 commits June 20, 2026 18:36
Gateway-paid bundles fund proof/record accounts that are closed in the final
tx; a partial failure (e.g. blockhash expiry mid-bundle) orphans them with the
gateway's rent locked inside. Add Mpp::sweep_confidential_orphans: scan the ZK
proof + spl-record programs for accounts whose authority is the gateway (memcmp,
zero-length data slice), and close them back to the gateway (it is their
authority).

Race-safe two-pass guard (store-backed): an account is closed only if it was
already seen in a PRIOR sweep, so an in-flight settlement's transient accounts
(created+closed within one bounded call) are never closed out from under it.
Schedule with an interval comfortably larger than settlement latency. Unit-tests
the guard (defer first sighting → confirm on next pass → reset after close).
Before generating the (expensive) transfer proofs, the bundle builder now
checks: the recipient accepts confidential credits, the sender's account is
approved, and the sender holds enough confidential balance. Previously the
balance check ran AFTER proof generation, and a recipient that disallows
credits would only fail on-chain. Decrypt the balance once and reuse it for the
new decryptable-balance ciphertext.
Move the confidential worker run-loop into pay-kit behind an opt-in `worker`
feature (= confidential + server; server already pulls tokio). Exposes
spawn_confidential_worker(ConfidentialWorkerConfig, signer) -> ConfidentialHandle
with ConfidentialHandle::settle(...) -> Result<Receipt, VerificationError>. The
loop owns one shared store (consistent orphan guard + replay protection) and a
resident fee-payer signer, serves settlement over an mpsc channel with oneshot
replies, and runs the periodic orphan sweep on the same select! loop.
Comment thread rust/crates/mpp/src/server/confidential_worker.rs
lgalabru added 5 commits June 20, 2026 19:49
End-to-end against an embedded Surfnet: set up a Token-2022 confidential mint +
funded sender + recipient (keys derived from the signers), then drive
build_credential_header (client builds the partially-signed gateway-paid bundle)
→ Mpp::verify (gateway co-signs every tx, runs the instruction allow-list,
submits the bundle, and confirms the amount by decrypting its own recipient
balance). Real on-chain execution of the proofs + confidential transfer.

Lifts client/confidential.rs line coverage 0% → 90%.
Refactor the confidential integration setup into a shared helper and add a
second e2e that settles through the confidential worker run-loop
(spawn_confidential_worker → ConfidentialHandle::settle), trust-proofs mode.
Lifts server::confidential_worker.rs 0% → 94% and complements the direct test's
recipient-key settlement branch.
Create gateway-owned proof-context + spl-record accounts (as a partially-failed
bundle would strand) and confirm sweep_confidential_orphans defers on the first
pass and closes them back to the gateway on the second. Covers the sweep scan +
broadcast_close paths. pay-kit confidential codepaths now ≥90% line coverage.
Comment thread rust/crates/mpp/src/server/charge.rs Outdated
Comment on lines +1192 to +1211
let final_tx = final_tx.ok_or_else(|| {
VerificationError::new("Confidential bundle produced no transactions")
})?;
let account_keys = final_tx.message.static_account_keys();
let token_prog_idx = account_keys.iter().position(|k| k == &token_program);
let targets_recipient = token_prog_idx.is_some_and(|tp| {
final_tx.message.instructions().iter().any(|ix| {
ix.program_id_index as usize == tp
&& ix
.accounts
.get(2)
.and_then(|i| account_keys.get(*i as usize))
== Some(&recipient_ata)
})
});
if !targets_recipient {
return Err(VerificationError::credential_mismatch(
"Confidential transfer does not target the expected recipient account",
));
}

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P1 security Recipient-destination check runs after the final transaction is already broadcast

targets_recipient is evaluated after all bundle transactions — including the final inner_transfer — have been co-signed, broadcast, and confirmed. When a malicious client sets the confidential transfer destination to an attacker-controlled ATA, verify_confidential_bundle_tx passes (Token-2022 is in the allow-list, fee-payer check passes), the gateway co-signs, the transaction lands on-chain, and only then does this check return false. By that point the chain state cannot be reversed: the attacker's account holds the tokens and the gateway has already expended fee-payer lamports.

The check must be moved to before the gateway co-signs the final transaction. Concretely: in the submission loop, when processing the last transaction in the bundle, add a pre-signing recipient-destination validation step that inspects ix.program_id_index against token_program and ix.accounts.get(2) against recipient_ata — the same logic that currently runs in the post-loop block — and fail without signing if it does not match.

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Fixed in 6719f14: the recipient-destination check now runs inside verify_confidential_bundle_tx, per-tx in the submit loop BEFORE co-signing and broadcast — a wrong destination is rejected before anything lands. The post-broadcast block was removed.

Comment thread rust/crates/mpp/src/server/charge.rs Outdated
Comment on lines +1197 to +1206
let targets_recipient = token_prog_idx.is_some_and(|tp| {
final_tx.message.instructions().iter().any(|ix| {
ix.program_id_index as usize == tp
&& ix
.accounts
.get(2)
.and_then(|i| account_keys.get(*i as usize))
== Some(&recipient_ata)
})
});

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P1 security targets_recipient accepts any Token-2022 instruction at position 2 — not just inner_transfer

The check iterates over all Token-2022 instructions and succeeds if ANY of them has recipient_ata at account index 2. In facilitator mode (no recipient_signer), this is the only destination check. An attacker can include a dummy Token-2022 instruction (e.g., a plain transfer_checked of 1 lamport from attacker to recipient_ata, signed only by the attacker) alongside an inner_transfer to an attacker-controlled ATA; the dummy instruction satisfies the position-2 check, while the actual confidential transfer goes elsewhere. Since no amount-enforcement runs in facilitator mode, the gateway accepts the bundle.

The check should verify specifically the inner_transfer instruction by matching the Token-2022 instruction discriminant for confidential transfers, not just any instruction that happens to have recipient_ata at index 2.

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Fixed in 6719f14: the destination is now checked on the specific confidential-transfer instruction (discriminant-matched), not 'any Token-2022 ix with recipient_ata at index 2', and the bundle must contain exactly one confidential transfer — so a decoy 1-lamport transfer can't satisfy the check while the real transfer goes elsewhere.

- Tighten the Token-2022 allow-list to ONLY the confidential Transfer/
  TransferWithFee opcode (CT extension 27, sub 7/13). The gateway co-signs each
  tx's fee-payer slot, which would otherwise authorise any Token-2022 op naming
  the gateway as signer (transfer_checked/burn/close) → token drain.
- Validate the transfer destination BEFORE co-signing/broadcasting (in
  verify_confidential_bundle_tx), tied to the specific confidential-transfer
  instruction — not "any Token-2022 ix with recipient_ata at index 2", and not
  after the tx already landed.
- Require exactly one confidential transfer per bundle (rejects a transfer-less
  bundle that would "settle" with no payment, and decoy/second transfers).
- Worker: ConfidentialWorkerConfig gains recipient_signer so the worker can run
  recipient-key amount enforcement instead of silently always trust-proofs.

Updates the allow-list unit test + the worker e2e (now recipient-key mode).
@lgalabru lgalabru changed the title feat(mpp): Token-2022 confidential transfers + solana 4.0 migration feat(mpp): confidential charges + solana 4.0 migration Jun 21, 2026
lgalabru added 4 commits June 20, 2026 22:28
Avoids a duplicate 'entrypoint' symbol when a downstream test links the
confidential deps together with surfpool's bundled programs on linux.
…vailable

The confidential dep set forces a forked litesvm (zk-sdk 7 needs solana-address
2.5; no newer litesvm exists) which destabilizes surfpool's embedded validator
in CI. Probe the cheatcode RPC after startup and skip (not fail) when it can't
serve; where surfnet works (local/main) the tests run unchanged.
…d worker

The sweeper is only used by the worker, and its solana-rpc-client-api dep
shifted solana-signature's feature unification (DecodeError: !Error) in
confidential-only consumers like the pay client. Move sweep_confidential_orphans
/ broadcast_close / ConfidentialSweepReport / the orphan guard + the dep from the
confidential feature to worker, so confidential-only builds don't pull it.
…FPOOL_TESTS)

Surfnet is unstable in CI with the confidential dep set's forked litesvm (serves
briefly then dies mid-test), so these network/validator integration tests skip
unless RUN_SURFPOOL_TESTS=1. Unit tests are unaffected. Run locally with the env
set, where surfnet is stable.
@lgalabru lgalabru changed the title feat(mpp): confidential charges + solana 4.0 migration feat(rust/mpp): confidential charges + solana 4.0 migration Jun 21, 2026
Realign with the gateway-paid model + hardening: gateway is fee payer/funder/
authority and co-signs (client partially signs); per-tx allow-list +
destination-before-co-sign + exactly-one-transfer; the confidential worker
run-loop + orphan sweeper; fee is absorbed (no splits); client pre-flight. Fix
the auditor description (it's OPTIONAL — mint-issuer facility, only a
present-but-empty hint is rejected) and mark the auditor handle optional. Fix the
§4.2 sequence-diagram mermaid parse error (drop ';' + '<br/>' from Notes). Refresh
repo layout + dev shims (RUN_SURFPOOL_TESTS gate, five8_core std).
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