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pay: update documentation.

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Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
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      CHANGELOG.md
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      doc/lightning-pay.7
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      doc/lightning-pay.7.txt

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CHANGELOG.md

@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
- JSON API: `invoice` expiry defaults to 7 days, and can have s/m/h/d/w suffixes.
- Config: Increased default amount for minimal channel capacity from 1k sat to 10k sat.
- Build: Non-developer builds are now done with "-Og" optimization.
- JSON API: `pay` will no longer return failure until it is no longer retrying; previously it could "timeout" but still make the payment.
### Deprecated

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doc/lightning-pay.7

@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
.\" Title: lightning-pay
.\" Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section]
.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.79.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
.\" Date: 02/23/2019
.\" Date: 05/22/2019
.\" Manual: \ \&
.\" Source: \ \&
.\" Language: English
.\"
.TH "LIGHTNING\-PAY" "7" "02/23/2019" "\ \&" "\ \&"
.TH "LIGHTNING\-PAY" "7" "05/22/2019" "\ \&" "\ \&"
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
.\" * Define some portability stuff
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ The \fIlabel\fR field is used to attach a label to payments, and is returned in
.sp
The response will occur when the payment fails or succeeds\&. Once a payment has succeeded, calls to \fBpay\fR with the same \fIbolt11\fR will succeed immediately\&.
.sp
The command will keep finding routes and retrying the payment until it succeeds, or the given \fIretry_for\fR seconds passes\&. Note that the command may stop retrying while a pending payment is ongoing, which you need to monitor with \fBlistpays\fR\&. \fIretry_for\fR defaults to 60 seconds and can only be an integer\&.
Until \fIretry_for\fR seconds passes (default: 60), the command will keep finding routes and retrying the payment\&. However, a payment may be delayed for up to maxdelay blocks by another node; clients should be prepared for this worst case\&.
.sp
When using \fIlightning\-cli\fR, you may skip optional parameters by using \fInull\fR\&. Alternatively, use \fB\-k\fR option to provide parameters by name\&.
.SH "RANDOMIZATION"
@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ Both randomizations respect \fImaxfeepercent\fR\&. Route randomization plus the
.sp
On success, this returns the payment \fIpreimage\fR which hashes to the \fIpayment_hash\fR to prove that the payment was successful\&. It will also return, a \fIgetroute_tries\fR and a \fIsendpay_tries\fR statistics for the number of times it internally called \fBgetroute\fR and \fBsendpay\fR\&.
.sp
On error, if the error occurred from a node other than the final destination, the route table will be updated so that getroute(7) should return an alternate route (if any)\&. An error from the final destination implies the payment should not be retried\&.
You can monitor the progress and retries of a payment using the lightning\-paystatus(7) command\&.
.sp
The following error codes may occur:
.sp
@ -101,19 +101,6 @@ The following error codes may occur:
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
200\&. Payment timed out while a payment is in progress\&. Monitor the status of that payment with
\fIlistpays\fR
command\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
201\&. Already paid with this
\fIhash\fR
using different amount or destination\&.

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doc/lightning-pay.7.txt

@ -37,11 +37,10 @@ The response will occur when the payment fails or succeeds. Once a
payment has succeeded, calls to *pay* with the same 'bolt11' will
succeed immediately.
The command will keep finding routes and retrying the payment until
it succeeds, or the given 'retry_for' seconds passes.
Note that the command may stop retrying while a pending payment is
ongoing, which you need to monitor with *listpays*.
'retry_for' defaults to 60 seconds and can only be an integer.
Until 'retry_for' seconds passes (default: 60), the command will keep
finding routes and retrying the payment. However, a payment may be
delayed for up to `maxdelay` blocks by another node; clients should be
prepared for this worst case.
When using 'lightning-cli', you may skip optional parameters by using
'null'.
@ -82,16 +81,12 @@ It will also return, a 'getroute_tries' and a 'sendpay_tries'
statistics for the number of times it internally called *getroute*
and *sendpay*.
On error, if the error occurred from a node other than the final
destination, the route table will be updated so that getroute(7)
should return an alternate route (if any). An error from the final
destination implies the payment should not be retried.
You can monitor the progress and retries of a payment using the
lightning-paystatus(7) command.
The following error codes may occur:
* -1. Catchall nonspecific error.
* 200. Payment timed out while a payment is in progress. Monitor
the status of that payment with 'listpays' command.
* 201. Already paid with this 'hash' using different amount or
destination.
* 203. Permanent failure at destination. The 'data' field of

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