---
issue: 069
title: "Backend: cleanupOldPendingPayments deletes pending RN payments mid-flow"
severity: high
domain: Payment
labels: [bug, backend, data-loss, escrow]
status: open
created: 2026-05-30
source: Full Codebase Audit 2026-05-30
---

# Backend: cleanupOldPendingPayments deletes pending RN payments mid-flow

**Severity:** high
**Domain:** Payment
**Labels:** bug, backend, data-loss, escrow

## Description

`cleanupPendingPayments.ts:42` deletes pending payments after a TTL without excluding webhook-driven providers. Request Network flows can take hours or days to receive on-chain confirmation. A pending RN payment deleted by this cleanup will never be reconciled when the late webhook arrives.

## Options

1. Exclude provider `request.network`/`shkeeper` from the cleanup, or greatly extend the TTL for them.
2. Mark as `expired` instead of deleting, so a late webhook can reconcile.
3. Only delete pending payments that have no associated active purchase request.

## Recommendation

Exclude webhook-driven providers (or use a long TTL) and prefer expire-over-delete so late webhooks can reconcile. This is a data-loss risk.

## Affected Files

- `backend/src/services/payment/cleanupPendingPayments.ts:42`

## References

- [Full Codebase Audit 2026-05-30](../09%20-%20Audits/Full%20Codebase%20Audit%20-%202026-05-30.md) — DEC-39
