12.37. DD 37: Wallet Transaction Lifecycle¶
12.37.1. Summary¶
This design doc discusses the lifecycle of transactions in wallet-core.
12.37.2. Motivation¶
The transactions in wallet-core all should have an associated state machine. All transactions should have some common actions that work uniformly across all transactions.
12.37.3. Requirements¶
The underlying state machine should make it obvious what interactions are possible for the user. The number of possible user interactions in any state should be small.
12.37.4. Proposed Solution¶
12.37.4.1. Common States¶
The following states apply to multiple different transactions. Only pending
and aborting have transaction-specific sub-states, denoted by state(substate).
pending: A pending transaction waits for some external event/service.
The transaction stays pending until its change on the wallet’s material balance
is finished. Any pending state can be suspended and resumed.
There are some other distinctions for pending transactions:
long-polling vs. exponential backoff: A pending transaction is either waiting on an external service by making a long-polling request or by repeating requests with exponential back-off.
lastError: A pending transaction is either clean (i.e. the network interaction is literally active in transmission or the external service successfully communicated that it is not ready yet and this is perfectly normal) or has alastError, which is aTalerErrorDetailsobject with details about what happened during the last attempt to proceed with the transaction.
done: A transaction that is done does not require any more processing. It also
never has a lastError but is considered successful.
dialog: A transaction requires input from the user.
aborting: Similar to a pending transaction, but instead of taking active steps to
complete the transaction, the wallet is taking active steps to abort it. The lastError
indicates errors the wallet experienced while taking active steps to abort the transaction.
aborted: Similar to done, but the transaction was successfully aborted
instead of successfully finished. It will have the information of when (timestamp) it was
aborted and in which pending sub-state the abort action was initiated. Also, we can
include more information information relevant to the transaction in abortReason
suspended: Similar to a aborted transaction, but the transaction was could be
resumed and may then still succeed.
suspended-aborting: Network requests or other expensive work
to abort a transaction is paused.
failed: Similar to done, but the transaction could not be completed or
possibly not even be aborted properly. The user may have lost money. In some
cases, a report to the auditor would make sense in this state.
expired: Similar to failed, but the failure was caused by a timeout.
deleted: A deleted state is always a final state. We only use this
state for illustrative purposes. In the implementation, the data associated
with the transaction would be literally deleted.
12.37.4.2. Common Transitions¶
Transitions are actions or other events.
[action:retry]: Retrying a transaction (1.) stops ongoing long-polling
requests for the transaction (2.) resets the retry timeout (3.) re-runs the
handler to process the transaction. Retries are always possible the following
states: pending(*) and aborting(*).
Attention
Should we show the retry timeout in the UI somewhere? Should we show it in dev mode?
SEBASJM: Since the wallet will retry anyway, maybe is better if we replace the “retry” button with a “try now” button and a side text “retrying in xxx seconds”.
CG: Instead of a side text, this might make a good mouse-over hint for a “retry” (or “try now”) button. I would not make this overly visible with side-text as the information is not that important. The text should also be “retrying next at XXX” using an absolute time XXX — otherwise the UI would be way too busy recomputing/updating all of these strings: Using an absolute time, we only have to redraw anything once a retry actually happened. Given that retries should basically never be > 24h (we can impose a hard cap), the absolute time can just be in the format HH:MM:SS (without day).
[action:suspend]: Suspends a pending transaction, stopping any associated
network activities, but with a chance of trying again at a later time. This
could be useful if a user needs to save battery power or bandwidth and an
operation is expected to take longer (such as a backup, recovery or very large
withdrawal operation).
[action:resume]: Suspended transactions may be resumed, placing them back
into a pending state.
[action:abort]: Aborting a transaction either directly stops processing for the
transaction and puts it in an aborted state, or starts the necessary steps to
actively abort the transaction (e.g. to avoid losing money) and puts it in an
aborting state.
[action:fail]: Directly puts an aborting or pending transaction into a
failed state. May result in an ultimate loss of funds (beyond fees) to the
user and thus requires additional consent.
[action:delete]: Deleting a transaction completely deletes the transaction
from the database. Depending on the type of transaction, some of the other
data resulting from the transaction might still survive deletion. For
example, deleting a withdrawal transaction does not delete already
successfully withdrawn coins. Deleting is only safe (no money lost) on initial
and final states (failed, aborted, done).
Whether aborting, deleting or suspending are possible depends on the transaction type, and usually only one of the four choices should be offered.
Boxed labels indicate an end state in which there is no network activity and hence no need to give the user a way to abort or suspend the activity. The circle indicates the initial state. Ovals are states with network activity.
Blue arrows are used for user-triggered actions (via UI buttons). Purple arrows are used to indicate externally triggered actions. Black arrows without labels are used for the normal successful path. Red arrows indicate failure paths.
12.37.4.3. Common pending sub-states¶
During the pending state the transaction can go through several sub-states before reaching a final state. Some of this sub-states are shared between different transaction types:
kyc: The transaction cannot proceed because the user needs to actively
finish a KYC process. The wallet should show the user a hint on how to
start the KYC process.
aml: The transaction can’t proceed because the user needs to wait for the
exchange operator to conclude an AML investigation by the staff at the
exchange. There are two AML substates. In the substate pending the user
is not expected to take any action and should just wait for the investigation
to conclude. In the substate frozen the staff at the exchange decided that
the account needed to be frozen. The user should contact the exchange
provider’s customer service department and seek resolution (possibly through
the courts) to avoid losing the funds for good.
12.37.4.4. Transaction Type: Withdrawal¶
pending(bank-register-reserve)Initial state for bank-integrated withdrawals. The wallet submits the reserve public key and selected exchange to the bank (via the bank integration API). Note that if the user aborts at this stage, we do not know if the bank is in the confirmation stage, so we must still try to abort the transaction at the bank.
[processed-success] => pending(bank-confirm-transfer)[processed-error] => failed: On permanent errors (like 404 for the withdrawal operation), the wallet gives up.[action:abort] => aborting(bank)
pending(bank-confirm-transfer)The wallet waits until the bank has confirmed the withdrawal operation; usually the user has to complete a 2FA step to approve that the money is wired to the chosen exchange. Note that the user’s approve action is done in the bank’s user interface and not the wallet’s user interface. The wallet internally merely polls for the success or failure of the approve action. The wallet may occasionally (after some initial delay, especially on failures from the bank-poll to return any result) long-poll for the reserve status and, if successful, may then directly jump to
pending(withdraw-coins)if the reserve is filled even if the poll at the bank did not return success or failure.[bank-poll-success] => pending(exchange-wait-reserve)[bank-aborted] => aborted: Bank denied the operation.[exchange-poll-success] => pending(withdraw-coins): Optional short-cut transition. Exchange was faster than the bank.[action:abort] => aborting(bank)
aborting(bank)The user aborted the withdraw operation in the wallet. The wallet must now try to signal the bank that the wire transfer should no longer be performed. Note that it is possible that the bank registration never succeeded (if the user aborted us during
pending(bank-register-reserve)) and in this case we get anunknown transactionfailure here. It is also theoretically possible that the user approved the transaction in the bank while simultaneously aborting in the wallet. In this case, we transition tosuspended(exchange-wait-reserve)(treating theabortaction as asuspendaction).[processed-success] => aborted[processed-error(already-confirmed)] => suspended(exchange-wait-reserve): We keep a transaction history entry reminding the user about when the already wired funds will be returned.[processed-error(unknown-transaction)] => failed
suspended(exchange-wait-reserve)State where funds were (presumably) wired to the exchange but the wallet was asked to not proceed with the withdraw, but we still resume.
In this state, the wallet should show to the user that the money from the withdrawal reserve will be sent back to the originating bank account after
$closing_delay. Note that theresumeaction should be disabled after$closing_delay.[action:delete] => deleted[action:resume] => pending(exchange-wait-reserve)
pending(exchange-wait-reserve)Initial state for manual withdrawals. Here, the wallet long-polls the exchange for the reserve status, waiting for the wire transfer to arrive at the exchange.
[exchange-poll-success] => pending(withdraw-coins)[action:suspend] => suspended(exchange-wait-reserve)
pending(withdraw-coins)State where we are finally withdrawing the actual coins. Depending on the AML and KYC thresholds, we may at any time transition into a holding pattern on the AML or KYC checks of the exchange.
It is possible that the selected denominations expired. In that case, the wallet will re-select denominations.
[processed-success] => done[processed-kyc-required] => pending(kyc)[processed-aml-required] => pending(aml)[reserve-expired] => expired(reserve)[action:suspend] => suspended(withdraw-coins)
pending(kyc)State where the user needs to provide some identity data to pass a KYC check. The wallet only shows the user the link for starting the KYC process and long-polls the exchange in anticipation of the user completing the KYC requirement.
[poll-success] => pending(withdraw-coins)[action:suspend] => suspended(kyc)
suspended(kyc)State where the user needs to provide some identity data to pass a KYC check, but the long-polling was explicitly stopped. The user can choose to resume or delete.
[action:delete] => deleted[action:resume] => pending(kyc)
pending(aml)State where the wallet needs to wait for completion of an AML process by an AML officer of the exchange. The wallet shows that the AML process is blocking progress. The message shown should distinguish between a mere pending AML process and an AML freezing decision in terms of the message shown to the user. If the AML decision is pending at the exchange, he user should be urged to simply wait. If the funds were frozen, the wallet informs the user that their funds were frozen due to an AML decision. The user is urged to contact the exchange operator’s AML department out-of-band. In any case, the wallet long-polls for the AML decision to be made or change (possibly at a lower frequeny in case of a freeze).
[poll-success] => pending(withdraw-coins)[action:suspend] => suspended(aml)
suspended(aml)State where the user needs to await some AML decision by the exchange. The long-polling was explicitly stopped. The user can choose to resume or delete.
[action:delete] => deleted[action:resume] => pending(aml)
suspended(withdraw-coins)In this state, the wallet should show how much money arrived into the wallet and the rest of the money will be sent back to the originating bank account after
$closing_delay. Note that theresumeaction should be disabled after$closing_delay.[action:delete] => deleted[action:resume] => pending(exchange-wait-reserve)
doneThe withdrawal operation is complete.
[action:delete] => deleted
deletedWithdrawn coins are preserved, as is reserve information for recoup. So this mostly removes the entry from the visible transaction history. Only once all coins were spent, the withdraw is fully removed.
12.37.4.5. Transaction Type: Payment to Merchant¶
pending(claim-proposal)We received a
payURI. Download (claim) the proposal from the merchant. Can fail if the proposal was already claimed by someone else. If repurchase detection tells us that we already paid for this product, we go immediately tofailed(repurchase)state for this transaction, but with a side-effect of transitioning the UI into apending(repurchase-session-reset)on a different transaction (which before was indone).A
failed(repurchase)transaction will eventually be GCed (=deleted) automatically.[error:already-claimed] => failed(already-claimed)– the proposal was already claimed by someone else.[error:invalid-proposal] => failed(invalid-proposal)– the merchant provided a proposal that is invalid (e.g. malformed contract terms or bad signature).
dialog(merchant-order-proposed)Let the user accept (or refuse) the payment.
[action:pay-accept] => pending(submit-payment)[action:pay-refuse] => ``aborted(refused)– The user explicitly decided not to proceed (at least not with this wallet).[expired] => failed(expired)– The offer has expired before the user made any decision. Note that we should use this transition at least a few seconds before the offer actually expires to avoid encountering an expiration duringpending(submit-payment)in most real-world scenarios. Basically, we should prevent last-second payments to be event attempted client-side.The
failed(expired)might be automatically deleted upon GC.
pending(submit-payment)Submit coin-by-coin (or in bulk groups) until payment is complete.
[action:abort] => aborting(pay-incomplete)– The user explicitly decided to abort the process while the payment was happening. Note that if the payment was already completed (and hence the merchant refuses any refunds), it is theoretically possible that pressing the abort button will nevertheless end up in apending(auto-refund)state (and subsequently adonestate) instead![success] => pending(auto-refund)– Upon receiving confirmation from the merchant that the purchase was completed.[error(insufficient balance)] => aborting(pay-incomplete)This transition happens if we detect double-spending and our balance is not sufficient after the double-spending. It is also conceivable (but should be rare) that this transition happens because the offer expired.
pending(auto-refund)The payment succeed. We remain in this state as long as an auto-refund-check is active. If auto refunds are not enabled, we immediately continue to
done.[no-auto-refund] => done[timeout] => done– This happens when the auto refund set by the contract expired.[long-poll:refund] => aborting(pay-incomplete)– An auto-refund was detected.[action:abort] => done– The user may explicitly request to abort the auto-refund processing (for example to enable subsequent deletion before the auto-refund delay expires).
aborting(pay-incomplete)The wallet should interact with the merchant to request a refund on the incomplete payment.
[success] => aborted(pay-incomplete)[already-paid] => done
aborted(refunded)The purchase ended with a (partial) refund. The state (and UI) should show the specific provenance of the state, which may include an insufficient balance (due to double-spending being detected during payment), and one or more partial or full refunds.
[action:delete] => deleted
doneThe purchase is completed.
[action:delete] => deleted[repurchase] => pending(rebind-session): Another offer became pending for this product and we need to update the session so that the user does not have to buy it again.[check-refunds]` => pending(check-refunds): New refunds might be available for this purchase.
pending(check-refund)New refunds might be available for this purchase. This state must only be entered after the payment has successfully completed. It is not relevant for auto-refunds or refunds for incomplete payments.
[refunds-checked] => pending(user-new-refund)— New refund(s) are available, user needs to confirm.[refunds-checked] => done— Refunds were checked, but no new refunds are available.[action:stop-refund-query] => done— This action would usually only be offered when the state is pending with errors. It stops the refund query, but the payment of course is left intact.
pending(rebind-session)The wallet should reset the associated session for the already purchased (digital) item.
[success] => done[action:abort] => done– User aborted the session reset.
deletedWhen a payment is deleted, associated refund transactions are always deleted with it.
12.37.4.6. Transaction Type: Refund¶
A refund is a pseudo-transaction that is always associated with a merchant payment transaction.
pending(accept)Initial state for a refund.
[processed-error] => failed: we received a permanent failure (such as money already wired to the merchant)
failedThe refund failed permanently.
12.37.4.7. Transaction Type: Refresh¶
This is about refreshes that are triggered via coin expiration or as part of getting change after making a payment. In the first case, the refresh transaction is forever shown as a separate transaction in the history unless it did not affect the wallet balance (in which case we hide it). In the second case, the refresh transaction is folded into the payment transaction upon completion, so that the balance changes are included in the fees of the transaction that caused us to obtain change.
If we have to adjust the refund amount (because a coin has fewer funds on it than we expect) the transaction only shows the changes due to the refresh, and we merely adjust the current balance of the wallet but without giving any justification (as we cannot give details we do not have). So this will look the same as if the double-spending transaction had been deleted by the user.
pendingA refresh operation is pending.
[processed-success] => done[action:suspend] => suspended[failed] => failed
suspendedA refresh operation was suspended by the user.
[action:resume] => pending
doneThe refresh operation completed.
[action:delete] => deleted
failedThe refresh operation failed. The user lost funds.
[action:delete] => deleted
deletedAll memory of the refresh operation is lost, but of course the resulting fresh coins are preserved.
12.37.4.8. Transaction Type: Deposit¶
pending(deposit)Initial state for deposit transactions. We deposit the amount coin-by-coin (or in bulk groups) until deposit is completed.
[action:suspend] => suspended(submit-deposit)[processed-success] => pending(track)[processed-failure] => aborting(refund)
suspended(deposit)The user suspended our ongoing deposit operation.
[action:resume] => pending(deposit)[action:abort] => aborting(refund)
pending(track)All the coins were submitted, waiting to be wired.
[poll-success] => done[poll-accepted-kyc] => pending(kyc)[poll-accepted-aml] => pending(aml)[action:abort] => aborting(refund)
pending(kyc)Exchange requires KYC before making the wire transfer.
[long-poll:kyc] => done[action:suspend] => suspended(kyc)
suspended(kyc)The user suspended us while we were waiting for KYC to be finished.
[action:resume] => pending(kyc)
pending(aml)Exchange requires AML before making the wire transfer.
[long-poll:aml] => done[action:suspend] => suspended(aml)
suspended(aml)The user suspended us while we were waiting for AML to be finished.
[action:resume] => pending(aml)
aborting(refund)Wallet should try to get the deposited amount back from the exchange (by submitting a refund).
[action:suspend] => suspended(refund)[processed-success] => aborting(refresh)[processed-error] => aborting(refresh): Even if the refund attempt failed, maybe the deposit failed as well and we can still succeed with a refresh.
suspended(refund)The user suspended us while we were trying to get a refund.
[action:resume] => aborting(refund)
aborting(refresh)[action:suspend] => suspended(refresh)[processed-success] => aborted[processed-error] => failed
suspended(refresh)The user suspended us while we were trying to do the refresh.
[action:resume] => aborting(refresh)
abortedThe operation was aborted, some funds may have been lost (to fees or deposited anyway).
[action:delete] => deleted
doneThe deposit operation completed.
[action:delete] => deleted
deletedAll memory of the deposit operation is lost.
12.37.4.9. Transaction Type: Peer Push Debit¶
Peer Push Debit transactions are created when the user wants to transfer money to another wallet.
States and transitions:
pending(purse-create)The wallet is creating a purse. Initial state.
[process-success] => pending(ready): The wallet has created the purse.[process-failure] => aborting(refund): The purse creation failed.[action:suspend] => suspended(purse-create): The user suspended the operation.
suspended(purse-create)[action:resume] => pending(purse-create): The user resumed the operation.[action:abort] => aborting(refund): The user aborted the operation.
pending(ready)In this state, the user can send / show the
taler://URI or QR code to somebody else.[action:abort] => aborting(delete-purse): The user aborts the P2P payment. The wallet tries to reclaim money in the purse.[purse-timeout] => aborting(refresh): The other party was too slow and the purse has now expired.[poll-success] => done: The other party has accepted the payment.[poll-error] => aborting(refresh): The exchange claims that there is a permanent error regarding the purse. (FIXME(CG): not clear that this is the best transition! Could also go toaborting(refund)oraborting(delete-purse); best choice may depend on the specific error returned.)
aborting(delete-purse)The wallet is deleting the purse to prevent the receiver from merging it and to reclaim the funds in it.
[processed-success] => aborting(refresh): The purse was deleted successfully, and refunded coins must be refreshed.[processed-failed(already-merged)] => done: The other party claimed the funds faster that we were able to abort.[processed-failed(other)] => aborting(refresh): The exchange reports a permanent error. We still try to refresh.[action:fail] => failed: The user explicitly asked us to give up and accepted the possible loss of funds.
aborting(refund)We abandon the purse that was never fully funded and ask for the deposited coins to be refunded.
[processed-success] => aborting(refresh): After the refund, we still need to refresh the coins.[processed-failure] => aborting(refresh): The refund failed, we still try to refresh the coins.[action:fail] => failed: The user explicitly asked us to give up and accepted the possible loss of funds.
aborting(refresh)[processed-success] => aborted: Refresh group finished. Aborting was successful, money was reclaimed.[processed-failed] => failed: Refresh group failed to complete with a permanent error.[action:fail] => failed: The user explicitly asked us to give up and accepted the possible loss of funds.
doneThe transfer was successful.
[action:delete] => deleted
abortedThe transfer was aborted. Except for fees, the money was recovered.
[action:delete] => deleted
failedThe transfer failed. Money was lost. Unless on a forced abort, we should probably complain to the auditor.
[action:delete] => deleted
deletedAll memory of the push debit operation is lost.
12.37.4.10. Transaction Type: Peer Push Credit¶
Peer Push Credit transactions are created when the user accepts to be paid via
a taler://pay-push URI.
States and transitions:
pending(download)Wallet read the taler:// URI and is downloading the contract details for the user.
[processed-success] => pending(user): Contract can be shown to the user.[action:suspend] => suspended(download): User suspended the operation.
suspended(download)The download of the purse meta data was suspended by the user.
[action:resume] => pending(download)
pending(user)User needs to decide about accepting the money.
[action:accept] => pending(merge)[timeout] => failed: User took too long to decide.
pending(merge)[processed-success] => pending(withdraw): Merging the reserve was successful.[kyc-required] => pending(merge-kyc): User must pass KYC checks before the purse can be merged.[timeout] => failed: The purse expired before we could complete the merge.[failure] => failed: The merge failed permanently.FIXME(CG): do we want to allow suspending here?
pending(merge-kyc)We cannot merge the purse until passing a KYC check. The user is shown a hint where to begin the KYC process and the wallet long-polls on the KYC status.
[poll-success] => pending(withdraw)[action:suspend] => suspended(kyc)[timeout] => failed: The purse expired before we could complete the merge.
suspended(merge-kyc)We cannot merge the purse until passing a KYC check, and that check was suspended by the user.
[action:resume] => pending(kyc)[timeout] => failed: The purse expired before we could complete the merge.
pending(withdraw)The wallet is withdrawing coins from the reserve that was filled by merging the purse.
[kyc-required] => pending(withdraw-kyc)[aml-required] => pending(withdraw-aml)[withdraw-failure] => failed[withdraw-success] => done[action:suspend] => suspended(withdraw)
suspended(withdraw)The user requested the withdraw operation to be suspended.
[action:resume] => pending(withdraw)
pending(withdraw-kyc)We cannot withdraw more coins until passing a KYC check. The user is shown a hint where to begin the KYC process and the wallet long-polls on the KYC status.
[poll-success] => pending(withdraw-coins)[action:suspend] => suspended(withdraw-kyc)
suspended(withdraw-kyc)We cannot withdraw from the reserve until passing a KYC check, and that check was suspended by the user.
[action:resume] => pending(withdraw-kyc)
pending(withdraw-aml)We cannot withdraw more coins until AML rules are satisfied. The user is shown a hint as to the AML status (pending or frozen).
[poll-success] => pending(withdraw-coins)[action:suspend] => suspended(withdraw-aml)
suspended(withdraw-aml)We cannot withdraw from the reserve until AML rules are satisfied, and the status check was suspended by the user.
[action:resume] => pending(withdraw-aml)[action:delete] => deleted
failedThe operation failed. Details are shown to the user. The money from the purse eventually goes to the sender (or some other wallet that merged it).
[action:delete] => deleted
doneThe operation succeeded.
[action:delete] => deleted: No money will be lost, the withdrawn coins will be kept
deletedAll memory of the push credit operation is lost.
12.37.4.11. Transaction Type: Peer Pull Credit¶
TODO: Also specify variant where account reserve needs to be created / funded first (Note: post 1.0-feature).
pending(purse-create)The wallet is creating a purse. Initial state.
[process-success] => pending(ready): The wallet has created the purse.[process-failure] => deleted: The purse creation failed. We only show a transient error.[action:abort] => deleted: The user aborted the operation.
pending(ready)In this state, the user can send / show the
taler://URI or QR code to somebody else.[action:abort] => aborting(delete-purse): The user aborts the P2P payment.[purse-timeout] => aborted: The other party was too slow and the purse has now expired.[poll-success] => pending(withdraw): The other party has made the payment.[poll-error] => aborting(delete-purse): The exchange claims that there is a permanent error regarding the purse. We should try to delete it.
aborting(delete-purse)We are cleaning up the purse after the operation failed or was aborted by the user.
[failure:already-merged] => pending(withdraw): Too late to abort, the other side already paid the invoice.[process-success] => aborted: The wallet has deleted the purse.[failure:other] => failed: The purse deletion failed; we are nevertheless done.[action:fail] => failed: Money may be lost if it was deposited into the purse in the meantime.
abortedThe invoicing process ended without success.
[action:delete] => deleted
pending(withdraw)The wallet is withdrawing the money paid for the invoice.
[processed-success] => done[failure] => failed[processed-kyc] => pending(kyc)[processed-aml] => pending(aml)[action:suspend] => suspended(withdraw)
suspended(withdraw)The user suspended a withdraw operation.
[action:resume] => pending(withdraw)
pending(kyc)The user must supply KYC information before withdrawing can continue.
[poll-success] => pending(withdraw)[action:suspend] => suspended(kyc)
suspended(kyc)The user suspended waiting for the KYC operation to complete.
[action:resume] => pending(kyc)
pending(aml)The user must await a positive exchange AML decision.
[poll-success] => pending(withdraw)[action:suspend] => suspended(aml)
suspended(aml)The user suspended waiting for the AML decision to be successful.
[action:resume] => pending(aml)
failedObtaining the money for the invoce failed. This is likely a case for the auditor.
[action:delete] => deleted
doneThe payment for the invoice was successfully received.
[action:delete] => deleted
deleted
12.37.4.12. Transaction Type: Peer Pull Debit¶
pending(download)We are downloading the information about the invoice. Initial state.
[action:suspend] => suspended(download)[success] => pending(user)
suspended(download)User suspended downloading the information about the invoice.
[action:resume] => pending(download)[action:delete] => deleted
pending(user)We have downloaded information about the pull payment and are waiting for the user to confirm.
[action:confirm-pay] => pending(submit-payment)[action:delete] => deleted[timeout] => aborted
pending(deposit)The user has confirmed the payment and the wallet tries to deposit into the provided purse.
[action:suspend] => suspended(deposit)[processed-success] => done[failure:timeout] => aborting(refresh)[processed-success] => done[failure:other] => aborting(refund)
suspended(deposit)User suspended depositing into the purse.
[action:resume] => pending(deposit)[action:abort] => aborting_refund
aborting(refund)Aborts the payment, asking for the already deposited coins to be refunded.
[processed-success] => aborted(refunded)[processed-failure] => aborting(refresh)[action:fail] => failed
aborting(refresh)Refreshes the coins that were previously deposited into the purse to recover their value.
[processed-success] => aborted[processed-failed] => failed
doneThe invoice was successfully paid.
[action:delete] => deleted
deletedAll information about the invoice has been deleted.
12.37.5. Alternatives¶
Each transaction could be treated completely separately; however, uniform terminology for actions (and thus button labels) is likely more helpful for the user experience.
We could require user re-approval if fees changed when the available denominations change during a withdraw. This would require a different state machine on withdraw. We believe the answer can be “no”, for two reasons: the wallet MUST pick denominations to withdraw with the “most long-term” withdraw window (i.e. active denominations that have the longest available withdraw durations). So in virtually all normal cases, this will just succeed as a sane exchange will have a reasonable duration overlap, and in the very few cases it’s really the user’s fault for going offline in the middle of the operation. Plus, even in those few cases, it is highly unlikely that the fee would actually change: again most key rotations can be expected to be there to rotate the key, and not to adjust the withdraw fee. And in the extremely rare case that the user went offline and in the meantime the fees did increase, it’s again unlikely to matter much to the user. So special-casing this and testing this is probably not worth it.
We could require user re-approval if due to expired/invalid coins the coin selection (and thus fees) changes during a deposit. Again, expired coins should virtually never happen unless a user goes offline for a long time in the middle of a purchase (which would be very strange). If deposit fees increase due to a double-spend detection during payment, we might want to have an optional dialog (“Balance reduced by X as wallet state was not up-to-date (did you restore from backup?). Consequently, the fees for this transactions increased from Y to Z. [Abort] [Continue] + checkbox: [X] Do not ask again.”). Probably at best a post-1.0 feature.
12.37.6. Discussion / Q&A¶
The diagrams only show what is happening after the wallet has created the transaction. It is possible that network requests are happening before that, but they are not considered to be part of the transaction.
We have decided against a
cancelstate, because it resulted in too much complexity. Instead of doing a directcancel, the user has to go to the transaction and abort and/or delete it.We might add a
reviveaction in the future that allows to go fromabortingback topendingfor transactions where this makes sense. We’re not doing it right now to simplify things.