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DanS 8c12b27c0a fix(security): don't silently leave a wallet unencrypted or unlocked (W2-2, W2-4)
P0-B encryption-integrity cluster.

W2-2: the first-run wizard's "encrypt" stored the passphrase only in memory and let the
user into the app immediately, so a quit/crash or a failed daemon connect before the
deferred encryption applied left the wallet unencrypted with NO record encryption was
ever requested — the user believing it was encrypted. A persisted encryption_pending
settings flag is now set the moment encryption is requested (never the passphrase, only
the fact). refreshWalletEncryptionState() reconciles it on every connect: wallet observed
encrypted -> clear the flag; wallet NOT encrypted while the flag is set and no deferred
encryption is pending/in-flight -> a once-per-session "your wallet is NOT encrypted — open
Settings to finish" warning (the flag stays set, so it recurs each launch until resolved).
The passphrase is deliberately never persisted to auto-complete — surfacing it is the
secure choice.

W2-4: lockWallet()'s continuation only handled success — a failed walletlock RPC silently
left the wallet UNLOCKED (an unfulfilled auto-lock). It now logs and warns once (reset on
the next successful lock) so a failing auto-lock is visible instead of leaving the wallet
exposed.

Touches settings.{h,cpp}, app_wizard.cpp, app_security.cpp, app.h. Not unit-testable at
this layer (RPC/connect-driven state). Build-clean; ctest 1/1. See docs/wallet-hardening.md.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-08-02 14:48:02 -05:00
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