Lightning Network `channel_update` message Flag clarification












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This is a lnd.log line:



2019-01-11 12:20:13.904 [DBG] PEER: Sending ChannelUpdate(chain_hash=000000000019d6689c085ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26f, short_chan_id=601495532567724033, flag=256, update_time=2019-01-11 12:19:08 +0100 CET) to 46.229.165.136:9735


Since I cannot find a direct correlation with the spec at https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lightning-rfc/blob/master/07-routing-gossip.md
can someone clarify the "flag" value?



Where can I find the information below?



[1:message_flags]
[1:channel_flags]
[2:cltv_expiry_delta]
[8:htlc_minimum_msat]
[4:fee_base_msat]
[4:fee_proportional_millionths]
[8:htlc_maximum_msat] (option_channel_htlc_max)


Are they encoded in some way in this "flag"? How?










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    This is a lnd.log line:



    2019-01-11 12:20:13.904 [DBG] PEER: Sending ChannelUpdate(chain_hash=000000000019d6689c085ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26f, short_chan_id=601495532567724033, flag=256, update_time=2019-01-11 12:19:08 +0100 CET) to 46.229.165.136:9735


    Since I cannot find a direct correlation with the spec at https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lightning-rfc/blob/master/07-routing-gossip.md
    can someone clarify the "flag" value?



    Where can I find the information below?



    [1:message_flags]
    [1:channel_flags]
    [2:cltv_expiry_delta]
    [8:htlc_minimum_msat]
    [4:fee_base_msat]
    [4:fee_proportional_millionths]
    [8:htlc_maximum_msat] (option_channel_htlc_max)


    Are they encoded in some way in this "flag"? How?










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      This is a lnd.log line:



      2019-01-11 12:20:13.904 [DBG] PEER: Sending ChannelUpdate(chain_hash=000000000019d6689c085ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26f, short_chan_id=601495532567724033, flag=256, update_time=2019-01-11 12:19:08 +0100 CET) to 46.229.165.136:9735


      Since I cannot find a direct correlation with the spec at https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lightning-rfc/blob/master/07-routing-gossip.md
      can someone clarify the "flag" value?



      Where can I find the information below?



      [1:message_flags]
      [1:channel_flags]
      [2:cltv_expiry_delta]
      [8:htlc_minimum_msat]
      [4:fee_base_msat]
      [4:fee_proportional_millionths]
      [8:htlc_maximum_msat] (option_channel_htlc_max)


      Are they encoded in some way in this "flag"? How?










      share|improve this question









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      This is a lnd.log line:



      2019-01-11 12:20:13.904 [DBG] PEER: Sending ChannelUpdate(chain_hash=000000000019d6689c085ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26f, short_chan_id=601495532567724033, flag=256, update_time=2019-01-11 12:19:08 +0100 CET) to 46.229.165.136:9735


      Since I cannot find a direct correlation with the spec at https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lightning-rfc/blob/master/07-routing-gossip.md
      can someone clarify the "flag" value?



      Where can I find the information below?



      [1:message_flags]
      [1:channel_flags]
      [2:cltv_expiry_delta]
      [8:htlc_minimum_msat]
      [4:fee_base_msat]
      [4:fee_proportional_millionths]
      [8:htlc_maximum_msat] (option_channel_htlc_max)


      Are they encoded in some way in this "flag"? How?







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          The flags field (2 bytes) has been split into two different (1 byte) fields, the message_flags (most significant bits) and the channel_flags field (least significant bits). Hence the flags value displayed in lnd has the message_flags byte set to 0x00 and the message_flags set to 0x01.



          message_flags indicates that this channel_update has some optional fields appended to the end. In this case it has the 0th bit set, which corresponds to the option_channel_htlc_max option, hence the channel_update has an additional field htlc_maximum_msat appended.






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            The flags field (2 bytes) has been split into two different (1 byte) fields, the message_flags (most significant bits) and the channel_flags field (least significant bits). Hence the flags value displayed in lnd has the message_flags byte set to 0x00 and the message_flags set to 0x01.



            message_flags indicates that this channel_update has some optional fields appended to the end. In this case it has the 0th bit set, which corresponds to the option_channel_htlc_max option, hence the channel_update has an additional field htlc_maximum_msat appended.






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              The flags field (2 bytes) has been split into two different (1 byte) fields, the message_flags (most significant bits) and the channel_flags field (least significant bits). Hence the flags value displayed in lnd has the message_flags byte set to 0x00 and the message_flags set to 0x01.



              message_flags indicates that this channel_update has some optional fields appended to the end. In this case it has the 0th bit set, which corresponds to the option_channel_htlc_max option, hence the channel_update has an additional field htlc_maximum_msat appended.






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                The flags field (2 bytes) has been split into two different (1 byte) fields, the message_flags (most significant bits) and the channel_flags field (least significant bits). Hence the flags value displayed in lnd has the message_flags byte set to 0x00 and the message_flags set to 0x01.



                message_flags indicates that this channel_update has some optional fields appended to the end. In this case it has the 0th bit set, which corresponds to the option_channel_htlc_max option, hence the channel_update has an additional field htlc_maximum_msat appended.






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                The flags field (2 bytes) has been split into two different (1 byte) fields, the message_flags (most significant bits) and the channel_flags field (least significant bits). Hence the flags value displayed in lnd has the message_flags byte set to 0x00 and the message_flags set to 0x01.



                message_flags indicates that this channel_update has some optional fields appended to the end. In this case it has the 0th bit set, which corresponds to the option_channel_htlc_max option, hence the channel_update has an additional field htlc_maximum_msat appended.







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