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+# Code Review: HTLC Monitoring & Opportunity Detection
+
+## Executive Summary
+
+**Overall Assessment**: 🟡 **Good Foundation, Needs Refinement**
+
+The implementation is functionally sound and well-structured, but has **several scalability and production-readiness issues** that should be addressed before heavy use.
+
+---
+
+## 🔴 **CRITICAL ISSUES**
+
+### 1. **Unbounded Memory Growth in channel_stats**
+**Location**: `src/monitoring/htlc_monitor.py:115`
+
+```python
+self.channel_stats: Dict[str, ChannelFailureStats] = defaultdict(ChannelFailureStats)
+```
+
+**Problem**:
+- This dict grows unbounded (one entry per channel ever seen)
+- With 1000 channels × 100 recent_failures each = 100,000 events in memory
+- No cleanup mechanism for inactive channels
+- Memory leak over long-term operation
+
+**Impact**: High - Memory exhaustion on high-volume nodes
+
+**Fix Priority**: 🔴 CRITICAL
+
+**Recommendation**:
+```python
+# Option 1: Add max channels limit
+if len(self.channel_stats) > MAX_CHANNELS:
+    # Remove oldest inactive channel
+    oldest = min(self.channel_stats.items(), key=lambda x: x[1].last_failure or x[1].first_seen)
+    del self.channel_stats[oldest[0]]
+
+# Option 2: Integrate with existing cleanup
+def cleanup_old_data(self):
+    # Also clean inactive channel_stats
+    for channel_id in list(self.channel_stats.keys()):
+        stats = self.channel_stats[channel_id]
+        if stats.last_failure and stats.last_failure < cutoff:
+            del self.channel_stats[channel_id]
+```
+
+---
+
+### 2. **Missing Type Annotations**
+**Location**: Multiple files
+
+```python
+# BAD
+def __init__(self, grpc_client=None, lnd_manage_client=None):
+
+# GOOD
+from typing import Protocol
+
+class GRPCClient(Protocol):
+    async def subscribe_htlc_events(self): ...
+
+def __init__(self,
+             grpc_client: Optional[GRPCClient] = None,
+             lnd_manage_client: Optional[LndManageClient] = None):
+```
+
+**Problem**:
+- No type safety
+- IDE can't provide autocomplete
+- Hard to catch bugs at development time
+
+**Impact**: Medium - Development velocity and bug proneness
+
+**Fix Priority**: 🟡 HIGH
+
+---
+
+### 3. **No Async Context Manager**
+**Location**: `src/monitoring/htlc_monitor.py:92`
+
+```python
+# CURRENT: Manual lifecycle management
+monitor = HTLCMonitor(grpc_client)
+await monitor.start_monitoring()
+# ... use it ...
+await monitor.stop_monitoring()
+
+# SHOULD BE:
+async with HTLCMonitor(grpc_client) as monitor:
+    # Automatically starts and stops
+    pass
+```
+
+**Problem**:
+- Resources not guaranteed to be cleaned up
+- No automatic stop on exception
+- Violates Python best practices
+
+**Impact**: Medium - Resource leaks
+
+**Fix Priority**: 🟡 HIGH
+
+---
+
+### 4. **Fragile String Parsing for Failure Reasons**
+**Location**: `src/monitoring/htlc_monitor.py:215-224`
+
+```python
+if 'insufficient' in failure_str or 'balance' in failure_str:
+    failure_reason = FailureReason.INSUFFICIENT_BALANCE
+elif 'fee' in failure_str:
+    failure_reason = FailureReason.FEE_INSUFFICIENT
+```
+
+**Problem**:
+- String matching is brittle
+- LND provides specific failure codes, not being used
+- False positives possible ("insufficient fee" would match "insufficient")
+
+**Impact**: Medium - Incorrect categorization
+
+**Fix Priority**: 🟡 HIGH
+
+**Recommendation**: Use LND's actual `FailureCode` enum from protobuf:
+```python
+# LND has specific codes like:
+# - TEMPORARY_CHANNEL_FAILURE = 0x1007
+# - UNKNOWN_NEXT_PEER = 0x4002
+# - INSUFFICIENT_BALANCE = 0x1001
+# - FEE_INSUFFICIENT = 0x100C
+```
+
+---
+
+## 🟡 **HIGH PRIORITY ISSUES**
+
+### 5. **O(n) Performance in get_top_missed_opportunities()**
+**Location**: `src/monitoring/htlc_monitor.py:293`
+
+```python
+def get_top_missed_opportunities(self, limit: int = 10):
+    # Iterates ALL channels every time
+    opportunities = [stats for stats in self.channel_stats.values() if ...]
+    opportunities.sort(key=lambda x: x.total_missed_fees_msat, reverse=True)
+    return opportunities[:limit]
+```
+
+**Problem**:
+- O(n log n) sort on every call
+- With 10,000 channels, this is expensive
+- Called frequently for analysis
+
+**Impact**: Medium - Performance degradation at scale
+
+**Fix Priority**: 🟡 HIGH
+
+**Recommendation**: Use a heap or maintain sorted structure
+```python
+import heapq
+
+class HTLCMonitor:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self._top_opportunities = []  # min-heap
+
+    def _update_opportunities_heap(self, stats):
+        heapq.heappush(self._top_opportunities, (-stats.total_missed_fees_msat, stats))
+        if len(self._top_opportunities) > 100:
+            heapq.heappop(self._top_opportunities)
+```
+
+---
+
+### 6. **No Persistence Layer**
+**Location**: `src/monitoring/htlc_monitor.py`
+
+**Problem**:
+- All data in-memory only
+- Restart = lose all historical data
+- Can't analyze patterns over weeks/months
+
+**Impact**: Medium - Limited analysis capability
+
+**Fix Priority**: 🟡 HIGH
+
+**Recommendation**: Integrate with existing `ExperimentDatabase`:
+```python
+# Periodically persist to SQLite
+async def _persist_stats(self):
+    for channel_id, stats in self.channel_stats.items():
+        await self.db.save_htlc_stats(channel_id, stats)
+```
+
+---
+
+### 7. **Missing Timezone Awareness**
+**Location**: Multiple places using `datetime.utcnow()`
+
+```python
+# BAD
+timestamp=datetime.utcnow()
+
+# GOOD
+from datetime import timezone
+timestamp=datetime.now(timezone.utc)
+```
+
+**Problem**:
+- Naive datetimes cause comparison issues
+- Hard to handle DST correctly
+- Best practice violation
+
+**Impact**: Low-Medium - Potential bugs with time comparisons
+
+**Fix Priority**: 🟡 MEDIUM
+
+---
+
+### 8. **Tight Coupling**
+**Location**: Multiple files
+
+**Problem**:
+```python
+# OpportunityAnalyzer is tightly coupled to HTLCMonitor
+class OpportunityAnalyzer:
+    def __init__(self, htlc_monitor: HTLCMonitor, ...):
+        self.htlc_monitor = htlc_monitor
+```
+
+**Better Design**: Use dependency injection with protocols
+```python
+from typing import Protocol
+
+class FailureStatsProvider(Protocol):
+    def get_top_missed_opportunities(self, limit: int) -> List[ChannelFailureStats]: ...
+
+class OpportunityAnalyzer:
+    def __init__(self, stats_provider: FailureStatsProvider, ...):
+        self.stats_provider = stats_provider
+```
+
+**Impact**: Medium - Hard to test, inflexible
+
+**Fix Priority**: 🟡 MEDIUM
+
+---
+
+## 🟢 **MEDIUM PRIORITY ISSUES**
+
+### 9. **No Rate Limiting**
+**Location**: `src/monitoring/htlc_monitor.py:243`
+
+**Problem**:
+- No protection against event floods
+- High-volume nodes could overwhelm processing
+- No backpressure mechanism
+
+**Recommendation**: Add semaphore or rate limiter
+```python
+from asyncio import Semaphore
+
+class HTLCMonitor:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self._processing_semaphore = Semaphore(100)  # Max 100 concurrent
+
+    async def _process_event(self, event):
+        async with self._processing_semaphore:
+            # Process event
+            ...
+```
+
+---
+
+### 10. **Missing Error Recovery**
+**Location**: `src/monitoring/htlc_monitor.py:175`
+
+```python
+except Exception as e:
+    if self.monitoring:
+        logger.error(f"Error: {e}")
+        await asyncio.sleep(5)  # Fixed 5s retry
+```
+
+**Problem**:
+- No exponential backoff
+- No circuit breaker
+- Could retry-loop forever on persistent errors
+
+**Recommendation**: Use exponential backoff
+```python
+retry_delay = 1
+while self.monitoring:
+    try:
+        # ...
+        retry_delay = 1  # Reset on success
+    except Exception:
+        await asyncio.sleep(min(retry_delay, 60))
+        retry_delay *= 2  # Exponential backoff
+```
+
+---
+
+### 11. **Callback Error Handling**
+**Location**: `src/monitoring/htlc_monitor.py:273-280`
+
+```python
+for callback in self.callbacks:
+    try:
+        if asyncio.iscoroutinefunction(callback):
+            await callback(event)
+        else:
+            callback(event)
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error(f"Error in callback: {e}")  # Just logs!
+```
+
+**Problem**:
+- Silent failures in callbacks
+- No way to know if critical logic failed
+- Could hide bugs
+
+**Recommendation**: Add callback error metrics or re-raise after logging
+
+---
+
+### 12. **No Batch Processing**
+**Location**: `src/monitoring/htlc_monitor.py:243`
+
+**Problem**:
+- Processing events one-by-one
+- Could batch for better throughput
+
+**Recommendation**:
+```python
+async def _process_events_batch(self, events: List[HTLCEvent]):
+    # Bulk update stats
+    # Single database write
+    # Trigger callbacks once per batch
+```
+
+---
+
+### 13. **TODO in Production Code**
+**Location**: `src/monitoring/htlc_monitor.py:200`
+
+```python
+# TODO: Implement forwarding history polling
+yield None
+```
+
+**Problem**:
+- Incomplete fallback implementation
+- Yields None which could cause downstream errors
+
+**Fix**: Either implement or raise NotImplementedError
+
+---
+
+### 14. **Missing Monitoring/Metrics**
+**Location**: Entire module
+
+**Problem**:
+- No Prometheus metrics
+- No health check endpoint
+- Hard to monitor in production
+
+**Recommendation**: Add metrics
+```python
+from prometheus_client import Counter, Histogram
+
+htlc_events_total = Counter('htlc_events_total', 'Total HTLC events', ['type'])
+htlc_processing_duration = Histogram('htlc_processing_seconds', 'Time to process event')
+```
+
+---
+
+## ✅ **POSITIVE ASPECTS**
+
+1. **Good separation of concerns**: Monitor vs Analyzer
+2. **Well-documented**: Docstrings throughout
+3. **Proper use of dataclasses**: Clean data modeling
+4. **Enum usage**: Type-safe event types
+5. **Callback system**: Extensible architecture
+6. **Deque with maxlen**: Bounded event storage
+7. **Async throughout**: Proper async/await usage
+8. **Rich CLI**: Good user experience
+
+---
+
+## 📊 **SCALABILITY ANALYSIS**
+
+### Current Limits (without fixes):
+
+| Metric | Current Limit | Reason |
+|--------|---------------|--------|
+| Active channels | ~1,000 | Memory growth in channel_stats |
+| Events/second | ~100 | Single-threaded processing |
+| History retention | ~10,000 events | Deque maxlen |
+| Analysis speed | O(n log n) | Sort on every call |
+
+### After Fixes:
+
+| Metric | With Fixes | Improvement |
+|--------|------------|-------------|
+| Active channels | ~10,000+ | Cleanup + heap |
+| Events/second | ~1,000+ | Batch processing |
+| History retention | Unlimited | Database persistence |
+| Analysis speed | O(log n) | Heap-based top-k |
+
+---
+
+## 🎯 **RECOMMENDED FIXES (Priority Order)**
+
+### Phase 1: Critical (Do Now)
+1. ✅ Add channel_stats cleanup to prevent memory leak
+2. ✅ Add proper type hints
+3. ✅ Implement async context manager
+4. ✅ Use LND failure codes instead of string matching
+
+### Phase 2: High Priority (Next Sprint)
+5. ✅ Add heap-based opportunity tracking
+6. ✅ Add database persistence
+7. ✅ Fix timezone handling
+8. ✅ Reduce coupling with protocols
+
+### Phase 3: Medium Priority (Future)
+9. Add rate limiting
+10. Add exponential backoff
+11. Improve error handling
+12. Add batch processing
+13. Remove TODOs
+14. Add metrics/monitoring
+
+---
+
+## 💡 **ARCHITECTURAL IMPROVEMENTS**
+
+### Current Architecture:
+```
+CLI → HTLCMonitor → OpportunityAnalyzer → LNDManageClient
+       ↓
+    GRPCClient
+```
+
+### Recommended Architecture:
+```
+CLI → OpportunityService (Facade)
+       ├─> HTLCCollector (Interface)
+       │    └─> GRPCHTLCCollector (Impl)
+       ├─> FailureStatsStore (Interface)
+       │    └─> SQLiteStatsStore (Impl)
+       └─> OpportunityAnalyzer
+            └─> ChannelInfoProvider (Interface)
+                 └─> LNDManageClient (Impl)
+```
+
+**Benefits**:
+- Testable (mock interfaces)
+- Swappable implementations
+- Clear dependencies
+- SOLID principles
+
+---
+
+## 🧪 **TESTING GAPS**
+
+Currently: **0 tests** ❌
+
+**Need**:
+1. Unit tests for HTLCMonitor
+2. Unit tests for OpportunityAnalyzer
+3. Integration tests with mock gRPC
+4. Performance tests (10k events)
+5. Memory leak tests (long-running)
+
+**Estimated Coverage Needed**: 80%+
+
+---
+
+## 📝 **SUMMARY**
+
+### The Good ✅
+- Solid foundation
+- Clean separation of concerns
+- Well-documented
+- Proper async usage
+
+### The Bad 🟡
+- Memory leaks possible
+- No persistence
+- Tight coupling
+- Missing type safety
+
+### The Ugly 🔴
+- Could crash on high-volume nodes
+- Fragile error parsing
+- O(n) inefficiencies
+- No tests!
+
+### Overall Grade: **B-** (75/100)
+
+**Production Ready**: Not yet - needs Phase 1 fixes minimum
+
+**Recommendation**: Implement Phase 1 critical fixes before production use on high-volume nodes (>100 channels, >1000 forwards/day).
+
+For low-volume nodes (<100 channels), current implementation is acceptable.
+
+---
+
+## 🔧 **Action Items**
+
+1. [ ] Fix memory leak in channel_stats
+2. [ ] Add type hints (use mypy)
+3. [ ] Implement context manager
+4. [ ] Use LND failure codes
+5. [ ] Add basic unit tests
+6. [ ] Add database persistence
+7. [ ] Write integration tests
+8. [ ] Load test with 10k events
+9. [ ] Add monitoring metrics
+10. [ ] Document scalability limits
+
+**Estimated Effort**: 2-3 days for critical fixes, 1 week for full production hardening
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ec725b2..ac90a79 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
-httpx>=0.25.0
-pydantic>=2.0.0
-click>=8.0.0
-pandas>=2.0.0
-numpy>=1.24.0
-rich>=13.0.0
-python-dotenv>=1.0.0
+httpx>=0.27.0
+pydantic>=2.6.0
+click>=8.1.7
+pandas>=2.2.0
+numpy>=1.26.0
+rich>=13.7.0
+python-dotenv>=1.0.1
 tabulate>=0.9.0
-scipy>=1.10.0
-grpcio>=1.50.0
-grpcio-tools>=1.50.0
\ No newline at end of file
+scipy>=1.12.0
+grpcio>=1.60.0
+grpcio-tools>=1.60.0
+prometheus-client>=0.19.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/monitoring/htlc_monitor.py b/src/monitoring/htlc_monitor.py
index 9fe810a..903fb4a 100644
--- a/src/monitoring/htlc_monitor.py
+++ b/src/monitoring/htlc_monitor.py
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 import asyncio
 import logging
-from datetime import datetime, timedelta
-from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Set, Callable
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
+from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Set, Callable, Protocol
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from enum import Enum
 from collections import defaultdict, deque
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ from collections import defaultdict, deque
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
+class GRPCClient(Protocol):
+    """Protocol for gRPC client with HTLC support"""
+    async def subscribe_htlc_events(self):
+        """Subscribe to HTLC events"""
+        ...
+
+
 class HTLCEventType(Enum):
     """Types of HTLC events we track"""
     FORWARD = "forward"
@@ -68,7 +75,7 @@ class ChannelFailureStats:
     total_missed_amount_msat: int = 0
     total_missed_fees_msat: int = 0
     recent_failures: deque = field(default_factory=lambda: deque(maxlen=100))
-    first_seen: datetime = field(default_factory=datetime.utcnow)
+    first_seen: datetime = field(default_factory=lambda: datetime.now(timezone.utc))
     last_failure: Optional[datetime] = None
 
     @property
@@ -93,10 +100,11 @@ class HTLCMonitor:
     """Monitor HTLC events and detect missed routing opportunities"""
 
     def __init__(self,
-                 grpc_client=None,
+                 grpc_client: Optional[GRPCClient] = None,
                  history_hours: int = 24,
                  min_failure_count: int = 3,
-                 min_missed_sats: int = 100):
+                 min_missed_sats: int = 100,
+                 max_channels: int = 10000):
         """
         Initialize HTLC monitor
 
@@ -105,15 +113,17 @@ class HTLCMonitor:
             history_hours: How many hours of history to keep
             min_failure_count: Minimum failures to flag as opportunity
             min_missed_sats: Minimum missed sats to flag as opportunity
+            max_channels: Maximum channels to track (prevents unbounded growth)
         """
         self.grpc_client = grpc_client
         self.history_hours = history_hours
         self.min_failure_count = min_failure_count
         self.min_missed_sats = min_missed_sats
+        self.max_channels = max_channels
 
         # Event storage
         self.events: deque = deque(maxlen=10000)  # Last 10k events
-        self.channel_stats: Dict[str, ChannelFailureStats] = defaultdict(ChannelFailureStats)
+        self.channel_stats: Dict[str, ChannelFailureStats] = {}
 
         # Monitoring state
         self.monitoring = False
@@ -121,13 +131,24 @@ class HTLCMonitor:
         self.callbacks: List[Callable[[HTLCEvent], None]] = []
 
         logger.info(f"HTLC Monitor initialized (history: {history_hours}h, "
-                   f"min failures: {min_failure_count}, min sats: {min_missed_sats})")
+                   f"min failures: {min_failure_count}, min sats: {min_missed_sats}, "
+                   f"max channels: {max_channels})")
 
     def register_callback(self, callback: Callable[[HTLCEvent], None]):
         """Register a callback to be called on each HTLC event"""
         self.callbacks.append(callback)
         logger.debug(f"Registered callback: {callback.__name__}")
 
+    async def __aenter__(self):
+        """Async context manager entry - starts monitoring"""
+        await self.start_monitoring()
+        return self
+
+    async def __aexit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
+        """Async context manager exit - stops monitoring"""
+        await self.stop_monitoring()
+        return False
+
     async def start_monitoring(self):
         """Start monitoring HTLC events"""
         if self.monitoring:
@@ -224,7 +245,7 @@ class HTLCMonitor:
                     failure_reason = FailureReason.UNKNOWN
 
             return HTLCEvent(
-                timestamp=datetime.utcnow(),
+                timestamp=datetime.now(timezone.utc),
                 event_type=event_type,
                 incoming_channel_id=event_data.get('incoming_channel_id'),
                 outgoing_channel_id=event_data.get('outgoing_channel_id'),
@@ -250,6 +271,16 @@ class HTLCMonitor:
             channel_id = event.outgoing_channel_id
 
             if channel_id not in self.channel_stats:
+                # Prevent unbounded memory growth
+                if len(self.channel_stats) >= self.max_channels:
+                    # Remove least active channel
+                    oldest_channel = min(
+                        self.channel_stats.items(),
+                        key=lambda x: x[1].last_failure or x[1].first_seen
+                    )
+                    logger.info(f"Removing inactive channel {oldest_channel[0]} (at max_channels limit)")
+                    del self.channel_stats[oldest_channel[0]]
+
                 self.channel_stats[channel_id] = ChannelFailureStats(channel_id=channel_id)
 
             stats = self.channel_stats[channel_id]
@@ -343,16 +374,21 @@ class HTLCMonitor:
 
     def cleanup_old_data(self):
         """Remove data older than history_hours"""
-        cutoff = datetime.utcnow() - timedelta(hours=self.history_hours)
+        cutoff = datetime.now(timezone.utc) - timedelta(hours=self.history_hours)
 
         # Clean old events
         while self.events and self.events[0].timestamp < cutoff:
             self.events.popleft()
 
-        # Clean old channel stats
+        # Clean old channel stats (inactive channels)
+        channels_removed = 0
         for channel_id in list(self.channel_stats.keys()):
             stats = self.channel_stats[channel_id]
+            # Remove if no activity in the history window
             if stats.last_failure and stats.last_failure < cutoff:
                 del self.channel_stats[channel_id]
+                channels_removed += 1
 
-        logger.debug(f"Cleaned up old HTLC data (cutoff: {cutoff})")
+        if channels_removed > 0:
+            logger.info(f"Cleaned up {channels_removed} inactive channels (cutoff: {cutoff})")
+        logger.debug(f"Active channels: {len(self.channel_stats)}")
diff --git a/src/monitoring/opportunity_analyzer.py b/src/monitoring/opportunity_analyzer.py
index 7faba11..4d0cd0b 100644
--- a/src/monitoring/opportunity_analyzer.py
+++ b/src/monitoring/opportunity_analyzer.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 """Routing Opportunity Analyzer - Identify and quantify missed routing opportunities"""
 
 import logging
-from datetime import datetime, timedelta
-from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
+from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, Protocol
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from collections import defaultdict
 
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ from .htlc_monitor import HTLCMonitor, ChannelFailureStats, FailureReason
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
+class LNDManageClient(Protocol):
+    """Protocol for LND Manage API client"""
+    async def get_channel_details(self, channel_id: str) -> Dict:
+        """Get channel details"""
+        ...
+
+
 @dataclass
 class MissedOpportunity:
     """Represents a missed routing opportunity on a channel"""
@@ -57,7 +64,7 @@ class OpportunityAnalyzer:
 
     def __init__(self,
                  htlc_monitor: HTLCMonitor,
-                 lnd_manage_client=None,
+                 lnd_manage_client: Optional[LNDManageClient] = None,
                  min_opportunity_sats: int = 100,
                  analysis_window_hours: int = 24):
         """
@@ -114,7 +121,7 @@ class OpportunityAnalyzer:
             opportunity.missed_volume_sats = stats.total_missed_amount_msat / 1000
 
             # Calculate potential monthly revenue (extrapolate from current period)
-            hours_monitored = (datetime.utcnow() - stats.first_seen).total_seconds() / 3600
+            hours_monitored = (datetime.now(timezone.utc) - stats.first_seen).total_seconds() / 3600
             if hours_monitored > 0:
                 hours_in_month = 24 * 30
                 opportunity.potential_monthly_revenue_sats = (
@@ -321,7 +328,7 @@ class OpportunityAnalyzer:
     async def export_opportunities_json(self, opportunities: List[MissedOpportunity]) -> Dict:
         """Export opportunities as JSON-serializable dict"""
         return {
-            'analysis_timestamp': datetime.utcnow().isoformat(),
+            'analysis_timestamp': datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat(),
             'analysis_window_hours': self.analysis_window_hours,
             'total_opportunities': len(opportunities),
             'total_missed_revenue_sats': sum(o.missed_revenue_sats for o in opportunities),