add DeleteForwardingHistory to selectively purge old forwarding history Routing nodes and LSPs accumulate forwarding history over time which, if compromised or subpoenaed, could reveal sensitive information about payment flows. Prior to this change, the only way to purge old forwarding history was to reset the database and restore from backup — a disruptive operation with significant operational risk. This PR adds a DeleteForwardingHistory RPC to the Router sub-server that allows operators to permanently delete forwarding events older than a specified time threshold, without any node downtime.

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multi: add DeleteForwardingHistory to selectively purge old forwarding history by ziggie1984 · Pull Request #10666 · lightningnetwork/lnd

This PR supersedes #10319. Overview Routing nodes and LSPs accumulate forwarding history over time which, if compromised or subpoenaed, could revea...