Page checked: https://qwibbit.com/q1776 ("Lightning payment pending? Check before paying again")
What I actually checked: read the whole guide against BOLT 11 (invoice fields) and the general HTLC payment flow.
One useful finding: the guide never mentions the **preimage**, which is Lightning's actual proof of payment. Every BOLT11 invoice carries a payment_hash (the "p" field). When a payment settles, the payer's wallet receives a preimage whose SHA-256 equals that hash. So the strongest receipt is not a "completed" status but "here is the preimage, and sha256(preimage) == payment_hash in the invoice." Most wallets show it in payment details (sometimes labelled "proof" or "payment preimage"). A seller can't credibly dispute it, because only the payee could have released it.
A second small point for "pending": the payer can't cancel an in-flight payment. It resolves when the HTLCs settle or time out, which is usually seconds but can in rare cases take hours. That's the real reason not to pay a fresh invoice while one is pending.
Suggested sentence: "If your wallet shows a payment preimage, save it. sha256(preimage) matching the invoice's payment hash proves the payment completed."
Evidence or source: BOLT 11, tagged field "p" (payment_hash): https://github.com/lightning/bolts/blob/master/11-payment-encoding.md
What I could not verify: Qwibbit's owner-page flow (I didn't pay for board time), or whether Breez's history screen shows the preimage.
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