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This pull request introduces a comprehensive referral fee distribution system within the protocol's time-based incentive mechanism.

  • New ReferralDistributor Contract: A dedicated ReferralDistributor contract is added. This cloneable contract manages per-campaign referral fee pools, enabling operators to publish Merkle roots for referral claims. It facilitates one-shot payouts to referrers, enforces a claim window, and allows sweeping of unclaimed funds. The referral leaf format is distinct from campaign reward leaves to prevent accidental cross-verification.
  • TimeBasedIncentiveManager Integration: The TimeBasedIncentiveManager is updated to fully support referral campaigns:
    • createCampaign and createCampaignDirect now accept an optional referralFeeBps parameter, allowing a portion of the protocol fee to be allocated for referrals.
    • The internal funding logic is refactored to correctly split the total campaign amount into net rewards, protocol fees, and the referral slice, which is then funded to a newly deployed ReferralDistributor instance.
    • New public wrapper functions (setReferralRoot, claimReferral, sweepReferralPool) are introduced, delegating actions to the appropriate ReferralDistributor contract.
    • Owner-only functions are added to configure the ReferralDistributor implementation and the referralClaimWindowDuration.
    • New events and custom error types are included for better transparency and error handling related to referrals.
  • Security & Robustness: The system incorporates checks to prevent over-commitment, enforce claim window boundaries, ensure one-shot claims (with reentrancy protection), and manage proper authorization for root updates and sweeps.
  • Version Update: The contract version is incremented to "2.2.0".

Fixes BOOST-6677
Fixes BOOST-6679

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  • New Features
    • Added optional referral-fee allocation for time-based campaigns.
    • Added Merkle-proof referral rewards with one-time claims and configurable claim windows.
    • Added referral support for budget-funded and directly funded campaigns.
    • Added administrative controls for referral configuration, root updates, finalization, and pool sweeping.
    • Preserved existing campaign creation options without referral fees.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved token funding verification and distribution consistency.
  • Tests
    • Added comprehensive coverage for authorization, expiry, rounding, reentrancy, and sweeping.

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Walkthrough

The PR adds per-campaign ReferralDistributor clones. TimeBasedIncentiveManager splits referral fees, publishes Merkle roots, supports claims and sweeping, and updates campaign creation APIs. Deployment tooling and Foundry tests cover rollout, distributor behavior, manager integration, and compatibility.

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Referral distribution

Layer / File(s) Summary
Distributor lifecycle
packages/evm/contracts/timebased/ReferralDistributor.sol
Adds initialization, authorization, Merkle-root publication, one-time claims, finalization tracking, reentrancy protection, and expired-pool sweeping.
Campaign funding and distributor setup
packages/evm/contracts/timebased/TimeBasedIncentiveManager.sol
Adds referral-fee validation, shared funding, distributor cloning, campaign mappings, and configuration defaults.
Referral administration and wrappers
packages/evm/contracts/timebased/TimeBasedIncentiveManager.sol
Adds finalization recording, owner setters, distributor lookup, manager wrappers, events, and version 2.2.0.
Implementation deployment and rollout
packages/evm/script/solidity/DeployImpl_TBIReferrals.s.sol
Adds deterministic implementation deployment, direct upgrade execution, timelock payload generation, configuration preservation, and rollout verification.
Distributor and manager validation
packages/evm/test/timebased/ReferralDistributor.t.sol, packages/evm/test/timebased/TimeBasedIncentiveManagerReferrals.t.sol, packages/evm/test/timebased/TimeBasedIncentiveManager.t.sol
Tests referral allocation, Merkle proofs, claims, reentrancy, sweeping, configuration, versioning, and legacy campaign creation arguments.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to 75b7f

Referral funding can become permanently unusable if the configured distributor implementation is invalid, potentially locking referral allocations after campaigns are funded. This implementation should not merge until the deployment configuration is validated or the risk is explicitly accepted by the owner.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant CampaignCreator
  participant TimeBasedIncentiveManager
  participant ReferralDistributor
  participant Operator
  participant Referrer
  participant ERC20
  CampaignCreator->>TimeBasedIncentiveManager: createCampaign with referralFeeBps
  TimeBasedIncentiveManager->>ReferralDistributor: clone and initialize distributor
  TimeBasedIncentiveManager->>ReferralDistributor: recordFinalized campaign
  Operator->>TimeBasedIncentiveManager: setReferralRoot root and commitment
  TimeBasedIncentiveManager->>ReferralDistributor: publish referral root
  Referrer->>ReferralDistributor: claimReferral proof and amount
  ReferralDistributor->>ERC20: transfer referral payment
  TimeBasedIncentiveManager->>ReferralDistributor: sweepReferralPool after expiry
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A rabbit plants a Merkle tree,
Referral roots grow fees for me.
Claims hop once through guarded gates,
Finalized pools await their dates.
Then expired balances sweep away.

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packages/evm/contracts/timebased/ReferralDistributor.sol (1)

128-140: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Consider rejecting a zero claimWindowDuration_.

If claimWindowDuration_ is 0, the first root publish sets claimWindowEnd == block.timestamp, so claims are only possible inside that same block, and the no-root sweep deadline collapses to endTime. TimeBasedIncentiveManager._cloneReferralDistributor currently blocks this, so the distributor is safe today. A local guard keeps the invariant if the manager changes.

♻️ Proposed guard
         address manager = TimeBasedIncentiveCampaign(campaign_).timeBasedIncentiveManager();
         if (msg.sender != manager) revert OnlyTimeBasedIncentiveManager();
+        if (claimWindowDuration_ == 0) revert InvalidClaimWindow();

Add the error with the other errors:

/// `@notice` Error when the claim window duration is zero
error InvalidClaimWindow();
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In `@packages/evm/contracts/timebased/ReferralDistributor.sol` around lines 128 -
140, Update ReferralDistributor.initialize to reject a zero claimWindowDuration_
before storing initialization state, using a dedicated InvalidClaimWindow error
declared alongside the existing errors. Preserve initialization for positive
durations and the existing manager authorization behavior.
packages/evm/test/timebased/ReferralDistributor.t.sol (1)

221-236: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Assert Initializable.InvalidInitialization in both tests.

Replace both broad vm.expectRevert() calls at lines 226 and 234 with vm.expectRevert(Initializable.InvalidInitialization.selector).

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In `@packages/evm/test/timebased/ReferralDistributor.t.sol` around lines 221 -
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In `@packages/evm/contracts/timebased/ReferralDistributor.sol`:
- Around line 219-237: Update sweepReferralPool so no-root sweeps require
campaign finalization before proceeding: store the finalization timestamp in
finalizedAt, reject sweeps while finalized is false, and calculate the no-root
deadline from finalizedAt plus claimWindowDuration instead of campaign endTime.
Preserve the existing claimWindowEnd deadline path and sweep transfer behavior.

Apply the same fix in `@packages/evm/test/timebased/ReferralDistributor.t.sol`
around lines 615 - 638.

In `@packages/evm/contracts/timebased/TimeBasedIncentiveManager.sol`:
- Around line 266-274: Add compatibility overloads for the legacy six-argument
createCampaign and five-argument createCampaignDirect selectors, forwarding each
to the shared internal creation logic with referralFeeBps set to zero; retain
the new signatures and update generated ABIs and external callers accordingly.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@packages/evm/contracts/timebased/ReferralDistributor.sol`:
- Around line 128-140: Update ReferralDistributor.initialize to reject a zero
claimWindowDuration_ before storing initialization state, using a dedicated
InvalidClaimWindow error declared alongside the existing errors. Preserve
initialization for positive durations and the existing manager authorization
behavior.

In `@packages/evm/test/timebased/ReferralDistributor.t.sol`:
- Around line 221-236: Update test_Initialize_RevertWhenAlreadyInitialized and
test_Initialize_RevertOnImplementation to expect
Initializable.InvalidInitialization.selector instead of using broad
vm.expectRevert() calls.
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📚 Learning: 2025-09-23T18:50:03.790Z
Learnt from: jonathandiep
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File: packages/evm/contracts/BoostCore.sol:873-882
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Learning: ETH asset type incentives are not currently supported in the BoostCore contract, so ETH handling can be omitted from referral fee transfers.

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packages/evm/test/timebased/TimeBasedIncentiveManagerReferrals.t.sol (1)

1-406: LGTM!

packages/evm/test/timebased/TimeBasedIncentiveManager.t.sol (1)

77-1226: LGTM!

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packages/evm/contracts/timebased/ReferralDistributor.sol (3)

19-117: LGTM!


166-182: LGTM!


191-210: LGTM!

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16-61: LGTM!


80-185: LGTM!


242-539: LGTM!

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packages/evm/contracts/timebased/TimeBasedIncentiveManager.sol (1)

705-712: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Reject referral distributor implementations without bytecode.

If the owner configures an EOA, the clone's initialize delegatecall succeeds without writing distributor state. The manager funds the clone before initialization, so the referral allocation becomes inaccessible. Require distributorImpl_.code.length != 0 in the setter and in _cloneReferralDistributor to reject stale configurations.

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In `@packages/evm/contracts/timebased/TimeBasedIncentiveManager.sol` around lines
705 - 712, Validate that distributorImpl_ has nonzero code length in
setReferralDistributorImplementation before storing it, and add the same
bytecode check in _cloneReferralDistributor to protect against stale or invalid
configurations. Preserve the existing zero-address validation and
InvalidImplementation failure behavior.
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In `@packages/evm/contracts/timebased/TimeBasedIncentiveManager.sol`:
- Around line 705-712: Validate that distributorImpl_ has nonzero code length in
setReferralDistributorImplementation before storing it, and add the same
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packages/evm/script/solidity/DeployImpl_TBIReferrals.s.sol (5)

1-38: LGTM!


40-80: LGTM!


87-124: LGTM!


127-174: LGTM!


176-220: LGTM!

packages/evm/contracts/timebased/ReferralDistributor.sol (1)

35-36: LGTM!

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packages/evm/contracts/timebased/TimeBasedIncentiveManager.sol (1)

32-33: LGTM!

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packages/evm/test/timebased/TimeBasedIncentiveManagerReferrals.t.sol (1)

236-246: LGTM!

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