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16 changes: 16 additions & 0 deletions docs/cow-protocol/reference/contracts/core/README.mdx
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Expand Up @@ -75,6 +75,22 @@ If developing smart contracts that create orders, make sure at a contract level

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### Signed fee amount

The order struct still contains a `feeAmount` field, which the settlement contract honors: if an order is signed with a non-zero `feeAmount`, that amount is transferred from the user in addition to the executed sell amount (pro rata for partially fillable orders).
The limit price is checked against `sellAmount` and `buyAmount` only, so the effective price of an order with a signed fee is `buyAmount / (sellAmount + feeAmount)`.

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This formula shows the lowest rate the order allows. The trade can get a better rate, right? Should we call this the minimum rate?

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I could add a or better at the end


The protocol no longer uses signed fees. Fees are included in the order's limit price, and the API rejects any order with a non-zero `feeAmount` (`NonZeroFee` error). On-chain orders (e.g. ETH flow) with a non-zero fee are recorded with a placement error and excluded from auctions.

Charging the signed `feeAmount` once per order, and the resulting effective price, is expected behavior: the user explicitly signed both.
This doesn't apply to orders with zero amounts, which can be executed more than once and charge the fee repeatedly (see [Orders with zero amounts](#orders-with-zero-amounts)).

:::tip

Always sign orders with `feeAmount = 0`.

:::

### `ERC-1271` Replayability

The security of [`ERC-1271`](../core/signing-schemes#erc-1271) signatures depend on the developers' implementation of the _signing smart contract_.
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Expand Up @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ struct Data {
| `buyAmount` | Amount of `buyToken` that is bought in wei |
| `validTo` | UNIX timestamp (in seconds) until which the order is valid |
| `appData` | Extra information about the order. Not enforced by the smart contract outside of signature verification (may be used for referrals etc). |
| `feeAmount` | Amount of fees paid in `sellToken` wei |
| `feeAmount` | Amount of fees paid in `sellToken` wei. Must be `0`: the API rejects orders with a non-zero `feeAmount` (see [Signed fee amount](/cow-protocol/reference/contracts/core#signed-fee-amount)) |
| `kind` | `buy` or `sell` |
| `partiallyFillable` | partially fillable (`true`) or fill-or-kill (`false`) |
| `sellTokenBalance` | From where the `sellToken` balance is withdrawn |
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Expand Up @@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ This key maps to a list containing the set of orders in the batch. Each entry in
- `quote`: the winning quote for that order.
- `penaltyCapNative`: a stringified integer denoting the cap on the penalty a solver can incur for winning this order but not settling it within the auction deadline, measured in terms of the smallest denomination of the native token of the chain. See the [solver rewards](/cow-protocol/reference/core/auctions/rewards#penalty-caps) page for how this cap is computed and used.

We clarify here that all `market` orders have a potentially non-zero predetermined fee, while all `limit` orders have necessarily a zero signed fee, and the actual fee charged to the order is computed and provided by the solvers when they propose an execution of such an order. More details are provided in the [solutions section](#solutions-output).
We clarify here that all orders have a zero signed fee (`feeAmount`), and the actual fee charged to the order is computed and provided by the solvers when they propose an execution of such an order. More details are provided in the [solutions section](#solutions-output).

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Clarify the solution fee mode.

Line 102 says each auction order has feeAmount = 0 and the solver provides the execution fee. Line 173 still says a solution fee can be “pre-signed or solver computed.” This leaves it unclear whether non-zero pre-signed fees are valid. Update Line 173 to match the zero-signed-fee rule, or state that the pre-signed value must be zero.

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In `@docs/cow-protocol/reference/core/auctions/schema.md` at line 102, Update the
fee-mode description in the solutions section near “pre-signed or solver
computed” to state that auction orders have a zero pre-signed fee and the solver
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The auction example includes feeAmount, but the solver auction data does not. Please remove it from the example.

https://github.com/cowprotocol/services/blob/5ee93cfc15d25900ba117e39fd0703864fb399c9/crates/solvers-dto/src/auction.rs#L35-L77

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Also, the example says the fee is zero because this is a limit order. The new text says every auction order has a zero signed fee. Please update the example.


An example Fill-or-Kill user limit buy order that sells 1000 [COW](https://etherscan.io/token/0xdef1ca1fb7fbcdc777520aa7f396b4e015f497ab) for at least 284.138335 USDC [USDC](https://etherscan.io/token/0xba100000625a3754423978a60c9317c58a424e3d) is given below:

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* amounts to swap (i.e. `sellAmount` and `buyAmount`)
* kind of swap (i.e. `sell` or `buy`)
* partial fillability (i.e. `true` or `false`)
* fees payable to the protocol (i.e. `feeAmount`)
* signed fee (i.e. `feeAmount`), which must be `0`: fees are included in the limit price instead

### Co-ordination / Settlement

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