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BUG: KSM XCM Transfer From Basilisk to Kusama Failed After Source Withdrawal #696

Description

@jesseklurie

Summary

A 61.275 KSM XCM transfer from Basilisk to the Kusama relay chain appears to have failed after the KSM was withdrawn from the Basilisk source account.

The Basilisk transaction finalized successfully and emitted tokens.Withdrawn, parachainSystem.UpwardMessageSent, and xTokens.TransferredAssets. However, the relay-side XCM execution failed with FailedToTransactAsset, and the destination Kusama account was not credited.

There is also no new Kusama xcmPallet.assetTraps entry around the failure block, so there does not appear to be a normal user-side claimAssets recovery path.

Impact

The user lost access to 61.275 KSM.

The funds were removed from the Basilisk source account, but they were not received on the Kusama destination account.

Transfer Details

  • Amount: 61.275 KSM
  • Source chain: Basilisk
  • Source account: bXiYe9YyarnrbnjkvEV6mGawK7Xh7ws7dUgyUdZETZkBcS7tE
  • Destination chain: Kusama relay
  • Destination account: EXYdDwCotVqKhr57a166feGaZoqUpPqr4zUXMQxF9skMq91
  • Destination AccountId32: 0x565adacd28074bea6d5dd174f0925c7485b3e431f11010645d5c6c459c39e811

Basilisk Transaction

  • Tx hash: 0xcffa76fa4397731ac0a8eecfe146eae70cf2489311a8963a56f9dd0faa7d0665

  • Basilisk block number: 14455463

  • Basilisk block hash: 0x31b30f302ccd31e7bd28423da1cdc8beb68a287520cc1a08895c423db8077a08

  • Timestamp: 2026-06-09T16:07:06.000Z

  • Extrinsic: xTokens.transfer

  • Currency id: 1

  • Amount base units: 61275000000000

  • Destination XCM location:

    • parents: 1
    • interior: X1(AccountId32: 0x565adacd28074bea6d5dd174f0925c7485b3e431f11010645d5c6c459c39e811)

Relevant Basilisk events:

  • tokens.Withdrawn

    • Currency: 1
    • Amount: 61,275,000,000,000
  • parachainSystem.UpwardMessageSent

  • xTokens.TransferredAssets

  • system.ExtrinsicSuccess

Current Basilisk source KSM balance:

  • Free: 0 KSM
  • Reserved: 0 KSM

Kusama Relay Failure

  • Relay chain: Kusama
  • Relay block number: 33886520
  • Relay block hash: 0xb8ed0a446c006f37940320c944ad10646efcde1c37a1a47a9b6f43b1e7266944
  • Timestamp: 2026-06-09T16:07:24.000Z
  • Origin para: 2090
  • Message id: 0x1d1bcec5720f3cc373c87875833f587e0233965c144615185dfaff698a797d60

Relevant relay events:

  • xcmPallet.ProcessXcmError

    • Origin: Parachain 2090
    • Error: FailedToTransactAsset
    • Message id: 0x1d1bcec5720f3cc373c87875833f587e0233965c144615185dfaff698a797d60
  • messageQueue.Processed

    • Origin: Ump Para 2090
    • Success: false

Current Kusama destination balance:

  • Free: 0 KSM
  • Reserved: 0 KSM

Sovereign Account Evidence

Basilisk parachain id appears to be 2090.

Kusama relay sovereign account for para 2090:

  • Address: F7fq1inJcCWWCd8sT26fdZkcozCsbJwYAwshtADXqCMGcjd

Balances around the failed relay block:

  • Relay block 33886519: free 4.805187360623 KSM, reserved 120 KSM
  • Relay block 33886520: free 4.805187360623 KSM, reserved 120 KSM
  • Relay block 33886521: free 4.805187360623 KSM, reserved 120 KSM

The sovereign account had only around 4.805 KSM free when the relay tried to transact 61.275 KSM. This appears consistent with the relay-side FailedToTransactAsset error.

Trap / ClaimAssets Check

Checked xcmPallet.assetTraps on Kusama around the failure:

  • Block 33886519: 288 trap entries
  • Block 33886520: 288 trap entries
  • Block 33886521: 288 trap entries`
  • New traps at failure block: 0
  • New traps after failure block: 0

No new trapped asset entry was created during the failed XCM execution. Therefore, there does not appear to be a direct user-side Kusama xcmPallet.claimAssets recovery path.

Expected Behavior

If the XCM transfer cannot be executed on the Kusama relay chain, the user should not permanently lose access to the withdrawn KSM. The transfer should either complete successfully, trap recoverable assets, or refund/reconcile the withdrawn amount.

Actual Behavior

The KSM was withdrawn from the Basilisk source account, but the Kusama relay-side execution failed with FailedToTransactAsset. The destination account was not credited, and no new Kusama asset trap was created.

Requested Support

Please investigate and restore/refund the 61.275 KSM associated with this failed XCM transfer.

Key identifiers:

  • Basilisk tx: 0xcffa76fa4397731ac0a8eecfe146eae70cf2489311a8963a56f9dd0faa7d0665
  • Kusama relay message id: 0x1d1bcec5720f3cc373c87875833f587e0233965c144615185dfaff698a797d60
  • Relay error: FailedToTransactAsset
  • Origin para: 2090
  • Destination Kusama account: EXYdDwCotVqKhr57a166feGaZoqUpPqr4zUXMQxF9skMq91

This appears to require Basilisk/Hydration/GalacticCouncil support or governance intervention because the source-side asset was withdrawn, relay execution failed, and no user-claimable trap was created.

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