Cannot bump fee for stuck transactions

I have closed all my channels and everything is confirmed. There is one channel with no value on my side that is trying to close but awaiting confirmation.

The problem is that the remainder of my onchain sats are unconfirmed. In RTL it shows a handful of transactions with the label “sweep” that are awaiting confirmation. I attempted to bump the fee on these transactions but it doesn’t seem to be working. Any suggestions?

Nothing?

The last channel I had been waiting on has confirmed now. I have no channels listed as pending or waiting close. But still my balance shows unconfirmed.

Can you please follow these steps here:

  1. Open a terminal window on your computer. On macOS, you can open the Terminal app that’s installed by default on every Mac. On Windows, you can open Command Prompt or the PowerShell app.
  2. Type in the following command ssh -t umbrel@umbrel.local and press the Enter key
  3. Run ~/umbrel/scripts/app compose lightning exec lnd lncli pendingsweeps
  4. Then run ~/umbrel/scripts/app compose lightning exec lnd lncli listsweeps

And then share the output here. Feel free to remove tx ids or channels points if you would like

I had to add “wallet” to those commands to make it work

Here is the output:

umbrel@umbrel:~ $ ~/umbrel/scripts/app compose lightning exec lnd lncli wallet pendingsweeps
{
“pending_sweeps”: [
{
“outpoint”: “18cc08805d419a888543c08b3ae2319d5c6299c6a3c7bc3a3ed54bcb05628fe6:0”,
“witness_type”: “TAPROOT_PUB_KEY_SPEND”,
“amount_sat”: 306690,
“sat_per_vbyte”: 15,
“broadcast_attempts”: 9,
“next_broadcast_height”: 831446,
“requested_sat_per_vbyte”: 15,
“requested_conf_target”: 0,
“force”: false
},
{
“outpoint”: “5e26237c38b64c29510f67800f849d5d00056770801c90adda80c27feff817cc:0”,
“witness_type”: “TAPROOT_PUB_KEY_SPEND”,
“amount_sat”: 1287795,
“sat_per_vbyte”: 15,
“broadcast_attempts”: 9,
“next_broadcast_height”: 831607,
“requested_sat_per_vbyte”: 15,
“requested_conf_target”: 0,
“force”: false
},
{
“outpoint”: “c78e7b76acef1421bd6b304f5d2f77563c671fdcef2bef870d81373fd7cfca18:0”,
“witness_type”: “TAPROOT_PUB_KEY_SPEND”,
“amount_sat”: 46111,
“sat_per_vbyte”: 15,
“broadcast_attempts”: 8,
“next_broadcast_height”: 831530,
“requested_sat_per_vbyte”: 15,
“requested_conf_target”: 0,
“force”: false
},
{
“outpoint”: “7e07dc18dac177352c4fb74bb6fa2ec50b0147ced594cbac939b324f35ca2361:0”,
“witness_type”: “TAPROOT_PUB_KEY_SPEND”,
“amount_sat”: 302685,
“sat_per_vbyte”: 15,
“broadcast_attempts”: 8,
“next_broadcast_height”: 831487,
“requested_sat_per_vbyte”: 15,
“requested_conf_target”: 0,
“force”: false
},
{
“outpoint”: “c18bca00f1d7201533469dc4616874f7d0797c07db9cba83274bd76d30cc1744:0”,
“witness_type”: “TAPROOT_PUB_KEY_SPEND”,
“amount_sat”: 530302,
“sat_per_vbyte”: 15,
“broadcast_attempts”: 9,
“next_broadcast_height”: 831459,
“requested_sat_per_vbyte”: 15,
“requested_conf_target”: 0,
“force”: false
}
]
}
umbrel@umbrel:~ $ ~/umbrel/scripts/app compose lightning exec lnd lncli wallet listsweeps
{
“Sweeps”: {
“TransactionIds”: {
“transaction_ids”: [
“74a02669d1e00fbf7a546ae343c4e4296c978a7b2bce43a452f8b68ec41013c0”,
“bc8b1faa7c2c6ededc2a6f6ce62cbdb8c7675a4e12c2d2ba267131be6fe22df6”,
“d2c794a100d07fab922a95f42a0d1d75b4793a0ef0844c59817d88d7f93bd628”,
“b30e3f5832d44c9749d4a3cd444dd8494f7e35b546f616755aa4660feebb89d7”,
“f45c95c34c0197f88838b74dfd5867a0b2e718bf56b9424f4f2d2f13be045030”,
“0e41c331ebb3f924570860a0c28286d22dd76dd5b39e68a5c45684d3d71238cd”,
“d9a4f9c68f39e400fee1a41d9534f2ae5c35d5996e43aa5de6654b664ff178ba”,
“94d5bf69f5e17bcdbc4632b41b538a77645873a79441c0e8229921c39a7f6b5e”,
“07166c3b0c54c2a5230e99b75c2bf801400012db4efaa185d6a3c027e72860b8”,
“1f91ad57718c415f73b77d76f82e7134c0e0003073578f0253a8f9b536cf27eb”,
“699f3873b2646902298bc57e07581430398035c5295c65c32bec765e4f30e1d2”,
“6f9e9e897292263f034781a4801aa878a6979f5bf12b8d4e880efd43c44de74a”,
“caa4c862a20bc344ab7e0bb68e0fcb99f558c49e46bd4a48fc1d74ac78af6d18”,
“086dae24da49439a2cb9fd53ab7a1b848690ca3fa0bbc631949dc8fb4de2c0ca”,
“e736dcb2b5fea08fe98f28ae430e25f5e85658c8488baeb62c85bc8dc301cb25”,
“0510016c93c76e86aaaa0ac828f8f2607ce60aa607f08f28b003b866a6b0d3bf”,
“c45bb5fdf61d95540c1823b994650cc0750a578219de8d688200f39e64d7e651”,
“fab728caed0cb78673f4dcce8b871c8684d2d7d91f823082c2bc715482de2fb5”,
“4a5f8c0bb4cb728424854a368e1ec59da60a972edf27cdea58fe57c798f9724f”,
“a46ce4019f831fb5fecb39383522dbdf16c6b2a98b1af2023a6f190bba0fb982”,
“ca3792932ddd2e546d51673a6743e8d14aea24ad268fcc61d854a79c0895f340”,
“614abf2aa137cc5b7aee836fffdec321380101de1d8384d045e6817ab05bea99”,
“9fd7e8560fd06f81d88a7ec524dc4d131ca7b41aee2a14be5f50e6dde3eb4c1c”,
“23369b20c2e966bf763f8f5012fb92563c3c2ee3abaa3323decb5221b6c5c2f4”,
“7ac3e7a7f429d1696027df9855f45efc8142ebd235a018ca2cdb666d9b0e7ffd”,
“b0c04380f6b2673c976dd4317eb92c14347886a447a654307a74f8c551210394”,
“32bb5afb86cc9b4b58af42aa4517326a87935fbc4717753e9b7e436c6865b10f”,
“8b69a345105b6e519eb95e3db5a7d2d782555b0d11cf59b6317ed62d56ae7469”,
“33da586ab146a2093efe2a7b6ba72f800c4a1357fc919e9f351be52a151e161c”,
“8721cd3f4891332ac4f02be13aacaa85c9f0e27ffb08d558ebdff13337889edf”,
“935f0590b3f96f57bc4b647f1c865b589826ff2a621939268f1397aaadb6b80b”,
“efdba0f55bcefb8f11f7d3dc2bbddc57c5e873c45133547249086a5816ca3590”,
“9e50e6694558a90a1e6aa994503e78f60ec170b01d2fd4889e79727f1079f8af”,
“04eb723166b563ad2f599821c5848889141d1779fd205f2e6b26d60c07e8beab”,
“84b706f2f02029320ce6d4ff57193bd0ec051f5abe398c2f4f9c2bc665c89c39”,
“f99e7993029401431eac4023f7bf6e943741d69dd8355ce7d9565536c27fbdec”,
“e7edd2f353e18095bfe5465e41e301a5227a4a9e8c5c6aeff7f24ab3b02443bc”,
“3242b364dd0b0b4ac2d2e18977887038dfeb748f32ba36bdcc281d4fc73c8888”,
“0403c11cd4f9efd8457a8aae099c07c2076d7e35ecba377d31f34fa28cbf7f93”,
“b34a9f9176b4e462d417e95b7df97bfa8af5fe18a2e6a4b6393a890b72968736”,
“0b58d261a45ef833cf78f16ab2db52942615cb5e9a9c4c14a004afac06835c0e”,
“0c9186600fe7339b1169fcc8c952defda30e9fc481aadd67cea7856b88368a4f”,
“3075eb87f24cd278acf4f25922ceb429a8e093a3d7f7574497b1a1e4ce3cca75”,
“bfd114d15ea70f3e5363508fc27467acf743932de5d8afab8e543e212cb1d69d”,
“82586b666850933bb421834896bbaa543f332615764bac2ff42fc31b1d2f99fa”,
“8b7ac5a625cada25c0a08fa2eba85d328c175ff23af228a4a78799476d0b40e5”,
“13ae4fb840e59fcfbfda031ac564fe091410cdadc48fbe8132a3e96fd3bc9105”,
“77ca800a4b9ed9bbc8d93e39a5063f032e82880e1d2b5f418bb5b56c73ad8465”,
“1930c84fcf8280609d3aa9612eac0a19b84a4d993d6bba086644e0701de0b4d2”,
“60d84befc87d567d44f86a47aedf557b3e38dead8ec4597c1598f53ae267a188”,
“3a4439e47f1d2d6c80a927909d73aaf263be39c581ea34fa53e612dd1a416f1f”,
“0ce16c75a70c6356a071a4086de9c52afbb672fce6a2c703a051dd2460223c16”,
“6a875ab995c6a0f5fcb7f30aba7e8daf820e8e07704bb1e79baae1c18004ca4e”,
“6146808e83076769c6ad40d197e2c9eca12ad14073312d58506e461b9ab32e4e”,
“6ef8a8a4d006d716ad80ae5fb8fabfb782f540e633c6c8ca4e37bfff7cbb8746”,
“27e320a5df0bb9f14427f266c1a3c1f178ae278090631b4133115164e92625a5”,
“c8195aabcca82c4115646db162901f5c3aee13fd6d53d86de02e849cf67e7e26”,
“8b4e7a60bd0f9dcbfe5e5005fe0541ff3603ed0bb842ed46cede7f6977ce0ef7”,
“4925a66cd88e954ecbf34332063851d2a6347b0d7352cfbe561ec886cb55acdc”,
“e6ef8bb4f069837e59b32fdf811ca238f8c9de14053a47e36572daaac2cbd149”,
“41527e558803349100bde6cd7aa2849f78bff76b53242dfad4df649fc422b57f”,
“bfdd54ba209c069b5b8c0e91054f035ea6135db359833e1655314e2b00d0b7e8”,
“cd283d6ff727b51b8a7b7e57a2cfcc6de575adf01845ad98ee1ce6872dbc21a8”,
“cd99b0a15363e9cceea40099562cc25b91dc0be9823aed0f2f55df1029b31e09”,
“c78e7b76acef1421bd6b304f5d2f77563c671fdcef2bef870d81373fd7cfca18”,
“c18bca00f1d7201533469dc4616874f7d0797c07db9cba83274bd76d30cc1744”,
“7e07dc18dac177352c4fb74bb6fa2ec50b0147ced594cbac939b324f35ca2361”,
“b367c74424984984c8081c2df7e6004e931b633d6b0ed4d18557ac2bbe429765”,
“f00e38df8872264cbf7b01186fa62954b2928eb6f707eac10e244ee05ae27f95”,
“5e26237c38b64c29510f67800f849d5d00056770801c90adda80c27feff817cc”,
“18cc08805d419a888543c08b3ae2319d5c6299c6a3c7bc3a3ed54bcb05628fe6”,
“aef51d25f7c8ab7c3313817df7ff294a0e47b8c4c3a59ff514941ea08df26aef”
]
}
}
}

Ok so it appears these transactions haven’t propagated yet, as you can’t find them on mempool.space

To get them republished I’d suggest these steps:

  1. Open your bitcoin app, and select the 3 dots in the top right. Under advanced settings, and optimisations you should find the following setting below- please increase it to 2000MB.
  2. After changing that, scroll to the bottom and select ‘SAVE AND RESTART THE NODE’
  3. Then open the lightning node app, opening the advanced settings like the above, and select ‘SAVE AND RESTART THE NODE’

After ~15mins, check whether any of the outputs under pending sweeps appear on mempool.space

I followed your instructions but I do not see any of the transactions on mempool.space. The funds are still showing as unconfirmed. I also tried the command again for pendingsweeps and listsweeps and got this output:

umbrel@umbrel:~ $ ~/umbrel/scripts/app compose lightning exec lnd lncli wallet pendingsweeps
{
“pending_sweeps”:
}
umbrel@umbrel:~ $ ~/umbrel/scripts/app compose lightning exec lnd lncli wallet listsweeps
{
“Sweeps”: {
“TransactionIds”: {
“transaction_ids”: [
“74a02669d1e00fbf7a546ae343c4e4296c978a7b2bce43a452f8b68ec41013c0”,
“bc8b1faa7c2c6ededc2a6f6ce62cbdb8c7675a4e12c2d2ba267131be6fe22df6”,
“d2c794a100d07fab922a95f42a0d1d75b4793a0ef0844c59817d88d7f93bd628”,
“b30e3f5832d44c9749d4a3cd444dd8494f7e35b546f616755aa4660feebb89d7”,
“f45c95c34c0197f88838b74dfd5867a0b2e718bf56b9424f4f2d2f13be045030”,
“0e41c331ebb3f924570860a0c28286d22dd76dd5b39e68a5c45684d3d71238cd”,
“d9a4f9c68f39e400fee1a41d9534f2ae5c35d5996e43aa5de6654b664ff178ba”,
“94d5bf69f5e17bcdbc4632b41b538a77645873a79441c0e8229921c39a7f6b5e”,
“07166c3b0c54c2a5230e99b75c2bf801400012db4efaa185d6a3c027e72860b8”,
“1f91ad57718c415f73b77d76f82e7134c0e0003073578f0253a8f9b536cf27eb”,
“699f3873b2646902298bc57e07581430398035c5295c65c32bec765e4f30e1d2”,
“6f9e9e897292263f034781a4801aa878a6979f5bf12b8d4e880efd43c44de74a”,
“caa4c862a20bc344ab7e0bb68e0fcb99f558c49e46bd4a48fc1d74ac78af6d18”,
“086dae24da49439a2cb9fd53ab7a1b848690ca3fa0bbc631949dc8fb4de2c0ca”,
“e736dcb2b5fea08fe98f28ae430e25f5e85658c8488baeb62c85bc8dc301cb25”,
“0510016c93c76e86aaaa0ac828f8f2607ce60aa607f08f28b003b866a6b0d3bf”,
“c45bb5fdf61d95540c1823b994650cc0750a578219de8d688200f39e64d7e651”,
“fab728caed0cb78673f4dcce8b871c8684d2d7d91f823082c2bc715482de2fb5”,
“4a5f8c0bb4cb728424854a368e1ec59da60a972edf27cdea58fe57c798f9724f”,
“a46ce4019f831fb5fecb39383522dbdf16c6b2a98b1af2023a6f190bba0fb982”,
“ca3792932ddd2e546d51673a6743e8d14aea24ad268fcc61d854a79c0895f340”,
“614abf2aa137cc5b7aee836fffdec321380101de1d8384d045e6817ab05bea99”,
“9fd7e8560fd06f81d88a7ec524dc4d131ca7b41aee2a14be5f50e6dde3eb4c1c”,
“23369b20c2e966bf763f8f5012fb92563c3c2ee3abaa3323decb5221b6c5c2f4”,
“7ac3e7a7f429d1696027df9855f45efc8142ebd235a018ca2cdb666d9b0e7ffd”,
“b0c04380f6b2673c976dd4317eb92c14347886a447a654307a74f8c551210394”,
“32bb5afb86cc9b4b58af42aa4517326a87935fbc4717753e9b7e436c6865b10f”,
“8b69a345105b6e519eb95e3db5a7d2d782555b0d11cf59b6317ed62d56ae7469”,
“33da586ab146a2093efe2a7b6ba72f800c4a1357fc919e9f351be52a151e161c”,
“8721cd3f4891332ac4f02be13aacaa85c9f0e27ffb08d558ebdff13337889edf”,
“935f0590b3f96f57bc4b647f1c865b589826ff2a621939268f1397aaadb6b80b”,
“efdba0f55bcefb8f11f7d3dc2bbddc57c5e873c45133547249086a5816ca3590”,
“9e50e6694558a90a1e6aa994503e78f60ec170b01d2fd4889e79727f1079f8af”,
“04eb723166b563ad2f599821c5848889141d1779fd205f2e6b26d60c07e8beab”,
“84b706f2f02029320ce6d4ff57193bd0ec051f5abe398c2f4f9c2bc665c89c39”,
“f99e7993029401431eac4023f7bf6e943741d69dd8355ce7d9565536c27fbdec”,
“e7edd2f353e18095bfe5465e41e301a5227a4a9e8c5c6aeff7f24ab3b02443bc”,
“3242b364dd0b0b4ac2d2e18977887038dfeb748f32ba36bdcc281d4fc73c8888”,
“0403c11cd4f9efd8457a8aae099c07c2076d7e35ecba377d31f34fa28cbf7f93”,
“b34a9f9176b4e462d417e95b7df97bfa8af5fe18a2e6a4b6393a890b72968736”,
“0b58d261a45ef833cf78f16ab2db52942615cb5e9a9c4c14a004afac06835c0e”,
“0c9186600fe7339b1169fcc8c952defda30e9fc481aadd67cea7856b88368a4f”,
“3075eb87f24cd278acf4f25922ceb429a8e093a3d7f7574497b1a1e4ce3cca75”,
“bfd114d15ea70f3e5363508fc27467acf743932de5d8afab8e543e212cb1d69d”,
“82586b666850933bb421834896bbaa543f332615764bac2ff42fc31b1d2f99fa”,
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“13ae4fb840e59fcfbfda031ac564fe091410cdadc48fbe8132a3e96fd3bc9105”,
“77ca800a4b9ed9bbc8d93e39a5063f032e82880e1d2b5f418bb5b56c73ad8465”,
“1930c84fcf8280609d3aa9612eac0a19b84a4d993d6bba086644e0701de0b4d2”,
“60d84befc87d567d44f86a47aedf557b3e38dead8ec4597c1598f53ae267a188”,
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“b367c74424984984c8081c2df7e6004e931b633d6b0ed4d18557ac2bbe429765”,
“f00e38df8872264cbf7b01186fa62954b2928eb6f707eac10e244ee05ae27f95”,
“5e26237c38b64c29510f67800f849d5d00056770801c90adda80c27feff817cc”,
“18cc08805d419a888543c08b3ae2319d5c6299c6a3c7bc3a3ed54bcb05628fe6”,
“aef51d25f7c8ab7c3313817df7ff294a0e47b8c4c3a59ff514941ea08df26aef”
]
}
}
}

Looking for help. Should I just accept that these funds are lost? I still have a backup of my seed phrase and channels so I thought my funds were safe. I have been trying to recover my funds for months now. No one seems to be able to help me. :frowning:

Not sure if this helps at all, but I noticed that although there are no pending sweeps, when I look at RTL there are 5 sweep transactions which are not the same as the previous transactions (different txids). I tried bumping the fee for each transaction, which seemed to work. I issued the pending sweeps command again and all the transactions were listed again. So I followed the steps again, checking the max mempool size, then save and restart node, then save and restart lightning node. When I checked again, pending sweeps was empty, and RTL had 5 new transactions listed. Not sure what to try next.