# Channel Close stuck

**URL:** <https://community.umbrel.com/t/channel-close-stuck/3428>\
**Category:** Bitcoin and Lightning\
**Created:** [September 15, 2021, 10:10pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/channel-close-stuck/3428 "2021-09-15T22:10:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Biscuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f17d59/32.png) [@Biscuit](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Biscuit)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 10:10pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/channel-close-stuck/3428/1 "2021-09-15T22:10:17Z")

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Hello,

I have a lightning channel that has been stuck in closing for a few weeks.

I have a txid from RTL, but this txid doesn’t exsist in mempool or on chain.  
I tried looking for it on my node and on the mempool space website and found nothing.

How can I diagnose this and re-broadcast the correct transaction, RTL says that the local balance is all in limbo.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![spn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85f322/32.png) [@spn](https://community.umbrel.com/u/spn)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 10:21pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/channel-close-stuck/3428/2 "2021-09-15T22:21:18Z")

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Same happened to me. I had to force close it by commands, then wait for an amount of blocks to get the funds.

This helped me:

> [@Lightning channel stuck in "Waiting Close"](http://community.umbrel.com/t/lightning-channel-stuck-in-waiting-close/2211):
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> I initiated a channel close on Umbrel 2 weeks ago but it remains stuck on “closing”." If I select “view info” on the channel in RTL (Ride The Lightning), I can see it under “Waiting Close.” I have tried restarting my node several times. If anyone can provide the command to force close the channel via command prompt that would help. I have managed to connect via C:\WINDOWS\system32\>ssh umbrel@umbrel.local

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**Author:** ![Biscuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f17d59/32.png) [@Biscuit](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Biscuit)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2021, 9:16am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/channel-close-stuck/3428/3 "2021-09-16T09:16:22Z")

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Thanks.

This got my txid into mempool.  
does this mean my node will now deal with the limbo balance correctly?

I can’t see the maturity height for the transaction and im not getting a maturity height when I ask for pendingchannels, and it says this:

“initiator”: “INITIATOR\_REMOTE”,

Thanks

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**Author:** ![spn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85f322/32.png) [@spn](https://community.umbrel.com/u/spn)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2021, 9:37am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/channel-close-stuck/3428/4 "2021-09-16T09:37:56Z")

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Yes, it will deal with it. You can see it in RTL; Peers/channels, Pending, View info

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**Author:** ![Biscuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f17d59/32.png) [@Biscuit](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Biscuit)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2021, 7:26pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/channel-close-stuck/3428/5 "2021-09-16T19:26:34Z")

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After getting a confirmation, RTL now says how many blocks to maturity. Everything looks good now.