# Channel closed / for several weeks "Waiting Close" **URL:** \ **Category:** Bitcoin and Lightning\ **Created:** [April 3, 2022, 8:02am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/channel-closed-for-several-weeks-waiting-close/7054 "2022-04-03T08:02:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rene1980](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@Rene1980](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Rene1980)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 8:02am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/channel-closed-for-several-weeks-waiting-close/7054/1 "2022-04-03T08:02:21Z")
I have been trying to close a channel for several weeks. This has been in the status “Waiting Close” for weeks. I’ve already tried via Lncli ([http://community.umbrel.com/t/munbrel-roubleshooting-guide/](http://community.umbrel.com/t/munbrel-roubleshooting-guide/)) to force a Force Close. Unfortunately without success. Does anyone see my mistake? ![SmartSelect_20220403-095242_RaspController](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/getumbrel/original/2X/5/5e39f35ad68629a271fbf68fca812676742647d8.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![DarthCoin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/darthcoin/32/1628_2.png) [@DarthCoin](https://community.umbrel.com/u/DarthCoin)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 9:09am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/channel-closed-for-several-weeks-waiting-close/7054/2 "2022-04-03T09:09:47Z")
Just wait. Have patience. ---
**Author:** ![Rene1980](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@Rene1980](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Rene1980)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 9:43am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/channel-closed-for-several-weeks-waiting-close/7054/3 "2022-04-03T09:43:01Z")
How many weeks can that happen? ---
**Author:** ![DarthCoin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/darthcoin/32/1628_2.png) [@DarthCoin](https://community.umbrel.com/u/DarthCoin)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 4:45pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/channel-closed-for-several-weeks-waiting-close/7054/4 "2022-04-03T16:45:07Z")
See that “limbo balance”? Those could be HTLCs that were on the fly in the moment of closing. That means you will need to wait until are settle. This depends one each hop/node when are settle them. So your best option is to wait now. ---
**Author:** ![Rene1980](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@Rene1980](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Rene1980)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2022, 7:03am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/channel-closed-for-several-weeks-waiting-close/7054/5 "2022-04-16T07:03:34Z")
Now 2 weeks have passed and the channel is still in waiting close 😥😥 ---
**Author:** ![Rene1980](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@Rene1980](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Rene1980)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 12:39pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/channel-closed-for-several-weeks-waiting-close/7054/6 "2022-04-19T12:39:08Z")
@DarthCoin Do you have a suggestion? ---
**Author:** ![DarthCoin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/darthcoin/32/1628_2.png) [@DarthCoin](https://community.umbrel.com/u/DarthCoin)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 3:16pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/channel-closed-for-several-weeks-waiting-close/7054/7 "2022-04-19T15:16:01Z")
what is showing lncli pendingchannels ? ---
**Author:** ![Rene1980](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@Rene1980](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Rene1980)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 3:55pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/channel-closed-for-several-weeks-waiting-close/7054/8 "2022-04-19T15:55:59Z")
![SmartSelect_20220419-174953_RaspController](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/getumbrel/original/2X/5/583e8dcf8750f10a6380ca9378619caf6fccc980.jpeg) Uploading: SmartSelect\_20220419-174953\_RaspController.jpg… ---
**Author:** ![DarthCoin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/darthcoin/32/1628_2.png) [@DarthCoin](https://community.umbrel.com/u/DarthCoin)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 4:25pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/channel-closed-for-several-weeks-waiting-close/7054/9 "2022-04-19T16:25:05Z")
Yes, as you can see you have limbo balance. That means, in the moment you shut down you node, you had some pending HTLCs, means those funds were in transit and are waiting to be fullsifled. PLEASE, have patience. It will be released. This shit happen, but this is how LN was designed to work. ---
**Author:** ![Rene1980](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@Rene1980](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Rene1980)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 4:45pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/channel-closed-for-several-weeks-waiting-close/7054/10 "2022-04-19T16:45:40Z")
Where exactly can I recognize the open HTLCs? ---
**Author:** ![DarthCoin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/darthcoin/32/1628_2.png) [@DarthCoin](https://community.umbrel.com/u/DarthCoin)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 6:51pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/channel-closed-for-several-weeks-waiting-close/7054/11 "2022-04-19T18:51:52Z")
When you run a LN node, you must be watching your routings, HTLCs, peers etc. Before shutting down is good to wait a good moment when more HTLCs are released and you don’t have anyone or less is possible pending ones. When there’s some funds in “limbo” means that are still in dispute to where should go, who to take them. Have patience. ---
**Author:** ![Rene1980](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@Rene1980](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Rene1980)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2022, 7:26am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/channel-closed-for-several-weeks-waiting-close/7054/14 "2022-04-26T07:26:34Z")
Hi @Orville, I have already tried. Unfortunately without success. The channel is still in the Waiting Close ---
**Author:** ![Rene1980](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@Rene1980](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Rene1980)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 8:08pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/channel-closed-for-several-weeks-waiting-close/7054/15 "2022-04-27T20:08:03Z")
Update: The channel is now finally closed. thanks to @Orville ---
**Author:** ![Zastaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/82dd89/32.png) [@Zastaman](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Zastaman)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 11:38am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/channel-closed-for-several-weeks-waiting-close/7054/16 "2023-04-14T11:38:57Z")
Can you help me? I have a channal and ist not closing. I wait the closeing to september… ---
**Author:** ![Zastaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/82dd89/32.png) [@Zastaman](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Zastaman)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 11:41am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/channel-closed-for-several-weeks-waiting-close/7054/17 "2023-04-14T11:41:40Z")
![ch1](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/getumbrel/original/2X/0/055c6576be6f1b8e1970feea805d888d9a9549d4.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Zastaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/82dd89/32.png) [@Zastaman](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Zastaman)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 11:42am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/channel-closed-for-several-weeks-waiting-close/7054/18 "2023-04-14T11:42:15Z")
![ch2](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/getumbrel/original/2X/1/15a5b7865ed218f574b8462d29b048a7db12c4ee.jpeg)