# ChanStatusBorked **URL:** \ **Category:** Bitcoin and Lightning\ **Created:** [March 16, 2022, 2:38am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/chanstatusborked/6788 "2022-03-16T02:38:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kendesu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dfb087/32.png) [@kendesu](https://community.umbrel.com/u/kendesu)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 2:38am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/chanstatusborked/6788/1 "2022-03-16T02:38:54Z")
~/umbrel/bin/lncli pendingchannels { “total\_limbo\_balance”: “998154”, “pending\_open\_channels”: [ ], “pending\_closing\_channels”: [ ], “pending\_force\_closing\_channels”: [ ], “waiting\_close\_channels”: [ { “channel”: { “remote\_node\_pub”: “[redacted]”, “channel\_point”: “[redacted]”, “capacity”: “1000000”, “local\_balance”: “998154”, “remote\_balance”: “0”, “local\_chan\_reserve\_sat”: “10000”, “remote\_chan\_reserve\_sat”: “10000”, “initiator”: “INITIATOR\_LOCAL”, “commitment\_type”: “ANCHORS”, “num\_forwarding\_packages”: “0”, “chan\_status\_flags”: “ChanStatusBorked|ChanStatusCommitBroadcasted|ChanStatusLocalCloseInitiator” }, “limbo\_balance”: “998154”, “commitments”: { “local\_txid”: “[redacted]”, “remote\_txid”: “[redacted]”, “remote\_pending\_txid”: “[redacted]”, “local\_commit\_fee\_sat”: “1186”, “remote\_commit\_fee\_sat”: “2028”, “remote\_pending\_commit\_fee\_sat”: “0” }, “closing\_txid”: “[redacted]” } ] } Can anything be done to close this channel and return the 998154 sats minus fees? ---
**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:** [March 16, 2022, 10:18am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/chanstatusborked/6788/2 "2022-03-16T10:18:31Z")
If you are very impatient, then you can force close that channel. Run this command (put the right id of the channel, this is just an example): `~/umbrel/bin/lncli closechannel --force 851ddc0900b775ff4afbd12ed4c8c003456eaea862ba96664344b06a04eec7c5 1` Again you can run the command to see the maturity: `~/umbrel/bin/lncli pendingchannels` and you will see the new “maturity\_height” block number. I hope you are not hit by this bug… > > > \### Background > > After a force-close of an anchor channel my node was unable to… recover the anchor output in time (it was swept by someone else, and the state is "LOST" in \`lncli pendingchannels\`). I didn't check, but I think this happened at a time with high on-chain fees, and the close tx was already confirmed (so grabbing the anchor doesn't help with that). > > Now, a few days after my node published the now double-spent sweep transaction, I still see funds as "unconfirmed\_balance" (I don't have anything else pending, and the mempool was just emptied). I believe that lnd still waits for the sweep transaction to confirm, which will never happen. > > I'd like lnd to give up and "unblock" my funds. > > \### Your environment > > \* 0.14.1-beta > \* bitcoind v22 (pruned) > > \### Steps to reproduce > > 1. Open anchor channel > 2. Force-Close anchor channel > 3. Wait for sweep transaction to be created > 3. Steal anchor before anchor is recovered using sweep transaction > > \### Expected behaviour > > Sweep transaction is cancelled (forgotten), unspent transaction inputs can be used as inputs for other transactions. > > \### Actual behaviour > > Inputs are listed as "unconfirmed balance". ---
**Author:** ![kendesu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dfb087/32.png) [@kendesu](https://community.umbrel.com/u/kendesu)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 2:57pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/chanstatusborked/6788/3 "2022-03-16T14:57:01Z")
Thank you for the reply. “If you are very impatient” Does this mean if I wait and do nothing it will eventually close and return the local balance? I had previously attempted the force close command (with the correct channel point, [space] instead of [:], but nothing happened. fwiw I’ve never seen the “maturity\_height” after running the pendingchannels command. Is there a way to know if I’m affected by this bug? If so, are the funds lost? Thank you! ---
**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:** [March 16, 2022, 8:04pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/chanstatusborked/6788/4 "2022-03-16T20:04:42Z")
> [@kendesu](#): > > Does this mean if I wait and do nothing it will eventually close and return the local balance? Yes. Usually takes 144 blocks. > [@kendesu](#): > > I’ve never seen the “maturity\_height” That means is in limbo. Try again the cli command for force close and wait few blocks and run again the pending channels commend, see what happem. ---
**Author:** ![kendesu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dfb087/32.png) [@kendesu](https://community.umbrel.com/u/kendesu)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 8:58pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/chanstatusborked/6788/5 "2022-03-16T20:58:52Z")
Ok. I ran pendingchannels again, and this time I see maturity\_height. About 40 blocks. I’m going to chill for now and see what happens. Thank you for your help! ---
**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:** [March 16, 2022, 10:01pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/chanstatusborked/6788/6 "2022-03-16T22:01:16Z")
Nice! Exactly now just chill. After 40 blocks will be back. ---
**Author:** ![tulkooo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed655f/32.png) [@tulkooo](https://community.umbrel.com/u/tulkooo)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2023, 8:37pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/chanstatusborked/6788/7 "2023-08-19T20:37:08Z")
Hello @DarthCoin I’ve had recently a similar issue, I noticed that the channelclose has been pending for couple of months now and this is what I see in lncli pendingchannels So I was wondering is there anything I could do with the channel? I see that there’s still blocks to maturity but only for those 440 sats, however no info regarding local balance of 2 068 332 sats. The other peer says the channel is closed for him ![pendingchannel](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/getumbrel/original/2X/a/a2cf6e78e113bd374a38ce040273d3239cac5418.png) Also when I check the closing tx for those 440 sats I this, few little addresses and mine 2 068 332 sats but when I check the address the balance is 440 sats. ![mempool tx](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/getumbrel/original/2X/e/ede10109b1e0c9b9e921ae28ce74dd42d0ebd396.png) Do I have to wait for all of those little transactions to confirm?