# Forwardings dried up

**URL:** <https://community.umbrel.com/t/forwardings-dried-up/334>\
**Category:** Bitcoin and Lightning\
**Created:** [May 2, 2021, 5:41am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/forwardings-dried-up/334 "2021-05-02T05:41:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Vmax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a587f6/32.png) [@Vmax](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Vmax)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 5:41am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/forwardings-dried-up/334/1 "2021-05-02T05:41:13Z")

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I have 10 channels with total 8mil out and 2mil in. In the first few weeks I had 100+ forwards, but since a few weeks, no forwards happen at all. Umbrel working normal. Any idea why nothing gets forwarded any more?

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**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:** [May 2, 2021, 8:17am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/forwardings-dried-up/334/2 "2021-05-02T08:17:41Z")

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That have nothing to do with Umbrel.  
Is more like about network activity. This happen.

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**Author:** ![blckbx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@blckbx](https://community.umbrel.com/u/blckbx)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 11:19am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/forwardings-dried-up/334/3 "2021-05-02T11:19:55Z")

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Channel balance, maybe?

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**Author:** ![Vmax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a587f6/32.png) [@Vmax](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Vmax)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 11:38am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/forwardings-dried-up/334/4 "2021-05-02T11:38:05Z")

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Balance all good

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**Author:** ![Seccour](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/seccour/32/191_2.png) [@Seccour](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Seccour)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 3:19pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/forwardings-dried-up/334/6 "2021-05-02T15:19:43Z")

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Could be multiple reasons:

- New routes are better (lower fees, or higher liquidity)
- That was just irregular traffic
- The nodes before or after you that may have relayed the same traffic have too high fees or not good liquidity anymore