# How to accelerate channel closure txn - waiting close status but low fee

**URL:** <https://community.umbrel.com/t/how-to-accelerate-channel-closure-txn-waiting-close-status-but-low-fee/20777>\
**Category:** Bitcoin and Lightning\
**Created:** [January 3, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/how-to-accelerate-channel-closure-txn-waiting-close-status-but-low-fee/20777 "2025-01-03T16:05:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![EXCEL](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/excel/32/5124_2.png) [@EXCEL](https://community.umbrel.com/u/EXCEL)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/how-to-accelerate-channel-closure-txn-waiting-close-status-but-low-fee/20777/1 "2025-01-03T16:05:52Z")

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Hi, Umbrel community,

Happy New Year!  
I’m a beginner with UmbrelOS and LND node, I need your guidance for LND channel closure txn acceleration.  
I opened a small channel with CoinGate 10 months ago as a trial, that’s an only channel I did open so far. Unfortunately UmbrelOS can’t recognise my SSD few months ago, recently I found another SSD and tried to get the LND channel recovered with local backup file. Due to my recovery activity, the channel closure was initiated, however, the automatic closure txn fee is too low (1.02 Sat/vB), I can see the txn was stuck more than 1 month, and it is not possible to be processed I believe. In the RTL, channel is in “waiting close” status.  
I want to close this small case although only few balance can be get back. Below is the txn link. Please share your insight how to accelerate this txn? Thanks.

> **[Bitcoin Explorer - Blockstream.info](https://blockstream.info/tx/aed57a0d084caf0e963f70c1fd24c6c6e80af8b35f9b326e7daf77d4c23dd993)**
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> Blockstream Explorer is an open source block explorer providing detailed blockchain data across Bitcoin, Testnet, and Liquid. Supports Tor and tracking-free.

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**Author:** ![oi\_yeah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/5daacb/32.png) [@oi\_yeah](https://community.umbrel.com/u/oi_yeah)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2025, 5:05pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/how-to-accelerate-channel-closure-txn-waiting-close-status-but-low-fee/20777/2 "2025-01-06T17:05:13Z")

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I just went through something similar, you can bump the fee in RTL by clicking on the 3 dots of the transaction. Your transaction looks like it supports RBF which is good news. Worst case you could use Mempools acceraltor but its just too expensive

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**Author:** ![EXCEL](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/excel/32/5124_2.png) [@EXCEL](https://community.umbrel.com/u/EXCEL)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 7:48am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/how-to-accelerate-channel-closure-txn-waiting-close-status-but-low-fee/20777/3 "2025-01-07T07:48:13Z")

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Unfortunately, there is no option in RTL to bump the txn fee.