# Lighning node channel opening limbo

**URL:** <https://community.umbrel.com/t/lighning-node-channel-opening-limbo/13277>\
**Category:** Support and Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [August 7, 2023, 11:53am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/lighning-node-channel-opening-limbo/13277 "2023-08-07T11:53:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Seraf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Seraf](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Seraf)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2023, 11:53am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/lighning-node-channel-opening-limbo/13277/1 "2023-08-07T11:53:56Z")

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I have trying to open a channel, he stucked on opening, not on mempool for week now. I want to close it but no option how. Any help on this issue. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![smolgrrr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/smolgrrr/32/2825_2.png) [@smolgrrr](https://community.umbrel.com/u/smolgrrr)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2023, 12:59pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/lighning-node-channel-opening-limbo/13277/2 "2023-08-07T12:59:51Z")

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Hi, just to clarify, your channel is still pending because the fee-rate is too low?

You will need to bump it up with RBF or a CPFP transaction. [Unconfirmed Bitcoin Transactions](https://docs.lightning.engineering/lightning-network-tools/lnd/unconfirmed-bitcoin-transactions)

You can use ‘Ride The Lightning’ to do this pretty easily, or via command-line if are confident enough

Lightning → Peers/Channels  
[![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/getumbrel/original/2X/b/bc46b272919fa4e9001b95506545e84da5ddece6.png) ](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/getumbrel/original/2X/b/bc46b272919fa4e9001b95506545e84da5ddece6.png)

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**Author:** ![Seraf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Seraf](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Seraf)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2023, 1:04pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/lighning-node-channel-opening-limbo/13277/3 "2023-08-07T13:04:52Z")

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Can’t bump it it hasn’t entered mempool. When restarted node i get funds back but that opening channel still there.

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**Author:** ![Seraf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Seraf](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Seraf)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 8:17am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/lighning-node-channel-opening-limbo/13277/4 "2023-09-18T08:17:33Z")

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Can anyone help me with this issue. It staying that way for a while. How can i erase this. Can’t from RTL.

 ![Lightning-Node-—-Umbrel](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/getumbrel/original/2X/a/a79bfb534660d432dc7860b2ff05943f7f44b2bf.png)  
There is none sats on that node withdraw it all. But this opening channel still there…