# Lightning channel stuck in waiting close **URL:** \ **Category:** Support and Troubleshooting\ **Created:** [February 2, 2022, 10:19am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/lightning-channel-stuck-in-waiting-close/6103 "2022-02-02T10:19:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mugiwara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@mugiwara](https://community.umbrel.com/u/mugiwara)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 10:19am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/lightning-channel-stuck-in-waiting-close/6103/1 "2022-02-02T10:19:17Z")
After a power failure I had to restore my node. All channels were closed except this one which is now stuck in waiting close for over a month. Is there any way to recover these funds? “total\_limbo\_balance”: “0”, “pending\_open\_channels”: [ ], “pending\_closing\_channels”: [ ], “pending\_force\_closing\_channels”: [ ], “waiting\_close\_channels”: [ { “channel”: { “remote\_node\_pub”: “02ab583d430015f3b6b41730434b5fac264901b50199f0b9becc0a98a365f581a9”, “channel\_point”: “24c53f91b0ce06b9135b6673a4aa9f8977d72070baf983d864283228303e3c5b:1”, “capacity”: “3000000”, “local\_balance”: “0”, “remote\_balance”: “0”, “local\_chan\_reserve\_sat”: “0”, “remote\_chan\_reserve\_sat”: “0”, “initiator”: “INITIATOR\_LOCAL”, “commitment\_type”: “ANCHORS”, “num\_forwarding\_packages”: “0” }, “limbo\_balance”: “0”, “commitments”: { “local\_txid”: “”, “remote\_txid”: “”, “remote\_pending\_txid”: “”, “local\_commit\_fee\_sat”: “0”, “remote\_commit\_fee\_sat”: “0”, “remote\_pending\_commit\_fee\_sat”: “0” ---
**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:** [February 2, 2022, 11:46am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/lightning-channel-stuck-in-waiting-close/6103/2 "2022-02-02T11:46:34Z")
[Check in the Umbrel troubleshooting manual](http://community.umbrel.com/t/umbrel-troubleshooting-guide/3632/) the section about how to check the pending close channels and if is necessary to force close. But force closing is not really recommended, normally a closing channel takes time and you can see at what block height you will get the funds. ---
**Author:** ![mugiwara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@mugiwara](https://community.umbrel.com/u/mugiwara)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 12:35pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/lightning-channel-stuck-in-waiting-close/6103/3 "2022-02-02T12:35:16Z")
@DarthCoin I tried already to force close with “~/umbrel/bin/lncli closechannel --force 24c53f91b0ce06b9135b6673a4aa9f8977d72070baf983d864283228303e3c5b 1” it didn’t work And it doesn’t show me any maturity\_height either. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2022, 2:12pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/lightning-channel-stuck-in-waiting-close/6103/4 "2022-02-02T14:12:52Z")
If you didn’t see any error in that process, just be patient, takes a while until is broadcasted ---
**Author:** ![mugiwara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@mugiwara](https://community.umbrel.com/u/mugiwara)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 9:50pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/lightning-channel-stuck-in-waiting-close/6103/5 "2022-02-02T21:50:00Z")
Just checked the logs when i try to force close I receive the following error lnd | 2022-02-02 21:46:04.005 [ERR] RPCS: [/lnrpc.Lightning/CloseChannel]: cannot close channel with state: ChanStatusRestored makes no sense for me bc the channel is still stuck in waiting close ---
**Author:** ![janhdb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dc4da7/32.png) [@janhdb](https://community.umbrel.com/u/janhdb)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 8:47am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/lightning-channel-stuck-in-waiting-close/6103/6 "2022-02-10T08:47:30Z")
Hi, i have the same problem with my full note, did you have find a way to fix this problem? ---
**Author:** ![mugiwara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@mugiwara](https://community.umbrel.com/u/mugiwara)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 4:37pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/lightning-channel-stuck-in-waiting-close/6103/7 "2022-02-10T16:37:03Z")
Unfortunately not I found a few similar cases online so this seems to happen regularly but no one has a solution Looks like these funds are lost… ---
**Author:** ![Flexis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/76d3ee/32.png) [@Flexis](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Flexis)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2022, 11:34am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/lightning-channel-stuck-in-waiting-close/6103/8 "2022-10-24T11:34:48Z")
I have the same problem, nobody has a solution apparently. So funds are gone I guess? ---
**Author:** ![lost\_knight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e5b9ba/32.png) [@lost\_knight](https://community.umbrel.com/u/lost_knight)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 2:57pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/lightning-channel-stuck-in-waiting-close/6103/9 "2022-10-25T14:57:49Z")
I also facing the same problem. My Umbrel is on the latest version. And my 2 channels have been stuck for more than 2 months. ---
**Author:** ![Flexis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/76d3ee/32.png) [@Flexis](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Flexis)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2022, 8:36pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/lightning-channel-stuck-in-waiting-close/6103/10 "2022-10-26T20:36:38Z")
Still no fix, 7 days with a failed force close…! I can see in the mempool and on amboss.space that the channel is still open. [image|581x500](https://community.umbrel.com/uploads/short-url/4xXYdplCcJN8x0Vr9leSU6Rp9wa.jpeg) ![Schermafbeelding 2022-10-22 om 12.55.00](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/getumbrel/original/2X/a/ae370b9385d52fd113f4537c45a5c99ab0ca643b.png) ---
**Author:** ![crypt0x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@crypt0x](https://community.umbrel.com/u/crypt0x)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2022, 8:59pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/lightning-channel-stuck-in-waiting-close/6103/11 "2022-11-29T20:59:47Z")
Same issue. I have 4 channels in this state. I had to do a node sweep after a recovery and 4 channels never closed. I have over 0.1 btc tied up too. ---
**Author:** ![goliath77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@goliath77](https://community.umbrel.com/u/goliath77)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2023, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/lightning-channel-stuck-in-waiting-close/6103/12 "2023-01-31T18:50:50Z")
Any update? I have the same issue. ---
**Author:** ![stargati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@stargati](https://community.umbrel.com/u/stargati)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 3:06am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/lightning-channel-stuck-in-waiting-close/6103/13 "2023-02-13T03:06:35Z")
Hi. I’m having the exact same issue. channel status flags displays “ChanStatusLocalDataLoss|ChanStatusRestored”. I had to start from scratch and currently have 4 channels in the “waiting\_close\_channels” list. all my other channels closed with no issue once I restored except those 4. when i try to force close, I get the same error “cannot close channel with state: ChanStatusRestored” have gone through the troubleshooting guide several times, as well as searched the forum, with no luck. has no one found a solution to this? ---
**Author:** ![stargati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@stargati](https://community.umbrel.com/u/stargati)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2023, 9:24pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/lightning-channel-stuck-in-waiting-close/6103/14 "2023-02-25T21:24:37Z")
Posted a possible solution [here](http://community.umbrel.com/t/restored-wallet-two-channels-wont-close/4672/6) in case anyone is going through the same thing. There is currently an issue with CLN nodes when going through recovery. The linked solution appears to solve the problem.