# Stuck pending\_force\_closing\_channels / "maturity\_height": 0

**URL:** <https://community.umbrel.com/t/stuck-pending-force-closing-channels-maturity-height-0/13275>\
**Category:** Support and Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [August 7, 2023, 9:41am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/stuck-pending-force-closing-channels-maturity-height-0/13275 "2023-08-07T09:41:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![mavrck1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6bbea6/32.png) [@mavrck1](https://community.umbrel.com/u/mavrck1)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2023, 9:41am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/stuck-pending-force-closing-channels-maturity-height-0/13275/1 "2023-08-07T09:41:09Z")

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Hi!  
two days ago I initiated force channel closing  
and it is still in pending\_force\_closing\_channels

```auto
{
    "total_limbo_balance": "96860",
    "pending_open_channels": [
    ],
    "pending_closing_channels": [
    ],
    "pending_force_closing_channels": [
        {
            "channel": {
                "remote_node_pub": "034bfcece8861de39f85edd954de0ad7b54e3ce70998ca173f915e0692324efa9e",
                "channel_point": "0d4b4d9d0740053c2ba101f26365145ab240b9c3b5067a4a28736430358c1c7e:1",
                "capacity": "100000",
                "local_balance": "96530",
                "remote_balance": "0",
                "local_chan_reserve_sat": "0",
                "remote_chan_reserve_sat": "0",
                "initiator": "INITIATOR_LOCAL",
                "commitment_type": "ANCHORS",
                "num_forwarding_packages": "0",
                "chan_status_flags": "",
                "private": false
            },
            "closing_txid": "d478b86cda4a0dda067690d2460d0a26be9efe08fddca03c454c0cb59ae55086",
            "limbo_balance": "96860",
            "maturity_height": 0,
            "blocks_til_maturity": 0,
            "recovered_balance": "0",
            "pending_htlcs": [
            ],
            "anchor": "LIMBO"
        }
    ],
    "waiting_close_channels": [
    ]
}

```

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**Author:** ![usernameisJim](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/usernameisjim/32/3309_2.png) [@usernameisJim](https://community.umbrel.com/u/usernameisJim)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2023, 4:19am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/stuck-pending-force-closing-channels-maturity-height-0/13275/2 "2023-08-08T04:19:09Z")

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Can you try again with the steps in this guide?

> [@Steps for Waiting Close Channels and Unconfirmed Transactions](https://community.umbrel.com/t/steps-for-waiting-close-channels-and-unconfirmed-transactions/12937):
>
> Please share your best tips on resolving Waite Close and Unconfirmed Transactions! Here’s some helpful ways, This is typically the process to bump/get funds out of waiting close channels: You can prepend all commands for lncli like so: sudo ~/umbrel/scripts/app compose lightning exec lnd lncli For details on “accessing the lncli” (which is what we’re doing here to interact with LND) As well as details on how to run the commands on your Umbrel you can reference instructions under “How to …

The force close steps have a reference on how to enter again the lncli command and that channel point

Here’s how yours should look like if you want to try:

`~/umbrel/scripts/app compose lightning exec lnd lncli closechannel --force 0d4b4d9d0740053c2ba101f26365145ab240b9c3b5067a4a28736430358c1c7e 1`

(the channel point is not on a new line, it’s just one space after closechannel --force, the editor just seems to be kicking this down to confirm if there’s any confusion)

Your maturity height is showing 0 so either this was pending and should be showing a block it will be done now?

You can check again if it has a maturity height with pending channels:

`~/umbrel/scripts/app compose lightning exec lnd lncli pendingchannels`

Or you can try to execute the command again to be sure

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**Author:** ![mavrck1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6bbea6/32.png) [@mavrck1](https://community.umbrel.com/u/mavrck1)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2023, 9:16am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/stuck-pending-force-closing-channels-maturity-height-0/13275/3 "2023-08-08T09:16:25Z")

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Thanks!  
what i got:

 ![ddddssewww](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/getumbrel/original/2X/b/b5321c8a778a0f54accee37cb40517f41f6d6db7.jpeg)

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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 8, 2023, 11:37am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/stuck-pending-force-closing-channels-maturity-height-0/13275/4 "2023-08-08T11:37:37Z")

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My view is that your funds have arrived to your on-chain wallet, and LND probably just needs to rescan for your wallet’s UTXOs.

> [@Official Umbrel Troubleshooting Guide and FAQ](https://community.umbrel.com/t/official-umbrel-troubleshooting-guide-and-faq/9873/1):
>
> Rescanning your wallet’s UTXO’s is a time-consuming process and may take upwards of 24 hours to complete.
> 
> 1. Connect to your Umbrel device by following the instructions in _How to SSH into Umbrel on a Raspberry Pi_ or by accessing a terminal on your Linux machine.
> 2. Run the following command. If you are on a Linux machine, you may need to replace `~` with the path to your installation directory, as described in _Troubleshooting on Linux_:`sed -i "s/\[Application Options\]/\[Application Options\]\nreset-wallet-transactions=true/g;" ~/umbrel/app-data/lightning/data/lnd/lnd.conf`
> 3. Restart your Lightning Node app from the “Advanced Settings menu” in the Lightning Node app.
> 4. Wait for the rescanning process to complete.
> 5. Once complete, run the following command to ensure that the lengthy rescanning process does not occur again on subsequent restarts. If you are on a Linux machine, you may need to replace `~` with the path to your installation directory, as described in \*Troubleshooting on Linux:`sed -i "s/reset-wallet-transactions=true//g;" ~/umbrel/app-data/lightning/data/lnd/lnd.conf`
> 6. Restart your Lightning Node app from the “Advanced Settings menu” in the Lightning Node app

You could try also with Zap desktop (not mobile) using your seed. Hope this helps

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**Author:** ![usernameisJim](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/usernameisjim/32/3309_2.png) [@usernameisJim](https://community.umbrel.com/u/usernameisJim)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 5:07am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/stuck-pending-force-closing-channels-maturity-height-0/13275/5 "2023-08-09T05:07:15Z")

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Heya use this command as opposed to that one you tried, it wants the channel point:

> [@usernameisJim](#):
>
> ~/umbrel/scripts/app compose lightning exec lnd lncli closechannel --force 0d4b4d9d0740053c2ba101f26365145ab240b9c3b5067a4a28736430358c1c7e 1

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**Author:** ![tulkooo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed655f/32.png) [@tulkooo](https://community.umbrel.com/u/tulkooo)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 7:47am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/stuck-pending-force-closing-channels-maturity-height-0/13275/6 "2023-08-24T07:47:43Z")

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I’ve had the same issue, I got stuck channel since March 2023, have you had any luck sorting it out @mavrck1 ?

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/getumbrel/original/2X/0/095f8baa960c380e4fd581f29a6af9e1012c4ad6.png)