<p>I have open an issue on the GitHub repo of LND and a solution was found, here is the link <a href="https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/issues/5341" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/issues/5341</a></p>

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2021-06-04T13:06:55.857Z
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alec_djinn
<p>My node <a href="https://1ml.com/node/022d509049e143b1c5fc5383210acb97a3e5a4b0e0d31dd4c920eee92a4aacd312" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Caffeine</a> has a channel in pending status (close txid: 0de535ea74d72a952157640187b5a207fe977870a5c9b92f0aa99b9707c94779) with <a href="https://1ml.com/node/02ae3c06f6db6a87ea874ef7ba86c87ab0041eabf6d8be0594582505b1fd5d7ee8" rel="nofollow noreferrer">The Cave</a> since months!
My local balance is stuck in a &quot;limbo&quot; and I have no idea what to do...
How to finalize the closure? How to get the balance out of the limbo?</p>
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2021-05-28T09:20:24.430Z
your transaction is not on the mem pool which meant that your close transaction is not committed. With implementation are you using?
vincenzopalazzo
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@vincenzopalazzo LND. What shall I do? Why doesn't unstuck itself if it's not in the mem pool?
alec_djinn
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2021-05-28T19:19:22.903Z
if the tx is not in the mempool you have not close the channel
vincenzopalazzo
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2021-05-28T19:57:33.370Z
@vincenzopalazzo I don't understand. Is there something I can do at this point?
alec_djinn
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2021-05-28T20:07:05.007Z
try to contact the lnd team
vincenzopalazzo
<lightning-network><lightning-network-daemon><ln-closing-channels>
Lightning-Network Channel not being closed and balance in "limbo"
alec_djinn
# Lightning-Network Channel not being closed and balance in "limbo"

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-05-27)

My node [Caffeine](https://1ml.com/node/022d509049e143b1c5fc5383210acb97a3e5a4b0e0d31dd4c920eee92a4aacd312) has a channel in pending status (close txid: 0de535ea74d72a952157640187b5a207fe977870a5c9b92f0aa99b9707c94779) with [The Cave](https://1ml.com/node/02ae3c06f6db6a87ea874ef7ba86c87ab0041eabf6d8be0594582505b1fd5d7ee8) since months!
My local balance is stuck in a "limbo" and I have no idea what to do...
How to finalize the closure? How to get the balance out of the limbo?

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/sjR15.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/sjR15.png)

**Tags:** lightning-network, lightning-network-daemon, ln-closing-channels

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: your transaction is not on the mem pool which meant that your close transaction is not committed. With implementation are you using?  
> **username_0**: @username_1 LND. What shall I do? Why doesn't unstuck itself if it's not in the mem pool?  
> **username_1**: if the tx is not in the mempool you have not close the channel  
> **username_0**: @username_1 I don't understand. Is there something I can do at this point?  
> **username_1**: try to contact the lnd team  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2021-06-04. Score: 0 | Accepted answer

I have open an issue on the GitHub repo of LND and a solution was found, here is the link <https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/issues/5341>


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