<p>Many! </p>

<p>If you look at the BOLTs ( lightning RFC) you will find many situations in which nodes must fail a channel (meaning a force close) if something happens in an unexpected way while communicating with a channel partner. This could be even as easy as an unresponsive channel partner while settling an htlc in which case you have to settle the htlc onchain. But there are many more conditions in which the protocol asks to fail the channel. </p>

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2019-02-06T13:50:24.073Z
Thanks! “Fail the channel” is the term I was missing. Now I am indeed able to look up all the cases in the BOLTs.
Dmitry Laptev
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Rene Pickhardt
<p>I have noticed when running <code>lncli closedchannels</code>, that I have some channels that are closed by my node (<code>close_type: local_force_close</code>).</p>

<p>I am quite sure I have not initiated this manually myself. Is there some logic in LND that drops some channels?</p>

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Why is my LND node closing channels?
Dmitry Laptev
# Why is my LND node closing channels?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-02-06)

I have noticed when running `lncli closedchannels`, that I have some channels that are closed by my node (`close_type: local_force_close`).

I am quite sure I have not initiated this manually myself. Is there some logic in LND that drops some channels?

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


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2019-02-06. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

Many!

If you look at the BOLTs ( lightning RFC) you will find many situations in which nodes must fail a channel (meaning a force close) if something happens in an unexpected way while communicating with a channel partner. This could be even as easy as an unresponsive channel partner while settling an htlc in which case you have to settle the htlc onchain. But there are many more conditions in which the protocol asks to fail the channel.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thanks! “Fail the channel” is the term I was missing. Now I am indeed able to look up all the cases in the BOLTs.  

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