<p>Found an answer for this by asking the <a href="https://lightningcommunity.slack.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">slack</a> community:</p>

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<li><code>pending_closing_channels</code>: waiting for confirmation blockheight after cooperative closing and publishing on the blockchain (standard case)</li>
<li><code>waiting_close_channels</code>: closing request being processed</li>
<li>'pending_force_closing_channels': waiting for confirmation blockheight of unilaterally closing the channel (Commitment Transaction)</li>
</ul>

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ranchalp
<p>When plotting <code>lncli pendingchannels</code>, two of the outputs are oddly similar:</p>

<p><code>pending_closing_channels</code> and <code>waiting_close_channels</code>. I have only seen my closed channels either as the output <code>closedchannels</code> or as <code>waiting_close_channels</code>. I suppose <code>pending_closing_channels</code> refer to the step previous of negotiation for cooperative close? or is it after, during the amount of confirmations needed to wait?</p>

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lncli pendingchannels output: difference between `pending_closing_channels` and `waiting_close_channels`
ranchalp
# lncli pendingchannels output: difference between `pending_closing_channels` and `waiting_close_channels`

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-11-15)

When plotting `lncli pendingchannels`, two of the outputs are oddly similar:

`pending_closing_channels` and `waiting_close_channels`. I have only seen my closed channels either as the output `closedchannels` or as `waiting_close_channels`. I suppose `pending_closing_channels` refer to the step previous of negotiation for cooperative close? or is it after, during the amount of confirmations needed to wait?

**Tags:** lightning-network, lightning-network-daemon, lncli


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2018-11-30. Score: 0 | Accepted answer

Found an answer for this by asking the [slack](https://lightningcommunity.slack.com/) community:

* `pending_closing_channels`: waiting for confirmation blockheight after cooperative closing and publishing on the blockchain (standard case)
* `waiting_close_channels`: closing request being processed
* 'pending\_force\_closing\_channels': waiting for confirmation blockheight of unilaterally closing the channel (Commitment Transaction)


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