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Electrum unable to reconnect channel over tor after restart

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Hi! Thank you for your work on Electrum, it's a pleasure to use.

REPRO:
I am running Electrum 4.0.5 as the AppImage on Ubuntu 20.04
I configured Electrum to make use of the Tor Socks proxy on my local machine
I set up a new wallet and opened a channel with a LND node over Tor (e.g. nodeid@onion.url)
The channel was established, I was able to send and receive
I closed Electrum, restarted my computer and later opened Electrum again

EXPECTED:
As Electrum syncs with the Lightning network I expect it to remember the onion url of its peers, reconnect and make the channel available

ACTUAL:
Electrum syncs with the Lightning network
The channel status is shown as 'disconnected.' I am unable to receive or make payments
I am unable to manually reconnect (cannot find such an option)

Thank you for your help!

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No source files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by reproducing the restart scenario with Electrum 4.0.5, Ubuntu 20.04, a local Tor SOCKS proxy, and a Lightning channel to an onion address. Done means the channel reconnects after restart and can send and receive payments.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
networking
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
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