spesmilo / spesmilo/electrum

Lightning Channels Status Never Closing

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Description

I have two channels that are no longer active but still I see the "status" as Reestablishing. I can't remember now what did I do in the past but I think I closed from the other end and not from electrum and they are still showing as Reestablishing but is quite annoying as those channels are no longer active but still is trying to reestablish.
In addition although the electrum screen says "Can send 0 and Can receive 0", it's at the bottom left of the screen showing the lightning balance as a sum of those channels that are being reestablished although I know they'll never be reestablished

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The report names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by reproducing the stale Reestablishing state for a channel closed from the peer side, then trace the Lightning channel status and balance-display paths. Done means inactive channels stop being retried and their unavailable balances are excluded from the displayed Lightning balance.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
payments
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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