Unable to open a new LN channel with a node I'd previously had a channel with
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When using electrum lightning, I tried to open a channel with a node i had previously had a channel with, but i got this error:
E | lnworker.LNWallet.[lnwallet] | Exception in _open_channel_coroutine: Exception("Remote peer reported error [DO NOT TRUST THIS MESSAGE]: b'Parsing funding_created'")
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/username/coding/electrum/git-electrum/electrum/util.py", line 1161, in wrapper
return await func(*args, **kwargs)
File "/home/username/coding/electrum/git-electrum/electrum/lnworker.py", line 1007, in _open_channel_coroutine
chan, funding_tx = await asyncio.wait_for(coro, LN_P2P_NETWORK_TIMEOUT)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/asyncio/tasks.py", line 494, in wait_for
return fut.result()
File "/home/username/coding/electrum/git-electrum/electrum/util.py", line 1161, in wrapper
return await func(*args, **kwargs)
File "/home/username/coding/electrum/git-electrum/electrum/lnpeer.py", line 582, in wrapper
return await func(self, *args, **kwargs)
File "/home/username/coding/electrum/git-electrum/electrum/lnpeer.py", line 746, in channel_establishment_flow
payload = await self.wait_for_message('funding_signed', channel_id)
File "/home/username/coding/electrum/git-electrum/electrum/lnpeer.py", line 241, in wait_for_message
raise Exception('Remote peer reported error [DO NOT TRUST THIS MESSAGE]: ' + repr(payload.get('error')))
Exception: Remote peer reported error [DO NOT TRUST THIS MESSAGE]: b'Parsing funding_created'
I was at commit 7354feeffecc34bc9f15838662f9211dd686d04f
Opening a channel with a brand new node worked though.
The other node was running c-lightning 0.10.2.
There were about 106 confirmations between the previous channel close transaction and my attempt to open a new channel.
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Start with electrum/lnworker.py at _open_channel_coroutine and follow the channel-establishment path in electrum/lnpeer.py, especially channel_establishment_flow and wait_for_message. Reproduce the attempt to reopen a channel after closure against c-lightning 0.10.2, then determine why funding_created parsing fails and verify that reopening the channel succeeds.
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