Lightning channel loop out stalled

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I have done numerous loop outs to balance liquidity and recharge btc balance to fund channel creation. I started one about 20 hrs ago and for some reason it stays on “Loop Out currently in progress” I don’t see why this happened but apparently it is possibel to see the block expiration height of all your payments with this command:
lncli listpayments --include_incomplete

I am on windows and use PuTTy app and this command doesn’t work. Any advise on how I might understand what’s happening with this loop out and what I can do about it would be much appreciated.

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You can SSH into your server and check a few things:

Guide for setting up SSH
https://docs.start9.com/0.3.5.x/user-manual/ssh

To run lncli commands on StartOS:

  1. SSH into your StartOS device.
  2. Execute the desired lncli command within the LND container:

To list your payments issue command:
sudo podman exec -it lnd.embassy lncli --rpcserver=lnd.embassy:10009 listpayments --include_incomplete

To list your channels run
sudo podman exec -it lnd.embassy lncli --rpcserver=lnd.embassy:10009 listchannels

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That worked, thank you.
Now just have to analyse the results.
I see the line “expiry”: 877408
Does it mean the process completes or fails at that block height?

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The "expiry": 877408 means the Loop Out will fail if not completed by block height 877408. Until then, the process is still in progress.

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I have copied ‘listchannels’ log and I would like to know how to figure out why the Loop out has failed so my next attempt might be successful.
I see a few “code”: “TEMPORARY_CHANNEL_FAILURE”,
and “attempt_id”: “31423”,
“status”: “FAILED”,

What do I look for to find the issue?

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