# LND node crash and channel issues **URL:** \ **Category:** Discussion\ **Created:** [February 18, 2025, 1:48am UTC](https://community.start9.com/t/lnd-node-crash-and-channel-issues/2650 "2025-02-18T01:48:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Plaid](https://community.start9.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@Plaid](https://community.start9.com/u/Plaid)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2025, 1:48am UTC](https://community.start9.com/t/lnd-node-crash-and-channel-issues/2650/1 "2025-02-18T01:48:55Z")
I had an issue with my Lightning node and it forced closed all my channels. Unfortunately my channel balances won’t settle and seem locked in the channels. What is the best way to proceed with Start9? I have a older backup file, would I have to delete LND in order to restore? Or should I use something like chantools? then I’d need a way to access the channel.db file. Would appreciate help please, first time navigating an issue like this. ---
**Author:** ![StuPleb](https://community.start9.com/user_avatar/community.start9.com/stupleb/32/195_2.png) [@StuPleb](https://community.start9.com/u/StuPleb)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2025, 4:44pm UTC](https://community.start9.com/t/lnd-node-crash-and-channel-issues/2650/2 "2025-02-18T16:44:20Z")
What does “locked in channels” mean? I sounds like you want force closes to happen and they haven’t OR they have and the funds haven’t landed yet. Both require different approaches. The restoration from backup process is going to try to trigger those force closes. Going through it, restoring the backup might be what you’re looking for. You’d just need to be sure that the backup is recent enough the it includes all the channels. And if you have TXs to broadcast (i.e. you were closing channels) restarting LND is enough to rebroadcast those. ---
**Author:** ![Plaid](https://community.start9.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@Plaid](https://community.start9.com/u/Plaid)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2025, 12:58am UTC](https://community.start9.com/t/lnd-node-crash-and-channel-issues/2650/3 "2025-02-19T00:58:55Z")
Sorry, it says the channels were forced closed with a settled amount and block height, but I do not have returned funds. ---
**Author:** ![StuPleb](https://community.start9.com/user_avatar/community.start9.com/stupleb/32/195_2.png) [@StuPleb](https://community.start9.com/u/StuPleb)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 3:06pm UTC](https://community.start9.com/t/lnd-node-crash-and-channel-issues/2650/4 "2025-02-20T15:06:41Z")
How long has it been? This is a slow process. Looking up individual transactions will show the timelock. ---
**Author:** ![Plaid](https://community.start9.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@Plaid](https://community.start9.com/u/Plaid)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 12:39am UTC](https://community.start9.com/t/lnd-node-crash-and-channel-issues/2650/5 "2025-02-21T00:39:36Z")
It’s been 1 week now. I see the transaction, the timelock reads “0” ? ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://community.start9.com/user_avatar/community.start9.com/rick/32/339_2.png) [@Rick](https://community.start9.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 3:36am UTC](https://community.start9.com/t/lnd-node-crash-and-channel-issues/2650/6 "2025-02-21T03:36:45Z")
Did you trying looking up the closing tx hash on mempool. Does that give you any more info? ---
**Author:** ![Plaid](https://community.start9.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@Plaid](https://community.start9.com/u/Plaid)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 1:05am UTC](https://community.start9.com/t/lnd-node-crash-and-channel-issues/2650/7 "2025-02-26T01:05:28Z")
Ok, I saw the funds were sent to an address, I could see it on mempool, but I couldn’t see them in my wallet and was afraid I got penalized or something. I decided to try to Reset Wallet Transactions in LND and force a rescan, A very, very long while later… The funds finally appeared, much to my relief. Thank-you all for the help, it was much appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://community.start9.com/uploads/default/original/1X/2dcde8aa6ad3ce3d7873096ee4b3e5395e19a7b5.png) [@system](https://community.start9.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2025, 1:05am UTC](https://community.start9.com/t/lnd-node-crash-and-channel-issues/2650/8 "2025-02-28T01:05:42Z")
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