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Understanding the Status of a Transaction

You may at times wonder why a payment has not been finalized or be confused about the status of a given transaction. To keep things simple, each payment status falls under one of two main categories regardless of transaction (Tx) type: Completed or In Progress.

Beyond these overarching categories, the specific statuses vary by payment method / transaction type: Lightning & LNURL, On-Chain, eCash, Stable Balance, or Multispend. Below is an overview of every possible payment status broken down by transaction type.

Lightning & LNURL

CategoryFedianStatusDescription
In ProgressSenderPending  Payment in flight but not yet finalized
CompleteSenderSent  Payment successfully made
CompleteSenderFailed  Not paid; time-out, routing issue, etc.
CompleteSenderRefunded  Payment failed; funds left & returned
In ProgressReceiverInvoice Created  Invoice generated but not yet paid
CompleteReceiverReceived  Payment successfully received
CompleteReceiverExpired  Invoice not paid within 24 hours

On-Chain

CategoryFedianStatusDescription
CompleteSenderSent  Tx published; funds left sending wallet
CompleteSenderFailed  Not sent; tx dropped from mempool
In ProgressReceiverAddress Created  Funds not yet received to new address
In ProgressReceiverPending  Tx seen; awaiting 11 confirmations
CompleteReceiverReceived  Funds received; confirmed on chain
CompleteReceiverFailed  Tx unsuccessful; federation error

eCash

CategoryFedianStatusDescription
CompleteSenderSent  Payment sent; claim status unknown
CompleteSenderCanceled  Payment manually stopped by sender
CompleteSenderRefunded  Not claimed within 3.5 days; returned
In ProgressReceiverPending  Receipt not settled; connection issue
CompleteReceiverComplete  Payment successfully received
CompleteReceiverFailed  Unsuccessful; eCash already claimed

Stable Balance

CategoryFedianStatusDescription
In ProgressDepositorPending  Deposit initiated; takes up to 10 min
CompleteDepositorDeposit  Transfer into Stable Balance complete
In Progress WithdrawerPending  Withdrawal initiated; takes up to 10 min
CompleteWithdrawerWithdrawal  Transfer out of Stable Balance complete

Multispend

CategoryFedianStatusDescription
CompleteDepositorDeposit  Transfer into Multispend successful
In ProgressWithdrawerPending  Funds requested; waiting for approvals
CompleteWithdrawerWithdrawal  Approval threshold met; funds received
CompleteWithdrawerFailed  Threshold not met or insufficient funds
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