LND Channel Balance Too Low — Rebalancing Guide

Channel depleted? Here is how to rebalance without spending too much in fees.

Check which channels need rebalancing

import subprocess, json

r = subprocess.run(['lncli','listchannels'], capture_output=True, text=True)
for ch in json.loads(r.stdout)['channels']:
    cap = int(ch['capacity'])
    local = int(ch['local_balance'])
    ratio = local / cap
    if ratio < 0.1 or ratio > 0.9:
        print(f"{'LOW' if ratio<0.1 else 'HIGH'} {ratio:.0%} | {ch['remote_pubkey'][:16]}...")

Rebalance via circular payment (bos)

bos rebalance --out DEPLETED_PEER --in FULL_PEER --amount 100000
# --max-fee-rate 250 to cap fees (ppm)

Manual circular payment with lncli

# Create invoice to yourself
lncli addinvoice --amt 100000
# Pay it via specific route (forces rebalance)
lncli sendpayment --pay_req BOLT11 --outgoing_chan_id DEPLETED_CHAN_ID

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