lncli pendingchannels output: difference between `pending_closing_channels` and `waiting_close_channels`

Question

When plotting lncli pendingchannels, two of the outputs are oddly similar:

pending_closing_channels and waiting_close_channels. I have only seen my closed channels either as the output closedchannels or as waiting_close_channels. I suppose pending_closing_channels refer to the step previous of negotiation for cooperative close? or is it after, during the amount of confirmations needed to wait?

Answer 1

Found an answer for this by asking the slack community:

• pending_closing_channels: waiting for confirmation blockheight after cooperative closing and publishing on the blockchain (standard case)
• waiting_close_channels: closing request being processed
• 'pending_force_closing_channels': waiting for confirmation blockheight of unilaterally closing the channel (Commitment Transaction)