# "Locked by previous transaction" taking ages

**URL:** <https://forum.grin.mw/t/locked-by-previous-transaction-taking-ages/12040>\
**Category:** Tech Support\
**Created:** [August 23, 2025, 12:33am UTC](https://forum.grin.mw/t/locked-by-previous-transaction-taking-ages/12040 "2025-08-23T00:33:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![gig](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.grin.mw/gig/32/6229_2.png) [@gig](https://forum.grin.mw/u/gig)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2025, 12:33am UTC](https://forum.grin.mw/t/locked-by-previous-transaction-taking-ages/12040/1 "2025-08-23T00:33:34Z")

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Successfully sent a small grin tx this morning, and 10+ hours later a large portion of my coins are still “Locked by previous transaction”

Why could it be taking so long? Thanks

**UPDATE: FIXED**

Ran `./grin_wallet txs` and removed failed sends (`Confirmed? False`) which were locking coins with `./grin_wallet cancel -i tx_id_number`

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**Author:** ![syntaxjak](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.grin.mw/syntaxjak/32/6733_2.png) [@syntaxjak](https://forum.grin.mw/u/syntaxjak)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2025, 2:27am UTC](https://forum.grin.mw/t/locked-by-previous-transaction-taking-ages/12040/2 "2025-08-23T02:27:32Z")

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Beautifully done man, I think I recall having to do that once.

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**Author:** ![gig](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.grin.mw/gig/32/6229_2.png) [@gig](https://forum.grin.mw/u/gig)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2025, 9:18am UTC](https://forum.grin.mw/t/locked-by-previous-transaction-taking-ages/12040/3 "2025-08-23T09:18:21Z")

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thanks, buddy. hope the fix now printed here ranks highly in google searches to help others

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**Author:** ![gig](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.grin.mw/gig/32/6229_2.png) [@gig](https://forum.grin.mw/u/gig)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2025, 7:52am UTC](https://forum.grin.mw/t/locked-by-previous-transaction-taking-ages/12040/4 "2025-08-30T07:52:28Z")

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got this private message. pretty suss. @Anynomous and other mods please note

 ![Screenshot 2025-08-30 at 9.49.51 AM](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/grin/original/2X/c/c68deeef92a5f39f58ac6680ae8be3bf056a9db1.png)