Delays

A common scenario we get in the THORSwap Discord is a user a particular transaction (ex. swap, withdrawal, closing a loan, etc.) and seeing the THORSwap transaction tracker show things in a "pending" state for a very long time. In other cases, the THORSwap transaction tracker doesn't show anything, or might even show a blank page.

As of this writing (2023-11-19) there are bugs/quirks with the THORSwap transaction tracker's "Details" feature, where parts of the UI don't get updated properly (if at all). This leads to users panicking, thinking something has gone wrong, followed by claims that "their transaction is stuck".

Most of the time (~98%) the transaction is not "stuck", but rather subject to THORChain's outbound throttling security mechanism.

This mechanism can delay the "outbound" portion of the transaction up to 1 hour.

For more information on the security mechanism, refer to this THORChain University article which covers some other scenarios.

In mid-January 2024, THORChain implemented swapper clout to help ease some of the burdeons of said mechanism.

Additionally, blockchain validators (miners) can sometimes take a while to verify transactions. For example, on the BTC blockchain, there have been times where validators have taken upwards of 45 minutes to validate and provide enough confirmations for funds to appear in a user's wallet. This is not the fault of THORChain.