Unable to send vtxos to Bark Store, vtxos locked

Troubleshooting
1

Hi folks,

I’m following along with the tutorial using the latest bark (build from source 12-Nov-2025) against the esplora endpoint. I’ve gone to the faucet and received my 30k sats.

I’m not sure what happened, but somehow they moved from spendable_sat=30000 to pending_in_round_sat=30000.

I’ve run “refresh --all” but that doesn’t seem to do much.

Send sats via a lighting invoice then fails due to insufficient funds.

 ❯ bark vtxos
[2025-11-12 02:10:05.585  INFO] Connecting to Ark server using TLS...
[2025-11-12 02:10:06.026  INFO] Syncing wallet...
[2025-11-12 02:10:06.160  INFO] Syncing 0 pending lightning receives
[
  {
    "id": "f79a1a5c05a38e1090f0aee94e89aa1606651581f33af581e6130d62ade370e3:0",
    "amount_sat": 30000,
    "policy_type": "pubkey",
    "user_pubkey": "031a2e41b52cda3a1f333b64dc2c08b8cdc34b4d8928126519af7233f5da8d8653",
    "server_pubkey": "02f0f358c1b6173ddecec1ad06b42d3762f193e6ff98a3e112292aec21129f9f6b",
    "expiry_height": 278118,
    "exit_delta": 12,
    "chain_anchor": "081e6d409ce4977aca12297b922c39d7a1040caf5fb35e9f4a177bccd0322a03:0",
    "exit_depth": 2,
    "arkoor_depth": 1,
    "state": "Locked"
  }
]

 ❯ bark refresh --all
[2025-11-12 02:16:19.453  INFO] Connecting to Ark server using TLS...
[2025-11-12 02:16:19.994  INFO] Syncing wallet...
[2025-11-12 02:16:20.127  INFO] Syncing 0 pending lightning receives
[2025-11-12 02:16:20.192  INFO] Refreshing 0 vtxos...
[2025-11-12 02:16:20.192  INFO] Skipping refresh since no VTXOs are provided.
[2025-11-12 02:16:20.193  INFO] No round happened


 ❯ bark send <lightning invoice>
[2025-11-12 02:20:13.478  INFO] Connecting to Ark server using TLS...
[2025-11-12 02:20:13.946  INFO] Syncing wallet...
[2025-11-12 02:20:14.082  INFO] Syncing 0 pending lightning receives
[2025-11-12 02:20:14.151  INFO] Sending bolt11 payment of 0.00005000 BTC to invoice <lightning invoice>
An error occurred: Could not find enough suitable VTXOs to cover lightning payment
Caused by:
	Insufficient money available. Needed 0.00005000 BTC but 0 BTC is available

Where am I going?

Many thanks for your help!

2

So I managed to get another 10k from the faucet and I quickly managed to spend 5k on bone in the Bark store… leaving me with 5k in spendable vtxos.

I then ran bark refresh --all which threw the following error.

 ❯ bark refresh --all
[2025-11-12 07:44:19.442  INFO] Connecting to Ark server using TLS...
[2025-11-12 07:44:19.587  INFO] Syncing wallet...
[2025-11-12 07:44:19.636  INFO] Syncing 0 pending lightning receives
[2025-11-12 07:44:19.663  INFO] Refreshing 1 vtxos...
[2025-11-12 07:44:19.665  INFO] Refreshing 1 VTXOs (total amount = 0.00005000 BTC).
[2025-11-12 07:44:19.710  INFO] Waiting for a round start...
An error occurred: error on event stream
Caused by:
	error converting rpc round event
	rpc conversion error: invalid unsigned_round_tx

Now I have 35k in pending vtxos…

 ✗ bark balance
[2025-11-12 07:44:42.312  INFO] Connecting to Ark server using TLS...
[2025-11-12 07:44:42.468  INFO] Syncing wallet...
[2025-11-12 07:44:42.519  INFO] Syncing 0 pending lightning receives
{
  "spendable_sat": 0,
  "pending_lightning_send_sat": 0,
  "pending_lightning_receive": {
    "total_sat": 0,
    "claimable_sat": 0
  },
  "pending_in_round_sat": 35000,
  "pending_board_sat": 0,
  "pending_exit_sat": 0
}

Is there a way to unlock those VTXOs ? Why did the bark refresh --all fail ?

Many thanks for your help.

3

The error message looks like you compiled bark on master.

We improved the code which participates in a round and introduced a breaking change at the protocol level.

If you run 0.1.0-beta.2 the error message will disappear

4

Switching to the 0.1.0-beta.2 did indeed remove the error message when running bark refresh --all. Thank you!

However, my funds are still stuck in pending_in_round_sat

 ❯ bark balance
[2025-11-13 03:02:37.518  INFO] Connecting to Ark server using TLS...
[2025-11-13 03:02:37.715  INFO] Syncing wallet...
[2025-11-13 03:02:37.767  INFO] Syncing 0 pending lightning receives
{
  "spendable_sat": 0,
  "pending_lightning_send_sat": 0,
  "pending_lightning_receive": {
    "total_sat": 0,
    "claimable_sat": 0
  },
  "pending_in_round_sat": 35000,
  "pending_board_sat": 0,
  "pending_exit_sat": 0
}

How can I get them to spendable_sat ?

Many thanks for your help.

5

Hi there,

My vtxos still seem stuck in pending/locked.

I have 35,000 sats stuck in pending_in_round_sat for over 2 days. The wallet shows two VTXOs in “Locked” state that appear to be stuck in an unfinished round.

Environment Details

Current Balance Status

  {
    "spendable_sat": 0,
    "pending_lightning_send_sat": 0,
    "pending_lightning_receive": {
      "total_sat": 0,
      "claimable_sat": 0
    },
    "pending_in_round_sat": 35000,
    "pending_board_sat": 0,
    "pending_exit_sat": 0
  }

Locked VTXOs

Running bark vtxos --all shows two VTXOs stuck in “Locked” state:

  1. 30,000 sats - VTXO ID:
    f79a1a5c05a38e1090f0aee94e89aa1606651581f33af581e6130d62ade370e3:0
  2. 5,000 sats - VTXO ID:
    3f345ba932d312fcaba2da7cefb6633a7b8d18fb2f62e47d2087acdba7019135:1

Both share the same chain anchor:
081e6d409ce4977aca12297b922c39d7a1040caf5fb35e9f4a177bccd0322a03:0

Timeline

  • Nov 12, 2024 ~07:44 UTC: Last successful payment (Lightning) - this appears to be when
    the VTXOs became locked
  • Nov 12-14, 2024: Ran bark balance and bark maintain multiple times per day
  • Current: Still showing “Syncing 2 pending round states…” in debug logs but no
    resolution

Debug Log Pattern

The logs consistently show the wallet attempting to sync these pending rounds:

[2025-11-14T06:03:31.581Z DEBUG bark::round] Syncing 2 pending round states…

This has been repeating for 2+ days with no change in status.

Questions

  1. Low round traffic: Is it possible the round is stuck because there aren’t enough other
    participants on the signet server to complete the round transaction?
  2. Round confirmation: Do I need to wait for other users to participate in rounds before
    my locked VTXOs can be processed?
  3. Manual intervention: Is there a way to manually check the status of the round
    transaction or cancel/retry the pending round?
  4. Expected behavior: How long should VTXOs typically remain in “Locked” state during
    normal round processing?

What I’ve Tried

  • Ran bark balance multiple times (auto-syncs)
  • Ran bark maintain multiple times over 2+ days
  • Verified connection to server (config shows proper TLS connection)
  • Checked movements and VTXO states

The VTXOs remain locked with no progress. Any guidance would be appreciated!

6

We don’t do migration scripts for all versions (yet).
We usually recommend to drain your funds.

I’d recommend to just clear your wallet and delete the ~/.bark/-folder and start again