Fixing Stuck Pending Transactions on MetaMask
How to "unstick" any pending transactions that are stuck in your MetaMask
If your transaction is stuck on pending in Metamask, and the āCancelā button isnāt helping, you might need to use this method to clear your backlog.
This method works by essentially overwriting the stuck transaction with another, higher-priority transaction.
1. Enable Customized Transaction Nonce
1. Open your MetaMask plugin.
2. Click on the colorful circle icon on the top-right and click Settings from the dropdown menu.
3. In the Settings menu, select Advanced.
4. Scroll down until you see Advanced gas controls. Toggle this to ON.
5. Still in Advanced settings, keep scrolling until you see Customize transaction nonce. Toggle this to ON.
2. Find Your Stuck Transaction
Weāre now going to find the transaction thatās stuck, and make a note of the ānonceā. Thatās a kind of identifier, which weāll re-use later.
6. Go back to the top page of MetaMask. In the āAssetsā tab, find the token type of your stuck transaction (in this case, GLX).
6. In the tokenās menu, find your Pending transaction in the Queue area. Click on your transaction for more details.
7. Look for the Nonce entry, and take note of this number.
3. Overwrite the Stuck Transaction
Now weāre going to make a new transaction to replace the stuck one. Weāll customize the Nonce number, so that itās the same as the one that you just wrote down.
8. Create a new transaction to replace your stuck transaction. This time around, increase the Transaction Fee. Here weāve increased it from 9 to 20. This will make it more likely for your transaction to be added to a block.
9. On the confirmation page, make sure your Gas Price is now at your new, higher amount.
10. Find the CUSTOM NONCE entry and change the nonce to the number you wrote down in step 7. Now click Confirm.
11. Your new transaction should now be accepted into a block. To check, open MetaMask and click the Activity tab.
12. Your completed transaction should show at the top of your Activity list. If it still says āPendingā in orange youāll need to wait a little longer, or try the process again with an even higher transaction fee (gas price).
Since no wallet can create two transactions of the same nonce, if the replacement transaction you make is successful, your stuck transaction will be canceled.
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