diff --git a/backend/controllers/lnd/channels.js b/backend/controllers/lnd/channels.js
index b6c19c1a..fdcdd8d9 100644
--- a/backend/controllers/lnd/channels.js
+++ b/backend/controllers/lnd/channels.js
@@ -175,7 +175,13 @@ export const closeChannel = (req, res, next) => {
             options.url = options.url + '&sat_per_vbyte=' + req.query.sat_per_vbyte;
         }
         logger.log({ selectedNode: req.session.selectedNode, level: 'DEBUG', fileName: 'Channels', msg: 'Closing Channel Options URL', data: options.url });
-        request.delete(options);
+        // Fire-and-forget: LND keeps the close stream open until the closing tx
+        // confirms, so exempt it from the request timeout; the 202 is already sent,
+        // so log a rejection instead of letting it crash the process.
+        request.delete({ ...options, timeout: 0 }).catch((errRes) => {
+            const err = common.handleError(errRes, 'Channels', 'Close Channel Error', req.session.selectedNode);
+            logger.log({ selectedNode: req.session.selectedNode, level: 'ERROR', fileName: 'Channels', msg: 'Close Channel Error', error: err });
+        });
         logger.log({ selectedNode: req.session.selectedNode, level: 'INFO', fileName: 'Channels', msg: 'Channel Close Requested' });
         res.status(202).json({ message: 'Close channel request has been submitted.' });
     }
diff --git a/server/controllers/lnd/channels.ts b/server/controllers/lnd/channels.ts
index 6c50ab9a..24ad203b 100644
--- a/server/controllers/lnd/channels.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/lnd/channels.ts
@@ -169,7 +169,13 @@ export const closeChannel = (req, res, next) => {
     if (req.query.target_conf) { options.url = options.url + '&target_conf=' + req.query.target_conf; }
     if (req.query.sat_per_vbyte) { options.url = options.url + '&sat_per_vbyte=' + req.query.sat_per_vbyte; }
     logger.log({ selectedNode: req.session.selectedNode, level: 'DEBUG', fileName: 'Channels', msg: 'Closing Channel Options URL', data: options.url });
-    request.delete(options);
+    // Fire-and-forget: LND keeps the close stream open until the closing tx
+    // confirms, so exempt it from the request timeout; the 202 is already sent,
+    // so log a rejection instead of letting it crash the process.
+    request.delete({ ...options, timeout: 0 }).catch((errRes) => {
+      const err = common.handleError(errRes, 'Channels', 'Close Channel Error', req.session.selectedNode);
+      logger.log({ selectedNode: req.session.selectedNode, level: 'ERROR', fileName: 'Channels', msg: 'Close Channel Error', error: err });
+    });
     logger.log({ selectedNode: req.session.selectedNode, level: 'INFO', fileName: 'Channels', msg: 'Channel Close Requested' });
     res.status(202).json({ message: 'Close channel request has been submitted.' });
   } catch (error: any) {