Channel Close Handshake

The channel close handshake involves two steps: init and confirm.

Table of Contents

• Channel Close Init
• Channel Close Confirm

Channel Close Init

Use the chan-close-init command to initialize the closure of a channel.

USAGE:
    hermes tx raw chan-close-init <OPTIONS>

DESCRIPTION:
    Initiate the closing of a channel (ChannelCloseInit)

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS:
    dst_chain_id              identifier of the destination chain
    src_chain_id              identifier of the source chain
    dst_conn_id               identifier of the destination connection
    dst_port_id               identifier of the destination port
    src_port_id               identifier of the source port

FLAGS:
    -d, --dst-chan-id ID      identifier of the destination channel (required)
    -s, --src-chan-id ID      identifier of the source channel (required)

Example

hermes tx raw chan-close-init ibc-0 ibc-1 connection-0 transfer transfer -d channel-0 -s channel-1

Success: CloseInitChannel(
    CloseInit(
        Attributes {
            height: Height {
                revision: 0,
                height: 77,
            },
            port_id: PortId(
                "transfer",
            ),
            channel_id: Some(
                ChannelId(
                    "channel-0",
                ),
            ),
            connection_id: ConnectionId(
                "connection-0",
            ),
            counterparty_port_id: PortId(
                "transfer",
            ),
            counterparty_channel_id: Some(
                ChannelId(
                    "channel-1",
                ),
            ),
        },
    ),
)

Channel Close Confirm

Use the chan-close-confirm command to confirm the closure of a channel.

USAGE:
    hermes tx raw chan-close-confirm <OPTIONS>

DESCRIPTION:
    Confirm the closing of a channel (ChannelCloseConfirm)

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS:
    dst_chain_id              identifier of the destination chain
    src_chain_id              identifier of the source chain
    dst_conn_id               identifier of the destination connection
    dst_port_id               identifier of the destination port
    src_port_id               identifier of the source port

FLAGS:
    -d, --dst-chan-id ID      identifier of the destination channel (required)
    -s, --src-chan-id ID      identifier of the source channel (required)

Example

hermes tx raw chan-close-confirm ibc-1 ibc-0 connection-1 transfer transfer -d channel-1 -s channel-0

Success: CloseConfirmChannel(
    CloseConfirm(
        Attributes {
            height: Height {
                revision: 1,
                height: 551,
            },
            port_id: PortId(
                "transfer",
            ),
            channel_id: Some(
                ChannelId(
                    "channel-1",
                ),
            ),
            connection_id: ConnectionId(
                "connection-1",
            ),
            counterparty_port_id: PortId(
                "transfer",
            ),
            counterparty_channel_id: Some(
                ChannelId(
                    "channel-0",
                ),
            ),
        },
    ),
)

NOTE: The cosmos-sdk transfer module implementation does not allow the user (hermes in this case) to initiate the closing of channels. Therefore, when using the Gaia release image, the chan-close-init command fails as the MsgChannelCloseInit message included in the transaction is rejected. To be able to test channel closure, you need to patch your gaia deployments.