In the output of list channels the private/public status of the channel is returned, but in the output of pending channels the status is not revealed. To allow for recognizing a pending open channel as a private requires waiting for the channel to confirm.

Ideally the PendingChannelsResponse would include the channel flags or the private/public status of the channel to know which type of channel is opening.

Your environment

• lnd 0.14.1

Workaround

A way to find the status of an incoming pending channel is to intercept open channel requests with the ChannelAcceptor API. This API reveals the bit flag features of the channel and through this the private or public status can be ascertained.