Problems with sending transaction

[StaffDear]

Hello, I hope this post will be useful for newbies. The situation, that happened with me.

Yesterday I tried to send some Eth on exchange. But the transaction didn't get through. It remained pending in Metamask and on Etherscan for 5 hours! I thought I used too little gas fee. But I chose average gas fee, not lower. I cancelled that transaction and tried another one with the highest gas fee. And there were 2 transaction pending. One with o Eth and one with my Eth. With 0 Eth appoved in an hour and the other transaction remained pending for 3 hours... Than I cancelled that transaction too. I thought the network was busy and try again later. I tried another transaction in a few hours. But it haven't even showed on Etherscan. It was said the transaction is dropped.

I surfed the net to find out the solution. And what do you think it was? The problem was with Metamask. I reinstalled it and my transaction get through in 2 minutes. Amazed.

I spend some extra Eth on gas fee, so I hope you won't do my mistakes

[anu1908]

maybe you set the gas limit too low. even if you have a high gas fee but the limit is too low your transaction won't come through. the case with a too low gas fee is still possible though. did you try to speed up the tx (essentially doing rbf) instead of making a new transaction?

i don't think metamask is causing the issue, though it's possible that your metamask connection to the network is slow or face an error.

[masulum]

Maybe you can check minimum gas fee on https://ethgasstation.info/, so you can choose best gwei setting for your transfer. I have same experience like you before i know about ethgasstation, i think with 10 gwei my transfer will be fast, but i'm wrong. I try to research, and got article about gas station info, and i found the problem, because the minimum at the time is more then 10 for slowest transfer.

[StaffDear]

maybe you set the gas limit too low. even if you have a high gas fee but the limit is too low your transaction won't come through. the case with a too low gas fee is still possible though. did you try to speed up the tx (essentially doing rbf) instead of making a new transaction?

i don't think metamask is causing the issue, though it's possible that your metamask connection to the network is slow or face an error.

I chose average and high price of transaction. I didn’t use advanced options and  change gas limit. And the Internet connection was good. But after reinstalling the Metamask it immediately came through with the same gas limit.

[jademaxsuy]

Sometimes ETH network is clogged with thousands of transaction being made over a period of time. So if is pending then waiting is the best way to avoid any troubles in sending any crypto.

I have search on google before about how to cancel transactions as we all.know that all transaction to be made when one does approve the sending transaction will not be able to undo it unless you will going to do this.

Pending status - remedy - send small eth amount on your own wallet address. I did not try this but this is one thing being suggested to cancel pending transactions.