When I try as nc50lc suggested, removing "https://" from the address, I get the following error message in the client:
I've checked my log, with "
https://" it won't be able to contact the remote through the
watchtower_url:
lnworker.LNWallet.[LNwallet] | could not contact remote watchtower https://user:password@127.0.0.1:9735
Without "
https://", there's the same error; but, the watchtower recognized the client's channels either way.
I think "
remote watchtower url" isn't necessary for localhost since the client and watchtower are both running in the same machine.
As long as
"use_watchtower": true, is also in the config, it should work. (
I'll edit the client setting in previous reply)
But to be sure: you can open an issue in Electrum's repository here:
https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/issuesAnd paste the errors when localhost is used as "
watchtower_url" in the client.