# Transaction not confirming due to high mempool traffic **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [January 12, 2021, 10:54pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/transaction-not-confirming-due-to-high-mempool-traffic/10254 "2021-01-12T22:54:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![MnM](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/mnm/32/257_2.png) [@MnM](https://bisq.community/u/MnM)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2021, 9:46am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/transaction-not-confirming-due-to-high-mempool-traffic/10254/2 "2021-01-13T09:46:50Z")
You could try a Child Pays For parent (CPFP), but it’s expensive and needs some technical knowledge, so it’s best to keep waiting if the deposit transaction is confirmed. Keep paying attention to blockchain explorers as Bisq might fail sometimes to recognize the deposit tx as confirmed. If you see that it’s confirmed but it doesn’t appear as it at Bisq, do SPV resync. > [@Failed trades and deposit tx not confirmed troubleshoot (v1.5.4)](https://bisq.community/t/failed-trades-and-deposit-tx-not-confirmed-troubleshoot-v1-5-4/10223): > > A failed trade is a trade where the deposit tx is not valid or submitted and therefore, it’s not possible to complete (the multisig where funds should be locked was not settled correctly). How do I know if a trade is failed? By searching the maker, taker and deposit tx into a block explorer. If one of these transactions are not found (the most important being the deposit tx), the trade can’t continue and you should submit a [trading fee reimbursement](https://github.com/bisq-network/support/issues/) if there were trading fee reimbursement (i.e… --- _[View the full topic](https://bisq.community/t/transaction-not-confirming-due-to-high-mempool-traffic/10254)._