From 0ae38457dedf8ef136b34490271ef4d75ef2554d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: carla <kirkcohenc@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2022 14:21:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] server: disable chain health check if we're running
 without backend

There is no chain backend to check, so this check will always fail.
This commit disables it when we're running without a backend.
---
 server.go | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index 1aceebc14..ac18a5ae5 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -1501,20 +1501,28 @@ func newServer(cfg *Config, listenAddrs []net.Addr,
 // createLivenessMonitor creates a set of health checks using our configured
 // values and uses these checks to create a liveliness monitor. Available
 // health checks,
-//   - chainHealthCheck
+//   - chainHealthCheck (will be disabled for --nochainbackend mode)
 //   - diskCheck
 //   - tlsHealthCheck
 //   - torController, only created when tor is enabled.
 // If a health check has been disabled by setting attempts to 0, our monitor
 // will not run it.
 func (s *server) createLivenessMonitor(cfg *Config, cc *chainreg.ChainControl) {
+	chainBackendAttempts := cfg.HealthChecks.ChainCheck.Attempts
+	if cfg.Bitcoin.Node == "nochainbackend" {
+		srvrLog.Info("Disabling chain backend checks for " +
+			"nochainbackend mode")
+
+		chainBackendAttempts = 0
+	}
+
 	chainHealthCheck := healthcheck.NewObservation(
 		"chain backend",
 		cc.HealthCheck,
 		cfg.HealthChecks.ChainCheck.Interval,
 		cfg.HealthChecks.ChainCheck.Timeout,
 		cfg.HealthChecks.ChainCheck.Backoff,
-		cfg.HealthChecks.ChainCheck.Attempts,
+		chainBackendAttempts,
 	)
 
 	diskCheck := healthcheck.NewObservation(

From 72416535611cdabc84635e3a25cfe05c8e54d186 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: carla <kirkcohenc@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2022 14:31:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] docs: add release notes

---
 docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.15.0.md | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.15.0.md b/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.15.0.md
index 5ce636b74..768b374cc 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.15.0.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.15.0.md
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@
 * [A nightly build of the `lnd` docker image is now created
   automatically](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/6160).
 
+* [Chain backend healthchecks disabled for --nochainbackend mode](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/6184)
+
 ## RPC Server
 
 * [Add value to the field