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  "title": "Withdrawing lending supply: liquidity, collateral and transaction limits",
  "description": "Diagnose why a lending balance can exceed the amount immediately available to withdraw.",
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    "why cannot withdraw supplied tokens Aave",
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  "dates": {
    "published": "2026-10-02",
    "modified": "2026-10-02",
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    "text": "Withdrawing a lending supply redeems a claim for underlying assets. In Aave V3, it requires enough unborrowed reserve liquidity and must not leave an active borrowing position below its allowed health constraint. A positive supplied balance is therefore not the same as an unconditional right to withdraw that amount immediately.",
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        "Suppose a user has a claim for 500 units but only 120 units of the reserve are currently available. The 500 balance does not supply the missing 380 units. Even a 100-unit withdrawal can be disallowed if the remaining collateral would fail the account’s health test.",
        "Pool liquidity and personal borrowing capacity are separate constraints; resolving one does not automatically resolve the other."
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        "Confirm the network, market, supplied asset, receipt owner and recipient. A plain underlying withdrawal differs from withdrawing into a native token through a gateway or withdrawing and swapping through an adapter. These paths can have different approvals and execution costs."
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        "After confirmation, check underlying received, remaining supply and any active debt. Repaying debt or supplying additional eligible collateral can change the personal withdrawal constraint, while reserve liquidity depends on pool conditions. A failed withdrawal alone does not establish that the protocol is insolvent."
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      "question": "Does withdrawing my collateral also repay my loan?",
      "answer": "A standard withdrawal does not repay debt. A separate repay-with-collateral operation has different mechanics.",
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  "citation": "Degrees of Satoshi editorial project. “Withdrawing lending supply: liquidity, collateral and transaction limits.” Published 2026-10-02; updated 2026-10-02. https://degreesofsatoshi.com/encyclopedia/withdraw-lending-supply/"
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