Failed Transaction Submit

Both my relay and block producer are stucking saying “starting…”
I retired my stake pool and am attempting to pull out my funds but am having no luck. I have submitted multiple transactions that said they were submitted successfully but never went through. I have been following the coin cashew guide for everything. I believe getting my nodes fully synced and started would solve my problem. If anyone has any advice for me that would be appreciated as I need to remove this money ASAP.

ok, type for producer
sudo systemctl status cardano-node
journalctl -e -f -u cardano-node

show me the output

then go inside producer topology file, delete the relay from there and add:

{
  "Producers": [
    {
      "addr": "relays-new.cardano-mainnet.iohk.io",
      "port": 3001,
      "valency": 2
    }
  ]
}

save the file and restart the node
sudo systemctl restart cardano-node
wait more minutes and check again in glive

Followed second steps too and now it says connection to node lost when i run glive

ok, then delete the iohk servers from topology file and add my relay, but try to replace the characters " (write them from your keyboard)… if u are copy paste from forum the format will be changed

{
“Producers”: [
{
“addr”: “161.97.108.250”,
“port”: 6000,
“valency”: 1
}
]
}

Ran the command:
cat > $NODE_HOME/${NODE_CONFIG}-topology.json <<

EOF 
 {
    “Producers”: [
      {
        “addr”: “161.97.108.250”,
        “port”: 6000,
        “valency”: 1
      }
    ]
  }
EOF

Live view now opens but still shows starting…

ok, wait more time, the node was offline

type top
do you see the CPU ~100% for cardano-node process? if yes it means it’s syncing right now

the top command didnt show any cardano-node process
also the bp says “relay” in glive

ok, it’s started already? it is synced in glive? if yes you can try again to perform the transactions… you don’t need to run it as a Producer

uptime is almost 15 minutes, still “starting…” and still thinks it’s a relay

aa ok, it’s normal then… wait for the node to start

try again journalctl -e -f -u cardano-node

ok, show me a capture with the topology file please

Topology file and top command

ok, and if u type sudo systemctl status cardano-node

ok, wait more time and check again the command, see if the uptime will reset

I am concerned that the cpu utilization is so low, I would think that itd be using more power if it is doing anything at all.

yeah, when you press top you should see the cardano-node process over there

On my relay cardano-node process shows up at 100% but on my block producer I have nothing
when i restart node it shows up and then goes away

type again sudo systemctl status cardano-node on producer, what is the uptime?