start lngossip if instantiated; this saves a boolean

electrum/gui/qt/main_window.py

@@ -2193,7 +2193,7 @@ class ElectrumWindow(QMainWindow, MessageBoxMixin, Logger):
     def update_lightning_icon(self):
         if self.lightning_button is None:
             return
-        if not self.network.lngossip.has_started:
+        if self.network.lngossip is None:
             return
 
         # display colorful lightning icon to signal connection

electrum/lnworker.py

@@ -449,15 +449,11 @@ class LNGossip(LNWorker):
         self.features |= LnFeatures.GOSSIP_QUERIES_OPT
         self.features |= LnFeatures.GOSSIP_QUERIES_REQ
         self.unknown_ids = set()
-        self.has_started = False
 
     def start_network(self, network: 'Network'):
         assert network
-        if self.has_started:
-            return
         super().start_network(network)
         asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(self.taskgroup.spawn(self.maintain_db()), self.network.asyncio_loop)
-        self.has_started = True
 
     async def maintain_db(self):
         await self.channel_db.data_loaded.wait()

electrum/network.py

@@ -349,15 +349,16 @@ class Network(Logger, NetworkRetryManager[ServerAddr]):
 
     def maybe_init_lightning(self):
         if self.channel_db is None:
-            from . import lnworker
             from . import lnrouter
             from . import channel_db
             self.channel_db = channel_db.ChannelDB(self)
             self.path_finder = lnrouter.LNPathFinder(self.channel_db)
-            self.lngossip = lnworker.LNGossip()
 
     def start_gossip(self):
-        self.lngossip.start_network(self)
+        if self.lngossip is None:
+            from . import lnworker
+            self.lngossip = lnworker.LNGossip()
+            self.lngossip.start_network(self)
 
     def stop_gossip(self):
         self.lngossip.stop()