Cycles not appearing in cycles ledger after successful canister deletion

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Hi,

I recently deleted my cycles wallet canister and several canisters controlled by it on mainnet. The deletion output confirmed a successful withdrawal (e.g., “Successfully withdrew 19487897969873 cycles”), but my cycles ledger balance shows 0.

Details:

  • Identity principal: 2dt5i-kgxis-5kspz-ohx5f-mc4bs-5o2rv-hocv2-ujbgw-icmec-ccpoh-hae

  • Deleted wallet canister ID: lc52s-fyaaa-aaaan-qeida-cai

  • Other deleted canister IDs: kvqz3-vqaaa-aaaan-qlurq-cai
    , kaxiw-uyaaa-aaaan-qlusa-cai

  • Cycles ledger balance after deletion: dfx cycles balance --network ic
    0.000 TC (trillion cycles).

  • Cycles wallet balance: N/A (wallet was deleted)

Steps taken:

  1. Stopped and deleted canisters controlled by the wallet.

  2. Stopped and deleted the cycles wallet canister itself.

  3. Checked cycles ledger balance — shows 0 despite the confirmed withdrawal.

Could you help trace where the cycles ended up? Is there a way to recover them?

Thank you!

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