How excess recovery works

Every token account holds a small SOL deposit for storage. If its balance is above today's required minimum, the difference is excess. A rent reduction can create this surplus; an account can also have been funded with more SOL than it needed.

Solana's WithdrawExcessLamports instruction moves that surplus while leaving the required deposit in place. The token balance stays the same, even if you still hold tokens. Solana's recovery explanation.

Empty-account closure is different: it removes an eligible empty account and releases all its remaining SOL, including any excess. You cannot collect that same excess again separately. How token accounts work.

Rollout reviewed 28 September 2026. The example above fetches the current mainnet requirement separately.

The first two cuts are live. Solana's 18 September changelog confirms the second step on mainnet: 5,080 lamports per byte, about 27% below the original rate. Our 28 September RPC check returned 0.001488440 SOL for a standard token account, consistent with that rate.

The five-step specification defines the rates. Each deposit above is calculated as (165 bytes + 128 bytes of overhead) × the rate. Larger Token-2022 accounts require more.

If another cut activates, an account you already recovered from may have new excess. A fresh scan will use the new requirement. The full plan targets a 90% reduction in the storage deposit—not a 90% refund on every wallet.

Source note: the roadmap still labels step 2 as testnet. The newer mainnet changelog and our dated RPC observation confirm it has progressed. For later changes, check the activation tracker and refresh the live example.

• Supported token accounts controlled by your wallet. Reclaim checks both the original Token Program and supported Token-2022 accounts. They can be empty or still hold tokens.
• A positive surplus. The scan compares each account's actual SOL balance with the current requirement for its actual size. Already-recovered or newly funded accounts may have nothing extra.
• The right signing authority. Excess withdrawal uses the token account owner, which can differ from its close authority. Unsupported extensions and wrapped SOL source accounts are excluded.

The protocol also supports some mint and multisig withdrawals, but Reclaim's current wallet flow covers token accounts. Other apps' program accounts need recovery support from those apps. See the instruction and authority rules.

Reclaim checks the accounts again and simulates the proposed transaction. Your batch review shows the recovered SOL, deductions, and required upfront balance before you approve.

Service fee

10% of the recovered excess, not of your tokens or the deposit that stays behind.

Network fee

Paid in SOL in addition to the service fee. The quote shows the estimate.

Upfront SOL

You need enough SOL in your wallet for the network fee. The recovered SOL goes directly to your wallet; no temporary deposit is needed.

Your source token accounts stay open. Reclaim rejects batches without positive estimated net recovery. A failed on-chain transaction can still incur a network fee.