diff --git a/lntemp/harness.go b/lntemp/harness.go
index f15fb443a..ea75edd5f 100644
--- a/lntemp/harness.go
+++ b/lntemp/harness.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcutil"
 	"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/chaincfg/chainhash"
@@ -1344,3 +1345,100 @@ func (h *HarnessTest) SendPaymentAssertFail(hn *node.HarnessNode,
 
 	return payment
 }
+
+// OpenChannelRequest is used to open a channel using the method
+// OpenMultiChannelsAsync.
+type OpenChannelRequest struct {
+	// Local is the funding node.
+	Local *node.HarnessNode
+
+	// Remote is the receiving node.
+	Remote *node.HarnessNode
+
+	// Param is the open channel params.
+	Param OpenChannelParams
+
+	// stream is the client created after calling OpenChannel RPC.
+	stream rpc.OpenChanClient
+
+	// result is a channel used to send the channel point once the funding
+	// has succeeded.
+	result chan *lnrpc.ChannelPoint
+}
+
+// OpenMultiChannelsAsync takes a list of OpenChannelRequest and opens them in
+// batch. The channel points are returned in same the order of the requests
+// once all of the channel open succeeded.
+//
+// NOTE: compared to open multiple channel sequentially, this method will be
+// faster as it doesn't need to mine 6 blocks for each channel open. However,
+// it does make debugging the logs more difficult as messages are intertwined.
+func (h *HarnessTest) OpenMultiChannelsAsync(
+	reqs []*OpenChannelRequest) []*lnrpc.ChannelPoint {
+
+	// openChannel opens a channel based on the request.
+	openChannel := func(req *OpenChannelRequest) {
+		stream := h.OpenChannelAssertStream(
+			req.Local, req.Remote, req.Param,
+		)
+		req.stream = stream
+	}
+
+	// assertChannelOpen is a helper closure that asserts a channel is
+	// open.
+	assertChannelOpen := func(req *OpenChannelRequest) {
+		// Wait for the channel open event from the stream.
+		cp := h.WaitForChannelOpenEvent(req.stream)
+
+		// Check that both alice and bob have seen the channel
+		// from their channel watch request.
+		h.AssertTopologyChannelOpen(req.Local, cp)
+		h.AssertTopologyChannelOpen(req.Remote, cp)
+
+		// Finally, check that the channel can be seen in their
+		// ListChannels.
+		h.AssertChannelExists(req.Local, cp)
+		h.AssertChannelExists(req.Remote, cp)
+
+		req.result <- cp
+	}
+
+	// Go through the requests and make the OpenChannel RPC call.
+	for _, r := range reqs {
+		openChannel(r)
+	}
+
+	// Mine one block to confirm all the funding transactions.
+	h.MineBlocksAndAssertNumTxes(1, len(reqs))
+
+	// Mine 5 more blocks so all the public channels are announced to the
+	// network.
+	h.MineBlocks(numBlocksOpenChannel - 1)
+
+	// Once the blocks are mined, we fire goroutines for each of the
+	// request to watch for the channel openning.
+	for _, r := range reqs {
+		r.result = make(chan *lnrpc.ChannelPoint, 1)
+		go assertChannelOpen(r)
+	}
+
+	// Finally, collect the results.
+	channelPoints := make([]*lnrpc.ChannelPoint, 0)
+	for _, r := range reqs {
+		select {
+		case cp := <-r.result:
+			channelPoints = append(channelPoints, cp)
+
+		case <-time.After(lntest.ChannelOpenTimeout):
+			require.Failf(h, "timeout", "wait channel point "+
+				"timeout for channel %s=>%s", r.Local.Name(),
+				r.Remote.Name())
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Assert that we have the expected num of channel points.
+	require.Len(h, channelPoints, len(reqs),
+		"returned channel points not match")
+
+	return channelPoints
+}
diff --git a/lntemp/harness_assertion.go b/lntemp/harness_assertion.go
index 87704dc05..6a9f753da 100644
--- a/lntemp/harness_assertion.go
+++ b/lntemp/harness_assertion.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"encoding/hex"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
 	"strings"
@@ -78,6 +79,22 @@ func (h *HarnessTest) ConnectNodes(a, b *node.HarnessNode) {
 	h.AssertPeerConnected(a, b)
 }
 
+// ConnectNodesPerm creates a persistent connection between the two nodes and
+// asserts the connection is succeeded.
+func (h *HarnessTest) ConnectNodesPerm(a, b *node.HarnessNode) {
+	bobInfo := b.RPC.GetInfo()
+
+	req := &lnrpc.ConnectPeerRequest{
+		Addr: &lnrpc.LightningAddress{
+			Pubkey: bobInfo.IdentityPubkey,
+			Host:   b.Cfg.P2PAddr(),
+		},
+		Perm: true,
+	}
+	a.RPC.ConnectPeer(req)
+	h.AssertPeerConnected(a, b)
+}
+
 // DisconnectNodes disconnects the given two nodes and asserts the
 // disconnection is succeeded. The request is made from node a and sent to node
 // b.
@@ -1544,3 +1561,38 @@ func (h *HarnessTest) AssertChannelPolicy(hn *node.HarnessNode,
 	err = node.CheckChannelPolicy(policy, expectedPolicy)
 	require.NoErrorf(h, err, "%s: check policy failed", hn.Name())
 }
+
+// AssertNumPolicyUpdates asserts that a given number of channel policy updates
+// has been seen in the specified node.
+func (h *HarnessTest) AssertNumPolicyUpdates(hn *node.HarnessNode,
+	chanPoint *lnrpc.ChannelPoint,
+	advertisingNode *node.HarnessNode, num int) {
+
+	op := h.OutPointFromChannelPoint(chanPoint)
+
+	var policies []*node.PolicyUpdateInfo
+
+	err := wait.NoError(func() error {
+		policyMap := hn.Watcher.GetPolicyUpdates(op)
+		nodePolicy, ok := policyMap[advertisingNode.PubKeyStr]
+		if ok {
+			policies = nodePolicy
+		}
+
+		if len(policies) == num {
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		p, err := json.MarshalIndent(policies, "", "\t")
+		require.NoError(h, err, "encode policy err")
+
+		return fmt.Errorf("expected to find %d policy updates, "+
+			"instead got: %d, chanPoint: %v, "+
+			"advertisingNode: %s:%s, policy: %s", num,
+			len(policies), op, advertisingNode.Name(),
+			advertisingNode.PubKeyStr, p)
+	}, DefaultTimeout)
+
+	require.NoError(h, err, "%s: timeout waiting for num of policy updates",
+		hn.Name())
+}
diff --git a/lntest/itest/list_on_test.go b/lntest/itest/list_on_test.go
index 515f2ae99..f41b00b64 100644
--- a/lntest/itest/list_on_test.go
+++ b/lntest/itest/list_on_test.go
@@ -139,4 +139,8 @@ var allTestCasesTemp = []*lntemp.TestCase{
 		Name:     "update channel policy",
 		TestFunc: testUpdateChannelPolicy,
 	},
+	{
+		Name:     "send update disable channel",
+		TestFunc: testSendUpdateDisableChannel,
+	},
 }
diff --git a/lntest/itest/lnd_channel_policy_test.go b/lntest/itest/lnd_channel_policy_test.go
index 2db663742..d38e25a5b 100644
--- a/lntest/itest/lnd_channel_policy_test.go
+++ b/lntest/itest/lnd_channel_policy_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package itest
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"math"
 	"time"
 
@@ -435,71 +436,92 @@ func testUpdateChannelPolicy(ht *lntemp.HarnessTest) {
 // testSendUpdateDisableChannel ensures that a channel update with the disable
 // flag set is sent once a channel has been either unilaterally or cooperatively
 // closed.
-func testSendUpdateDisableChannel(net *lntest.NetworkHarness, t *harnessTest) {
-	const (
-		chanAmt = 100000
-	)
+//
+// NOTE: this test can be flaky as we are testing the chan-enable-timeout and
+// chan-disable-timeout flags here. For instance, if some operations take more
+// than 6 seconds to finish, the channel will be marked as disabled, thus a
+// following operation will fail if it relies on the channel being enabled.
+func testSendUpdateDisableChannel(ht *lntemp.HarnessTest) {
+	const chanAmt = 100000
 
-	// Open a channel between Alice and Bob and Alice and Carol. These will
-	// be closed later on in order to trigger channel update messages
-	// marking the channels as disabled.
-	chanPointAliceBob := openChannelAndAssert(
-		t, net, net.Alice, net.Bob,
-		lntest.OpenChannelParams{
-			Amt: chanAmt,
-		},
-	)
+	alice, bob := ht.Alice, ht.Bob
 
-	carol := net.NewNode(
-		t.t, "Carol", []string{
-			"--minbackoff=10s",
-			"--chan-enable-timeout=1.5s",
-			"--chan-disable-timeout=3s",
-			"--chan-status-sample-interval=.5s",
-		})
-	defer shutdownAndAssert(net, t, carol)
+	// Create a new node Eve, which will be restarted later with a config
+	// that has an inactive channel timeout of just 6 seconds (down from
+	// the default 20m). It will be used to test channel updates for
+	// channels going inactive.
+	//
+	// NOTE: we don't create Eve with the chan-disable-timeout here because
+	// the following channel openings might take longer than that timeout
+	// value, which will cause the channel Eve=>Carol being marked as
+	// disabled.
+	eve := ht.NewNode("Eve", nil)
 
-	net.ConnectNodes(t.t, net.Alice, carol)
-	chanPointAliceCarol := openChannelAndAssert(
-		t, net, net.Alice, carol,
-		lntest.OpenChannelParams{
-			Amt: chanAmt,
-		},
-	)
-
-	// We create a new node Eve that has an inactive channel timeout of
-	// just 2 seconds (down from the default 20m). It will be used to test
-	// channel updates for channels going inactive.
-	eve := net.NewNode(
-		t.t, "Eve", []string{
-			"--minbackoff=10s",
-			"--chan-enable-timeout=1.5s",
-			"--chan-disable-timeout=3s",
-			"--chan-status-sample-interval=.5s",
-		})
-	defer shutdownAndAssert(net, t, eve)
-
-	// Give Eve some coins.
-	net.SendCoins(t.t, btcutil.SatoshiPerBitcoin, eve)
-
-	// Connect Eve to Carol and Bob, and open a channel to carol.
-	net.ConnectNodes(t.t, eve, carol)
-	net.ConnectNodes(t.t, eve, net.Bob)
-
-	chanPointEveCarol := openChannelAndAssert(
-		t, net, eve, carol,
-		lntest.OpenChannelParams{
-			Amt: chanAmt,
-		},
-	)
+	// Create a new node Carol, which will later be restarted with the same
+	// config as Eve's.
+	carol := ht.NewNode("Carol", nil)
 
 	// Launch a node for Dave which will connect to Bob in order to receive
 	// graph updates from. This will ensure that the channel updates are
 	// propagated throughout the network.
-	dave := net.NewNode(t.t, "Dave", nil)
-	defer shutdownAndAssert(net, t, dave)
+	dave := ht.NewNode("Dave", nil)
 
-	net.ConnectNodes(t.t, net.Bob, dave)
+	// We will start our test by creating the following topology,
+	// Alice --- Bob --- Dave
+	//   |       |
+	// Carol --- Eve
+	ht.EnsureConnected(alice, bob)
+	ht.ConnectNodes(alice, carol)
+	ht.ConnectNodes(bob, dave)
+	ht.ConnectNodes(eve, carol)
+
+	// Connect Eve and Bob using a persistent connection. Later after Eve
+	// is restarted, they will connect again automatically.
+	ht.ConnectNodesPerm(bob, eve)
+
+	// Give Eve some coins.
+	ht.FundCoins(btcutil.SatoshiPerBitcoin, eve)
+
+	// We now proceed to open channels: Alice=>Bob, Alice=>Carol and
+	// Eve=>Carol.
+	p := lntemp.OpenChannelParams{Amt: chanAmt}
+	reqs := []*lntemp.OpenChannelRequest{
+		{Local: alice, Remote: bob, Param: p},
+		{Local: alice, Remote: carol, Param: p},
+		{Local: eve, Remote: carol, Param: p},
+	}
+	resp := ht.OpenMultiChannelsAsync(reqs)
+
+	// Extract channel points from the response.
+	chanPointAliceBob := resp[0]
+	chanPointAliceCarol := resp[1]
+	chanPointEveCarol := resp[2]
+
+	// We will use 10 seconds as the disable timeout.
+	chanDisableTimeout := 10
+	chanEnableTimeout := 5
+
+	// waitChanDisabled is a helper closure to wait the chanDisableTimeout
+	// seconds such that the channel disable logic is taking effect.
+	waitChanDisabled := func() {
+		time.Sleep(time.Duration(chanDisableTimeout) * time.Second)
+	}
+
+	// With the channels open, we now restart Carol and Eve to use
+	// customized timeout values.
+	nodeCfg := []string{
+		"--minbackoff=60s",
+		fmt.Sprintf("--chan-enable-timeout=%ds", chanEnableTimeout),
+		fmt.Sprintf("--chan-disable-timeout=%ds", chanDisableTimeout),
+		"--chan-status-sample-interval=.5s",
+	}
+	ht.RestartNodeWithExtraArgs(carol, nodeCfg)
+	ht.RestartNodeWithExtraArgs(eve, nodeCfg)
+
+	// Dave should know all the channels.
+	ht.AssertTopologyChannelOpen(dave, chanPointAliceBob)
+	ht.AssertTopologyChannelOpen(dave, chanPointAliceCarol)
+	ht.AssertTopologyChannelOpen(dave, chanPointEveCarol)
 
 	// We should expect to see a channel update with the default routing
 	// policy, except that it should indicate the channel is disabled.
@@ -514,110 +536,132 @@ func testSendUpdateDisableChannel(net *lntest.NetworkHarness, t *harnessTest) {
 
 	// assertPolicyUpdate checks that the required policy update has
 	// happened on the given node.
-	assertPolicyUpdate := func(node *lntest.HarnessNode,
-		policy *lnrpc.RoutingPolicy, chanPoint *lnrpc.ChannelPoint) {
+	assertPolicyUpdate := func(node *node.HarnessNode,
+		policy *lnrpc.RoutingPolicy, chanPoint *lnrpc.ChannelPoint,
+		numUpdates int) {
 
-		require.NoError(
-			t.t, dave.WaitForChannelPolicyUpdate(
-				node.PubKeyStr, policy, chanPoint, false,
-			), "error while waiting for channel update",
+		ht.AssertNumPolicyUpdates(dave, chanPoint, node, numUpdates)
+		ht.AssertChannelPolicyUpdate(
+			dave, node, policy, chanPoint, false,
 		)
 	}
 
-	// Let Carol go offline. Since Eve has an inactive timeout of 2s, we
+	// Let Carol go offline. Since Eve has an inactive timeout of 6s, we
 	// expect her to send an update disabling the channel.
-	restartCarol, err := net.SuspendNode(carol)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("unable to suspend carol: %v", err)
-	}
+	restartCarol := ht.SuspendNode(carol)
 
-	assertPolicyUpdate(eve, expectedPolicy, chanPointEveCarol)
+	// We expect to see a total of 2 channel policy updates from the
+	// channel Carol <-> Eve and advertised by Eve using the route
+	// Eve->Bob->Dave.
+	waitChanDisabled()
+	assertPolicyUpdate(eve, expectedPolicy, chanPointEveCarol, 2)
 
 	// We restart Carol. Since the channel now becomes active again, Eve
 	// should send a ChannelUpdate setting the channel no longer disabled.
-	if err := restartCarol(); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("unable to restart carol: %v", err)
-	}
+	require.NoError(ht, restartCarol(), "unable to restart carol")
 
 	expectedPolicy.Disabled = false
-	assertPolicyUpdate(eve, expectedPolicy, chanPointEveCarol)
+	// We expect to see a total of 3 channel policy updates from the
+	// channel Carol <-> Eve and advertised by Eve using the route
+	// Eve->Bob->Dave.
+	assertPolicyUpdate(eve, expectedPolicy, chanPointEveCarol, 3)
 
 	// Wait until Carol and Eve are reconnected before we disconnect them
 	// again.
-	net.EnsureConnected(t.t, eve, carol)
+	ht.EnsureConnected(eve, carol)
 
 	// Now we'll test a long disconnection. Disconnect Carol and Eve and
 	// ensure they both detect each other as disabled. Their min backoffs
 	// are high enough to not interfere with disabling logic.
-	if err := net.DisconnectNodes(carol, eve); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("unable to disconnect Carol from Eve: %v", err)
-	}
+	ht.DisconnectNodes(carol, eve)
 
 	// Wait for a disable from both Carol and Eve to come through.
 	expectedPolicy.Disabled = true
-	assertPolicyUpdate(eve, expectedPolicy, chanPointEveCarol)
-	assertPolicyUpdate(carol, expectedPolicy, chanPointEveCarol)
+	// We expect to see a total of 4 channel policy updates from the
+	// channel Carol <-> Eve and advertised by Eve using the route
+	// Eve->Bob->Dave.
+	waitChanDisabled()
+	assertPolicyUpdate(eve, expectedPolicy, chanPointEveCarol, 4)
+
+	// Because Carol has restarted twice before, depending on how much time
+	// it has taken, she might mark the channel disabled and enable it
+	// multiple times.  Thus we could see a total of 2 or 4 or 6 channel
+	// policy updates from the channel Carol <-> Eve and advertised by
+	// Carol using the route Carol->Alice->Bob->Dave.
+	//
+	// Assume there are 2 channel policy updates from Carol, and update it
+	// if more has found
+	numCarol := 2
+	op := ht.OutPointFromChannelPoint(chanPointEveCarol)
+	policyMap := dave.Watcher.GetPolicyUpdates(op)
+	nodePolicy, ok := policyMap[carol.PubKeyStr]
+	switch {
+	case !ok:
+		break
+	case len(nodePolicy) > 2:
+		numCarol = 4
+	case len(nodePolicy) > 4:
+		numCarol = 6
+	}
+	assertPolicyUpdate(carol, expectedPolicy, chanPointEveCarol, numCarol)
 
 	// Reconnect Carol and Eve, this should cause them to reenable the
 	// channel from both ends after a short delay.
-	net.EnsureConnected(t.t, carol, eve)
+	ht.EnsureConnected(carol, eve)
 
 	expectedPolicy.Disabled = false
-	assertPolicyUpdate(eve, expectedPolicy, chanPointEveCarol)
-	assertPolicyUpdate(carol, expectedPolicy, chanPointEveCarol)
+	// We expect to see a total of 5 channel policy updates from the
+	// channel Carol <-> Eve and advertised by Eve using the route
+	// Eve->Bob->Dave.
+	assertPolicyUpdate(eve, expectedPolicy, chanPointEveCarol, 5)
+	// We expect to see a total of 3 or 5 channel policy updates from the
+	// channel Carol <-> Eve and advertised by Carol using the route
+	// Carol->Alice->Bob->Dave.
+	numCarol++
+	assertPolicyUpdate(carol, expectedPolicy, chanPointEveCarol, numCarol)
 
 	// Now we'll test a short disconnection. Disconnect Carol and Eve, then
 	// reconnect them after one second so that their scheduled disables are
 	// aborted. One second is twice the status sample interval, so this
 	// should allow for the disconnect to be detected, but still leave time
-	// to cancel the announcement before the 3 second inactive timeout is
+	// to cancel the announcement before the 6 second inactive timeout is
 	// hit.
-	if err := net.DisconnectNodes(carol, eve); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("unable to disconnect Carol from Eve: %v", err)
-	}
+	ht.DisconnectNodes(carol, eve)
 	time.Sleep(time.Second)
-	net.EnsureConnected(t.t, eve, carol)
+	ht.EnsureConnected(eve, carol)
 
-	// Since the disable should have been canceled by both Carol and Eve, we
-	// expect no channel updates to appear on the network, which means we
-	// expect the polices stay unchanged(Disable == false).
-	assertPolicyUpdate(eve, expectedPolicy, chanPointEveCarol)
-	assertPolicyUpdate(carol, expectedPolicy, chanPointEveCarol)
+	// Since the disable should have been canceled by both Carol and Eve,
+	// we expect no channel updates to appear on the network, which means
+	// we expect the polices stay unchanged(Disable == false).
+	assertPolicyUpdate(eve, expectedPolicy, chanPointEveCarol, 5)
+	assertPolicyUpdate(carol, expectedPolicy, chanPointEveCarol, numCarol)
 
 	// Close Alice's channels with Bob and Carol cooperatively and
-	// unilaterally respectively.
-	_, _, err = net.CloseChannel(net.Alice, chanPointAliceBob, false)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("unable to close channel: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	_, _, err = net.CloseChannel(net.Alice, chanPointAliceCarol, true)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("unable to close channel: %v", err)
-	}
+	// unilaterally respectively. Note that the CloseChannel will mine a
+	// block and check that the closing transaction can be found in both
+	// the mempool and the block.
+	ht.CloseChannel(alice, chanPointAliceBob)
+	ht.ForceCloseChannel(alice, chanPointAliceCarol)
 
 	// Now that the channel close processes have been started, we should
 	// receive an update marking each as disabled.
 	expectedPolicy.Disabled = true
-	assertPolicyUpdate(net.Alice, expectedPolicy, chanPointAliceBob)
-	assertPolicyUpdate(net.Alice, expectedPolicy, chanPointAliceCarol)
-
-	// Finally, close the channels by mining the closing transactions.
-	mineBlocks(t, net, 1, 2)
+	// We expect to see a total of 2 channel policy updates from the
+	// channel Alice <-> Bob and advertised by Alice using the route
+	// Alice->Bob->Dave.
+	assertPolicyUpdate(alice, expectedPolicy, chanPointAliceBob, 2)
+	// We expect to see a total of 2 channel policy updates from the
+	// channel Alice <-> Carol and advertised by Alice using the route
+	// Alice->Bob->Dave.
+	assertPolicyUpdate(alice, expectedPolicy, chanPointAliceCarol, 2)
 
 	// Also do this check for Eve's channel with Carol.
-	_, _, err = net.CloseChannel(eve, chanPointEveCarol, false)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("unable to close channel: %v", err)
-	}
+	ht.CloseChannel(eve, chanPointEveCarol)
 
-	assertPolicyUpdate(eve, expectedPolicy, chanPointEveCarol)
-
-	mineBlocks(t, net, 1, 1)
-
-	// And finally, clean up the force closed channel by mining the
-	// sweeping transaction.
-	cleanupForceClose(t, net, net.Alice, chanPointAliceCarol)
+	// We expect to see a total of 5 channel policy updates from the
+	// channel Carol <-> Eve and advertised by Eve using the route
+	// Eve->Bob->Dave.
+	assertPolicyUpdate(eve, expectedPolicy, chanPointEveCarol, 6)
 }
 
 // testUpdateChannelPolicyForPrivateChannel tests when a private channel
diff --git a/lntest/itest/lnd_test_list_on_test.go b/lntest/itest/lnd_test_list_on_test.go
index 0341d7ac9..5c1b90fc3 100644
--- a/lntest/itest/lnd_test_list_on_test.go
+++ b/lntest/itest/lnd_test_list_on_test.go
@@ -163,10 +163,6 @@ var allTestCases = []*testCase{
 		name: "route fee cutoff",
 		test: testRouteFeeCutoff,
 	},
-	{
-		name: "send update disable channel",
-		test: testSendUpdateDisableChannel,
-	},
 	{
 		name: "streaming channel backup update",
 		test: testChannelBackupUpdates,