What is happening when a channel is pending?

What is happening when a channel is pending?

What is happening when a channel is pending when opened? How long does it usually take? To open a channel with a node you're already connected to you don't need to get consensus from all the other connected nodes (as you would if you were sending a transaction on chain) so why the wait?

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