hardhat deploy stuck on *local* environment, not testnet

[BowTiedIronman]

Hardhat deployment has been stuck for almost an hour.
I am not on testnet but trying to deploy to a local network. ( chainId: 31337 )
Compile runs normally.
i've added the script here for convenience github : https://github.com/BowTiedIronman/goFundMe
any help is appreciated.

 ~/Documents/repo/crypto/gofundme % yarn hardhat compile
yarn run v1.22.19
warning package.json: No license field
$ /Users/carl/Documents/repo/crypto/gofundme/node_modules/.bin/hardhat compile
Nothing to compile
No need to generate any newer typings.
✨  Done in 0.81s.
 ~/Documents/repo/crypto/gofundme % yarn hardhat deploy
yarn run v1.22.19
warning package.json: No license field
$ /Users/carl/Documents/repo/crypto/gofundme/node_modules/.bin/hardhat deploy
Nothing to compile
No need to generate any newer typings.
local chain detected. using mocks...
deploying "MockV3Aggregator" (tx: 0xd2cebf0cf062e79c40dbb2562ffd8500196dcba814e3019bb9955bb6823ffe34)...: deployed at 0x5FbDB2315678afecb367f032d93F642f64180aa3 with 569647 gas
Mocks Deployed!
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You are deploying to a local network, you'll need a local network running to interact
Please run `yarn hardhat console` to interact with the deployed smart contracts!
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-------------Deploying-Go-Fund-Me---------------------
{ chainId: 31337 }
deploying "GoFundMe" (tx: 0xf1b0321587a967e3c2e54b75b3b09a5e449d8365ed1f8aee4e9ade493893e7f8)...

[BowTiedIronman]

seems to be related to waitConfirmations. worked when i set it to 1 instead of 5.