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The Agave 4.1.0 release or the Frankendancer 0.1004.40101 release is now recommended for general use by mainnet validators.
Please upgrade when there is less than 5% delinquent stake.
All Solana mainnet staked and unstaked validators must upgrade to Agave v4.4.1 or Firedancer v26.10.6 before epoch 1079 begins (estimated Nov 6 at 13:30 UTC).
Feature gate 8whkDenELnfwYLirBc4Wb4H2Z1z5K7tiykpdxJS7cWg1 is planned to be activated at that epoch boundary.
Solana Status retweeted
It’s time.
Alpenglow goes live on mainnet-beta Wednesday, October 21, ~14:50 UTC.
18 months of work for a migration that happens in one slot. Finality drops from seconds to ~150ms.
Make sure to follow us @anza_xyz as we countdown to go-live.
Details: anza.xyz/alpenglow
Solana Devnet is now back online after a planned restart to revert a feature activation.
The planned restart had no effect on Mainnet.
Solana Status retweeted
Solana Devnet will be restarted at 16:00 UTC on June 19th to revert a feature activation.
Expected downtime is minimal. The restart completion will be communicated when devnet is back up.
This does not have any effect on Mainnet.
The Agave 3.1.8 release or the Firedancer 0.811.30108 release is now recommended for general use by Mainnet validators.
Please upgrade when there is less than 5% delinquent stake.
URGENT RELEASE: The v3.0.14 release is now recommended for general use by Mainnet-Beta validators.
This release contains a critical set of patches and should be applied to staked and unstaked Mainnet-Beta validators.
The Agave 3.0.6 release or the Firedancer 0.712.30006 release is now recommended for general use by Mainnet-Beta validators.
Please upgrade when there is less than 5% delinquent stake.
Solana Status retweeted
Validators: We would like to see 25% of Mainnet-Beta stake adopt Agave v3.0.6. Please upgrade if:
- You can actively monitor your node
- <25% of stake is on v3.0.*
- <5% of stake is delinquent
github.com/anza-xyz/agave/re…
Validators: We would like to see 10% of Mainnet-Beta stake adopt Agave v3.0.6. This version fixes a vote latency degradation in v3.0.4. Please upgrade if:
- You can actively monitor your node
- <10% of stake is on v3.0.*
- <5% of stake is delinquent
github.com/anza-xyz/agave/re…
Solana Status retweeted
Validators: We would like to see 10% of Mainnet-Beta stake adopt Agave v3.0.6. This version fixes a vote latency degradation in v3.0.4. Please upgrade if:
- You can actively monitor your node
- <10% of stake is on v3.0.*
- <5% of stake is delinquent
github.com/anza-xyz/agave/re…
The community governance process for SIMD-0326: Alpenglow is complete. The proposal has passed:
98.27% voted Yes
1.05% voted No
0.69% voted Abstain
52% of stake cast a vote
The Solana community voting process has begun for SIMD-0326: Alpenglow. The vote will take place from epoch 840 until the end of epoch 842. Validator operators should follow voting instructions here: github.com/laine-sa/solgov-d…
The current mainnet-beta epoch is 839, which is the stake weight capture and verification period of the governance process for SIMD-0326: Alpenglow.
Operators are advised to verify stake weights here: github.com/laine-sa/solgov-d… before the start of epoch 840. Voting begins at the start of epoch 840. Voting completes at the end of epoch 842.
The Solana community governance process has begun for SIMD 326 - Alpenglow. Alpenglow is a new consensus algorithm that hopes to achieve 150ms finality on proposed blocks.
Timeline:
Epoch 833 - 838 (approximately 2 weeks): proposal discussion period
Epoch 839: Validator stake weights captured and verified by the community
Epoch 840 - 842 (approximately a week): Voting tokens available to claim and cast votes. Voting completes at the end of epoch 842