The core developers have prepared an emergency release (2021.05.29.0) to fix the Mainnet chain halt noticed around 1:00 PM PT. This is a mandatory release for all miners on the network. Please review the engineering blog for more details.
Posted May 29, 2021 - 21:47 UTC
Monitoring
A fix has been deployed and a new firmware 2021.05.29.0 is being prepared for general release.
Posted May 29, 2021 - 20:56 UTC
Identified
A change in the blockchain-core APIs for validators has triggered a bug in some miner code that was not updated and has caused a chain halt. A fix has been identified and will be deployed shortly.
Posted May 29, 2021 - 20:32 UTC
This incident affected: User Apps (Blockchain, API) and Consensus Groups, Proof-of-Coverage.