The Zilliqa network has encountered a series of operational disturbances that have affected block production on its mainnet. However, as of May 10, the network is fully functional again, although the cause of the disruptions is still being investigated.
Zilliqa has informed the community that the network is now back online after experiencing “temporary disruptions to block production on mainnet.” The infrastructure team is currently monitoring the network’s stability as they work to identify the underlying cause of these recent disturbances.
Since the initial signs of disruption on May 8, when a slowdown in block generation was detected, the Zilliqa network technical team has been actively working for nearly 48 hours to prevent further disruptions.
On May 9, around 9:30 am UTC, the Zilliqa technical team discovered a malfunction that resulted in a null value being returned “instead of a node’s RLP following a possible invalid database lookup.”
By approximately 2:30 pm UTC on May 9, the team had resolved the issue and restored full functionality through a fix, along with the deployment of the Zilliqa version 9.3.4 network upgrade. The upgrade includes various enhancements to EVM compatibility. The team apologized for any inconvenience caused to users and the Zilliqa community.
However, despite the fix and upgrade rollout, block production on the Zilliqa mainnet experienced another disruption on May 9 around 7:05 pm UTC. The team has since implemented improved debugging processes to better diagnose the issue and address the root cause of the disruption.
This is not the first time that Zilliqa block production has been affected by technical issues. In December 2023, an “interruption to block production” caused daily Zilliqa blockchain transactions to drop by approximately 50%, from around 61,000 to 30,906.
The Zilliqa team is currently conducting an investigation into the underlying cause of these recent network disruptions and expressed gratitude to the community for their patience and support throughout the resolution process.