Avalanche, the decentralized application (DApp) platform, experienced a significant technical disruption that affected the block production of its proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain. On February 23, at 12:02:27 pm UTC, Avalanche’s primary network encountered block production issues, resulting in a halt to the network. Avalanche’s blockchain explorer indicated that the last block on the P-Chain, X-Chain, and C-Chain subnets had been produced over an hour earlier. Avalanche issued an official alert regarding the block finalization stall. In a status update, Avalanche stated that block production is crucial for the stability and continuity of blockchain networks as it involves the creation of new blocks that validate and record transactions. Any interruptions in this process lead to delays in transaction processing, affecting the overall functionality of the network.
Kevin Sekniqi, the co-founder of Ava Labs, the team behind Avalanche, posted on X that they are already investigating the issue. According to Sekniqi, the block production halt may be linked to a “new inscription wave” that was launched an hour before the problems arose. He believes that the issue could be an “esoteric bug from some edge case” and mentioned that it is likely a mempool handling issue with inscriptions. Sekniqi assured the community that they are working to resolve the problem swiftly.
Approximately an hour later, Sekniqi clarified that the issue was a code-related bug that did not affect performance handling. He explained that inscriptions may have encountered an edge case but did not impact the network’s performance.
Similar reports of Avalanche’s block production halting were seen on March 23, 2023. During that time, the C-Chain stopped producing blocks. However, Sekniqi clarified that the network had been unstable due to a bug in its v1.9.12, and the team deployed a fix to stabilize the network.
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