Solana developers have successfully pushed a series of fixes to address network congestion issues. On April 15, Solana urged validators to update to v1.17.31, a version that changes how certain validators are treated depending on their stake. Further fixes will be shipped in the coming weeks, including a new scheduler that will be disabled by default.
Solana Developers Deploy Fixes to Mainnet to Address Network Congestion
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Solana Devs Push Fixes to Defeat Network Congestion
Developers of the Sonala blockchain are developing fixes to address the issue of network congestion in their blockchain. Anza, a Solana-focused developer collective, announced the release of v1.17.31, recommending it for general use. At the time of writing, almost 90% of the validators, nodes that help secure the network and broadcast transactions, had upgraded to this new software.
The update includes modifications regarding how the software deals with “super-low stake” validators. It also addresses problems with QUIC, a transport protocol believed to cause some of these congestion issues. Rex St. John, head of developer relations at Anza, stated that the results of this patch seemed good, but that work on the next patches will be delayed.
Due to a rise in transactions involving meme coins and other tokens, Solana’s network has been unable to recover its operativity levels since more than a month ago, remaining congested. Currently, Dune dashboards show that 7 of every 10 non-voting transactions fail.
However, more fixes are coming as part of the next Solana software update. v1.18 will introduce a new transaction scheduler that would improve the management of bulk transactions. However, this scheduler will be disabled by default, giving each validator the decision to activate it.
Nonetheless, Solana’s devnet, currently testing software v1.18, recently experienced hours of downtime. While the issue was identified and corrected, devs have not delivered any updates on the causes of the event, or if they are related to the improvements to tackle the congestion issue.
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