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Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.validationcloud.io/v1/about/changelog.md). # Changelog Entries are ordered by date, newest first. ### 2026 #### June 22, 2026 *Changes, additions, and upgrades between June 16 and June 22, 2026* *2 new chains | 21 client upgrades* **Node Infrastructure** * Added Plume Mainnet * Updated 0G Mainnet to v1.0.6 (hardfork) * Updated ARC Mainnet to v0.7.2 * Updated Base Mainnet op-reth to v1.1.1 * Updated Bittensor Mainnet to v3.4.5-419 * Updated BNB Smart Chain Mainnet to geth-1.7.3 * Updated Creditcoin3 Mainnet to v3.125.0 * Updated Cronos Mainnet to v1.7.7 * Updated Etherlink Mainnet to v0.61 * Updated Hedera Mainnet to v0.156.0 * Updated IOTA Mainnet to v1.25.0 (hardfork) * Updated Metis Mainnet to v0.2.6 * Updated Polygon Mainnet Heimdall to v0.8.2 (security patch) * Updated Polygon Mainnet to Heimdall v0.9.0, bor v2.8.3 (hardfork) * Updated Solana Mainnet to v4.1.0-rc.1 * Updated Stellar Mainnet to Protocol 27 (v27.0.0) * Updated Sui Mainnet to v1.73.2 * Updated Tempo to v1.9.1 * Updated XLayer Mainnet to op-geth v0.1.5 (hardfork) **Staking Infrastructure** * Updated Ethereum SSV node to v2.4.3 * Updated Solana validators to v4.1.0-rc.1 * Updated Starknet Juno to v0.16.3 * Updated Tempo validators to v1.9.1 **Node API Capabilities** * Fixed Stellar API stability, resolving permanent rate-limit errors after initial requests **Web Application** * Added Admin API Keys management page for team admins (Scale and Free Unlimited plans) #### June 15, 2026 *Changes, additions, and upgrades between June 9 and June 15, 2026* *1 new chain | 15 client upgrades* **Node Infrastructure** * Added Linea Mainnet * Updated Aptos Mainnet to aptos-node v1.46.2 * Updated Base Mainnet node-reth to v1.1.0 * Updated Berachain Mainnet reth to v1.4.0 * Updated Etherlink Mainnet to octez-evm-node v0.61-pre1 * Updated Monad Mainnet to v0.14.5 * Updated Optimism Mainnet, Optimism Sepolia, and Lisk to op-reth v2.3.1, op-node v1.19.0 (hardfork) * Updated Polygon Amoy to bor v2.8.3, heimdall v0.9.0-beta * Updated Polygon Mainnet to bor v0.8.2-beta, heimdall v0.8.2-beta * Updated Robinhood Testnet to nitro-node v3.11.0-rc.2 * Updated Stellar Testnet to stellar-core v27.0.0 (protocol 27) **Staking Infrastructure** * Updated Ethereum Charon to v1.10.1, Lodestar to v1.42.0 * Updated Monad Mainnet validator to v0.14.5 * Updated Solana validator to v4.0.2-jito * Updated Tempo to v1.9.0 **Node API Capabilities** * Added Arc Testnet to Node API * Updated JSON-RPC error handling, upstream error responses now forwarded correctly on HTTP 5xx #### June 8, 2026 *Changes, additions, and upgrades between June 3 and June 8, 2026* *1 new chain | 14 client upgrades* **Node Infrastructure** * Added Arc Mainnet * Added US West support for Ink Mainnet and Unichain Mainnet * Updated Corn to nitro-node v3.10.2 * Updated Crono zkEVM to v29.17.0 * Updated Hedera Mainnet and Testnet relay to v0.77.0 * Updated IOTA Mainnet to v1.24.0 (hardfork) * Updated Polygon Amoy bor to v2.8.1, heimdall-v2 to v0.8.1 (hardfork) * Updated Solana Devnet to v4.1.0-beta.2 * Updated Tron Mainnet to v4.8.1.1 * Updated Unichain Mainnet to op-reth v2.2.1 * Updated X Layer to op-geth v0.1.5 **Node API Capabilities** * Added trace and debug methods for Arc Testnet **Staking Infrastructure** * Updated Canton to v0.6.7 (weekly patches) * Updated Espresso Decaf to 20260605 (security patch) * Updated Ethereum Nethermind to v1.38.0 * Updated TAC SPB testnet validator to v1.6.0 (hardfork) * Updated Tempo validator to v1.8.2 **Web Application** * Updated team page to show member count instead of team name (Node API) #### June 2, 2026 *Changes, additions, and upgrades between May 26 and June 2, 2026* *2 new chains | 12 client upgrades* **Node Infrastructure** * Added Arc Testnet * Added Edge Mainnet * Updated Arbitrum and Plume to Nitro v3.10.1-d7f07be * Updated Conflux to v3.0.3 * Updated Mezo Mainnet to v11.0.0 (hardfork) * Updated MegaETH to v2.0.21-1 (Rex5 hardfork) * Updated Polygon Mainnet to Heimdall v0.8.0-0 * Updated Ripple to xrpld v3.1.3 * Updated Robinhood to Nitro v3.10.1-d7f07be-0 * Updated Sei to v6.5.1 * Updated Solana Testnet to v4.1.0-beta.1-jito * Updated Sui to v1.72.5 * Updated TAC to v1.0.4-cosmo-4 * Updated Tempo Mainnet to v1.8.1 (hardfork) * Removed Mind Mainnet **Staking Infrastructure** * Added BounceBit validator * Updated Canton Mainnet validator to v0.6.3 * Updated Espresso Decaf to 20260601 * Updated Mezo Mainnet validator to v11.0.0 (hardfork) * Updated Tempo Mainnet validator to v1.8.1 (hardfork) * Removed Union validator **Web Application** * Updated verification email resend (Node API) #### May 25, 2026 *Changes, additions, and upgrades between May 19 and May 25, 2026* *2 new chains | 18 client upgrades* **Node Infrastructure** * Added Robinhood Testnet * Added Tac Mainnet * Updated Aptos Mainnet to aptos-node-v1.45.5-hotfix * Updated Base Mainnet to v0.16.0 * Updated Bera Bepolia Testnet — beacon-kit to v1.4.0-rc3 (hardfork) * Updated Etherlink Mainnet to octez-evm-node v0.59 * Updated Hedera Mainnet — json-rpc-relay to v0.76.0 * Updated IOTA Mainnet to v1.23.2 * Updated Mezo Testnet to v11.0.0-rc0 (hardfork) * Updated Monad Testnet to v0.14.4 * Updated Polygon Mainnet — Bor to v2.8.0 * Updated Sui Mainnet to v1.72.2 * Updated Worldchain Mainnet — migrated to op-reth v2.2.0 * Updated Zora Mainnet — op-reth to v2.2.1-10 **Staking Infrastructure** * Updated Aptos validator to v1.44.9-hotfix * Updated Canton mainnet validators to v0.6.2 * Updated Ethereum — Commit-boost to v0.9.6 * Updated Conflux validator to v3.0.3 * Updated Shentu to v2.18.0 * Updated Solana to v4.0.0 **Node API Capabilities** * Updated Hyperliquid Mainnet — endpoint URLs now include required path suffix **Web Application** * Added code examples for all private RPC endpoint pages (Node API) #### May 18, 2026 *Changes, additions, and upgrades between May 12 and May 18, 2026* 17 client upgrades\_ **Node Infrastructure** * Added ADI Chain Mainnet * Updated Aptos Mainnet to v1.44.8 (performance build) * Updated Arbitrum Sepolia — nitro-node to v3.10.0 * Updated Ethereum Mainnet and Gnosis Mainnet — Nethermind to v1.37.2 * Updated Fraxtal Mainnet — migrated to op-reth v2.1.0-frax-1.3.4 * Updated Lisk Mainnet — op-reth to v2.2.2, op-node to v1.18.0 * Updated Monad Mainnet and Monad Testnet to v0.14.3 * Updated Polygon Amoy — Bor to v2.8.0-beta2, Heimdall to v0.7.2-beta3 * Updated Polygon Mainnet — Bor to v2.8.0-beta * Updated Sei Mainnet to v6.5.0 (hardfork) * Updated Stellar Mainnet — stellar-core to v26.1.0 * Updated Tempo Mainnet to v1.7.0 **Staking Infrastructure** * Updated Aptos validator to v1.44.8 (performance build) * Updated Canton validators to v0.6.3 * Updated Espresso to 20260512 * Updated Ethereum — Charon to v1.10.0 * Updated Tempo validator to v1.7.0 #### May 11, 2026 *Changes, additions, and upgrades between May 5 and May 11, 2026* *14 client upgrades* **Node Infrastructure** * Added Hyperliquid Mainnet Europe region * Updated Arbitrum Mainnet, Corn, Mind, and Plume — Nitro to v3.9.9 (security/stability patch) * Updated Base Mainnet to v0.15.5 * Updated Berachain Mainnet — BeaconKit to v1.3.9 * Updated Bob — migrated to op-reth v2.2.0 * Updated Hedera Mainnet — mirror node to v0.154.0 * Updated IOTA Mainnet to v1.22.1 * Updated Mezo Mainnet to v10.0.0 * Updated Rootstock Mainnet — RSK to Vetiver 9.0.0 (hardfork) * Updated Sui Mainnet to v1.71.1 * Updated Unichain Mainnet and Zora Mainnet — reverted to op-reth v1.11.5 **Staking Infrastructure** * Updated Mezo Mainnet validator to v10.0.0 (hardfork) * Updated Nethermind to v1.37.2 #### May 4, 2026 *Changes, additions, and upgrades between April 28 and May 4, 2026* *1 new chain | 19 client upgrades* **Node Infrastructure** * Added AB Core Mainnet * Updated World Chain Mainnet — op-geth to v1.101702.1, op-node to v1.16.10 (hardfork: Jovian) * Updated HashKey Chain, Ink, Metal L2, Mode, Soneium, and Superseed — op-reth to v2.2.0 * Updated Lisk — op-reth to v2.2.0, op-node to v1.16.13-rc.1 * Updated Unichain Mainnet — op-reth to v2.1.0-rc.1 * Updated Zora Mainnet — op-reth to v2.1.0-rc.1, op-node to v1.16.12 * Updated ZetaChain to v38.0.3 * Updated Ethereum Mainnet — Nethermind to v1.37.0 * Updated Aptos Mainnet to v1.43.3 * Updated Berachain Mainnet — beacon-kit to v1.3.8 * Updated Monad Mainnet to v0.14.2 * Removed Mint Mainnet (network shut down) **Staking Infrastructure** * Updated Ethereum validators — Lodestar to v1.42.0, Teku to v26.4.0, Nethermind to v1.37.0 * Updated Monad Mainnet validator to v0.14.2 * Updated Aptos validator to v1.43.3 * Updated Canton validators to v0.6.1 **Node API Capabilities** * Fixed Avalanche WebSocket path handling **Web Application** * Added detailed error code breakdown in Response Status chart (Node API) * Updated rate limit error label to display consistently as "Rate limited" (Node API) * Updated user account dropdown (Node API) #### April 27, 2026 *Changes, additions, and upgrades between April 21 and April 27, 2026* *19 client upgrades* **Node Infrastructure** * Updated BNB Smart Chain — standard client to v1.7.2, reth client to v0.0.9-beta * Updated Cronos Mainnet to v1.7.5 * Updated Fraxtal — op-geth to v1.101701.0-frax-1.3.0, op-node to v1.16.9-frax-1.2.1 * Updated HashKey Chain, Ink, Lisk, Metal L2, Mode, Soneium, and Superseed — migrated to op-reth v2.0.0, op-node v1.16.12 * Updated IOTA to v1.21.1 * Updated Katana — op-geth to v1.101702.1, op-node to v1.16.9 * Updated Pharos to v0.12.2 * Updated Polygon Mainnet — Heimdall to v0.7.0, Bor to v2.7.2 * Updated Sui Mainnet to v1.70.2 **Staking Infrastructure** * Updated Ethereum web3signer to v26.4.1 * Updated Somnia validator #### April 20, 2026 *Changes, additions, and upgrades between April 16 and April 20, 2026* 7 client upgrades\_ **Node Infrastructure** * Updated Base Sepolia to node-reth v0.15.4 * Updated Berachain Mainnet bera-reth to v1.3.3 * Updated Bitcoin Mainnet to v30.2 * Updated Conflux Mainnet to v3.0.3 * Updated Tempo Mainnet and Tempo Testnet to v1.6.0 * Updated Unichain Mainnet, migrated to op-reth v1.11.5, op-node v1.16.12 * Updated Zora Mainnet, migrated to op-reth v1.11.5, op-node v1.16.11 **Staking Infrastructure** * Added commit-boost multiplexer for EtherFi validators (v0.9.3) * Updated Solana Testnet validator to v4.0.0-beta.7-jito #### April 15, 2026 *Changes, additions, and upgrades between April 8 and April 15, 2026* *18 client upgrades* **Node Infrastructure** * Updated Aptos Mainnet to v1.43.2 * Updated Berachain Mainnet bera-reth to v1.3.2-2 * Updated Gnosis Mainnet Lighthouse to v1.41.1, Nethermind to v1.36.2 * Updated IOTA to v1.20.1 * Updated Mantle Mainnet to v1.5.4 * Updated Monad Mainnet to v0.14.1 * Updated Pharos to v0.12.1 * Updated Sei Mainnet to v6.4.1 (hardfork) * Updated Stellar core to v26.0.1, Horizon to v26.0.0 * Updated Sui to v1.69.2 **Staking Infrastructure** * Updated Aptos validator to v1.43.2 * Updated Canton validators to v0.5.18 * Updated Mezo Mainnet to v9.0.0 (hardfork) * Updated Solana Mainnet validator to v3.1.13 * Updated Somnia Mainnet (hardfork) * Updated TAC Mainnet to v1.0.4 * Updated Tempo to v1.5.3 **Node API Capabilities** * Fixed Solana batch RPC rate limiting, batch calls no longer trigger per-call limits incorrectly * Updated cross-region failover, requests now properly retry when a node times out **Web Application** * Fixed dashboard estimated bill displaying 100x actual value for paid customers (Node API) * Updated billing view for custom-contract customers, plan now shows as "Custom" with usage-only view (Node API) #### April 6, 2026 *Changes, additions, and upgrades between March 31 and April 6, 2026* *7 client upgrades* **Node Infrastructure** * Added Nethermind v1.36.2 and Prysm v7.1.3 for Ethereum Mainnet (client diversity) * Updated Berachain Mainnet bera-reth to v1.3.2 * Updated Merlin Mainnet cdk-erigon to v2.0.3 * Updated Polygon Mainnet bor to v2.7.0 * Updated Taiko Mainnet taiko-alethia-client to v2.3.0 **Staking Infrastructure** * Updated Canton validator to v0.5.17 * Updated Juno validator to v0.15.21 * Updated Somnia Testnet validator **Web Application** * Made it easier for first time users to make their first API call (Node API) * Redesigned endpoint detail page with full-width analytics, cURL/JS code examples, and docs links (Node API) * Updated endpoint metrics chart, fixed loading error (Node API) #### March 30, 2026 *Changes, additions, and upgrades between March 23 and March 30, 2026* *28 client upgrades* **Node Infrastructure** * Updated Aptos Mainnet to v1.42.1 * Updated BOB, Hashkey, Ink, Lisk, Metal, Mint, Mode, Soneium, Superseed, Unichain, Worldchain, Zora to OP Stack op-geth v1.101701.0, op-node v1.16.9 * Updated Abstract, Cronos zkEVM, Lens, zkSync Era to ZK Stack node v29.14.0 * Updated IOTA to v1.19.1 (hardfork) * Updated Somnia Testnet * Updated Stellar core to v25.2.2, Horizon to v25.1.0 * Updated SUI Mainnet to v1.68.1 * Updated Tempo Mainnet and Tempo Testnet to v1.5.0 **Staking Infrastructure** * Updated Canton validators to v0.5.16 * Updated Ethereum Lighthouse to v8.1.3 * Updated Mezo Mainnet validator to v8.0.0 * Updated Mezo Testnet validator to v8.0.0-rc0 * Updated Solana Testnet validator to v4.0.0-beta.4 **Web Application** * Updated response status chart to show individual status codes for better debugging visibility (Node API) #### March 23, 2026 *Changes, additions, and upgrades between March 16 and March 23, 2026* *1 new chain | 28 client upgrades* **Node Infrastructure** * Added Tempo Mainnet * Updated Base Mainnet reth to v0.14.8, op-node to v1.16.8, migrated to new infrastructure * Updated BOB, Unichain, Worldchain, Metal, Hashkey to OP Stack op-geth v1.101609.2, op-node v1.16.8 * Updated Celo Mainnet to v2.2.1 (security patch) * Updated Ethereum Mainnet reth to v1.11.3 * Updated Monad Mainnet to v0.13.0 * Updated Morph to v2.2.0 (security patch) * Updated Polygon Amoy bor to v2.7.0-beta2 (security patch) * Updated Polygon Mainnet, migrated to new infrastructure * Updated Somnia, migrated to new infrastructure * Updated Stellar core to v25.2.1 * Updated Taiko geth to v1.17.4 * Removed Gnosis Testnet **Staking Infrastructure** * Added Ethereum validators in Asia * Updated Canton validators to v0.5.15 * Updated Ethereum Charon to v1.8.3 * Updated Ethereum Commit Boost, switched to multiple relays * Updated Mezo Mainnet validator to v7.0.0 (hardfork) * Updated Mezo Testnet validator to v7.0.0-rc0 **Node API Capabilities** * Added `eth_simulateV1` RPC method for all EVM chains * Added Tempo Mainnet and Tempo Testnet to Node API **Web Application** * Added Tempo RPC code snippet for endpoints (Node API) * Added Tempo WebSocket support (Node API) * Updated chain list, sorted alphabetically by display name (Node API) #### March 16, 2026 *Changes, additions, and upgrades between March 9 and March 16, 2026* *23 client upgrades* **Node Infrastructure** * Updated Abstract, zkSync Era, Lens to ZK Stack node v29.12.1-alpha * Updated Aptos Mainnet to v1.41.9-hotfix (security patch) * Updated Aptos Testnet to v1.41.8 * Updated Arbitrum nitro node to v3.9.7 (security patch) * Updated Avalanche Mainnet to v1.14.1 * Updated Berachain beacon-kit to v1.3.7 * Updated BSC Mainnet reth to v0.0.8-beta (security patch) * Updated BSC Testnet to v1.7.1 (security patch) * Updated Cronos Mainnet to v1.7.0 * Updated Ethereum Lighthouse to v8.1.2 (security patch) * Updated Ethereum Sepolia geth to v1.17.1 * Updated Fraxtal op-geth to v1.101609.0, op-node to v1.16.6 * Updated Hedera to v0.149.0 * Updated IOTA to v1.18.1 (hardfork, security patch) * Updated Kaia to v2.2.2 (security patch) * Updated Optimism Mainnet op-geth to v1.101609.2, op-node to v1.16.8 * Updated Soneium, Mode, BOB, Zora, Mint to OP Stack op-geth v1.101609.2, op-node v1.16.8 * 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