Changelog

Changes, additions and updates to Validation Cloud's products and infrastructure

Entries are ordered by date, newest first.

2026

July 13, 2026

Changes, additions, and upgrades between July 7 and July 13, 2026

8 client upgrades

Node Infrastructure

• Updated Berachain Mainnet bera-reth to v1.4.2 (Fusaka hardfork)

• Updated Mezo Mainnet to v11.0.1

• Updated Monad Mainnet and Monad Testnet to v0.15.0

• Updated BNB Smart Chain Testnet geth to v1.7.6 and reth to v0.1.0-fix

• Removed Corn Mainnet (Network decommissioned)

Staking Infrastructure

• Updated Aptos Mainnet validators with AIP-144 Encrypted Mempool support, ahead of the v1.48 upgrade

• Updated Espresso Decaf sequencer to v20260707

• Updated Mezo Mainnet validator to v11.0.1

Web Application

• Updated Node API usage charts with clearer titles, axis labels, and units (Node API)

• Updated Stellar network descriptions with accurate history retention windows (Node API)

July 6, 2026

Changes, additions, and upgrades between July 1 and July 6, 2026

1 new chain | 21 client upgrades

Node Infrastructure

• Updated Berachain Mainnet to bera-reth v1.4.1 and beacon-kit v1.4.1 (hardfork)

• Updated Hedera Mainnet to hiero-json-rpc-relay v0.78.1

• Updated IOTA Mainnet to v1.26.1 (hardfork)

• Updated BOB, Hashkey Chain, Ink, Katana, Lisk, Metal L2, Mode, Optimism, Soneium, Superseed, Unichain, and Zora to op-reth v2.3.3 and op-node v1.19.1 (hardfork)

• Updated Polygon Mainnet Bor to v2.9.0 (hardfork)

• Updated Sonic Mainnet to v2.2.0 (hardfork)

• Updated Sui Mainnet to mainnet-v1.74.1

• Updated Taiko Mainnet to taiko-alethia-client v2.3.1

• Updated Tempo Mainnet and Tempo Testnet to v1.10.1 (hardfork)

Node API Capabilities

• Added Robinhood Chain Mainnet to Node API

June 30, 2026

Changes, additions, and upgrades between June 23 and June 30, 2026

1 new chain | 15 client upgrades

Node Infrastructure

• Added Rayls Mainnet (v1.2.0-4)

• Updated ApeChain Mainnet to Nitro v3.9.9 (hardfork)

• Updated Aptos Mainnet and Testnet to aptos-node-v1.47.1

• Updated Arbitrum Mainnet and Sepolia to v3.11.1

• Updated Jovay Mainnet and Testnet to v0.14.0-rc1

• Updated Pharos Mainnet to v0.14.1 (Beryl hardfork)

• Updated XDC Mainnet to v2.7.1

• Updated zkSync Era to v31.0.0

Staking Infrastructure

• Updated Canton Mainnet to Splice v0.6.7, Testnet to v0.6.8, DevNet to v0.6.9

• Updated Espresso Decaf sequencer to v20260624

• Updated TAC Mainnet validator to v1.6.0 (hardfork)

Node API Capabilities

• Added Rayls Mainnet to Node API, with trace method support

• Added eth_sendRawTransactionSync for Monad

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 Enterprise 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

• Updated Solana Agave RPC to v3.1.10 (security patch)

• Updated Sonic Mainnet to v2.1.6 (security patch)

• Updated ZetaChain to v36.1.5

Staking Infrastructure

• Updated Ethereum Charon to v1.9.2-rc1

• Updated Ethereum Lighthouse to v8.1.2 (security patch)

• Updated Solana Mainnet validator to v3.1.10 (security patch)