The proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain network Solana suffered another outage on September 30 and the network restart did not take effect until six hours later on October 1. Solana has suffered a myriad of network outages during the last year, and the blockchain’s latest downtime caused the network’s native currency to slide 4% lower against the U.S. dollar in the last 24 hours.
Solana’s Blockchain Deals With More Downtime — Misconfigured Node Blamed for the Outage
Solana’s network had an outage again after validators failed to process blocks due to a misconfigured node within the system. On September 30, 2022, the Twitter account Solana Status wrote:
The Solana network is experiencing an outage and not processing transactions. Developers across the ecosystem are working on diagnosing the issue and to restart the network. More information will be provided as it becomes available.
Following the Solana Status update, a Solana proponent explained that the blockchain would be restarted. “The Solana mainnet network will be restarted at slot 153139220, the last confirmed slot,” the individual said. “It appears a misconfigured node caused an unrecoverable partition in the network. Validators, please participate in finding consensus on the relevant data.”
Amid the outage, Solana Status shared instructions on how validators could participate in the restart. “Mainnet Beta Validators: Please follow the cluster restart instructions,” Solana Status stressed. Around 3 a.m. (ET) Solana Status detailed that the cluster restart has been deployed. “Validator operators successfully completed a cluster restart of Mainnet Beta at 7 AM UTC,” Solana Status wrote. The team added:
Network operators [and] dapps will continue to restore client services over the next several hours.
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