Sui Network Faces Extended Disruption Following Recent Updates
- The Sui layer-1 blockchain experienced a network stall lasting over three hours on Friday, halting block production.
- This disruption followed a similar incident the previous day, which lasted nearly six hours due to a crash bug in gas charging logic.
- The last block before the stall was produced at approximately 11:51 UTC, with normal activity resuming around 3:30 UTC.
- The issues were linked to the recent implementation of version 1.72, which introduced address balances and gas charging logic.
- A long-term software fix has now been adopted by most validators to prevent future disruptions.
These repeated outages highlight vulnerabilities in high-throughput smart contract blockchain networks, particularly during major updates that can introduce new bugs or issues. The Sui team noted that user funds were never at risk during these incidents.
Following the latest disruption, Sui’s mainnet validators have implemented fixes aimed at stabilizing operations after two major outages within two days.(Source)
