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Update (Feb 23 and 1:28 PM UTC): This article has been updated to include new information posted by Ava Labs co-founder Kevin Seknicki.
Decentralized application (DAP) platform Avalanche had a major technical disruption in its proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain block production.
Analyzing Avalanche's primary network production issue now. It seems to be related to a new wave of texts that started an hour ago.
— Kevin Sekniqi (@kevinsekniqi) February 23, 2024
On February 23rd at 12:02:27 PM UTC, Avalanche's primary network experienced block production issues, which appeared to bring the network down. Avalanche's blockchain browser shows that the last block on Avalanche's P-Chain, X-Chain and C-Chain subnets was created an hour ago. The Avalanche have issued an official alert regarding the block completion tent. In a status update, Avalanche wrote:
“Developers throughout the community are investigating the block completion tent that prevents them from being accepted on the main network.”
Block production is an important process for the stability and continuity of blockchain networks. It involves the creation of new blocks that verify and record transactions. Interruptions in the production process of the block cause a delay in the transaction process, which affects the overall operation of the network.
Kevin Seknicki, co-founder of Ava Labs, told XPost that the team is already investigating the issue. According to Seknicki, the production stoppage of the block could be linked to a “storm of new text” that appeared an hour before the problems occurred.
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An Ava Labs executive believes the issue could be “a static error from some edge issue” and mentions that the issue is likely a membership handling problem with texts. Seknicki assured the community that this would be “dealt with as soon as possible”.
About an hour later, Seknicki clarified that the problem was a code-related bug unrelated to performance management. The executive stated that while the graphics hit the edge issue, it did not affect performance.
Clarification on this: The issue appears to be a memory pool management error related to gossip, which is a code related error, not a performance management issue. Textures seem to attack the edge case, but textures don't affect performance. https://t.co/9cvQSAmTVu
— Kevin Sekniqi (@kevinsekniqi) February 23, 2024
Similar reports surfaced on March 23, 2023, stating that production of the Avalanche block would cease. At the time, the Avalanche blockchain explorer revealed that C-Chain had stopped producing blocks. However, Seknicki revealed that the network was unstable due to a bug in v1.9.12 and the team deployed a fix to stabilize the network.
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