{"id":10399,"date":"2025-09-11T06:25:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T06:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/polygon-implements-hard-fork-to-fix-bug-that-caused-15-minute-transaction-finality-delay\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T06:25:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T06:25:11","slug":"polygon-implements-hard-fork-to-fix-bug-that-caused-15-minute-transaction-finality-delay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/polygon-implements-hard-fork-to-fix-bug-that-caused-15-minute-transaction-finality-delay\/","title":{"rendered":"Polygon implements hard fork to fix bug that caused 15-minute transaction finality delay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">Polygon has executed a hard fork to resolve a software bug that caused up to 15-minute transaction finality delays on its proof-of-stake network this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_c46c47b2840981ca5a091b546c7e19fd\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__nav tabs\">\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Polygon PoS faced 10\u201315 minute delays in transaction finality due to a node software bug.<\/li>\n<li>Developers executed a hard fork to restore validator synchronization and checkpointing.<\/li>\n<li>Polygon continues scaling toward \u201cGigaGas throughput\u201d and remains central to stablecoin and RWA adoption.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>According to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/0xpolygonfdn\/status\/1965819439288386009?s=46&amp;t=nznXkss3debX8JIhNzHmzw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">updates<\/a> on Polygon\u2019s (POL) official X account, the issue first appeared on Sept. 10. A bug in Polygon\u2019s node software that impacted validator synchronization was identified as the cause of the disruption.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ethereum (ETH) checkpointing and block production were unaffected, but users experienced delays in reaching \u201clocal fast finality,\u201d a milestone system that is essential for network transaction confirmation.<\/p>\n<p>A few third-party services were also interrupted by the bug. Some decentralized finance apps reported brief accessibility problems, and the primary block explorer, Polygonscan, ceased displaying updates for over five hours. Despite the slowdown, Polygon stressed that no funds were at risk and Ethereum\u2019s underlying security guarantees remained unaffected.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UPDATE:<\/p>\n<p>The hard fork has been successfully completed, and milestones are now processing normally along with state sync. Checkpoints are going through and consensus finalization has been fully restored on Polygon PoS.<\/p>\n<p>We will continue to monitor the network closely to ensure\u2026 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UwiAYdcKXu\">https:\/\/t.co\/UwiAYdcKXu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Polygon Foundation (@0xPolygonFdn) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/0xPolygonFdn\/status\/1965819439288386009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">September 10, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Polygon hard fork fixes bug<\/h2>\n<p>To address the problem, developers prepared two critical updates, including Bor v2.2.11-beta2, covering the block production layer, and Heimdall v0.3.1, which required a hard fork to restore consensus and state synchronization. The fork was executed on Sept. 10 at 3 p.m. UTC, bringing milestones and checkpointing back to normal operation.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<p>Following the upgrade, Polygon confirmed that consensus finalization was fully operational, with the team monitoring the network closely to ensure stability. The native token of the ecosystem, POL, experienced a 4% decline during the disruption but quickly rebounded.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Continuous development amid ecosystem growth<\/h2>\n<p>This is the second major technical issue Polygon has encountered in 2025. When a validator exit compelled RPC node resynchronization in July, the Heimdall component momentarily stopped finality. <\/p>\n<p>Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal has since reiterated that network upgrades remain central to the project\u2019s push toward what he describes as \u201cGigaGas throughput,\u201d targeting long-term scalability comparable to global payment systems.<\/p>\n<p>Polygon has cemented its place in Web3 infrastructure despite recent setbacks. The network facilitates billions of foreign exchange transactions and is a leader in stablecoin and real-world asset adoption. The blockchain also hosts the recently uploaded GDP data from the U.S. Department of Commerce.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Polygon has executed a hard fork to resolve a software bug that caused up to 15-minute transaction finality delays on its proof-of-stake network this week.\u00a0 Summary Polygon PoS faced 10\u201315&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10399"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10401,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10399\/revisions\/10401"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}