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The Agave 3.1.8 release or the Firedancer 0.811.30108 release is now recommended for general use by Mainnet validators. Please upgrade when there is less than 5% delinquent stake.
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Solana Status retweeted
May 18
1/ Agave 4.0 is now recommended for mainnet validators. XDP for Turbine, QUIC-only TPU ingestion, faster replay stage, and a long list of feature-gated SIMDs activating during the cycle. Here's what's changing 🧵
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URGENT RELEASE: The v3.0.14 release is now recommended for general use by Mainnet-Beta validators. This release contains a critical set of patches and should be applied to staked and unstaked Mainnet-Beta validators.
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The Agave 3.0.6 release or the Firedancer 0.712.30006 release is now recommended for general use by Mainnet-Beta validators. Please upgrade when there is less than 5% delinquent stake.
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Solana Status retweeted
13 Oct 2025
Validators: We would like to see 25% of Mainnet-Beta stake adopt Agave v3.0.6. Please upgrade if: - You can actively monitor your node - <25% of stake is on v3.0.* - <5% of stake is delinquent github.com/anza-xyz/agave/re…
10 Oct 2025
Validators: We would like to see 10% of Mainnet-Beta stake adopt Agave v3.0.6. This version fixes a vote latency degradation in v3.0.4. Please upgrade if: - You can actively monitor your node - <10% of stake is on v3.0.* - <5% of stake is delinquent github.com/anza-xyz/agave/re…
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Solana Status retweeted
10 Oct 2025
Validators: We would like to see 10% of Mainnet-Beta stake adopt Agave v3.0.6. This version fixes a vote latency degradation in v3.0.4. Please upgrade if: - You can actively monitor your node - <10% of stake is on v3.0.* - <5% of stake is delinquent github.com/anza-xyz/agave/re…
1 Oct 2025
Validators: Agave v3.0.4 is now a Mainnet-Beta Upgrade Candidate (MUC). We’re seeking up to 10% of stake to adopt this release if: - You can actively monitor your node - <10% of stake has already upgrade to v3.0.* - <5% of stake is delinquent
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The community governance process for SIMD-0326: Alpenglow is complete. The proposal has passed: 98.27% voted Yes 1.05% voted No 0.69% voted Abstain 52% of stake cast a vote
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The Solana community voting process has begun for SIMD-0326: Alpenglow. The vote will take place from epoch 840 until the end of epoch 842. Validator operators should follow voting instructions here: github.com/laine-sa/solgov-d…

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The current mainnet-beta epoch is 839, which is the stake weight capture and verification period of the governance process for SIMD-0326: Alpenglow.
The Solana community governance process has begun for SIMD 326 - Alpenglow. Alpenglow is a new consensus algorithm that hopes to achieve 150ms finality on proposed blocks.
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Operators are advised to verify stake weights here: github.com/laine-sa/solgov-d… before the start of epoch 840. Voting begins at the start of epoch 840. Voting completes at the end of epoch 842.

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The Solana community governance process has begun for SIMD 326 - Alpenglow. Alpenglow is a new consensus algorithm that hopes to achieve 150ms finality on proposed blocks.
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Timeline: Epoch 833 - 838 (approximately 2 weeks): proposal discussion period Epoch 839: Validator stake weights captured and verified by the community Epoch 840 - 842 (approximately a week): Voting tokens available to claim and cast votes. Voting completes at the end of epoch 842
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Community members are encouraged to contact your validator to provide input.
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