Glamsterdam on Hoodi Postponed

The Glamsterdam upgrade connected Hoodi, antecedently scheduled for October 26, 2026 astatine 17:42:48 UTC (epoch 132,352), has been postponed. A caller activation day has not been set.

This update supersedes the docket and activation instructions successful the Hoodi testnet announcement.

What Has Changed?

Core developers decided connected ACDE #248 to hold the antecedently scheduled Glamsterdam web upgrade connected the Hoodi testnet to let for further probe of interactions of EIP-8037 with mainnet astute contracts.

The hold removes the scheduled Amsterdam execution furniture activation and Gloas statement furniture activation. It besides removes the gas-limit docket that would person raised Hoodi's state bounds to 200M astatine the aforesaid epoch.

This rolls backmost the configuration for a aboriginal upgrade; it does not revert Hoodi's concatenation history. The October 26 activation is nary longer scheduled, and determination is nary replacement activation epoch oregon timestamp successful the updated configuration. The scheduling of the replacement upgrade volition beryllium announced astatine a aboriginal date.

Hoodi Node and Validator Operators

If you run a Hoodi node oregon validator, cheque some your execution and statement furniture clients for instructions reflecting the postponed activation earlier October 26. Software oregon customized web configurations that inactive docket Glamsterdam astatine the aged activation clip request to beryllium updated to lucifer the revised Hoodi configuration.

Do not dainty the lawsuit merchandise tables successful the earlier announcement arsenic confirmation that those versions incorporated this postponement. Follow your lawsuit team's merchandise notes and instructions for the revised Hoodi schedule. Validator operators should besides reappraisal immoderate instructions for their validator lawsuit and builder infrastructure.

Client Releases

New lawsuit releases incorporating the postponed Hoodi activation volition beryllium listed beneath arsenic they are confirmed. Update some your execution and statement furniture clients to releases whose notes explicitly corroborate that the October 26 Glamsterdam activation connected Hoodi has been removed.

Please cheque backmost with this station arsenic applicable lawsuit releases volition beryllium linked arsenic they are released.

Consensus Layer Hoodi Releases

When moving a validator, some the Consensus Layer Beacon Node and Validator Client indispensable beryllium updated.

Execution Layer Hoodi Releases

Builder and validator tooling guidance volition beryllium added arsenic it is confirmed for the postponed Hoodi activation. Operators utilizing outer block-building infrastructure should travel their tooling provider's instructions.

Application Developers and Mainnet Users

Do not program Hoodi investigating astir an October 26 Glamsterdam activation. A revised Hoodi activation docket volition beryllium announced separately.

This announcement concerns Hoodi. It does not acceptable a Glamsterdam mainnet activation date, and nary enactment is required from Ethereum mainnet users oregon ETH holders arsenic a effect of this update.