Outage in Optimism

Goerli Head Halt

Resolved Major
March 15, 2023 - Started about 2 years ago - Lasted about 3 hours

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Outage Details

Our team has implemented a fix to resolve the head halt, and is monitoring the situation. No action is required on the part of replica operators. Nodes should automatically come back in sync as new data is posted to L1. We’ll post an update as soon as the issue is fully resolved.
Components affected
Optimism Public API Optimism Gateway Optimism Transaction Sequencing
Latest Updates ( sorted recent to last )
MONITORING about 2 years ago - at 03/15/2023 10:38AM

Our team has implemented a fix to resolve the head halt, and is monitoring the situation. No action is required on the part of replica operators. Nodes should automatically come back in sync as new data is posted to L1.

We’ll post an update as soon as the issue is fully resolved.

INVESTIGATING about 2 years ago - at 03/15/2023 10:28AM

Our team continues to investigate the head halt on Goerli. While we are seeing the network start to recover, block production is still degraded.

We’ll continue to update you here.

INVESTIGATING about 2 years ago - at 03/15/2023 10:15AM

Our team continues to investigate the head halt on Goerli. At this time, the chain remains halted.

We’ll continue to update you here.

INVESTIGATING about 2 years ago - at 03/15/2023 09:26AM

Our team continues to investigate the head halt on Goerli.

We'll continue to update you here.

INVESTIGATING about 2 years ago - at 03/15/2023 09:12AM

Our team continues to investigate the head halt on Goerli.

We'll continue to update you here.

INVESTIGATING about 2 years ago - at 03/15/2023 08:48AM

Our team continues to investigate the head halt on Goerli. At this time, the chain remains halted.

We’ll continue to update you here.

INVESTIGATING about 2 years ago - at 03/15/2023 08:07AM

Our team is investigating a head halt on Optimism Goerli. At this time, you may be able to transact or sync on Optimism Goerli.

We apologize for the inconvenience and will share an update once we have more information.

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