If you’re using Arbitrum, the Layer 2 scaling solution for Ethereum, you’re probably enjoying the speedy and efficient transactions that this platform provides.
However, as with any new technology, it’s not all sunshine and rainbows. From time to time, we might encounter some bumps in the road that can affect the platform’s performance.
Current total number of issues: 2
Network Outage ⬇️ — January 9, 2022
“Arbitrum released a post mortem explaining what had occurred to cause the brief outage. “The core issue was a hardware failure in our main Sequencer node,” it revealed, adding that backup Sequencer redundancies that would normally take control also failed due to an ongoing software update.
The network is designed to fall back to layer-one Ethereum to process transactions when it has its own Sequencer issues. However, it stated that efforts were made to make sure all transactions were confirmed by the Sequencer before going offline. A total of 284 transactions captured by the Sequencer were prevented from being posted to the Ethereum chain.
This was a very minor outage in the grand scheme of things but the team did remind users that the network is still essentially in beta.” — Cointelegraph
Network Outage ⬇️ — September 14, 2021
“Solana is not the only high-profile crypto network to have suffered downtime on Tuesday, with Ethereum layer-two rollup network Arbitrum One reporting its sequencer had gone offline for roughly 45 minutes.
While Arbitrum One emphasized that user funds “were never at risk,” new transactions could not be submitted during the period. Offchain Labs, the team building Arbitrum One, also highlighted that its network is still in beta and warned that “further outages are possible in these early days.”
The team attributes the downtime to a “bug causing the sequencer to get stuck” after a very large batch of transactions were submitted to the Arbitrum sequencer over a short period of time.” — Cointelegraph
