The XRP Ledger's latest bug fix slipped to November after validator support briefly fell below the required threshold. A new 14-day countdown now puts expected activation at November 4.
The XRP Ledger's latest bug fix has been delayed until November after validator support briefly dropped below the required threshold, just two days before its planned launch. The amendment, called fixCleanup3_4_0, needed at least 29 votes from the 35 validators trusted by default to activate.
Support drops to 26 validators
Support reached that level on Monday, which kept the upgrade on track for an expected October 23 launch at 09:34 UTC. On Wednesday at 12:54 UTC, however, only 26 validators were voting in favor, according to the XRPL Dashboard. That reset the entire approval process.
The vote count recovered to 29 by 14:46 UTC, which started a new 14-day countdown. XRPLWin now lists November 4 at 14:46 UTC as the expected activation time, and support has since risen to 31 validators.
Why a short dip resets the clock
The XRP Ledger requires support to stay above the threshold at every checkpoint, which takes place roughly every 15 minutes. That support must hold for 14 consecutive days, so even a brief dip can send the process back to the beginning.
Neither XRPL Dashboard nor XRPLWin has identified which validators stopped counting toward approval. A validator does not have to vote against an amendment to affect the tally. If its server goes offline or restarts at the wrong time, its vote may not count at a checkpoint.
What the amendment covers
The amendment bundles fixes across several parts of the network, including Single Asset Vaults, the Lending Protocol, automated market makers, the permissioned decentralized exchange, trust lines, NFTs, MPTs, escrow, transaction signing, and permission delegation.
The XRPL 3.4.0 server release also introduces significant code changes, including the LendingProtocolV1_1 amendment. That proposed upgrade adds closed-ended vaults and cash-basis accounting to the upcoming native lending system.
Source: CryptoPotato
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