Polygon Network Was Down for About 11 Hours

Ethereum Layer 2 scaling solution Polygon experienced an 11-hours long outage, started on March 10. Developers informed about the possibility of the outage beforehand, saying that there were some issues related to the network's validator layer Tendermint's implementation caused after a recent upgrade. The publication stated that all users' funds and data remained secure, while the team was working to fix the error.

The latest upgrade says that Polygon Proof of Stake has resumed operation as the team has deployed a temporary hotfix to solve the problem. Developers keep working on a long-term solution and will inform users about further updates.

🔼 UPDATE

Polygon PoS has resumed operation as the team has deployed a temporary hotfix to address the issue.

All user funds are safe.

We're working on a long-term solution and will continue to update the official forum and other channels.https://t.co/IaQZ6j9AWX https://t.co/dNjHDXSzKL

— Polygon Developers 💜 (@0xPolygonDevs) March 11, 2022

Polygon has a three-layer architecture; Staking and Plasma smart contracts on Ethereum, the Proof of Stake layer called Heimdall, and the block producer layer called Bor. The recent issue happened on the PoS layer, and made it impossible for network participants to reach a consensus.