Scheduled: Stacks Blockchain API – Upgrade to v8.12.0

Scheduled Maintenance Report for QuickNode

Completed

The scheduled maintenance has been completed.

Posted Aug 20, 2025 - 13:51 UTC

In progress

Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.

Posted Aug 20, 2025 - 12:00 UTC

Update

Additionally, our team has decided to upgrade stacks-core to version v3.2.0.0.1 on both Mainnet and Testnet at the same scheduled time.

This release includes stability improvements and prepares the network for upcoming protocol enhancements.
No downtime is expected, but brief RPC or WebSocket interruptions may occur as services restart and resynchronize with the cluster.

Release links:
• 📦 stacks-core: https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-blockchain/releases/tag/3.2.0.0.1
• 🔄 Compare: https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-blockchain/compare/3.2.0.0.0…3.2.0.0.1

Posted Aug 18, 2025 - 07:34 UTC

Scheduled

We will be upgrading our Stacks Blockchain API to version v8.12.0 on 2025-08-20 at 12:00 UTC.

This release introduces:
• exclude_function_args parameter to reduce transaction response sizes.
• replaced_by_tx_id field for replaced mempool transactions.
• SNP integration for improved chain event handling and performance.

This release includes internal stability improvements and prepares the network for upcoming protocol features.
No downtime is expected, but brief REST API or WebSocket interruptions may occur as services restart and resynchronize with the cluster.

Release links:
• 📦 Release: https://github.com/hirosystems/stacks-blockchain-api/releases/tag/v8.12.0
• 🔄 Compare: https://github.com/hirosystems/stacks-blockchain-api/compare/v8.11.6…v8.12.0

Posted Aug 13, 2025 - 07:20 UTC

This scheduled maintenance affected: Stacks (Mainnet — REST API, Mainnet — Websockets API, Testnet — REST API, Testnet — Websockets API).