[Urgent] Scheduled: Celestia Mocha - Upgrade celestia-node to v0.29.1-mocha & celestia-app to v7.0.2-mocha

Scheduled Maintenance Report for Quicknode

Completed

The scheduled maintenance has been completed.

Posted Feb 20, 2026 - 20:30 UTC

In progress

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

Posted Feb 20, 2026 - 18:30 UTC

Scheduled

Urgent maintenance will be performed during the scheduled maintenance window to upgrade Celestia node software on the Mocha testnet.

**Client Updates:**
- `celestia-node`: Upgrading to `v0.29.1-mocha`
- `celestia-app`: Upgrading to `v7.0.2-mocha`

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**Release Notes Highlights:**

*celestia-node v0.29.1-mocha*
- **Mandatory network upgrade:** This release adds support for celestia-app v7. Once the app-v7 migration activates on Mocha testnet, upgrading to this version is required to remain on the network.
- **API change — Subscription responses now include block headers:** Subscription messages will include header data, enabling clients to read block time directly from each subscription response.

*celestia-app v7.0.2-mocha*
- Standard maintenance release with various improvements and bug fixes.

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**Full Release Notes:**
- [celestia-node v0.29.1-mocha](https://github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-node/releases/tag/v0.29.1-mocha)
- [celestia-app v7.0.2-mocha](https://github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-app/releases/tag/v7.0.2-mocha)

Posted Feb 20, 2026 - 18:24 UTC

This scheduled maintenance affected: Celestia (Mocha Testnet — Tendermint JSON-RPC/REST API).