[Urgent] Scheduled: Near Testnet - Upgrade to v2.8.0-rc.1

Scheduled Maintenance Report for QuickNode

Completed

The scheduled maintenance has been completed.

Posted Sep 08, 2025 - 12:32 UTC

In progress

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

Posted Sep 08, 2025 - 12:00 UTC

Scheduled

Scheduled maintenance will be performed during the maintenance window.

**Client Updates:**
• nearcore: Upgrading to v2.8.0-rc.1

**Upgrade Details:**
• Scheduled for 08-09-2025 12:00 UTC

**Release Notes Summary:**
• **Protocol upgrade from version 79 to 80** scheduled for Wednesday 2025-09-10 between 09:00-16:00 UTC
• **Network validator capacity increase** from 300 to 500 total chunk validators with shard mandate adjustments (65 to 105 per shard)
• **Voting period begins** Tuesday 2025-09-09 14:00:00 UTC

**Additional Information:**
• Release notes: https://github.com/near/nearcore/releases/tag/2.8.0-rc.1

Posted Sep 05, 2025 - 13:09 UTC

This scheduled maintenance affected: NEAR (Testnet — JSON-RPC API).