[Urgent] Monad - Mainnet - Upgrade to v0.16.2

Scheduled for Sep 14, 01:00 - 05:00 UTC

Scheduled

We are upgrading our Monad Mainnet infrastructure to v0.16.2.
This release delivers JSON-RPC error code corrections, improved zero-fee call handling, EIP-1898 compatibility fixes, and enhanced robustness across consensus and RPC layers.

During the maintenance window, brief interruptions to RPC availability may occur.

RPC Changes:
- eth_call — JSON-RPC error codes have been corrected; zero maxFeePerGas values are no longer raised to the base fee, matching geth and reth behavior.
- eth_estimateGas — JSON-RPC error codes and messages have been corrected.
- eth_simulateV1 — JSON-RPC error codes and messages have been corrected.
- eth_createAccessList — Now accepts state overrides as an additional parameter.
- debug_* methods — JSON-RPC error codes and messages have been corrected across all debug_* handlers.
- BlockTagOrHash parameter — EIP-1898 compatibility has been fixed for methods accepting block tag or hash parameters.
- eth_feeHistory — Now includes a concurrency limiter to bound memory consumption on large block ranges.
- WebSocket handlers — JSON-RPC error codes and messages have been corrected for WebSocket subscriptions and responses.

https://github.com/category-labs/monad-bft/releases/tag/v0.16.2
Posted Sep 10, 2026 - 18:19 UTC
This scheduled maintenance affects: Monad (Mainnet - JSON-RPC API).