Solana network remained operational during an infrastructure provider outage affecting 102 of 699 validators, with 85% continuing to validate and full recovery in 40 minutes.
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An infrastructure provider serving some Solana validators experienced an outage overnight, but the network maintained continuous block production and transaction processing throughout the disruption. Of 699 staked validators, 597—approximately 85%—continued voting during the incident, according to Solana Foundation technology executive Jacob Creech. The 102 affected validators recovered within 40 minutes, while validators participating in the Solana Foundation Delegation Program remained unaffected.
The outage underscores the network's resilience design: the majority of validators operating through alternative infrastructure providers allowed consensus to persist despite the single provider's failure. The swift recovery timeframe suggests that affected operators either regained access to the disrupted service or successfully migrated to backup systems.
What remains unclear is which infrastructure provider failed, whether the outage was accidental or triggered by a specific event, and whether any operational changes to validator infrastructure are being considered in response.