Base says same sequencer bug caused June 25 and 26 outages

The mainnet disruptions lasted about 116 minutes and 20 minutes, with both incidents traced to a block-building flaw in the sequencer.

Summary

Base said the same sequencer (system that orders transactions) block-building bug was behind its mainnet outages on June 25 and June 26. The disruptions lasted about 116 minutes and 20 minutes, respectively. The issue allowed stale blocks to affect sequencing, pointing to a repeated fault in the network component responsible for assembling and ordering transactions before they are posted onchain.

Terms & Concepts
  • sequencer: System that orders layer-2 transactions
  • block-building bug: Software flaw in transaction block assembly
  • stale blocks: Outdated blocks incorrectly used by the system