Block production on the Avail network stopped for approximately 40 minutes earlier today, with community reports and block explorers identifying a gap in new blocks. Production later resumed, and no funds were reported at risk. Avail’s core team had not issued a detailed explanation or post-mortem, leaving the cause—whether a consensus issue, validator coordination problem or another technical fault—unconfirmed. The disruption drew discussion from validators, node operators and users and highlighted reliability and communication concerns for a data-availability network used to support scaling efforts, including layer-2 solutions.