XRPL 3.4.1 addresses security-sensitive issues ahead of Oct. 9 upgrade

  • XRPL developers released version 3.4.1 and urged server operators to upgrade promptly.
  • 3.4.1 adds fixBatchV1_2 with the default validator vote set to Yes.
  • BatchV1_1 activation was delayed to Oct. 9 after validator support fell below the required threshold.

XRPL 3.4.1 addresses security-sensitive protocol issues and urges server operators to upgrade as soon as possible. The release adds the fixBatchV1_2 amendment with its default validator vote set to Yes. XRPL says the amendment has support from a validator supermajority and is expected to activate on Oct. 9 if that support remains in place. Operators that do not upgrade before activation could become amendment blocked (unable to synchronize with the network). The timing follows the postponement of BatchV1_1 to Oct. 9 after validator support briefly fell below the required level and reset its two-week countdown. The update also rejects Batch inner transactions that use the wrong wrapper and hardens integer arithmetic in payment-engine and ledger-helper code. XRPL has not yet published the source code for the security-sensitive fixes, saying it will release the code later with a retrospective explaining the issue. The release notes contain no indication that XRP funds were stolen or that the XRP Ledger suffered a live exploit. The update is presented as preventative, addressing protocol-level issues before Batch functionality becomes active. Batch is designed to package multiple transactions, including atomic operations where every step succeeds or the entire batch fails.

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