Base, Coinbase’s Ethereum Layer-2 blockchain, experienced a 33-minute outage on Aug. 5 due to a bug in the Conductor component that led to an unprepared backup node being chosen, prompting manual recovery and planned infrastructure upgrades.
On Aug. 5, Base experienced a 33-minute network outage when a bug in its Conductor component caused a faulty sequencer handoff. The outage began at 6:07 am UTC, and the issue was declared at 6:12 am UTC. By 6:40 am UTC, the team manually transferred leadership to a healthy sequencer, restoring block production without any fund losses. The incident impacted Flashblocks, withdrawals, and deposits, and comes ahead of planned infrastructure enhancements to improve resiliency.