Base incident

Client bug causing inaccurate `eth_call` data on Flashblock endpoints

Minor Resolved View vendor source →

Base experienced a minor incident on October 29, 2025 affecting Flashblocks, lasting 20m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Oct 29, 2025, 11:36 PM UTC
Resolved
Oct 29, 2025, 11:57 PM UTC
Duration
20m
Detected by Pingoru
Oct 29, 2025, 11:36 PM UTC

Affected components

Flashblocks

Update timeline

  1. identified Oct 29, 2025, 11:36 PM UTC

    A bug is causing inaccurate data to be returned from `eth_call` requests when used on Flashblock RPCs. This happens only when the ‘pending’ tag is used for `eth_call`. We’re working on a base/node release to fix this as soon as possible.

  2. monitoring Oct 29, 2025, 11:53 PM UTC

    A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

  3. resolved Oct 29, 2025, 11:57 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.