Base incident
Base Mainnet | Intermittent transaction confirmation latency
Base experienced a minor incident on May 13, 2025 affecting Public RPC API and Transaction pool, lasting 4d 4h. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- monitoring May 13, 2025, 03:23 PM UTC
We're currently observing some localized delays in transaction confirmation due to increased activity and dynamic fee conditions. The network is processing transactions normally, but some may take longer than expected to be included. We're closely monitoring the situation to ensure smooth performance across the board. If you're seeing delays, please make sure you're using competitive fees and have retry logic in place for time-sensitive operations.
- monitoring May 14, 2025, 05:00 PM UTC
Follow-up for Node Operators If your node has fallen behind, please review our performance tuning recommendations: https://docs.base.org/chain/node-performance Still seeing issues after applying those changes? Reach out in the #node-operators channel of the Base Discord (https://base.org/discord)—we’re happy to help.
- monitoring May 17, 2025, 03:39 PM UTC
The network has been functioning well over the past few days, we've implemented fixes and improvements to transaction processing pipelines, and we're closely monitoring the situation to ensure smooth performance going forward
- resolved May 17, 2025, 07:45 PM UTC
This incident has been resolved.