Circle incident

Delayed Transaction Processing on Base Network

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Circle experienced a major incident on May 29, 2026 affecting Circle Gateway: Base - Mainnet, lasting 1d 2h. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
May 29, 2026, 07:00 AM UTC
Resolved
May 30, 2026, 09:46 AM UTC
Duration
1d 2h
Detected by Pingoru
May 29, 2026, 07:00 AM UTC

Affected components

Circle Gateway: Base - Mainnet

Update timeline

  1. investigating May 29, 2026, 01:29 PM UTC

    We are currently experiencing a delay in processing transactions on the Base network. Pending burns and related operations may appear stuck or delayed.

  2. monitoring May 29, 2026, 01:30 PM UTC

    Transaction processing has resumed. We are monitoring to confirm that all events are being processed correctly following the hard fork, and will update if any further issues are identified.

  3. investigating May 29, 2026, 04:31 PM UTC

    Circle has temporarily paused attestations for Gateway on Base as part of maintenance.

  4. monitoring May 29, 2026, 05:00 PM UTC

    Circle has re-enabled attestations for Gateway on Base.

  5. resolved May 30, 2026, 09:46 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.