{
  "id": 15997492,
  "title": "XRP Ledger bug fix moved to November after validator support dipped for two hours",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/xrp-ledger-bug-fix-moved-to-november-after-validator-support-dipped",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-22T04:36:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CoinDesk",
    "slug": "coindesk",
    "url": "https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2026/10/22/xrp-ledger-bug-fix-moved-to-november-after-validator-support-dipped-for-two-hours"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A two-hour issue with validator support has pushed the latest bug fix for the XRP Ledger back to November, less than two days before its scheduled activation on October 23. Validators are independent servers that agree on which transactions count, and changing the network's rules requires support from more than 80% of the 35 networks trust by default, equating to 29. Support is checked roughly every 15 minutes and must remain at 29 for 14 consecutive days. If support drops even briefly, the process restarts from zero. The fix, named fixCleanup3_4_0, fell short of this threshold and is now scheduled for activation at 14:46 UTC on November 4, with support climbing to 31 of 35.",
  "summary": "The fix lost its two-week countdown less than two days from the finish after support slipped to 26 of 35 validators. It’s now back at 31.",
  "key_points": [
    "Two-hour validator support issue delays XRP Ledger bug fix",
    "FixCleanup340 activation moved to November 4",
    "Validator support reaches 31 of 35 networks"
  ],
  "editors_take": "The requirement for sustained validator consensus creates a fragile deployment timeline where even brief technical lapses force entire protocol updates to restart their mandatory waiting periods from scratch.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}