Ethereum’s Hoodi upgrade delay keeps attention on testing
The Ethereum Foundation postponed Glamsterdam on the Hoodi testnet while developers investigate contract interactions. No new date was set in the notice.
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In brief
- The postponement concerns the Hoodi testnet.
- The notice does not set a mainnet activation date or require action from ETH holders.
A testnet schedule changed
The Ethereum Foundation’s Protocol Cluster said on 22 October that the Glamsterdam upgrade on Hoodi would not activate on its previously announced 26 October schedule. Developers wanted more time to investigate interactions between EIP-8037 and mainnet smart contracts. The notice did not provide a replacement activation date.
Keep testnet and mainnet separate
The update withdraws the planned testnet activation configuration and associated gas-limit change. It does not reverse Hoodi’s transaction history. Operators are directed to current client-team instructions rather than assume earlier release tables incorporate the delay. For other readers, the key boundary is scope: the announcement concerns Hoodi and explicitly says it neither schedules a mainnet upgrade nor requires action by Ethereum mainnet users or ETH holders.
Sources and verification
Source-based summary of the dated protocol notice. Operators should consult the linked source and client-team instructions for subsequent changes.
- Glamsterdam on Hoodi Postponed ↗Ethereum Foundation · Primary document · 22 Oct 2026
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