Ethereum delays Glamsterdam test after security devs flag risk to existing contracts
Developers canceled Monday’s Hoodi activation after researchers showed how new gas rules could let smart contracts permanently record failed operations.
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Summary
- Ethereum developers postponed the Glamsterdam upgrade on the Hoodi test network after researchers found that proposed gas-accounting changes could alter how existing smart contracts handle failed transactions.
- ChainSecurity found that EIP-8037 and EIP-8038 could leave some contracts with more or less gas than expected, potentially making errors permanent or causing otherwise valid operations to fail.
- No replacement date has been announced for the Hoodi test or its planned 200 million gas limit, and Ethereum’s mainnet upgrade date remains unconfirmed.
