The Validator v1.8.3 mandatory release has been tagged and is ready for general availability.
This release addresses the “bottom 3” issue which was improperly (but evenly) penalizing the last three members orders in the consensus group. In addition, it fixes a snapshot and delayed ledger issue, resolves user reported stalling issues, and also extends RPC timeouts for snap loading and taking.
This release lays the foundation for a future chain variable designed to implement H3Dex-based PoC Targeting. For more info: https://github.com/helium/HIP/blob/main/0054-h3dex-targeting.md
List of 1.8.x changes here: https://gist.github.com/evanmcc/4e359679bdecf0bc993526465f18fc5f
Please upgrade to v1.8.3 by 03/18/2022 00:00 UTC to ensure chain variable support and help ensure the network can continue normal operations.