Important
This release is required for the T10 network upgrade scheduled for testnet on August 20, 2026 16:00 CEST (1787234400) and mainnet on August 21, 2026 16:00 CEST (1787320800). Node operators must update before activation. T10 activates TIP-1091, adding the native ZoneFactory and installing the canonical Zone Portal, Verifier, and Messenger runtimes.
Update Priority
| User Class | Priority |
|---|---|
| Validators | High |
| RPC Nodes | High |
Nodes running an earlier release can diverge when T10 installs the Zone contracts or processes a native ZoneFactory call.
Activation Times
| Network | Date | Timestamp |
|---|---|---|
| Testnet | August 20, 2026 16:00 CEST (14:00 UTC) | 1787234400
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| Mainnet | August 21, 2026 16:00 CEST (14:00 UTC) | 1787320800
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TIPs included with T10
- TIP-1091: Enshrined ZoneFactory: Adds an owner-gated native ZoneFactory at
0x5AF2000000000000000000000000000000000000. Zones receive deterministic portal addresses in the reserved0x5AD0namespace, while shared Portal, Verifier, and Messenger runtimes are installed at protocol-managed addresses. Zone creation validates the initial sequencer set, settlement threshold, TIP-403 token-policy binding, access roles, token metadata, and initial token-enablement commitment.
Developers
SDK Crate Versions
No new SDK crate versions accompany this binary release.
T10 Protocol Changes
- Native ZoneFactory and deterministic portals (#6874, #6990): Activates TIP-1091 at T10, installs the factory and shared Zone runtimes atomically, and creates portals as minimal proxies at deterministic
0x5AD0addresses. - Zone Portal leadership and initial token commitment (#6987, #7054, #7150): Records leader transitions, commits the initial token-enablement event into portal state, and applies token metadata and same-block enablement bounds during native zone creation.
- Portal authorization and pause state (#7175, #7171): Uses one role mapping for sequencers, accounts, and gateways; adds a pause guardian and typed capabilities; and allows proof-verified batch submission while asset flows are paused.
- Canonical Zone runtimes (#6986, #6996, #7151): Updates the embedded Portal, Verifier, and Messenger bytecode installed at T10, including bounded callback revert-data handling in the Messenger.
Consensus, EVM, and SDK Integration
- Commonware Upgrade #7009. Upgrade to commonware 2026.7.0. Better tracing, perf improvements, --strict-startup now is the default method to node startup
- Notarized tip driven execution #7057. Validator sync is driven only via commonware's Marshal and no execution-layer pipeline sync. Validators track the notarized tip and fetch missing ancestors over commonware-p2p
- Revm and Reth update #6946: Updates Revm to
42.0.1,revm-inspectorsto0.41.2, and Reth to2.4.0. This brings block building and validation performance improvements of up to 10%.
Full Changelog: v1.12.0...v1.13.0