Is MANTRA Chain Down?

This incident is now resolved. MANTRA Chain mainnet has been operating normally since block production resumed at 05:30 UTC on 22 August, and the vulnerability is remediated in v8.4.0. There was no rollback and no state changes between the halt and resumption. User balances were not altered and no action is required from token holders. Public RPC and EVM endpoints are online, inter-chain connectivity has been verified as healthy, third-party partners have verified the fix, and exchange infrastructure is stable. Our DuKong public testnet is also coming back online. We will continue to monitor the network closely. This page remains the source of truth for network status. Thank you to our validators, partners, and community for your support and patience. A post-mortem report will be released in the oncoming days. --- [2026-08-22T06:27:36Z] (monitoring) MANTRA Chain Mainnet (mantra-1) is producing blocks again as of approximately 05:30 UTC / 13:30 HKT on 22 August 2026, following the coordinated restart using v8.4.0. The vulnerability in the Cosmos-EVM module has been remediated in v8.4.0 and the network has **resumed** normal block production. • User balances were not altered by the incident and no action is required from token holders. There was no rollback or state changes between the halt and chain resumption. • Support infrastructure is coming back online while we continue to verify chain stability. • Public RPC and EVM endpoints, including <https://rpc.mantrachain.io>, are operational. • Explorers, indexers and other downstream services may lag as they catch up, however most MANTRA-managed sites are back online. We are continuing to monitor the network closely. Updates with further detail will follow. This page remains the authoritative source for network status. --- **PLEASE NOTE:** DuKong Testnet is currently offline and we will work on bringing our Public Testnet back online over the course of the next few days. --- [2026-08-22T06:04:12Z] (monitoring) MANTRA Chain Mainnet (`mantra-1`) is producing blocks again as of approximately 05:30 UTC / 13:30 HKT on 22 August 2026, following the coordinated restart using `v8.4.0`. The vulnerability in the Cosmos-EVM module has been remediated in `v8.4.0` and the network has **resumed** normal block production. • User balances were not altered by the incident and no action is required from token holders. There was no rollback or state changes between the halt and chain resumption. • Support infrastructure is coming back online while we continue to verify chain stability. • Public RPC and EVM endpoints, including https://rpc.mantrachain.io, are being restored now. • Explorers, indexers and other downstream services may lag as they catch up. We are continuing to monitor the network closely. Updates with further detail will follow. This page remains the authoritative source for network status. --- **PLEASE NOTE:** DuKong Testnet is currently offline and we will work on bringing our Public Testnet back online over the course of the next few days. --- [2026-08-21T18:44:04Z] (identified) **Mainnet halted — patched release staged for coordinated restart — Dry-Run Testing Successful, Security Hardening and Final Review in Progress** MANTRA Chain Mainnet (`mantra-1`) remains halted at block 17,449,398. A full state snapshot was taken before the halt. No third-party user, exchange, or partner funds were directly impacted. **Where things stand:** • **Root cause identified.** We have completed a root cause analysis of the exploit and reviewed the known attack vectors associated with it. Each has been mitigated in the patched release. • **Remediation built and tested.** `v8.4.0` is in pre-release state and has been validated against an internal chain environment that replicates Mainnet state, with repeated end-to-end upgrade rehearsals. • **Stability before speed.** The network stays halted while we coordinate the broader active validator set for a single, coordinated upgrade. We would rather spend the coordination time than resume on a partial set. **About v8.4.0.** It patches the vulnerability in the EVM module used in the exploit and carries supplemental security hardening. Store upgrades are empty — no module changes and no state migrations, so the upgrade itself completes in seconds. **Sequence.** MANTRA-operated validators upgrade first. Mainnet validator partners follow, and standard node operators, RPC, and archive nodes immediately after. Validator instructions are being coordinated directly with operators; binaries should be taken only from the official release tag and verified against the published checksums. We will post the restart window and the go signal here once validator coverage is confirmed. Thanks again for all your support. --- [2026-08-21T12:57:40Z] (identified) MANTRA Chain mainnet remains halted. We are validating the patched release on our DuKong testnet and coordinating with validator partners ahead of a restart. Based on our analysis so far, the incident affected two MANTRA-managed wallets, and we have no indication that user, exchange, or partner funds were affected. We will not put a time on the restart until testing is complete, and will post the next update at that point. --- [2026-08-21T08:24:15Z] (identified) MANTRA Chain Mainnet remains halted following the security incident reported earlier today. Transactions, transfers and staking operations are unavailable while the network is paused. User funds are unaffected by the halt itself, and a full network state snapshot was taken before the restart process began. A patched release, v8.4.0, addresses the underlying vulnerability. The release is currently undergoing testing and due diligence on DuKong (Testnet). **We are prioritising a careful, verified rollout over speed.** Next step: a coordinated Mainnet upgrade and restart, currently targeting later today, 21 August. This timing is subject to testing completing cleanly. Validators: please keep Mainnet nodes **offline** until the coordinated restart is announced. --- [2026-08-21T04:57:07Z] (identified) Investigation update — MANTRA Chain remains Halted - Remedation and Testing in Progress MANTRA Chain Mainnet remains halted. Earlier today we detected an attacker exploiting a vulnerability in an upstream dependency used by the chain, and halted the network as a precaution. The halt prevents transactions from being processed, so no assets can move on the network while it is in place. We have identified the vulnerability and are proceeding to prepare a patched release. Our own validators and infrastructure are offline pending that upgrade, and resuming the network will require a coordinated restart with the wider validator set — we will not resume until the patch is verified and that coordination is in place. Alongside this, we are tracing the movement of funds and are in contact with exchange partners. Deposits and withdrawals for MANTRA remain paused on affected venues until the chain resumes. Our assessment of the full impact is ongoing and we are not yet in a position to confirm the complete scope. No action is required from users. Please rely only on official MANTRA channels, and be cautious of anyone offering "recovery" or "support" assistance. A further update will follow at our next check-in. --- [2026-08-21T02:39:41Z] (investigating) MANTRA Chain remains halted as a precaution while our team continues to investigate the incident. The halt prevents transactions from being processed, so no assets can move on the network while the investigation is ongoing. Our engineering and security teams are working continuously alongside external partners. We will not resume the network until we are confident it is safe to do so. We have notified exchange and ecosystem partners, and deposits and withdrawals for OM will remain paused on affected venues until the chain resumes. No action is required from users at this time — please rely only on official MANTRA channels for information, and be cautious of anyone offering "recovery" assistance. A further update will follow, and we will continue posting at regular intervals until this is resolved. --- [2026-08-21T00:23:36Z] (investigating) We're aware of an incident affecting MANTRA Chain and have halted the chain as a precaution while we investigate. All endpoints and transactions are currently frozen. This means deposits and withdrawals to/from MANTRA Chain are temporarily affected. If you're unsure how this impacts a specific transaction, please hold off until we share more. We don't have a root cause or timeline to share yet - we'll post here and on our official channels as soon as we have verified information. Please rely only on official MANTRA channels for updates. --- [2026-08-20T23:44:33Z] (investigating) MANTRA Chain has been halted and we are working to review the root cause and current impact of the incident in question, while we do this all endpoints and transactions on the chain are frozen. We will do our best to provide updates as quickly as possible