[Polkadot] Upgrade to v1.24.0

Scheduled for Jul 15, 10:00 - 12:00 UTC

Update

We will be undergoing scheduled maintenance during this time.

Posted Jul 08, 2026 - 13:50 UTC

Scheduled

Blockdaemon will update Polkadot, Kusama and Westend nodes to v1.24.0 on 07/15/26. We are updating our nodes due to a release from the Polkadot foundation. This update applies to all Blockdaemon Polkadot, Kusama and Westend nodes, there will be planned downtime of up to 30 minutes per node.

We have tested the release and do not anticipate any unexpected downtime other than mentioned above as a result of the update. If you have any questions or concerns please reach out to your Customer Success Manager.

If you want additional information please review the release notes here https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/releases/tag/polkadot-v1.24.0

Posted Jul 08, 2026 - 13:39 UTC

This scheduled maintenance affects: Staking Reporting API (Polkadot Staking Reporting), Staking API (Polkadot Staking API), Blockdaemon RPC API (Kusama Native API, Polkadot Native API), Blockdaemon Validator (Kusama Validator, Polkadot Validator), and Protocols (Dedicated Nodes) (Kusama, Polkadot).