[Polkadot & Kusama] - Intermittent issues

Incident Report for Blockdaemon

Resolved

The latest update to Polkadot v1.21.0 has resolved the issue causing intermittent errors for RPC Requests. We will continue monitoring for signs of regression.

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Posted Jan 16, 2026 - 09:52 UTC

Identified

We are currently experiencing intermittent issues across our Polkadot and Kusama nodes. Some users may experience delays or errors when making RPC requests. The issue is known in the polkadot codebase, which the Parity team is actively working to resolve.

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Posted Aug 14, 2025 - 14:34 UTC
This incident affected: Chain Watch ($DOT - Polkadot), 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).