[Polygon] - Madhugiri Mainnet Hardfork

Scheduled for Dec 9, 10:00 - 12:00 UTC

Scheduled

Polygon's Mainnet will undergo the Madhugiri Hardfork on December 9th, 2025 @ 10:00 UTC. We do not expect downtime as a result of the hard fork. However, please also be aware that if any critical follow-on changes are released immediately before or after the hard fork, additional interruptions may occur as nodes apply those patches.

Madhugiri will bring the following key enhancements to Polygon protocol

Included PIPs:
• PIP-74: Canonical Inclusion of StateSync Transactions in Block Bodies
• PIP-75: Change consensus time to 1 second

Included EIPs:
• EIP-7883: ModExp Gas Cost Increase
• EIP-7823: Set upper bounds for MODEXP
• EIP-7825: Transaction Gas Limit Cap

For a full breakdown of all Madhugiri hard-fork changes, see:
https://forum.polygon.technology/t/pip-76-madhugiri-hardfork/21377

If you have any questions or concerns please reach out to your Customer Success Manager.

Posted Nov 18, 2025 - 04:35 UTC

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