Solana Status tweeted, “Approximately 15 minutes ago the Solana community successfully resumed the cluster - engineers will continue to monitor network performance as network operators are restored.”
Solana validators restarted the network a second time following a technical outage that slowed blockchain activity on the Solana network since Saturday.
On February 25, the Solana (SOL) network experienced issues in block finalization after an upgrade from version 1.13 to 1.14. The cause of the bug remains unknown, with the community speculating a fat block was responsible for the issue.
Soon, Solana validators opted to downgrade the network to version 1.13 to undo the effects of the bug.
However, the first attempt ended in failure as the validators picked the wrong version of the network for the downgrade. Hours later, Solana Compass reported that the network will undergo a second downgrade to version 1.13.6 to fix the issue.
On February 26, Solana Status announced that the Solana network successfully underwent a restart. Some Solana community members, however, claimed that the transactions have yet to resume.
Meanwhile, the price of Solana experienced small fluctuations due to the network outage. As of writing, the SOL token is valued at $22.58, down by 1.4% in the last 24 hours.