# Release notes

# Chainstack 3.12

March 22, 2023

# What's new

# Chainstack 3.11.6

March 6, 2023

# What's new

  • Protocols. Ethereum Rinkeby and Ropsten testnets are now deprecated. For development purposes, use Sepolia and Goerli testnets.

# Chainstack 3.11.5

February 22, 2023

# What's new

  • Protocols. Harmony migrated from devnet to testnet for better experience.
  • Billing. You can now settle your failed payment by manually retrying either via topping up your crypto balance or via paying directly from your credit card.

# Chainstack 3.11.4

February 20, 2023

# What’s new

  • Clouds. You can now deploy your elastic BNB Smart Chain full nodes in the Virtuozzo Amsterdam region.

# Chainstack 3.11.3

February 15, 2023

# What’s new

  • Tools. You can now add the node endpoint with the Add to MetaMask button on the node access page.

# Chainstack 3.11.2

February 9, 2023

# What’s new

  • Billing. The refined billing page now shows:
    • Failed payment notification
    • Past due invoices awaiting payments

# Chainstack 3.11.1

February 8, 2023

# What’s new

  • Protocols. Gnosis Chain Sokol testnet is now deprecated. For development purposes, use Gnosis Chain Chiado testnet.

# Chainstack 3.11

February 2, 2023

# What’s new

# Chainstack 3.10.1

January 30, 2023

# What’s new

  • Billing. The refined billing page now shows:
    • An overview of your subscription plan and support level
    • A detailed Usage table
    • A list of crypto payments and downloadable invoices

# Chainstack 3.10

January 19, 2023

# What’s new

# Chainstack 3.9.1

January 17, 2023

# What’s new

# Chainstack 3.9

January 10, 2023

# What’s new

# Chainstack 3.8.5

December 15, 2022

# What’s new

  • Protocols. Gnosis Chain Chiado testnet support for elastic and dedicated nodes.
  • Crypto payments. In addition to the previously available cryptocurrencies, you can now top up your balance with Polygon MATIC.

# Chainstack 3.8.4

December 2, 2022

# What's new

# Chainstack 3.8.3

November 29, 2022

# What's new

# Chainstack 3.8.2

November 23, 2022

# What's new

# Chainstack 3.8.1

November 16, 2022

# What's new

  • Protocols. StarkNet testnet2 (Goerli2) support for elastic and dedicated nodes.

# Chainstack 3.8

November 8, 2022

# What's new

# Chainstack 3.7

November 7, 2022

# What's new

  • Protocols. Aurora support for dedicated nodes.
  • Documentation. A simple on-chain governance tutorial for Aurora.

# Chainstack 3.6.1

November 3, 2022

# What's new

  • Protocols. Solana elastic and dedicated full nodes now supported on both mainnet and devnet when using Chainstack Cloud in the Ashburn, USA region.

# Chainstack 3.6

October 14, 2022

# What's new

# Chainstack 3.5.7

October 12, 2022

# What's new

  • Clouds. You can now deploy your elastic Solana nodes using the new hosting option, Chainstack Cloud, in the Netherlands region.

# Chainstack 3.5.6

October 3, 2022

# What's new

# Chainstack 3.5.5

October 3, 2022

# What's new

# Bug fixes

  • Numerous bug fixes and stability improvements.

# Chainstack 3.5.1

September 15, 2022

# What's new

# Bug fixes

  • Numerous bug fixes and stability improvements.

# Chainstack 3.5

September 12, 2022

# What’s new

# Bug fixes

  • Numerous bug fixes and stability improvements.

# Chainstack 3.4

August 31, 2022

# What’s new

# Bug fixes

  • Numerous bug fixes and stability improvements.

# Chainstack 3.3

August 29, 2022

# What’s new

# Bug fixes

  • Numerous bug fixes and stability improvements.

# Chainstack 3.2

August 23, 2022

# What’s new

# Bug fixes

  • Numerous bug fixes and stability improvements.

# Chainstack 3.1

August 17, 2022

# What’s new

# Bug fixes

  • Numerous bug fixes and stability improvements.

# Chainstack 3.0

July 7, 2022

# What’s new

# Bug fixes

  • Numerous bug fixes and stability improvements.

# Chainstack 2.13

June 1, 2022

# What’s new

# Bug fixes

  • Numerous bug fixes and stability improvements.

# Chainstack 2.12

May 5, 2022

# What’s new

# Bug fixes

  • Numerous bug fixes and stability improvements.

# Chainstack 2.11

April 14, 2022

# What’s new

# Bug fixes

  • Numerous bug fixes and stability improvements.

# Chainstack 2.10

March 10, 2022

# What’s new

# Bug fixes

  • Numerous bug fixes and stability improvements.

# Chainstack 2.9

February 10, 2022

# What's new

# Bug fixes

  • Response codes chart on the node details page shows all types of codes.
  • Numerous bug fixes and stability improvements.

# Chainstack 2.8

December 30, 2021

# What's new

  • Protocols.
    • Avalanche support. You can now deploy full and archive Avalanche nodes with X-Chain and C-Chain endpoints on mainnet and Fuji testnet.
    • Tezos Hangzhounet testnet support. The Florencenet testnet support is deprecated.
  • Documentation. Avalanche general description, operations, flash loan tutorial.
  • Public API. You can now use the Chainstack API to manage your Avalanche, Fantom, and Tezos nodes. See API reference.
  • Billing. Removed free usage period on the Developer plan. The Developer plan keeps other usage features, including the free 3M requests.

# Bug fixes

  • Numerous bug fixes and stability improvements.

# Chainstack 2.7

December 1, 2021

# What's new

# Bug fixes

  • Numerous bug fixes and stability improvements.

# Chainstack 2.6

August 18, 2021

# What's new

  • Protocols. Tezos support. You can now deploy full and archive Tezos nodes on mainnet and Florence testnet.
  • Node details. Node access and credentials for public chain and Quorum nodes now include key-protected endpoints.
  • Clouds. You can now send requests for dedicated public chain node deployment in the Amazon Web Services.
  • Billing. You can now upgrade to the Enterprise plan from your billing settings.
  • Pricing. Free usage period on the Developer plan reduced from 14 to 7 days.
  • Documentation. Tezos general description, operations, fund contract tutorial.

# Bug fixes

  • Numerous bug fixes and stability improvements.

# Chainstack 2.5

June 1, 2021

# What's new

# Bug fixes

  • Numerous bug fixes and stability improvements.

# Chainstack 2.4

May 10, 2021

# What's new

# Bug fixes

  • Numerous bug fixes and stability improvements.

# Chainstack 2.3

April 6, 2021

# What's new

  • Pricing. Flexible pay-per-request pricing for shared nodes on all subscription plans.
  • Billing. Payments in cryptocurrency for customers on the Enterprise plan.
  • Public API. You can now use the Chainstack API to manage your Corda applications. See API reference.

See also Chainstack 2.3: Faster and better public blockchain APIs.

# Bug fixes

  • Numerous bug fixes and stability improvements.

# Chainstack 2.2

January 22, 2021

# What's new

  • Private hosting. You can now use your own Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) infrastructure to deploy blockchain nodes and networks on Chainstack.
  • Clouds. You can now deploy your nodes and networks in the Amazon Web Services US East region.
  • Identity management. You can now securely manage your organization's identity for Hyperledger Fabric networks. See also Manage your organization identities.

# Bug fixes

  • Numerous bug fixes and stability improvements.

# Chainstack 2.1.2

November 2, 2020

# What's new

  • Billing. You can now reattempt past due payments through billing card change or directly in the activity log. The activity log also provides more information on your billing events.

# Bug fixes

  • Resolved an issue with some Hyperledger Explorer instances in Fabric networks being out of sync with the blockchain state.
  • Numerous bug fixes and stability improvements.

# Chainstack 2.1

September 16, 2020

# What's new

  • Protocols.
  • GraphQL. You can now query dedicated Ethereum full nodes and archive nodes with GraphQL.

# Bug fixes

  • Numerous bug fixes and stability improvements.

# Chainstack 2.0

August 31, 2020

# What's new

# Bug fixes

  • Numerous bug fixes and stability improvements.

# Chainstack 1.6

July 7, 2020

# What's new

  • Protocols. Bitcoin testnet support.
  • Pricing
    • New Growth pricing plan.
    • Reduced fixed plan costs.
    • Reduced usage costs.
    • Uniform usage rates for all cloud providers.

See the new pricing plans and a blog post introducing the new pricing.

# Bug fixes

  • Numerous bug fixes and stability improvements.

# Chainstack 1.5.2

June 2, 2020

# What's new

  • Protocols
  • Node logs. You can now access the logs for your dedicated nodes in the new node log viewer, with the ability to browse by date and container.
  • Node resources. You can now view the resources that have been dynamically allocated to each of your dedicated nodes.
  • CorDapp notifications. You will now receive notifications based on the successful or failed result of CorDapp installations or removals initiated through Chainstack's CorDapp management interface.
  • UI. You can now view hosting information directly on the node list for each network.

# Bug fixes

  • Numerous bug fixes and stability improvements.

# Chainstack 1.5.1

April 22, 2020

# What's new

# Bug fixes

  • Numerous bug fixes and stability improvements.

# Chainstack 1.5

March 2, 2020

# What's new

  • Protocols. Hyperledger Fabric support. You can deploy a multi-org Hyperledger Fabric v2.0.1 network, complete with Raft ordering service, new chaincode lifecycle capabilities, and a network explorer.
  • UI. Updated cloud provider selector to provide easier visibility of available hosting options.
  • Documentation. Hyperledger Fabric general description, operations, chaincode tutorial.

# Bug fixes

  • Numerous bug fixes and stability improvements.

# Chainstack 1.4.3

February 13, 2020

# What's new

  • Protocols
    • Ethereum archive node support. Deploy a dedicated Ethereum archive node. Connect to a shared archive node for free on Business and Enterprise tiers. Geth 1.9.10 support.
    • Quorum transaction manager Tessera 0.10.3 support.
  • UI. In-line edit button for all resources to improve access to quick actions.
  • Documentation. Ethereum modes section to help in selecting whether to deploy a full or archive Ethereum node.

# Bug fixes

  • Numerous bug fixes and stability improvements.

# Chainstack 1.4.2

December 31, 2019

# What's new

  • Protocols
    • Corda 4.3 support. You can also now install CorDapps containing workflows and contracts in a single JAR file.
    • Quorum 2.4.0 support. Learner node role support. Tessera (opens new window) 0.10.2 support.
    • MultiChain 2.0.3 support.
    • Bitcoin 0.19.0.1 support. Bitcoin nodes now run with the txindex flag allowing to query any transaction on the blockchain.
  • Documentation. Context-sensitive documentation links in the platform UI.

# Bug fixes

  • Installation rollback for CorDapps not compatible with Corda node.
  • Numerous UI and copy fixes and improvements.

# Chainstack 1.4.1

November 14, 2019

# What's new

  • Protocols. Bitcoin 0.18 support. You can now deploy dedicated nodes with Bolt synchronization and free access to shared nodes on the mainnet.
  • Network and node statuses. You can now see network and node statuses to when operations are occurring on any network resource.
  • Node details. Node access and credentials are now grouped into sections, so it's easier to read.
  • Billing. View individual metered usage cost line items for the current billing period, updated hourly.
  • Documentation. Bitcoin general description and Bitcoin operations.

# Bug fixes

  • Numerous UI and copy fixes and improvements.

# Chainstack 1.4

October 17, 2019

# What's new

# Bug fixes

  • Resolved unexpected leader changes on Quorum networks with Raft consensus by increasing Raft block time from 50 to 150 ms.
  • Numerous UI and copy fixes and improvements.

# Chainstack 1.3

September 3, 2019

# What's new

  • Security. Protected endpoints added for Quorum and Ethereum nodes.
  • Deployment. Bolt snapshots are now updated hourly so that nodes are deployed and synchronized with fresher snapshots.
  • Protocols. Numerous stability improvements for Quorum networks and nodes.
  • Activity and events. In-platform notifications and activity log introduced to provide visibility into account activity.
  • Documentation. Complete content and structure overhaul for improved access, browsing, and discovery.

# Bug fixes

  • Numerous UI and copy fixes and improvements.

# Breaking changes

# Chainstack 1.2.1

July 1, 2019

# What’s new

# Bug fixes

  • Improved Ropsten nodes syncing.

# Chainstack 1.2

June 21, 2019

# What’s new

# Bug fixes

  • Numerous UI and copy fixes and improvements.

# Chainstack 1.1.1

May 9, 2019

# What’s new

  • Protocols. Introduced shared Ethereum mainnet nodes support.
  • Projects. The project description field is now optional.

# Bug fixes

  • Fixed issues with MultiChain stability.

# Chainstack 1.1

May 3, 2019

# What’s new

  • Updating and deleting resources. You can now edit project name and description, network and node name. You can delete nodes by the owner, networks are deleted automatically when the last node is deleted, projects can be deleted if empty.
  • Navigation. Updated menu with links to Documentation and Support.
  • Support. Added Zendesk widget.

# Bug fixes

  • Fixed sign-up markup issues.
  • Adjusted columns in the network and node list.

# Chainstack 1.0.2

April 11, 2019

# What’s new

# Bug fixes

  • Fixed the MultiChain explorer lack of connectivity.
  • Fixed project invitations duplicates.
  • Fixed clearing the cookies on log out without a valid token.

# Chainstack 1.0.1

April 2, 2019

# What’s new

  • Registration and sign in. Password recovery via email.

# Bug fixes

  • Fixed links to documentation, terms of service, and privacy policy.
  • Fixed sorting by date in the network list.

# Chainstack 1.0

March 17, 2019

  • Registration and sign in. Signing up via email, password, and personal details. Signing up for a member invited to the consortium project. Email confirmation on successful registration. Email verification.
  • Consortium project. Wizards to create a new network and add a node to the existing network. Invitation of other organizations as members to the project via email.
  • Public chain project. Wizards to join a public network and add another node.
  • Protocols
  • Clouds. Google Cloud Platform and Amazon Web Services in the Asia-Pacific region.
  • Node details. Default wallet private/public keys, and chain name for MultiChain. Constellation private/public keys, and network ID for Quorum. Sync mode and network ID for Ethereum. Client version for all protocols.
  • Settings. Editing personal and organization details. Changing password.
  • Documentation. Portal based on VuePress.