zkSync Era faces block production failure, resumes with increased TVL

ambcrypto.com:

The much-anticipated launch of the ZkSync Era on 24 March was expected to revolutionize Ethereum transactions by introducing a new dimension. However, over a week after its debut, the zero-knowledge platform experienced a hiccup when it failed to generate blocks for a few hours.

As of 1 April, which marked eight days since the zkSync Era was launched, there were reports that the L2 platform ceased generating blocks.

The zkSync Era Block Explorer transaction data indicated that from 01:52 AM CET to 6:02 AM CET on 1 April no blocks were created on the mainnet blockchain of zkSync Era.

Source: explorer.zkync.io

Blockchain networks experiencing block production failures are not new, as demonstrated by the recent block failure on the Avalanche network.

However, the situation with zkSync Era drew attention due to the short period between its launch and the block failure. It is worth noting that the network was still in alpha, which the team acknowledged in their response.

As per the zkSync Era team’s statement, the block queue database malfunctioned, suspending the block production. Unfortunately, the health alert for the database was not activated as it could not connect to collect metrics. However, the API was functioning normally which explains why the alerts were not triggered.

The team has confirmed that they resolved the failure within a five-minute timeframe. They introduced alerts that will notify when the monitoring agent malfunctions or cannot set up a connection to collect metrics.

The team also stated they had implemented other solutions to address the issue. However, they admitted that the ultimate solution would be decentralizing the platform.

As of this writing, regular activities resumed on the network