Ethereum developers completed an emergency software update ahead of the Glamsterdam upgrade test on the Sepolia testnet, fixing an issue that could have caused some validators to produce undersized blocks. The upcoming test will raise Sepolia’s gas limit from about 60 million to 200 million, a change meant to verify Ethereum’s ability to handle more throughput in a future network upgrade. Sepolia will be the first test network to deploy the changes tied to Glamsterdam, which is described as Ethereum’s next major upgrade.
Gas measures the amount of computation an Ethereum block can process. A higher gas limit allows each block to include more transactions and more complex on-chain operations, while also increasing the computational load on nodes. To prepare for the change, validator client Prysm released version 7.2.1 on Monday night with support for the 200 million gas limit configuration. Earlier versions were released before Sepolia’s parameter change, meaning validators that did not manually update their settings could have continued operating under the old 60 million gas limit. According to CoinDesk, the update is intended to ensure validator nodes can participate in the Glamsterdam test as expected.
Ethereum developers rolled out an emergency software update ahead of the Glamsterdam upgrade test on the Sepolia testnet, fixing a problem that could have led some validators to produce low-capacity blocks.
The test will lift Sepolia’s gas limit from about 60 million to 200 million as Ethereum checks a future increase in network throughput. Glamsterdam is Ethereum’s next major upgrade, and Sepolia will be the first test network to deploy the related changes to simulate how the upgrade performs.
Sepolia gas limit will move to 200 million
Gas is the unit used to measure how much computation an Ethereum block can handle. Raising the gas limit allows a single block to include more transactions and more complex on-chain activity. It also raises the computational burden for nodes.
Prysm adds the new configuration
Ethereum validator client Prysm released version 7.2.1 on Monday night with support for the 200 million gas limit setting. Earlier versions were published before Sepolia’s parameter adjustment, so validators that did not manually change their configuration would still run with a 60 million gas limit.
According to CoinDesk, the update is meant to make sure validator nodes can take part in the Glamsterdam test as intended.
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