According to Cointelegraph, the layer-1 Sui blockchain has resumed normal operations following a six-hour network outage that disrupted transactions on the high-speed network. The Sui Foundation announced that transactions are now proceeding as expected and advised users experiencing issues to refresh their applications or browser windows. This update was shared on the social media platform X on Wednesday.
The Sui Foundation confirmed the outage at 3:24 pm UTC on Wednesday, informing its 1.1 million followers that core developers were actively addressing the issue. However, the foundation has not provided details on the cause of the 'Consensus outage,' which affected over $1 billion in value on the chain and halted user transactions. The investigation into the problem began at 2:52 pm UTC, and the issue was resolved by 8:44 pm UTC, restoring the network after nearly six hours of downtime.
This incident marks the second significant outage for the Sui blockchain since its launch in May 2023, with a previous disruption occurring in November 2024. Comparatively, Solana, another high-speed blockchain, has experienced similar challenges but has not faced any outages in the past 18 months. Solana has implemented emergency updates in the past to enable validators to better coordinate and address critical client-side issues. Recently, the Solana Status X account urged validators to upgrade to a new version containing essential patches.
In the wake of the network outage, the price of Sui's (SUI) token experienced a brief 4% increase before stabilizing around $1.84, according to CoinGecko data. Despite the temporary spike, the token's price has remained relatively stable since the Sui Foundation confirmed the outage.
