v5.49.0

Description

This client release is relevant mainly for collators.

⚠️ Only upgrade after runtime-2200 upgrade.

Upgrade priority: HIGH

It includes the migration to slot-based Aura, which stabilizes block production and fixes the block time drift introduced after async-backing.

Changes

Client

• Release prep v5.48.1 (#1581)
• Remove local runtime (#1602)
• Migrate collator client from lookahead to slot-based Aura consensus (#1612)
• chore: release prep v5.49.0 (#1615)

Runtime (impacts built-in runtimes)

• Use new runtime macro (#1584)
• fix: XCM handshake version negotiation (#1578)
• feat: dAppStaking revamp (#1586)
• Bump spec_version for runtime upgrade-2100 (#1590)
• chore: bump deps (#1592)
• Remove native price usage in dAppStaking (#1595)
• chore: revamp cleanups (#1604)
• Migrate collator client from lookahead to slot-based Aura consensus (#1612)

Others

• chore(deps): bump diff from 4.0.2 to 4.0.4 in /.github/scripts (#1582)
• chore(deps): bump lodash from 4.17.21 to 4.17.23 in /tests/e2e (#1583)
• chore(deps): bump bn.js from 5.2.1 to 5.2.3 in /.github/scripts (#1596)
• chore(deps): bump bn.js from 5.2.1 to 5.2.3 in /tests/e2e (#1594)
• chore(deps): bump axios from 1.12.2 to 1.13.5 in /tests/e2e (#1591)
• chore(deps): bump rollup from 4.24.4 to 4.59.0 in /tests/e2e (#1598)
• chore(deps): bump quinn-proto from 0.11.13 to 0.11.14 (#1603)
• chore(deps): bump lodash from 4.17.23 to 4.18.1 in /tests/e2e (#1606)
• chore(deps): bump axios from 1.13.5 to 1.15.0 in /tests/e2e (#1608)
• chore(deps): bump follow-redirects from 1.15.11 to 1.16.0 in /tests/e2e (#1610)
• chore(deps): bump openssl from 0.10.75 to 0.10.78 (#1614)

Recommended sidecar version:

• recommendation is to use latest v20.14.0 (link)

Dependency Changes

Astar: v5.48.1...v5.49.0
Polkadot-sdk: paritytech/polkadot-sdk@dc937dd...510fed1
Frontier: AstarNetwork/frontier@20314b6...20314b6

Download Links

Arch	Link
MacOS x86_64	Download
Ubuntu x86_64	Download
Ubuntu aarch64	Download

runtime-2101

Description

This is a runtime-only release, client isn't impacted.
It updates polkadot-sdk stable2506 dependencies.

Runtimes

Shibuya

✨ spec_version:                2101
🏋 Runtime Size:                2720512
🗜 Compressed:                  Yes
🎁 Metadata version:            14
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🗳️ blake2-256:                  0x6528571cd68bcb4fe4f4bb06b133fae25aa2b0df09d018f69f3afac6fd803d7b
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Shiden

✨ spec_version:                2101
🏋 Runtime Size:                2521249
🗜 Compressed:                  Yes
🎁 Metadata version:            14
🗳️ sha256:                      0x7a6f7418555ba804d42bf2fd567c9d876cb73e56365b440126485d28d4e379af
🗳️ blake2-256:                  0x4033dee130ec6128d93b01521128a6f07d5902f0ac9a83182b0d65e27a75d655
📦 IPFS:                        QmaTo6VrSBnqQmTBW8k6PnD6G6QJpLYuDLzhC6id5xozZg

Astar

✨ spec_version:                2101
🏋 Runtime Size:                2696620
🗜 Compressed:                  Yes
🎁 Metadata version:            14
🗳️ sha256:                      0x88cd1023d0ef9319d94996d640f97a3fec548500d6678f20adbf9dc71c8ee0b4
🗳️ blake2-256:                  0x66b26f5af348d522eca936060fe2ce0019ed4e092ba0ef8b3c00c1ce21e630b7
📦 IPFS:                        QmVsbvXeVoYQxBLoDxUBYsRTbRKFPc4tkWxczJf1bTtwAU

Build Info

WASM runtime built using rustc 1.88.0 (6b00bc388 2025-06-23)

Changes

Runtime

• Use new runtime macro (#1584)
• fix: XCM handshake version negotiation (#1578)
• feat: dAppStaking revamp (#1586)
• Bump spec_version for runtime upgrade-2100 (#1590)
• chore: bump deps (#1592)

Others

• Update Docker tags in release-client workflow (#1579)
• chore(deps): bump diff from 4.0.2 to 4.0.4 in /.github/scripts (#1582)
• chore(deps): bump lodash from 4.17.21 to 4.17.23 in /tests/e2e (#1583)

Recommended sidecar version:

• recommendation is to use latest v20.14.0 (link)

Dependency Changes

Astar: runtime-2001...runtime-2101
Polkadot-sdk: paritytech/polkadot-sdk@510fed1...510fed1
Frontier: AstarNetwork/frontier@20314b6...20314b6

runtime-2001

Description

This is a Astar runtime-only release, client isn't impacted.
It updates polkadot-sdk stable2506 dependencies.

Runtimes

Shibuya

✨ spec_version:                2001
🏋 Runtime Size:                2720584
🗜 Compressed:                  Yes
🎁 Metadata version:            14
🗳️ sha256:                      0x1a268541901172661faab6396e67ba6b539e2f33f91725912492046c925a472b
🗳️ blake2-256:                  0x48aefefb94916c49cb0940a4572b193a5a950d1ff6affc2516aaea3ef3b9ca1a
📦 IPFS:                        QmZBstGoZ46YCTj79PyBNXo91oeKLEwuzhubC7e1YCNoxD

Shiden

✨ spec_version:                2001
🏋 Runtime Size:                2519355
🗜 Compressed:                  Yes
🎁 Metadata version:            14
🗳️ sha256:                      0xfcaa7c62d6439a2c677bc5463ad36425cc22d185b828c8ee77841deadf43499e
🗳️ blake2-256:                  0x2cfdfc0d3327e24ae769f5804ed3bec7a581ae72f0870a9b2cfa6ae7fce5e5a2
📦 IPFS:                        QmbzzjRfk8tntS6LwUwdfEgFRRChKR9hZppCYBUbjnZ82n

Astar

✨ spec_version:                2001
🏋 Runtime Size:                2684259
🗜 Compressed:                  Yes
🎁 Metadata version:            14
🗳️ sha256:                      0x6e00d94dcef62b5a9b84b7d7ecae6970de8ba6057adf92c360f22ede3e12c289
🗳️ blake2-256:                  0xc5e26bc12489adac018fd6c74b72f193b09c27b1ab79a53834b558f7bb239d69
📦 IPFS:                        QmeU79uu6Fm54G4nBxXPrjzYiaBCfTdi9k9B74FR3HWcbU

Build Info

WASM runtime built using rustc 1.88.0 (6b00bc388 2025-06-23)

Changes

Runtime

None

Others

None

Recommended sidecar version:

• recommendation is to use latest v20.14.0 (link)

Dependency Changes

Astar: runtime-2100...runtime-2001
Polkadot-sdk: paritytech/polkadot-sdk@dc937dd...510fed1
Frontier: AstarNetwork/frontier@20314b6...20314b6

runtime-2100

Description

This is runtime-only release, client isn't impacted.

This release brings:

• dApp Staking changes for Tokenomics 3.0 - #1586
• a fix for the automatic version negotiation handshake when establishing new XCM channels - #1578

Runtimes

Shibuya

✨ spec_version:                2100
🏋 Runtime Size:                2726967
🗜 Compressed:                  Yes
🎁 Metadata version:            14
🗳️ sha256:                      0xd26221ebc7c8ced2e2a25daa99e819ed67c7cf76e610891586f86de9c2ff92fe
🗳️ blake2-256:                  0x1cd57f5ea7b77882c54f0d167137225f5da45b45cdcc58dd1d8a52354e89fb03
📦 IPFS:                        QmTRLDL4AKH47d8i7oy9oqDxYimJjTkqtXk73asgVtU6ob

Shiden

✨ spec_version:                2100
🏋 Runtime Size:                2528110
🗜 Compressed:                  Yes
🎁 Metadata version:            14
🗳️ sha256:                      0x2865c94d9e7e70f686b4ec457877471b1e95d85be770dc50c94c3ac6e84f8d4f
🗳️ blake2-256:                  0x7ec21df6680e0237979fabed9e32f6c9a89b7b2a46a54bb74c1b0a90a95712f1
📦 IPFS:                        QmQKj2vjjnnqyxHEFeiojswNwVb7dZ8jyh7T66SBfPC3NB

Astar

✨ spec_version:                2100
🏋 Runtime Size:                2697098
🗜 Compressed:                  Yes
🎁 Metadata version:            14
🗳️ sha256:                      0xb1cb012bdd871cb74effc6a3065d1397b75afa8f4c015ff002dda5f9ceb405b8
🗳️ blake2-256:                  0x7bf10ba6572f68e5f38d5513c834125d3094b6f3a5793bffb7662475929d9793
📦 IPFS:                        QmbfQnE9bKFQHgKzeySrbBFFpb7Yb6VKcFWdDTm8nBtySf

Build Info

WASM runtime built using rustc 1.88.0 (6b00bc388 2025-06-23)

Changes

Runtime

• Use new runtime macro (#1584)
• fix: XCM handshake version negotiation (#1578)
• feat: dAppStaking revamp (#1586)
• Bump spec_version for runtime upgrade-2100 (#1590)

Others

• Update Docker tags in release-client workflow (#1579)
• chore(deps): bump diff from 4.0.2 to 4.0.4 in /.github/scripts (#1582)
• chore(deps): bump lodash from 4.17.21 to 4.17.23 in /tests/e2e (#1583)

Recommended sidecar version:

• recommendation is to use latest v20.14.0 (link)

Dependency Changes

Astar: runtime-2000...runtime-2100
Polkadot-sdk: paritytech/polkadot-sdk@dc937dd...dc937dd
Frontier: AstarNetwork/frontier@20314b6...20314b6

v5.48.1

Description

This patch release is relevant only for Shiden node operators.
It fixes an issue preventing syncing blocks from genesis.

Changes

Client

• fix: separate CIDPs for each verifier (#1576)

Runtime (impacts built-in runtimes)

None

Others

• Update Docker tags in release-client workflow (#1579)

Recommended sidecar version:

• recommendation is to use latest v20.13.3 (link)

Dependency Changes

Astar: v5.48.0...v5.48.1
Polkadot-sdk: paritytech/polkadot-sdk@dc937dd...dc937dd
Frontier: AstarNetwork/frontier@20314b6...20314b6

Download Links

Arch	Link
MacOS x86_64	Download
Ubuntu x86_64	Download
Ubuntu aarch64	Download

v5.48.0

Description

This client release updates polkadot-sdk dependencies to stable2506.
Litep2p is now the default network type. Libp2p can still be used via CLI flag: --network-backend litep2p

Upgrade priority: HIGH - EVM tracing client ARE impacted, they must upgrade to maintain compatibility with the new EthereumRuntimeRPCApi version 6 introduced in runtime-2000. Includes additional minor changes to the client related to the uplift.

Changes

Client

• Tokyo & old chainspec cleanup (#1552)
• Update Astar bootnode 3 (#1551)
• Update bootnodes (#1558)
• chore: Update to PolkadotSDK release stable2506 (#1572)
• chore: bump spec version and collator version (#1574)

Runtime (impacts built-in runtimes)

• runtime-1800 prep (#1546)
• feat: pallet-collator-selection improvement (#1538)
• feat: runtime release 1900 prep (#1553)
• Cleanup migration for LastAuthoredBlock stale entries (#1566)
• chore: AH housekeeping (#1565)
• fix: dAppStaking - Ledger contract stake count invariant (#1569)
• chore: remove sudo pallet (#1570)
• chore: Update to PolkadotSDK release stable2506 (#1572)
• chore: bump spec version and collator version (#1574)
• fix: missing migrations (#1575)

Others

• Bump tar-fs from 2.1.3 to 2.1.4 in /tests/e2e (#1544)
• Bump axios from 1.8.4 to 1.12.2 in /tests/e2e (#1548)
• Bump vite from 5.4.20 to 5.4.21 in /tests/e2e (#1554)
• Bump typeorm from 0.3.20 to 0.3.27 in /tests/e2e (#1556)
• Bump js-yaml from 4.1.0 to 4.1.1 in /tests/e2e (#1560)
• chore(deps): bump jws from 3.2.2 to 3.2.3 in /.github/scripts (#1568)
• Fix Zepter installation command with --locked option (#1564)
• ci: replace deprecated actions (#1563)

Recommended sidecar version:

• recommendation is to use latest v20.13.2 (link)

Dependency Changes

Astar: v5.47.0...v5.48.0
Polkadot-sdk: paritytech/polkadot-sdk@09dc9b2...dc937dd
Frontier: AstarNetwork/frontier@e74325d...20314b6

Download Links

Arch	Link
MacOS x86_64	Download
Ubuntu x86_64	Download
Ubuntu aarch64	Download

runtime-2000

Description

EVM tracing clients are impacted, they must use the latest v5.48.0 client to maintain compatibility with the new EthereumRuntimeRPCApi version 6 introduced in this runtime upgrade.

This release uplifts the runtime to polkadot-sdk stable2506 version. It also includes multiple cleanups and fixes a bug in dApp Staking.

Cleanups

• AssetHub migration code removed
• Stale collator selection data cleanup

Bug Fix

• dApp Staking invariant fix - corrects Ledger contract stake count tracking

Runtimes

Shibuya

✨ spec_version:                2000
🏋 Runtime Size:                2721970
🗜 Compressed:                  Yes
🎁 Metadata version:            14
🗳️ sha256:                      0x34f80aef93e6568fc690ee0f5f7a4afa1da36accc37bebb0a48b39e4743bc890
🗳️ blake2-256:                  0xbebd264ac42a32e398d5a434f36317cf02e969df6d1ac5da64495efbf798d471
📦 IPFS:                        QmVMn1yGnRJxHvgdpUWRSn9gfhLRAxqfXctb5tTeeL7gAu

Shiden

✨ spec_version:                2000
🏋 Runtime Size:                2521670
🗜 Compressed:                  Yes
🎁 Metadata version:            14
🗳️ sha256:                      0x96d4e8042478a5d919f3f10b40ac167abc10f232b28cdbb12a01e8df0cd87b59
🗳️ blake2-256:                  0xfeff30d18310a6866b3b5375a08fa648be11699438df6e8a01e35e0f33468d92
📦 IPFS:                        QmWNwyn2u3kQ5zgQT3nJbSXujkc5FhgMx1acetgqoVP2Eu

Astar

✨ spec_version:                2000
🏋 Runtime Size:                2691808
🗜 Compressed:                  Yes
🎁 Metadata version:            14
🗳️ sha256:                      0x11dac9c8c2f39f9a62671826aa7d20bdf7295ecf52071bf4a2d7f0f6c0c96e49
🗳️ blake2-256:                  0x26865fe9a8b1d02e541fac0b26d3bc70ac35144693eb753c1036cc6907900a21
📦 IPFS:                        QmcDq3YbAVyn8JytjMVd3MzKV9QyKB9WGqdGH42WNUSL25

Build Info

WASM runtime built using rustc 1.88.0 (6b00bc388 2025-06-23)

Changes

Runtime

• Cleanup migration for LastAuthoredBlock stale entries (#1566)
• chore: AH housekeeping (#1565)
• fix: dAppStaking - Ledger contract stake count invariant (#1569)
• chore: remove sudo pallet (#1570)
• chore: Update to PolkadotSDK release stable2506 (#1572)
• chore: bump spec version and collator version (#1574)
• fix: missing migrations (#1575)

Others

• Bump tar-fs from 2.1.3 to 2.1.4 in /tests/e2e (#1544)
• Bump axios from 1.8.4 to 1.12.2 in /tests/e2e (#1548)
• Bump vite from 5.4.20 to 5.4.21 in /tests/e2e (#1554)
• Bump typeorm from 0.3.20 to 0.3.27 in /tests/e2e (#1556)
• Bump js-yaml from 4.1.0 to 4.1.1 in /tests/e2e (#1560)
• chore(deps): bump jws from 3.2.2 to 3.2.3 in /.github/scripts (#1568)
• Fix Zepter installation command with --locked option (#1564)
• ci: replace deprecated actions (#1563)

Recommended sidecar version:

• recommendation is to use latest v20.13.2 (link)

Dependency Changes

Astar: runtime-1900...runtime-2000
Polkadot-sdk: paritytech/polkadot-sdk@09dc9b2...dc937dd
Frontier: AstarNetwork/frontier@e74325d...20314b6

runtime-1900

Description

This is runtime-only release, client isn't impacted.

This release adds:

• Collator selection improvements - #1538

Runtimes

Shibuya

✨ spec_version:                1900
🏋 Runtime Size:                2475545
🗜 Compressed:                  Yes
🎁 Metadata version:            14
🗳️ sha256:                      0xa6840a2c18416b68fbb800e353bda6bbeda0c16bbd272a5157b5935a5e9e4c99
🗳️ blake2-256:                  0xb46c8aa76a28dd5300c391c3b0d11b5d33b9342337c5b7ff978fd4e7f60abefb
📦 IPFS:                        Qmcq3qc6x9ittMnk3Jh1iw7wUgV6nhUsYQGKgvuNLEk1Xq

Shiden

✨ spec_version:                1900
🏋 Runtime Size:                2296382
🗜 Compressed:                  Yes
🎁 Metadata version:            14
🗳️ sha256:                      0x8914fb1cd45c5eabf46f19a69c45871165936ada68362c91256826a4ab3728ac
🗳️ blake2-256:                  0xf2068dbb724a9679c524cc81c854237dca3574c1ad872979653b65b0c287e27d
📦 IPFS:                        QmZhsHNzN7ouxJVRtFtk4coUgzL8Gv1M8aezBoCuV5m8Xi

Astar

✨ spec_version:                1900
🏋 Runtime Size:                2454634
🗜 Compressed:                  Yes
🎁 Metadata version:            14
🗳️ sha256:                      0xd24876a8901aa16435c45790563ebf65c2a2578abe29139918aa921544e68798
🗳️ blake2-256:                  0x4cae950b079bca2237a0541c82cbd8fa1fa24bf53b9cea658341b4775c9cf60f
📦 IPFS:                        QmW5SBxrZYvc61Dc3YoZJfMhmfgbtz5ZtfDmW3UBtqj3Mo

Build Info

WASM runtime built using rustc 1.88.0 (6b00bc388 2025-06-23)

Changes

Runtime

• feat: pallet-collator-selection improvement (#1538)
• feat: runtime release 1900 prep (#1553)

Others

None

Recommended sidecar version:

• v20.4.1

Dependency Changes

Astar: runtime-1800...runtime-1900
Polkadot-sdk: paritytech/polkadot-sdk@09dc9b2...09dc9b2
Frontier: AstarNetwork/frontier@e74325d...e74325d

v5.47.0

Description

This release is relevant only for Shibuya node operators.
Astar and Shiden operators ARE NOT affected.

Shibuya has been migrated from Tokyo relay chain to Paseo relay chain.
It is mandatory for all Shibuya operators to use the new client; upgrade prio is critical.

Changes

Client

• Remove overhead/extrinsic benchmark commands (#1507)
• chore: preparing for the Shibuya migration to Paseo (#1542)
• Release prep v5.47.0 (#1547)

Others

• Bump vite from 5.4.18 to 5.4.19 in /tests/e2e (#1469)
• Bump tar-fs from 2.1.2 to 2.1.3 in /tests/e2e (#1482)
• Bump form-data from 4.0.1 to 4.0.4 in /tests/e2e (#1516)
• Bump vite from 5.4.19 to 5.4.20 in /tests/e2e (#1539)
• Bump sha.js from 2.4.11 to 2.4.12 in /tests/e2e (#1529)
• Inflation follow-up changes (#1441)
• chore: Invariant checks added for EraInfo (#1489)
• Update XCM test (#1504)
• Update release template (#1480)
• TryState checks workflow (#1498)
• TryState checks workflow run on production runtimes (#1499)
• Improved benchmark outputs (#1505)
• Minor release runtime optimization (#1506)
• Frame Omni Bencher integration (#1319)
• Fix for CI (#1510)
• Fix/omni bencher installation 2 (#1511)
• Omni-bencher installation fix (#1512)
• Omni bencher fix try5 (#1513)
• CI: Test new runtime compatibility with latest client (#1517)
• Zepter fix (#1522)
• Benchmark script update (#1537)
• Update PR template (#1519)

Recommended sidecar version:

• recommendation is to use latest v20.8.0 (link)

Dependency Changes

Astar: v5.46.0...v5.47.0
Polkadot-sdk: paritytech/polkadot-sdk@010fd7b...09dc9b2
Frontier: AstarNetwork/frontier@0d0f44b...e74325d

Download Links

Arch	Link
MacOS x86_64	Download
Ubuntu x86_64	Download
Ubuntu aarch64	Download

runtime-1800

Description

This is runtime-only release, client isn't impacted.

This is release adds:

• Prep for Shiden & Kusama AssetHub migration (#1533)
• Inflation decay factor (#1536)

Runtimes

Shibuya

✨ spec_version:                1800
🏋 Runtime Size:                2474876
🗜 Compressed:                  Yes
🎁 Metadata version:            14
🗳️ sha256:                      0xc55aff031895ec1548ef3f237c92f22d73c3460f127c7ffe2a0adbf0d4911bc0
🗳️ blake2-256:                  0xa7cbcd99fa1f229849161dcb9ad20454dd5e637eb108e455d1f87339e0f8b6e3
📦 IPFS:                        QmePS3VKMTe4Pzav6hA9y7BBHgLvzuMSNhyChRsDXocnaE

Shiden

✨ spec_version:                1800
🏋 Runtime Size:                2294416
🗜 Compressed:                  Yes
🎁 Metadata version:            14
🗳️ sha256:                      0x9a2b4a3375bd7e5caa613a996881537bc220ed5a8efcce107113dd81e626a603
🗳️ blake2-256:                  0x95618a10d92da8b22d6fc3594accf90c6c650168f4dace69218fa21bc0e8298c
📦 IPFS:                        QmZ8mmv9iAy9V2caAsgw1NNK4QkUbDmCcmKJBDJPDPpNvB

Astar

✨ spec_version:                1800
🏋 Runtime Size:                2449887
🗜 Compressed:                  Yes
🎁 Metadata version:            14
🗳️ sha256:                      0x63526b850e0e0b8bb1a4b1c430f05dc2ee6f94e02796921d4c12c079aa11ef67
🗳️ blake2-256:                  0x6ec7318d210226ca0ea3fa163cfd441f07f5872bf97243f51caef374482947ac
📦 IPFS:                        Qmagw27Qgby9JVThdLEQifLi3WGvLcNqsUhRHMD7gF5VWp

Build Info

WASM runtime built using rustc 1.88.0 (6b00bc388 2025-06-23)

Changes

Runtime

• Feat: Inflation decay factor (#1536)
• Prep for Shiden AssetHub migration (#1533)
• runtime-1800 prep (#1546)

Others

• Benchmark script update (#1537)
• Bump vite from 5.4.19 to 5.4.20 in /tests/e2e (#1539)
• Bump sha.js from 2.4.11 to 2.4.12 in /tests/e2e (#1529)

Recommended sidecar version:

• v20.4.1

Dependency Changes

Astar: runtime-1700...runtime-1800
Polkadot-sdk: paritytech/polkadot-sdk@09dc9b2...09dc9b2
Frontier: AstarNetwork/frontier@e74325d...e74325d