Solana Prepares to Test 150ms Finality

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Key Takeaways

  • Alpenglow awaits public testnet activation.
  • Agave v4.3 carries the feature gate.
  • No activation epoch has been published.
  • Finality could fall to approximately 150ms.
  • Other validator clients remain unsupported.

The tracker does not show Alpenglow as active

Anza placed Alpenglow under “Pending Testnet Activation” in its official feature-gate tracker, which was updated on September 22.

The entry identifies the feature as SIMD-0326: Alpenglow: new consensus algorithm and assigns it to Agave v4.3.0. The fields for its testnet activation epoch and date remain empty.

Alpenglow’s recorded rollout status
Status
Pending testnet activation
Supported release
Agave v4.3.0
Activation epoch
Not yet published
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