Pause activations (trailing 12 months)
dYdX v4 (dYdX Chain)'s assessment for RD-F-086 — scored yellow on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.
Evidence summary #
Two protocol failsafe chain-halt activations in the v4 operational record: (1) Apr 8, 2024 — ~9.5h halt triggered by IAVL library bug during v4.0.0 upgrade; (2) Oct 10, 2025 — ~8h halt triggered by collateral logic ordering bug in isolated market. Both resolved without fund loss (Oct 2025 resulted in ~$462K protocol-level execution errors from stale oracle on resumption, covered by insurance fund). The automatic halt mechanism functioned as designed. Two halts in ~19 months is elevated operational friction for a perpetuals DEX. Yellow.
Sources #
- URLOctober 2025: dYdX Chain Incident Review & Community UpdateOct 2025 incident reviewretrieved 2026-05-17
- https://www.dydx.foundation/blog/dydx-chain-4-0-software-upgraderetrieved 2026-05-17
Methodology #
Count the number of deliberate pause activations with documented reason in the trailing 12 months.
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