Solana’s Agave v3.0.14 patch reveals critical bugs that could have stalled its ‘always-on’ network
Solana maintainers urged validators to rapidly install the Agave v3.0.14 client after critical issues were reported through GitHub security advisories in December 2025. The patch, detailed by Anza on Jan. 16, addressed two vulnerabilities in Solana’s gossip and vote-processing systems that could have crashed validators or disrupted consensus at scale. Early data on Jan. 11 showed only a minority of stake had upgraded, prompting concern over how quickly a distributed validator set can coordinate under urgent conditions.