Mainnet 5: Upgrade instructions, release notes, and more

Akash Network has successfully upgraded to Mainnet 5. The upgrade took place this morning and was completed in ~22 minutes. Mainnet 5 includes several bug fixes and modifications of previously released network features.

The upgrade occurred at block height 8998907: https://www.mintscan.io/akash/blocks/8998907

Mainnet 5 Resources and Guides #

For more on the network changes and bug fixes associated with Mainnet 5, see our documentation. Upgrade guides for providers and validators can be found at the links below:

Validators:

https://docs.akash.network/upgrades/v0.20.0-upgrade-docs

Providers:

https://docs.akash.network/mainnet5-upgrade-docs/provider-upgrade

Release Notes #

Upgrade notes for Mainnet 5 with links to corresponding GitHub issues:

**Bug Fixes**

• **RPC:** enable websocket via TLS (#1725)

• **build:** remove --privileged flag from release target (#1724)

• **config:** return error if env bind to flag fails (#1723)

• **configs:** fork cosmos-sdk intercept configs (#1729)

• **ica:** rollback ica support (#1730)

• **scripts:** remove redundant exit (#1731)

**Build**

• ensure go version match (#1720)

• **goreleaser:** remove homebrew from goreleaser (#1721)

For the full release notes with associated assets, refer to Akash Network’s Github:

https://github.com/ovrclk/akash/releases/tag/v0.20.0

Upgrade to Mainnet 5 #

If you are an Akash Provider or Validator, please upgrade to Mainnet 5 as soon as possible.

If you have questions or concerns about upgrading — please reach out to our community via Akash Network’s Discord.