Latest Release Jan 29, 2026

Development Updates
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A new network release is now ready! Please follow the instructions below once the new versions are available to ensure your nodes stay compatible and continue earning rewards. Full changelog are posted with the release.

:desktop: For MacOS/Linux Launchpad Users

  • Open Node Launchpad v0.6.2 if you are not already on that version
  • MacOS/Linux users will auto upgrade assuming you followed the steps in the previous release: Discord

:desktop: For Windows Launchpad Users

  • Open Node Launchpad v0.6.2 if you are not already on that version
  • Press O to access the Options screen.
  • Then, press Ctrl + U, and hit Enter. This will upgrade your nodes. Upgrading can take several minutes for each node. Please don’t close the app or stop your nodes during this process.
  • Your nodes will now stop
  • Press Ctrl + S to start your nodes again

:computer: For MacOS/Linux CLI (antctl) Users

  • MacOS/Linux users will auto upgrade assuming you followed the steps in the previous release: Discord

:computer: For Windows CLI (antctl) Users

  • If you’re using the CLI tool, please update and upgrade. Run the update first: antup update
  • Then run the upgrade: antctl upgrade --interval 60000
  • Finally, start them again with antctl start --interval 30000

:package: **Binary Versions **

  • antnode: 0.4.14
  • antctld: 0.14.1
  • antctl: 0.14.1
  • ant: 0.5.0
  • evm-testnet: 0.1.18
  • nat-detection: 0.2.22
  • node-launchpad: 0.6.2

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Weekly Developer Update: January 29, 2025
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So, you still have to do something yourself when upgrading? I thought that it was fully automated thing, without even a way to opt out. That’s not a problem, I just thought otherwise.

I run my nodes with Formicaio. Just to inform anyone else, who is fresh to that, that Formicaios auto-upgrade is off by default. You can activate it from settings.

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For your nodes you dont need to do anything. It will happen automatically. If you however want to upload or download using the client, you’d have to manually update the client software.

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Thanks. And this is the case, no matter how you run your nodes? I run them with Formicaio.

Was it so, that there is a time window in which the nodes upgrade randomly? What was the window size? I was expecting to see some of my 30 nodes upgraded after 12 hours of the release of the new version. None was, but maybe I was just impatient?

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Yes. doesn’t matter, it’s in the node software. If I remember correct is can take up to 6 days for all the nodes to have updated at the most.

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There actually isn’t any new version of antctl for this release. That shouldn’t have been in the instructions.

Just let the nodes upgrade on their own. If you don’t see any movement within a few days, then something is probably wrong and we could take a look at it.

Edit: just to caveat this, if you are Windows user, you do still need to upgrade your nodes using the manual procedure.

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