# Sepolia Pectra Incident Update

DevFeed: [Sepolia Pectra Incident Update](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/sepolia-pectra-incident-update-17142.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2025/03/05/sepolia-pectra-incident>)

Author: Tim Beiko

Published: 2025-03-05T00:00:00Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [Ethereum Foundation Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ethereum-foundation-blog.md>)

Topics: [incident](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/incident.md>), [Network](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/network.md>), [Deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/deployment.md>), [Transactions](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/transactions.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/configuration.md>), [client](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/client.md>)

Tags: [compatibility](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/compatibility.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/configuration.md>), [deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deployment.md>), [incident](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/incident.md>), [issue](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/issue.md>), [network](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/network.md>), [protocol-announcements](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/protocol-announcements.md>), [transactions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/transactions.md>), [update](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/update.md>)

## AI overview

An issue with Sepolia's permissioned deposit contract disrupted transaction inclusion after the Pectra upgrade went live on the Sepolia testnet. The issue was specific to Sepolia's configuration, and validators deployed a fix that restored normal throughput. Node operators must upgrade their execution layer clients for compatibility.

## Source excerpt

At 7:29 UTC today, on epoch 222464, the Pectra network upgrade went live on the Sepolia testnet. Unfortunately, an issue with Sepolia's permissioned deposit contract prevented many execution layer clients from including transactions in blocks. The root cause was identified within minutes, and client teams immediately began working on...