Ethereum delays Glamsterdam test after security devs flag risk to existing contracts
Summary
Ethereum developers postponed the Glamsterdam upgrade on the Hoodi testnet after researchers warned that proposed gas-accounting changes could alter how existing smart contracts handle failed operations. EIPs 8037 and 8038 may leave contracts enough gas to complete failure-handling steps that previously would have reverted, or make some valid operations run out of gas. ChainSecurity demonstrated these potential behaviors but has not shown that a major live protocol is exploitable. The postponement also delays Hoodi’s planned gas-limit increase to 200 million. Developers have not announced a new test date, and no mainnet activation date is confirmed; there is no indication that contracts are currently being exploited.
