Woofun AI reports that Base, the Ethereum layer-2 network backed by Coinbase, resumed block production after a nearly two-hour outage caused by a consensus failure. The network halted at 4:03 pm UTC on Thursday when block production became unhealthy, preventing new blocks from being created until recovery efforts succeeded.

At 5:21 pm UTC, the team confirmed they had isolated a consensus problem that led to an invalid block being sequenced, which directly stopped the creation of new blocks. Just before 6 pm UTC, Base announced that healthy blockbuilding had been restored and that ecosystem-wide infrastructure was successfully syncing with the recovered chain.

Woofun AI data shows the network verified widespread recovery across the ecosystem, though the team pledged to investigate the root cause and publish a full post-mortem. This incident represents a rare downtime event for Base, which last suffered a major outage in August 2025 lasting 33 minutes according to its status page.

Base creator Jesse Pollack stated on X that all funds on the network remain safe, emphasizing that while a halt is unacceptable, the event would drive improvements for global, 24/7 finance. The outage occurred independently and just hours before the scheduled Beryl upgrade, which was set for 6 pm UTC and completed two hours later at 8 pm UTC.

The Beryl update aimed to reduce withdrawal delays and introduce a new token standard for real-world assets and stablecoins, marking a significant functional expansion for the platform. In contrast, Layer-1 blockchain Sui experienced two periods of downtime on back-to-back days in May, each causing a temporary halt in block production.

Sui later attributed its outages to a network update that carried a known low probability of causing a halt, highlighting the persistent technical risks facing major blockchain infrastructures. This sequence of events underscores the critical need for robust consensus mechanisms as networks scale their operational complexity.