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Ethereum RPC Visibility Incident Notes

Independent notes on observed RPC visibility degradations.
Entries document missed newHeads delivery, websocket stream stalls, and provider-region behavior that affected Ethereum block visibility.

Visibility Incident Notes

Externally observed RPC visibility degradation events.

July 03, 2026

Ankr Ethereum WebSocket connection failures across ORD, NRT, and EWR

QuantLoop observed approximately 64 minutes of Ankr Ethereum WebSocket connection failures from ORD, NRT, and EWR. The affected probes detected silent streams, disconnected, and remained in a reconnect/error loop until recovery.

May 31, 2026

dRPC Ethereum newHeads visibility loss from LAX probe

QuantLoop observed approximately 20 minutes without fresh Ethereum newHeads delivery from dRPC at the LAX probe. No corresponding provider-reported outage was identified at the time of publication.

May 22, 2026

Chainstack Ethereum newHeads visibility loss across European probes

QuantLoop observed approximately 30 minutes without fresh Ethereum newHeads delivery from Chainstack across LHR, FRA, and AMS probes, coinciding with Chainstack's reported London cluster incident.

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