BNB Smart Chain: Elevated Latency and Intermittent Errors on Archive Requests
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Alchemy experienced a minor incident: BNB Smart Chain: Elevated Latency and Intermittent Errors on Archive Requests. ServiceAlert observed recovery on Oct 22, 2026.
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Incident Lifecycle
Affected Components
BNB Smart Chain
Incident Timeline
Monitoring
Latency and error rates for BNB Smart Chain have returned to normal since approximately 15:00 UTC. We are continuing to monitor and will resolve this incident once we are confident performance is stable.
Oct 22, 2026 at 4:09 PM UTC
Investigating
We are seeing elevated latency and a small percentage of intermittent 5xx errors on BNB Smart Chain, mainly for archive and trace requests served from our EU region. The issue began around 01:40 UTC on October 22 and has been intermittent since. We are investigating and working to restore normal performance. We will post another update shortly.
Oct 22, 2026 at 9:57 AM UTC
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