# Polkadot Paseo testnet appears to have stopped producing blocks for ~11 hours

**URL:** <https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-paseo-testnet-appears-to-have-stopped-producing-blocks-for-11-hours/18002>\
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**Created:** [July 2, 2026, 12:19am UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-paseo-testnet-appears-to-have-stopped-producing-blocks-for-11-hours/18002 "2026-07-02T00:19:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![PolkadotTestnet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PolkadotTestnet](https://forum.polkadot.network/u/PolkadotTestnet)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2026, 3:02am UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-paseo-testnet-appears-to-have-stopped-producing-blocks-for-11-hours/18002/2 "2026-07-02T03:02:18Z")

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Hello @ahjxcrz ,

We apologize for the service disruption but this is expected as Paseo is going through a major downsizing and reset.

All the details are described in details in the following two posts:

> [@Paseo’s Next Chapter: A Testnet for Polkadot’s Product Era](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/paseo-s-next-chapter-a-testnet-for-polkadot-s-product-era/17984/5):
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> Hey @Paradox, thanks for the heads up! While I need to get a bit more informed myself around how the Public RPC bounty works and if this would be feasible, it does sound like a good idea. I think we should definitely make the Paseo curators aware of this and see if there is any possibility that the testnet gets some help provisioning RPCs.

> [@Paseo Testnet: Relay Downsizing & Sunset](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/paseo-testnet-relay-downsizing-sunset/17995/2):
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> loudspeaker A note for parachain teams building on Paseo: The new relay chain will be ready to onboard all the ecosystem team parachains at the exact block they will stop, however if you’d like to carry your parachain’s history across to the new relay chain, there’s one time-sensitive action on your side: If your runtime still has the relay-block-number check active — and most runtimes do — you’ll need a runtime upgrade before the old relay chain stops producing blocks, to deactivate it. Wit…

Please let us know if you need further information.

Thanks.  
Paseo team.

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