The activation of the XRP Ledger bug fix fixCleanup3_4_0 has been pushed back from October 23 to November 4 at 14:46 UTC after validator support briefly fell below the required threshold, resetting the network’s mandatory 14-day approval countdown.
The amendment needs backing from more than 80% of the 35 trusted validators, equivalent to at least 29 yes votes, maintained at every roughly 15-minute checkpoint for 14 consecutive days. On Monday, the fix held exactly 29 votes. However, at 12:54 UTC on Wednesday, support dropped to 26 validators, according to XRPL Dashboard, invalidating the original countdown. By 14:46 UTC the same day, support returned to 29, and a new countdown began. Support has since climbed to 31 of 35 validators, leaving a two-vote cushion above the threshold.
Trackers do not indicate which validators dropped off. Because votes are recorded only when the network hears from a validator at each check, an offline or restarting server would count the same as a no vote, so the dip may not reflect deliberate opposition.
The patch itself addresses a loophole that could allow an account authorized only to burn an issuer’s tokens to create new tokens instead, according to xrpld 3.4.0 release notes. It also changes how the lending code decides when a loan is late or in default, part of a broader lending system Ripple has pitched to banks and payment companies since June. That lending system remains inactive as of Thursday and would require separate validator approval before going live.
Binance News also covered the delay, noting that the broader XRP Ledger lending system still lacks enough validator support to start its own activation countdown. Additional fixes in the release touch escrow, digital collectibles, signatures, and permission checks.
