Aurora, the Ethereum-compatible layer-2 network, has been offline since 02:16 UTC according to data from Onchain Lens, with no restoration timeline announced as of press time.
The mainnet disruption marks a significant availability issue for the network, which serves as a scaling solution for Ethereum-based applications. The extended downtime affects all transactions and smart contract interactions on Aurora during the outage window. Network status monitoring services have confirmed the connectivity loss, though the root cause of the incident remains under investigation by the Aurora development team.
Aurora's outage underscores ongoing reliability challenges facing layer-2 solutions amid growing competition in the scaling space. Users relying on Aurora for decentralized finance protocols and other on-chain applications face transaction delays and potential liquidity constraints until service restoration.