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alpenglow
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Solana talks up Agave 4.2 — three feature-gated changes, no release date
Solana's official accounts say the Agave 4.2 validator release will cut rent 90%, expand transaction size 3.3x and bring 200ms slot times — all feature-gated, with no ship date disclosed.
Solana merges the final flag to start turning on Alpenglow, with a Testnet target of July
Solana's July 2 developer changelog says Agave v4.1.0 merged the final feature flag to begin activating the Alpenglow consensus overhaul, which the team expects to reach Testnet in July and Mainnet in August.
Solana touts sub-second finality with 'Alpenglow' — the numbers, and where they come from
A widely shared post says Solana's "Alpenglow" upgrade will cut transaction finality to 100–150 milliseconds after a 98% validator vote, with mainnet targeted for Q3 2026 — but every figure traces to a single amplified social post, not a primary source.