# Is there any risk that this chain will be paused or will stop working?

**URL:** <https://talk.harmony.one/t/is-there-any-risk-that-this-chain-will-be-paused-or-will-stop-working/22429>\
**Category:** Community\
**Created:** [April 13, 2023, 9:49pm UTC](https://talk.harmony.one/t/is-there-any-risk-that-this-chain-will-be-paused-or-will-stop-working/22429 "2023-04-13T21:49:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![UnArge4](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/talk.harmony.one/unarge4/32/15658_2.png) [@UnArge4](https://talk.harmony.one/u/UnArge4)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 9:49pm UTC](https://talk.harmony.one/t/is-there-any-risk-that-this-chain-will-be-paused-or-will-stop-working/22429/1 "2023-04-13T21:49:44Z")

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Hello, is there any significant risk that this chain will be paused or will stop working?

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**Author:** ![UnArge4](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/talk.harmony.one/unarge4/32/15658_2.png) [@UnArge4](https://talk.harmony.one/u/UnArge4)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 11:31am UTC](https://talk.harmony.one/t/is-there-any-risk-that-this-chain-will-be-paused-or-will-stop-working/22429/2 "2023-05-04T11:31:51Z")

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Looks like blockchain was down for hours recently. Anyone noticed?

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**Author:** ![DKValidator](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/talk.harmony.one/dkvalidator/32/883_2.png) [@DKValidator](https://talk.harmony.one/u/DKValidator)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 1:18pm UTC](https://talk.harmony.one/t/is-there-any-risk-that-this-chain-will-be-paused-or-will-stop-working/22429/3 "2023-05-04T13:18:04Z")

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Yes we lost consensus for about 4 hours. It happened after Harmony updated their internal nodes with the latest release. They’ve not told us what the cause was yet.