The XRP Ledger experienced a temporary disruption when validators stopped publishing validations, causing ledgers to drift apart. The incident highlighted a potential failure mode known as the 'silent network' where validators refuse to participate due to concerns about network integrity. Ripple CTO David Schwarz explained that this halt in validations likely stemmed from validators recognizing network issues and preventing the acceptance of potentially invalid ledgers. While the network appeared to self-correct, the incident underscores the importance of consensus among validators for the XRP Ledger's smooth operation.
“One possible failure mode for XRPL is if all the validators think something's wrong with the network, all refuse to send any validations,” the Ripple CTO explained.The incident began when the network's consensus process appeared to function, but validations were not being published, causing the network's ledgers to drift apart.
A “drift” in this context means that while the consensus protocol was technically running, validations weren't being published. “It's likely that servers refused to send validations precisely because they knew something was wrong,” Schwarz said. “And wanted to make sure no server accepted a ledger as fully validated when they couldn't be sure the network would retain and eventually agree on that ledger.
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