Cardano Node 1.26.2

This point release is a recommended upgrade for all stake pool operators. It is not required for relays or other passive nodes. It ensures that block producing nodes do not unnecessarily re-evaluate the stake distribution at the epoch boundary.

Changes

• Do not force the evaluation of the Mark snapshot - leave this as a thunk (#2614)

Fixed Issues

• Stake pools unnecessarily evaluate the stake distribution at the epoch boundary (#2616)

Known Issues

• As for node version 1.26.1

Documentation

• Cardano Node documentation
• Cardano CLI
• Internal API docs for ledger, consensus and network
• Configuration files

Platforms

• Linux 64-bit (Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, 20.04 LTS; Mint 19.3, 20; Debian 10.3)
• Windows 64-bit (8.1, 10)
• MacOS 10.13, 10.14, 10.15
• Docker image

Supported roles

Platform	Block Production	Relay	Client (Desktop)
Linux	✔️	✔️	✔️
Windows	❌	❌	✔️
MacOS	❌	❌	✔️

Minimum System Requirements

• An Intel or AMD x86 processor with two or more cores, at 1.6GHz or faster (2GHz or faster for a stake pool or relay)
• 8GB of RAM
• 10GB of free storage (20GB for a stake pool)

Sign off

Role	Approval
Technical Lead	✔️
QA Engineer	✔️
Ops	✔️
Release Manager	✔️