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Is Avalanche Down Right Now?

Avalanche's C-Chain is the EVM-compatible contract chain of the Avalanche network, with ~2s finality. This page reads Avalanche's latest block from a public RPC to tell you whether the network is producing blocks — or whether it's your wallet or a single node that's failing.

Block explorer ↗Official status page ↗
Producing blocksAvalanche mainnet

Avalanche is producing blocks normally — the latest block was 4s ago (based on a public RPC, api.avax.network).

Latest block
#88,806,484
Last block
4s ago
RPC latency
67ms
RPC node
api.avax.network
Reads the latest block from a public RPC. One node's view — not a multi-node consensus.

What “Avalanche is down” actually means

Avalanche separates its network into the C-Chain (EVM contracts), X-Chain, and P-Chain, and an incident on one doesn't necessarily stop the others. The C-Chain — the one wallets and dapps use — has had rare stalls where block production paused before recovering. This page reads the C-Chain's latest block over a public RPC; if the block number is advancing, the contract chain is live and your wallet or RPC is the likelier issue.

If Avalanche seems down

1
Check status.avax.network and whether the latest block on snowtrace.io is advancing.
2
Make sure your wallet is pointed at the C-Chain RPC specifically — X/P-Chain endpoints won't serve EVM dapps.
3
Switch the C-Chain RPC to a fallback (avalanche-c-chain-rpc.publicnode.com) if blocks are advancing but a dapp fails.
4
An issue on the X-Chain or P-Chain doesn't mean the C-Chain (your dapps) is down — they're separate chains.
5
Follow @avax / @AvaxStatus for official incident updates.

Frequently asked questions

Is Avalanche down right now?
This page reads Avalanche's latest block from a public RPC. If the block height shown above is advancing, Avalanche is producing blocks and is not down. A frozen, non-advancing height means the chain may be halted; an "RPC unreachable" result means we couldn't reach a node — which can be that node rather than the chain itself.
How does WebsiteDown check if Avalanche is down?
We send a JSON-RPC request to a public Avalanche endpoint and read the latest block and its timestamp. If it hasn't advanced past a Avalanche-specific staleness threshold, we flag it as halted. We don't run a validator, so this is one node's view — confirm with the official status page during an incident.
Is the chain halted, or is it just my wallet or RPC?
Most "is Avalanche down" moments are a wallet or a single RPC failing, not the chain. If the block height here is climbing, the network is live — switch your wallet's RPC endpoint. Only a frozen, non-advancing block height points to an actual Avalanche halt.
What should I do if Avalanche is halted?
There is no user-side fix for a true halt — your funds stay safe on-chain and transactions resume when the network restarts. Follow the official status channels linked above for restart timing instead of repeatedly resubmitting transactions.

Get told when Avalanche halts

WebsiteDown can watch Avalanche's block height on a schedule and email you if it stops advancing — no need to keep refreshing this page.

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