# Base resolved a proposal stall that slowed canonical bridge withdrawals

> Withdrawals through the canonical bridge were delayed for a time, and the official notice later reported recovery.

- URL: https://riadefi.com/on-chain/2026-10-09-base-mainnet-proposal-stall/
- Type: Market stress
- Stage: Recovery reported
- Evidence: confirmed
- Materiality: material
- Event date: 2026-10-09
- Version: 2, published 2026-10-11 (first published 2026-10-10)
- Follow-up: 2026-10-13
- Advisor-relevant: yes
- Affects: Base canonical bridge (protocol)

## What happened

Base's official status page reported at 13:48 UTC on Oct. 9 that mainnet proposals had stalled, which would slow withdrawals in flight. Proposals resumed by 14:21 UTC, and Base marked the incident resolved at 19:15 UTC.

## What changed

Withdrawals through the canonical bridge were delayed for a time, and the official notice later reported recovery.

## What did not change

The notice shows no contract upgrade, no change to withdrawal rules, no asset loss and no exploit. The resolution does not show that every affected withdrawal has completed.

## Confirmed

- At 13:48 UTC on Oct. 9, Base reported that it was investigating a proposal stall that would slow withdrawals in flight.
- At 14:21 UTC, Base reported that it had identified the issue and that proposals had resumed.
- At 19:15 UTC, Base marked the incident resolved.
- The affected component was Bridge (Mainnet).

## Still open

- The notice Ketju holds does not describe the root cause or the fix.
- The exact start time, the number of affected withdrawals and the extra delay are not known.
- The notice does not show when every affected withdrawal completed.

## What it means for an advisor

- Ketju will review the Coinbase bridge memo's findings on withdrawal timing and operating reliability.
- Ketju records the stall in the bridge's incident history; check any pending client withdrawals.
- Consider whether repeated proposal stalls call for tighter liquidity planning; this resolved notice alone does not justify restricting the approval.

## Sources

1. [Base Mainnet proposals halted](https://status.base.org/incidents/3sryt3zgjxxk) · Base · 2026-10-09


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