# Base transaction delays

> Base users could wait longer for transactions to enter a block or receive preconfirmation. Base deployed optimizations while investigating the degradation.

- URL: https://riadefi.com/on-chain/2026-11-02-base-transaction-inclusion/
- Type: Market stress
- Stage: Confirmed
- Evidence: developing
- Materiality: material
- Event date: 2026-11-02
- Version: 1, published 2026-11-05 (first published 2026-11-05)
- Follow-up: 2026-11-06
- Advisor-relevant: yes
- Affects: Base canonical bridge (protocol)

Developing. Some claims here are not yet confirmed, and they are listed apart from the confirmed facts. Ketju publishes a new version when the primary evidence changes.

## What happened

Base reported slower transaction inclusion on November 2, 2026, and announced a fix at 14:55 UTC.

## What changed

Base users could wait longer for transactions to enter a block or receive preconfirmation. Base deployed optimizations while investigating the degradation.

## What did not change

Base reported continued normal block production. Its notice establishes no bridge exploit, asset loss or change to withdrawal rules.

## Confirmed

- Base began reporting the incident at 13:36 UTC on November 2, 2026.
- Base identified performance degradation and reported optimizations at 14:36 UTC.
- Base reported deploying a fix at 14:55 UTC while continuing to assess results.

## Still open

- Base’s supplied notice contains no final resolution or confirmed recovery time.
- Base did not quantify the transaction delays or identify their effect on individual bridge withdrawals.
- Base did not establish censorship or a breach of the documented forced-inclusion window.

## What it means for an advisor

- Ketju should track resolution against the Base bridge memo’s operational assumptions.
- Advisors should confirm transaction inclusion when evaluating the timing of a holder’s bridge withdrawal.

## Sources

1. [Delayed transaction inclusion on Base Mainnet](https://status.base.org/incidents/9jdt5jc1ylry) · Base · 2026-11-02


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