{"id":60537,"date":"2022-04-22T20:15:31","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T17:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=60537"},"modified":"2025-09-05T03:51:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T00:51:14","slug":"metamask-users-hit-by-outages-tied-to-infura-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/metamask-users-hit-by-outages-tied-to-infura-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"MetaMask users hit by outages tied to Infura issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MetaMask developers reported outages in the Web3 wallet caused by issues at the Ethereum infrastructure provider Infura.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">If you\u2019re currently experiencing issues with MetaMask, it may be because of the outage that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/infura_io?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Infura_io<\/a> is actively combating: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lZGMg4RaaI\">https:\/\/t.co\/lZGMg4RaaI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MetaMask \ud83e\udd8a\ud83d\udc99 (@MetaMask) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MetaMask\/status\/1517531050246868993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Issues affected calls to certain API functions on the Ethereum mainnet, as well as on Palm, Optimism, Polygon, Filecoin and Arbitrum.<\/p>\n<p>As of this writing, the technical issues have been resolved, according to information on the site.<\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-full\\\"><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" width=\\\"862\\\" height=\\\"859\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/infura-io.png\\\" alt=\\\"Users of MetaMask facing outages due to Infura issues\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-171162\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/infura-io.png 862w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/infura-io-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/infura-io-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/infura-io-768x765.png 768w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 862px) 100vw, 862px\\\" \/><figcaption>Data: status.infura.io.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Infura is the primary <span data-descr=\\\"remote procedure call\\\" class=\\\"old_tooltip\\\">RPC<\/span> provider for MetaMask, enabling the wallet to interact with the Ethereum network.<\/p>\n<p>Similar outages occurred previously \u2014 in November 2020 some exchanges even <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/infura-a-leading-ethereum-infrastructure-provider-suffers-outages\">had to halt withdrawals<\/a>. At that time, the Infura issues were linked to consensus errors in older versions of the Geth client. Because part of the network had not upgraded to the latest version, at block 11,234,873 <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/infura-outage-explained-as-an-unannounced-hard-fork-of-ethereum\">a split of Ethereum into two chains<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In March, the company behind Infura <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/consensys-raises-450-million-at-a-7-billion-valuation\">ConsenSys raised $450 million at a $7 billion valuation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog on Telegram: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogfeed\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">ForkLog Feed<\/a> \u2014 all the news, <a href=\\\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news, infographics and opinions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MetaMask developers reported outages in the Web3 wallet due to issues with the Ethereum infrastructure provider Infura.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60538,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1301,2022,1287],"class_list":["post-60537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-blockchain-vulnerabilities","tag-infura","tag-metamask"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"23","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60537"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60539,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60537\/revisions\/60539"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}