Key Takeaways:
fixCleanup3_1_3 amendment is set to activate on the XRP Ledger on May 27, 2026, after achieving a rare 100% validator consensus.
The XRP Ledger will activate its fixCleanup3_1_3 amendment on May 27, 2026, a maintenance upgrade that secured unanimous 100% support from network validators, according to data from explorer XRPScan.
The risk of a contentious fork is minimal, according to XRPL co-creator David Schwartz. He explained that network legitimacy flows through validator coordination via Unique Node Lists (UNLs) and economic adoption from exchanges and wallets, not simply the number of nodes running old software.
The amendment bundles a collection of important bug fixes for core protocol features, including NFTs, Permissioned Domains, Vaults, and the Lending Protocol. The release is part of a broader security overhaul by Ripple, which includes an AI-assisted red team to continuously analyze the codebase for vulnerabilities. Because the release contained only fixes and no new features, it reached 100% consensus without manual voting.
The stakes for network participants are operational. Any server operator running a pre-3.1.3 version will become "amendment-blocked" at activation, losing the ability to process transactions or participate in consensus. While reports indicated 50% node adoption ahead of the deadline, on-chain data from Santiment showed whales accumulating over 71 million XRP in the week prior, suggesting significant market interest in the successful upgrade.
This upgrade is a key step in the XRPL roadmap, which continues to advance in areas like tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) and enhanced decentralized exchange (DEX) features. A future amendment, MPTVersion2 (XLS-82), is already in the pipeline to extend Multi-Purpose Token support on the native DEX, enabling new DeFi capabilities.
This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice.
