Zcash Foundation Details Zebra Sync Fixes Ahead Of NU7 Release

TL;DR: The Zcash Foundation says it merged fixes for Zebra nodes that stopped syncing near the chain tip. The October 21 update places the work ahead of a stable NU7 release and reminds operators of the older client’s approaching stop date. Zcash’s preparation for NU7 includes a less glamorous but essential task: making sure nodes keep following the chain reliably. In an engineering update published Wednesday, the Zcash Foundation described fixes for synchronization problems reported after Zebra 7.0.0-rc.0. Its team also confirmed the same underlying cause on a mainnet node. The changes adjust how Zebra requests blocks from peers and handles failed downloads. At the time of the update, the work was merged into the development branch but had not appeared in a published release. The foundation described Zebra 7.0.0 as the likely next stable NU7 release. Merged Code Still Has To Reach Operators That release distinction matters. A fix being accepted into development does not mean an exchange, wallet provider or individual node is already running it. Operators normally receive the benefit when an appropriate release is published and deployed. Services relying on their own nodes then nee...