Network upgrade watch

Upcoming Ethereum and Base upgrades that can change how smart contracts behave. Last checked . The Ethereum Foundation's repricing data was last regenerated 2026-08-24.

Glamsterdam Ethereum

Status
Mainnet date not set. Testnets and devnets in progress.
Date
No date announced

Proposals that affect contracts

  • EIP-7773 (meta)
  • EIP-8037 state creation cost
  • EIP-8038 state access cost

What it means

Two proposed gas repricings change what some operations cost. A contract whose calls rely on a fixed amount of gas may behave differently afterwards. The Ethereum Foundation replayed past transactions under the new prices and lists the contracts that appeared in at least one potentially broken transaction.

Base network upgrades (gas repricing) Base

Status
Base has not announced whether it will adopt these gas changes.
Date
No date announced

Proposals that affect contracts

  • EIP-8037 (design for Base unresolved)

What it means

Base has published no decision and no date. Its public code repository shows design and test work, with the EIP-8037 design pull request closed without merging on 2026-10-29. A separate open pull request (not merged) stacks Ethereum's Amsterdam execution rules onto Base test work; the Base docs upgrade pages (checked 2026-11-09) mention no gas repricing. Until Base says more, treat the effect on Base contracts as unknown.

Contracts that appear in the Ethereum Foundation's Glamsterdam repricing list show an Upgrade readiness line on agent pages. The list is a replay of past Ethereum mainnet transactions under the proposed prices: a contract on it may behave differently after the upgrade, and a contract that is not on it is not guaranteed to behave the same. Base has no such list. Check the Ethereum Foundation checker for any Ethereum contract. Free data: upgrade watch (JSON).