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Bootstrappers

Monitoring and Alerting

Status and availability of bootstrap nodes, a critical component of every network. Bootstrapper nodes help new peers discover and connect to the network.

ProbeLab's monitoring infrastructure is checking up on Polkadot bootstrapper nodes' connectivity every 5 mins, utilising all available transports (i.e., TCP, QUIC, Websocket, WebTransport).

How to read the dashboards

  • Upon three failed attempts to connect to a bootstrap node with any of the transport options (i.e., if none of the attempts with any of the transports is successful), the node is considered offline and an alert is triggered.
  • If a node is offline, the corresponding tile at the top section of the dashboard turns red.
  • Upon each failed attempt to connect to a node with a particular transport, the disruption is indicated as a red stripe in the timeseries dashboard of the corresponding transport.
  • Unless all attempts to connect to a node with any of the transports fail, the top section tile remains green.
PeerID: 12D3KooWSz8r2WyCdsfWHgPyvD8GKQdJ1UAiRmrcrs8sQB3fe2KU
Bootnode 0
UP
Probed 3 minutes ago
PeerID: 12D3KooWFN2mhgpkJsDBuNuE5427AcDrsib8EoqGMZmkxWwx3Md4
Bootnode 1
UP
Probed 3 minutes ago
PeerID: 12D3KooWKvdDyRKqUfSAaUCbYiLwKY8uK3wDWpCuy2FiDLbkPTDJ
Dwellir
DOWN
Probed 3 minutes ago
PeerID: 12D3KooWAdyiVAaeGdtBt6vn5zVetwA4z4qfm9Fi2QCSykN1wTBJ
Luckyfriday
DOWN
Probed 3 minutes ago
PeerID: 12D3KooWT1PWaNdAwYrSr89dvStnoGdH3t4LNRbcVNN4JCtsotkR
OnFinality
DOWN
Probed 2 minutes ago
PeerID: 12D3KooWAb5MyC1UJiEQJk4Hg4B2Vi3AJdqSUhTGYUqSnEqCFMFg
Stakeworld
UP
Probed 59 minutes ago

Overall Availability

Bootstrapper availability through all available transports

Bootstrappers Status Timeline (Overall)

Bootstrappers Status Timeline (Overall)

Shows when each bootstrapper was online (green) or offline (red). Each row is one bootstrapper, with its name or, if it has no name, its peer ID. Our bootstrapper monitor probes the endpoints of every bootstrapper regularly. Probes of a bootstrapper that follow each other within three minutes form one round. This timeline counts the probes of all types. A round is online if at least one probe of any type succeeded. A bar lasts until the status changes, so a time without probes keeps the last status. Hover over a bar to see its start and end time.

Data is provided as is, without warranty. Scraping and automated bulk extraction are not permitted. See our Terms of Use.

Availability by Probe Type

Bootstrapper availability for each probe type

Bootstrappers Status Timeline (TCP)

Bootstrappers Status Timeline (TCP)

Shows when each bootstrapper was online (green) or offline (red). Each row is one bootstrapper, with its name or, if it has no name, its peer ID. Our bootstrapper monitor probes the endpoints of every bootstrapper regularly. Probes of a bootstrapper that follow each other within three minutes form one round. This timeline counts only the TCP probes. A round is online if at least one of these probes succeeded. A bar lasts until the status changes, so a time without probes keeps the last status. Hover over a bar to see its start and end time.

Data is provided as is, without warranty. Scraping and automated bulk extraction are not permitted. See our Terms of Use.

Bootstrappers Status Timeline (WebSocket)

Bootstrappers Status Timeline (WebSocket)

Shows when each bootstrapper was online (green) or offline (red). Each row is one bootstrapper, with its name or, if it has no name, its peer ID. Our bootstrapper monitor probes the endpoints of every bootstrapper regularly. Probes of a bootstrapper that follow each other within three minutes form one round. This timeline counts only the WebSocket probes. A round is online if at least one of these probes succeeded. A bar lasts until the status changes, so a time without probes keeps the last status. Hover over a bar to see its start and end time.

Data is provided as is, without warranty. Scraping and automated bulk extraction are not permitted. See our Terms of Use.

Bootstrappers Status Timeline (WSS)

Bootstrappers Status Timeline (WSS)

Shows when each bootstrapper was online (green) or offline (red). Each row is one bootstrapper, with its name or, if it has no name, its peer ID. Our bootstrapper monitor probes the endpoints of every bootstrapper regularly. Probes of a bootstrapper that follow each other within three minutes form one round. This timeline counts only the WSS probes. A round is online if at least one of these probes succeeded. A bar lasts until the status changes, so a time without probes keeps the last status. Hover over a bar to see its start and end time.

Data is provided as is, without warranty. Scraping and automated bulk extraction are not permitted. See our Terms of Use.

Bootstrappers

The bootstrappers that we probe and the probe types we use for each of them.

Name Endpoint Peer ID Probe Types
Bootnode 0 /dns/polkadot-bootnode-0.polkadot.io/tcp/30334/ws 12D3KooWSz8r2WyCdsfWHgPyvD8GKQdJ1UAiRmrcrs8sQB3fe2KU
WebSocket Connect
Bootnode 0 /dns/polkadot-bootnode-0.polkadot.io/tcp/30333 12D3KooWSz8r2WyCdsfWHgPyvD8GKQdJ1UAiRmrcrs8sQB3fe2KU
TCP Connect
Bootnode 0 /dns/polkadot-bootnode-0.polkadot.io/tcp/443/wss 12D3KooWSz8r2WyCdsfWHgPyvD8GKQdJ1UAiRmrcrs8sQB3fe2KU
WSS Connect
Bootnode 1 /dns/polkadot-bootnode-1.polkadot.io/tcp/443/wss 12D3KooWFN2mhgpkJsDBuNuE5427AcDrsib8EoqGMZmkxWwx3Md4
WSS Connect
Bootnode 1 /dns/polkadot-bootnode-1.polkadot.io/tcp/30333 12D3KooWFN2mhgpkJsDBuNuE5427AcDrsib8EoqGMZmkxWwx3Md4
TCP Connect
Bootnode 1 /dns/polkadot-bootnode-1.polkadot.io/tcp/30334/ws 12D3KooWFN2mhgpkJsDBuNuE5427AcDrsib8EoqGMZmkxWwx3Md4
WebSocket Connect
Dwellir /dns/polkadot-boot.dwellir.com/tcp/30334/ws 12D3KooWKvdDyRKqUfSAaUCbYiLwKY8uK3wDWpCuy2FiDLbkPTDJ
WebSocket Connect
Dwellir /dns/polkadot-boot.dwellir.com/tcp/443/wss 12D3KooWKvdDyRKqUfSAaUCbYiLwKY8uK3wDWpCuy2FiDLbkPTDJ
WSS Connect
Luckyfriday /dns/boot-polkadot.luckyfriday.io/tcp/443/wss 12D3KooWAdyiVAaeGdtBt6vn5zVetwA4z4qfm9Fi2QCSykN1wTBJ
WSS Connect
OnFinality /dns4/polkadot-0.boot.onfinality.io/tcp/24446/ws 12D3KooWT1PWaNdAwYrSr89dvStnoGdH3t4LNRbcVNN4JCtsotkR
WebSocket Connect
Stakeworld /dns/dot-bootnode.stakeworld.io/tcp/30311/ws 12D3KooWAb5MyC1UJiEQJk4Hg4B2Vi3AJdqSUhTGYUqSnEqCFMFg
WebSocket Connect
Stakeworld /dns/dot-bootnode.stakeworld.io/tcp/30312/wss 12D3KooWAb5MyC1UJiEQJk4Hg4B2Vi3AJdqSUhTGYUqSnEqCFMFg
WSS Connect
Stakeworld /dns/dot-bootnode.stakeworld.io/tcp/30310 12D3KooWAb5MyC1UJiEQJk4Hg4B2Vi3AJdqSUhTGYUqSnEqCFMFg
TCP Connect

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Latest Bootstrapper Probes

The following table shows the latest probes from our infrastructure in real-time. You can refresh the table in the upper right corner of the table.

Name Probe Type Result Error Timestamp

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