testnet-v1.73.0

kriasoft/react-starter-kittestnet-v1.73.0May 26, 2026by ebmifa

AI Summary

This release updates the Sui protocol to advance epochs based on timestamps rather than validator votes and introduces new GraphQL query capabilities, CLI formatting tools, and improved service shutdown handling.

Key Highlights

Protocol epoch advancement logic changed to use timestamps instead of validator votes.
GraphQL now supports checkpoint lookup by digest.
CLI command `sui move format` added to pass through to `prettier-move`.
Service shutdown handling improved for `sui start --with-faucet`.

New Features

Checkpoint lookup by digest (GraphQL)
Address status query via `asTransactionObject` (GraphQL)
CLI formatting passthrough for Move code
Graceful shutdown on Ctrl+C for faucet services
Streaming backoff config validation

Full Release Notes

## Protocol
#### Sui Protocol Version in this release: `125`

https://github.com/MystenLabs/sui/pull/26740: Testnet: advance epoch based on timestamp instead of validator votes.

https://github.com/MystenLabs/sui/pull/26246: New flag for dealing with party object extensions for incurring post execution writes

## GraphQL

https://github.com/MystenLabs/sui/pull/26594: Support checkpoint lookup by digest

https://github.com/MystenLabs/sui/pull/26495: add asTransactionObject  which allows user to query the status of address that is involved as an object in a particular transaction

## CLI

https://github.com/MystenLabs/sui/pull/26521: Adds `sui move format` passthrough command for `prettier-move` auto-formatter.

https://github.com/MystenLabs/sui/pull/26697: `sui start --with-faucet` now responds to Ctrl+C / SIGINT and shuts down all subservices gracefully.

## Indexing Framework

https://github.com/MystenLabs/sui/pull/26229: Validate streaming backoff config and use saturating fallback math so retries cannot stall without progress.

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#### Full Log: https://github.com/MystenLabs/sui/commits/testnet-v1.73.0