A new Solana patch update has been released, aiming to help alleviate congestion issues on the Solana network.

“The v1.17.31 release is now recommended for general use by MainnetBeta validators,” Solana’s status update account posted on X early Monday. “This release contains enhancements which will help alleviate the ongoing congestion on the Solana Network.”

The patch specifically includes improvements in how data packets are handled and optimized, changes to how certain nodes are classified based on their stake and updates to default settings in the system's local testing environment.

The v1.17.31 release represents the first round of mainnet congestion updates, with more to come. Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko said it typically takes about 30 incremental updates, or patch …