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​Here is the current status of Firedancer and what is actually "upcoming" for it right now:

​The "Full" Firedancer Release

​Release Date: The full, independent version of Firedancer (written entirely in C with no Agave code) officially launched on the Solana Mainnet on December 12, 2025.
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Current Adoption: As of early February 2026, it is no longer just "upcoming"—it’s live and securing approximately 21-25% of the total network stake.

​Performance: It has successfully demonstrated the ability to handle over 1 million transactions per second (TPS) in test environments, though the live Mainnet is currently averaging much higher stability rather than hitting those theoretical peaks daily.

​Frankendancer (The Hybrid Client)
​Before the full release, many validators were using Frankendancer, which combined Firedancer’s high-performance networking with the older Agave runtime.
​This went live in late 2024 and served as the "bridge" while the final client was polished.
​Most validators have now either fully migrated to the pure Firedancer client or are running it alongside Agave for redundancy.



​What is actually "Upcoming" right now (Feb 2026)?
​If you are looking for the next big release that hasn't fully rolled out yet, you are likely looking for

Alpenglow:
​Release Window: Q1 2026 (currently rolling out).

​The Upgrade: This is a massive consensus-layer upgrade (SIMD-0326) that works with Firedancer.

​The Goal: It introduces the Rotor protocol, which aims to slash Solana’s finality time from seconds down to roughly 150 milliseconds.

​Status: It moved to Mainnet-Beta just a few weeks ago in January and is expected to be fully active across all nodes by the end of this month.