The XRP Ledger update, including the Batch feature, has been postponed for at least 10 days after validator support briefly fell below the required threshold. The update was initially planned for activation on September 29, but now its earliest activation is set for October 9, provided support remains above 80%. This feature will allow users to bundle up to eight transactions, including simultaneous payments and tokenized asset deliveries. It will also enable all-or-nothing swaps, preventing one side of a deal from completing without the other.
Head of Engineering at RippleX, Ayo Akinyele, previously noted that some projects are already being developed with the Batch feature in mind. “Some projects are already being created with Batch in mind, so activation will bring this work closer to the production stage,” – he noted. However, he did not name partners or specify launch timelines. The BatchV1_1 update received support from 30 out of 35 trusted validators on September 25, triggering a new two-week countdown to activation.
Validators – are operators who verify transactions and vote on network changes. XRP Ledger updates must maintain support from over 80% of trusted validators for two consecutive weeks. Losing this support resets the accumulated time, even if votes return shortly after. The Batch feature has already been initiated twice, as the initial version was withdrawn due to a critical vulnerability in signature verification before activation. The corrected version was implemented in August with the 3.3.0 software update that manages the ledger. A separate update, called PermissionDelegationV1_1, allowing account owners to delegate specific tasks without transferring signing keys, was also postponed. This update will enable businesses to authorize another account to perform approved actions without transferring keys that control its funds. It lost the necessary support on September 23 but regained it the next day, shifting activation timelines from October 5 to October 8 around 21:25 UTC.
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