XRP Ledger to Activate fixCleanup3_1_3 Upgrade, Clearing Expired NFT Offers and Patching Critical Bugs

The XRP Ledger uses validator voting to activate protocol changes, with amendments requiring support from more than 80% of trusted validators for two consecutive weeks. The coming release matters for institutional use because Batch enables atomic, cross-account transaction bundles, while Permission Delegation lets account owners grant limited signing authority without surrendering full control. Both capabilities were previously pulled before mainnet activation after security flaws surfaced, making their return a test of XRPL’s tightened review process.

RippleX engineering executive Jazzi Cooper said xrpld 3.3.0 is expected in the first week of August 2026 and will ship five amendments for validator consideration: BatchV1_1, PermissionDelegationV1_1, Confidential MPT, Sponsored Fees and Dynamic MPT. The original Batch flaw was reported on Feb. 19 and blocked by the emergency 3.1.1 release on Feb. 23; a separate delegation bug could have enabled fee draining. The new proposals add shielded Multi-Purpose Token balances and transfers, third-party fee sponsorship and more flexible token settings, while activation remains subject to the 80%-for-two-weeks threshold.

The XRP Ledger is rolling out its v3.2.0 software upgrade to reduce validators’ operating costs and strengthen network stability. Because XRPL relies on a distributed group of validators to confirm transactions, inconsistent version adoption could create node compatibility and security risks. The pace of the upgrade is therefore critical to the ledger’s overall operation.

At the time of reporting, about 89% of XRP Ledger validators had upgraded to v3.2.0, and most validators had also voted in favor of the new version. However, network-wide adoption of the fixCleanup3_2_0 amendment, which includes several security fixes, was still lagging. Validators that fail to update promptly could later be isolated by the system because of version incompatibility.