Key Highlights

  • The fixCleanup3_1_3 amendment was activated on the XRP Ledger mainnet, requiring no manual voting from validators or node operators to take effect.

  • The upgrade automatically clears expired NFT offers that had been accumulating on the ledger and enforces correct trust line token limits during vault withdrawals to prevent over-issuance.

  • Lending protocol bookkeeping errors that caused loan balances to update incorrectly during defaults and repayments have been corrected, strengthening the reliability of XRP Ledger's native financial infrastructure.

The XRP Ledger activated the fixCleanup3_1_3 amendment on May 27, 2026, completing a maintenance upgrade first announced by the XRP Ledger Foundation on May 8. As documented in the Foundation's release notes, the amendment required no manual voting from validators or node operators, activating automatically once sufficient network support was confirmed. Approximately 40% of the network's validators had already upgraded to version 3.1.3 ahead of the activation date.

The amendment addresses three distinct areas. First, it resolves an issue where expired NFT offers remained stuck on the ledger after their expiry time, accumulating as dead data and creating inconsistencies in NFT state tracking. The amendment now automatically removes those offers at expiry, keeping the ledger cleaner and eliminating edge cases that could affect NFT marketplace integrations. Second, it tightens enforcement of trust line token limits during vault withdrawals, preventing scenarios where withdrawals could inadvertently allow over-issuance beyond the limits set by the trust line configuration.

The third fix targets the XRP Ledger's native lending protocol, where bookkeeping errors had caused loan balance records to update incorrectly during defaults and repayments. Specifically, loan positions that became impaired or entered default were not being marked correctly in the ledger state, creating accounting discrepancies between the actual outstanding balance and the recorded position. The amendment corrects that logic so that all balance transitions during defaults, repayments, and impairments are recorded accurately.

Developers described the goal of the amendment as strengthening the XRP Ledger's foundations rather than delivering new capabilities. The fixes span NFTs, vault infrastructure, and lending, three of the protocol's most actively developed feature sets, reflecting a maturation phase in which correctness and stability are being prioritized alongside expansion. With 16 firms actively testing tokenized trading and settlement services globally and XRP ETF inflows approaching $1.4 billion, the reliability of the XRP Ledger's core infrastructure carries increasing real-world financial weight.