FLOP validator package 0.4.1-devnet.1 fixes a join failure on slow-starting nodes

Flop has shipped a second validator package on the same day. When we checked on November 10, 2026, the explorer's Validate on FLOP page listed validator-cs-be91fe83 · 0.4.1-devnet.1 · FLOP Devnet · Linux amd64. The archive was last modified at 11:32 UTC on November 9, about six hours after 0.4.0-devnet.1 went up.

What changed in 0.4.1-devnet.1?

It's a single bug fix. The package CHANGELOG, in its [0.4.1-devnet.1] - 2026-11-09 section, says onboard join "waits up to five minutes for the validator to serve RPC after its unsafe-RPC restart". Before, it connected at once, "so a node still starting ended the join with WS 1006".

If your pnpm onboard join on 0.4.0 stopped with a WS 1006 error, this is the release that addresses it. Nothing else in the changelog changed: the sponsor-grant join path and pnpm onboard status from 0.4.0 are still there.

What did we verify?

Check	Result (Nov 10, 2026)
Package URL	validator-cs-be91fe83-0.4.1-devnet.1.tar.gz returned HTTP 200
Archive SHA-256	715abad72f3a8c658de5f929c6fe01b03d4204b5954925331766053610f3c967, matching the published checksum file
Package manifest.json	version 0.4.1-devnet.1, status "prepared; operator admission pending"
Older 0.4.0-devnet.1 archive	Still online (HTTP 200)
Validator manual	Still names 0.4.0-devnet.1 and does not yet list the 0.4.1 checksum

Because the manual hasn't caught up, check the 0.4.1 archive against the explorer's checksum file with sha256sum before you extract it.

Does this change how you join?

No. The explorer still reads "Administrator-assisted devnet onboarding. Self-service public testnet onboarding is not yet available." You still run pnpm onboard prepare, send your hostname, public address and SSH host key to your FLOP operations contact, then join and verify. Our devnet validator guide has the full sequence.

The devnet earns no rewards and no airdrop weight (why), and the testnet still has no published date (tracker).

There is no FLOP token yet. Never send a seed phrase, account.json, .env or private SSH key to anyone. See FLOP scams and official links.