Renewal of KES keys and operational certificates
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Oct 13, 2025 - Renewal of KES keys and operational certificatesβ
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KES key and operational certificate renewal completed. Operators generate KES files on a regular basis and issue operational certificates with new KES files approximately every 90 days to operate the pool. Blocks cannot be generated after expiration.
β Operational certificate's KES period is within the correct KES period interval
β The operational certificate counter ahead of the node protocol state counter by 1
{
"qKesCurrentKesPeriod": 1302,
"qKesEndKesInterval": 1364,
"qKesKesKeyExpiry": "2026-01-13T21:44:51Z",
"qKesMaxKESEvolutions": 62,
"qKesNodeStateOperationalCertificateNumber": 32,
"qKesOnDiskOperationalCertificateNumber": 33,
"qKesRemainingSlotsInKesPeriod": 8008355,
"qKesSlotsPerKesPeriod": 129600,
"qKesStartKesInterval": 1302
}