- Polygon’s POL token rose slightly amid a fix for a mainnet bug.
- POL price charts show bears remain in control, but bullish momentum is likely.
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Cryptocurrency prices currently reflect the broader risk-on market environment.
The Polygon (POL) token climbed about 1.6% as buyers pushed prices higher following a recent decline caused by a software bug in the proof-of-stake network that introduced 10–15 minute delays to transaction finality.
With developers rolling out an important patch, can a retest of the $0.275 area give bulls the upper hand again?
The POL uptick above $0.27 put Polygon’s price back toward a key zone beneath the previous buying interest around $0.71.
Polygon deploys major bug fix
On September 10, 2025, the Polygon network announced its team had successfully implemented a fix for a bug that caused node software to delay transaction finality.
The incident briefly disrupted decentralized applications (dApps) and RPC services, but developers quickly deployed a hard fork and software updates that resolved the issue.
The outage stemmed from a bug in Bor and Erigon node configurations that prevented validators from synchronizing and processing checkpoints.
“We identified the root cause of the finality issue and released v2.2.11-beta2 for Bor and v0.3.1 for Heimdall, the latter as a hard fork scheduled for 3PM UTC,” Polygon wrote.
Node restarts resolved the problem for most validators and RPC providers, and the network regained full consensus shortly afterward.
A follow-up update added:
“The hard fork has been successfully completed, and checkpoints are now being processed normally along with state synchronization. Checkpointing is in progress and finality consensus has been fully restored on Polygon PoS.”
Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal commented on the event, noting the setback is part of the “growing pains” for the network.
POL price initially reacted negatively to the announcement but then showed signs of stabilizing alongside other major cryptocurrencies. Regarding the bug fix and upgrade, Nailwal said:
“The team continues to monitor the network closely and is investigating how this scenario occurred in the first place. I’m very grateful to our engineering team for identifying and resolving the issue quickly, and for the community’s patience and understanding.”
POL price outlook
Market sentiment across crypto points to upside potential for risk assets, but POL’s structure has largely remained bearish over recent weeks.
After breaking higher out of an ascending channel on the daily chart, the token reversed lower and left buyers struggling under the $0.30 area.
POL price chart (TradingView)
Technical indicators offer mixed signals. The RSI near 55 suggests there is room for bullish momentum to grow, while the MACD shows a mildly bearish crossover.
If upward momentum holds, POL could target approximately $0.54. Conversely, a drop below $0.25 would increase the risk of a deeper decline toward $0.20 or lower.