--- title: "Updates to the Hiero JSON-RPC Relay Default Configuration for Ethereum-Style Alignment | April 2026" id: "21290" type: "post" slug: "upcoming-change-hiero-json-rpc-relay-default-configuration-updates-v0-77-0-20th-april-2026" published_at: "2026-02-24T18:54:22+00:00" modified_at: "2026-04-23T06:01:46+00:00" url: "https://hedera.com/blog/upcoming-change-hiero-json-rpc-relay-default-configuration-updates-v0-77-0-20th-april-2026/" markdown_url: "https://hedera.com/blog/upcoming-change-hiero-json-rpc-relay-default-configuration-updates-v0-77-0-20th-april-2026.md" excerpt: "The April 2026 release of the Hiero JSON-RPC Relay (v0.77.0), updates several default configuration values to better align the Relay’s behavior with what developers expect from standard Ethereum JSON-RPC implementations." taxonomy_category: - "Uncategorized" --- [Skip to content](#content) blog # Updates to the Hiero JSON-RPC Relay Default Configuration for Ethereum-Style Alignment | April 2026 February 24, 2026 ![Luke Forrest](/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/luke_forrest_avatar.jpeg) Luke Forrest Developer Relations Engineer The April 2026 release of the Hiero JSON-RPC Relay (v0.77.0), updates several default configuration values to better align the Relay’s behavior with what developers expect from standard Ethereum JSON-RPC implementations. ### **What’s Changing** | Configuration | Current Default | Updated Default | | --- | --- | --- | | ENABLE_TX_POOL | false | true | | REDIS_ENABLED | true | false | | USE_ASYNC_TX_PROCESSING | true | false | | RATE_LIMIT_DISABLED | false | true | | SUBSCRIPTIONS_ENABLED | false | true | | HBAR_RATE_LIMIT_TINYBAR | 25,000,000,000 | 0 | If you explicitly set these configuration values today, nothing changes for you. If you rely on defaults, your relay behavior will change after upgrading: - **Transaction pool enabled by default** (*`ENABLE_TX_POOL=true`*) Expect increased in-memory tracking of pending transactions versus previous defaults. - **WebSocket subscriptions enabled by default** (`SUBSCRIPTIONS_ENABLED=true`) Expect more long-lived connections and potentially higher resource usage depending on client behavior. - **Redis is disabled by default** (`REDIS_ENABLED=false`). Redis-backed behavior is not used with defaults after upgrading unless this setting is explicitly configured. - **Async transaction processing is disabled by default** (*`USE_ASYNC_TX_PROCESSING=false`*). Transaction processing runs synchronously by default, which shifts where load is handled and can change memory and CPU usage patterns compared to the previous default. - **Relay internal rate limiting disabled by default** (`RATE_LIMIT_DISABLED=true, HBAR_RATE_LIMIT_TINYBAR=0`) Any rate limiting for the endpoint would be handled outside the Relay unless these settings are explicitly configured. This may result in additional spend on metered instances. ### **Why Is This Change Happening?** The relay is often used as the “Ethereum-like” interface for tools such as wallets, indexers, explorers, and dApp backends. Many of these tools implicitly assume common Ethereum node behaviors. These default changes move the Relay closer to those expectations, while still allowing operators to override any setting. ### **What You Need to Do** Before you upgrade to the Hiero JSON-RPC Relay v0.77.0, decide whether you want the new defaults or to preserve the existing behavior. #### **Option A: Accept the new defaults** No action needed. #### **Option B: Preserve existing behavior** If you prefer to keep the existing behavior to avoid changes, you can explicitly set these values in your environment / Helm values / compose file: ![code window background](https://hedera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/CodeSnippetBackground-scaled.jpg)``` # Preserve prior defaults ENABLE_TX_POOL=false REDIS_ENABLED=true USE_ASYNC_TX_PROCESSING=true RATE_LIMIT_DISABLED=false SUBSCRIPTIONS_ENABLED=false HBAR_RATE_LIMIT_TINYBAR=25000000000 ``` Copy ### **Conclusion** If you are currently using the Hiero JSON-RPC Relay, review the changes above and explicitly set any values you want to preserve or update before upgrading to v0.77.0. 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