Polygon Labs decommissions the zkEVM Mainnet Beta sequencer on July 1, 2026. After that point, no new transactions are processed. Assets locked in DeFi smart contracts have no recovery path.
Wallet assets: auto-migration available
Polygon takes a snapshot at shutdown and auto-migrates unexited balances to Ethereum L1, claimable later through a dedicated interface. The bridge at ui.agglayer.dev is open until the cutoff for anyone who wants to exit manually. Unclaimed snapshot balances are flagged as abandoned on December 31, 2027, per the official Polygon Community Forum notice.
DeFi positions: no auto-migration path
DeFi positions get no such safety net. Polygon stated it "does not own or control decentralized applications operating on the network and therefore cannot recover or transfer those assets," according to CryptoNews.net's coverage of the shutdown. Funds in liquidity pools, multisig wallets, and protocol-controlled contracts must be withdrawn before July 1; once the sequencer stops, no withdrawal transactions can be submitted.
PancakeSwap, one of the network's larger DEX integrations, began phasing out Polygon zkEVM support in 2025 well ahead of the deadline, per Polygon community coverage.
The shutdown was first announced in June 2025, giving the ecosystem 12 months' notice. This is a planned deprecation, not a security failure. Polygon's successor infrastructure is AggLayer and Polygon CDK.
Remaining TVL on Polygon zkEVM as of June 27, 2026 could not be confirmed at publication; DefiLlama returned no data.
