# TRON Makes GreatVoyage-v4.8.2.4 Mandatory for Node Operators By Simon Yoon Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/39368 Published: 2026-10-23T22:03:33.000Z Updated: 2026-10-23T22:03:33.000Z Section: Technology > The Empedocles release targets consistency and stability in rare cases, plus smart-contract storage and metadata handling in edge cases. TRON designated GreatVoyage-v4.8.2.4 as a mandatory java-tron update for node operators, with changes aimed at execution consistency in rare cases and smart-contract data handling at edge cases. Posted Oct. 22 under the codename Empedocles, the release focuses on consistency and stability in rare cases. It also targets smart-contract storage and metadata handling in edge cases. Both changes are associated with issue #7053. Available JAR files are GPG-signed, and the release includes instructions for checking their signatures. The preceding mandatory update, GreatVoyage-v4.8.2.3, was published Sept. 30 under the name Anaxagoras. Its changes covered smart-contract storage access, BN128 pairing performance and parsing JSON responses generated by nodes. The [previous mandatory java-tron upgrade]() covered that release. ## Links in this article - [previous mandatory java-tron upgrade](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/26105)