# Announcing Alpha v4.0 Upgrade: Enhancing Protocol Resilience and Efficiency 🚀

**URL:** <https://community.linea.build/t/announcing-alpha-v4-0-upgrade-enhancing-protocol-resilience-and-efficiency/8523>\
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**Created:** [December 11, 2024, 10:00am UTC](https://community.linea.build/t/announcing-alpha-v4-0-upgrade-enhancing-protocol-resilience-and-efficiency/8523 "2024-12-11T10:00:58Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 11, 2024, 10:00am UTC](https://community.linea.build/t/announcing-alpha-v4-0-upgrade-enhancing-protocol-resilience-and-efficiency/8523/1 "2024-12-11T10:00:58Z")

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**Alpha v4.0 is scheduled for December 16th**

This significant update introduces advanced state reconstruction capabilities, granular role management, and gas optimizations across key contracts.

**Why is this upgrade important?**

Alpha v4.0 prepares our protocol for state reconstruction, enabling efficient reconstruction of the Linea state. It introduces granular roles for improved pause management and brings substantial gas optimizations.

These enhancements strengthen the network’s robustness and operational efficiency.

**Read the release notes here for more details: [Release notes | Linea](https://docs.linea.build/release-notes#alpha-v4)**

**Check out this X thread for more:** 🔗 [x.com](https://x.com/LineaBuild/status/1866224452553306367)