<p>The legacy Cardano testnet has been decommissioned, you need to use <code>preview</code> or <code>preprod</code>.</p>

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I ended up upgrading my node from 1.35.2 to 1.35.7 & using preprod.
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Marek Mahut - StakeNuts
<p>Haven't started my node for 6 months (testnet) so I cleared the container to start another sync from scratch, keep getting this weird error &amp; the node won't start adding new <code>chain tips</code></p>
<pre class="lang-bash prettyprint-override"><code>cardano-node.1-35-2      | [62f086c7:cardano.node.DnsSubscription:Warning:58] [2023-04-05 14:35:25.81 UTC] Domain: &quot;relays-new.cardano-testnet.iohkdev.io&quot; Failed to start all required subscriptions
cardano-node.1-35-2      | [62f086c7:cardano.node.DnsSubscription:Warning:58] [2023-04-05 14:40:15.77 UTC] Domain: &quot;relays-new.cardano-testnet.iohkdev.io&quot; Failed to start all required subscriptions
cardano-node.1-35-2      | [62f086c7:cardano.node.DnsSubscription:Warning:58] [2023-04-05 14:40:25.87 UTC] Domain: &quot;relays-new.cardano-testnet.iohkdev.io&quot; Failed to start all required subscriptions
cardano-node.1-35-2      | [62f086c7:cardano.node.DnsSubscription:Warning:58] [2023-04-05 14:40:35.89 UTC] Domain: &quot;relays-new.cardano-testnet.iohkdev.io&quot; Failed to start all required subscriptions
cardano-node.1-35-2      | [62f086c7:cardano.node.DnsSubscription:Warning:58] [2023-04-05 14:40:35.89 UTC] Domain: &quot;relays-new.cardano-testnet.iohkdev.io&quot; Failed to start all required subscriptions
cardano-node.1-35-2      | [62f086c7:cardano.node.DnsSubscription:Warning:58] [2023-04-05 14:40:35.89 UTC] Domain: &quot;relays-new.cardano-testnet.iohkdev.io&quot; Failed to start all required subscriptions
cardano-node.1-35-2      | [62f086c7:cardano.node.DnsSubscription:Warning:58] [2023-04-05 14:40:35.89 UTC] Domain: &quot;relays-new.cardano-testnet.iohkdev.io&quot; Failed to start all required subscriptions
cardano-node.1-35-2      | [62f086c7:cardano.node.DnsSubscription:Warning:58] [2023-04-05 14:40:35.89 UTC] Domain: &quot;relays-new.cardano-testnet.iohkdev.io&quot; Failed to start all required subscriptions
cardano-node.1-35-2      | [62f086c7:cardano.node.DnsSubscription:Warning:58] [2023-04-05 14:40:35.89 UTC] Domain: &quot;relays-new.cardano-testnet.iohkdev.io&quot; Failed to start all required subscriptions
cardano-node.1-35-2      | [62f086c7:cardano.node.DnsSubscription:Warning:58] [2023-04-05 14:40:35.89 UTC] Domain: &quot;relays-new.cardano-testnet.iohkdev.io&quot; Failed to start all required subscriptions
cardano-node.1-35-2      | [62f086c7:cardano.node.DnsSubscription:Warning:58] [2023-04-05 14:40:35.89 UTC] Domain: &quot;relays-new.cardano-testnet.iohkdev.io&quot; Failed to start all required subscriptions
</code></pre>
<p>I start my container with <code>NETWORK=testnet docker compose --file node-compose.yml up</code> am I not supposed to use <code>NETWORK=testnet</code> anymore? This <a href="https://developers.cardano.org/docs/get-started/running-cardano#cardano-blockchain--nets" rel="nofollow noreferrer">link</a> says there are <code>preview</code> &amp; <code>pre-prod</code> testnets but when I use that instead of <code>testnet</code> I get an error.</p>
<p>What could be going wrong here? What has changed?</p>

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Node never begins to sync, hangs at certain point
# Node never begins to sync, hangs at certain point

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-04-05)

Haven't started my node for 6 months (testnet) so I cleared the container to start another sync from scratch, keep getting this weird error & the node won't start adding new chain tips
cardano-node.1-35-2      | [62f086c7:cardano.node.DnsSubscription:Warning:58] [2023-04-05 14:35:25.81 UTC] Domain: "relays-new.cardano-testnet.iohkdev.io" Failed to start all required subscriptions
cardano-node.1-35-2      | [62f086c7:cardano.node.DnsSubscription:Warning:58] [2023-04-05 14:40:15.77 UTC] Domain: "relays-new.cardano-testnet.iohkdev.io" Failed to start all required subscriptions
cardano-node.1-35-2      | [62f086c7:cardano.node.DnsSubscription:Warning:58] [2023-04-05 14:40:25.87 UTC] Domain: "relays-new.cardano-testnet.iohkdev.io" Failed to start all required subscriptions
cardano-node.1-35-2      | [62f086c7:cardano.node.DnsSubscription:Warning:58] [2023-04-05 14:40:35.89 UTC] Domain: "relays-new.cardano-testnet.iohkdev.io" Failed to start all required subscriptions
cardano-node.1-35-2      | [62f086c7:cardano.node.DnsSubscription:Warning:58] [2023-04-05 14:40:35.89 UTC] Domain: "relays-new.cardano-testnet.iohkdev.io" Failed to start all required subscriptions
cardano-node.1-35-2      | [62f086c7:cardano.node.DnsSubscription:Warning:58] [2023-04-05 14:40:35.89 UTC] Domain: "relays-new.cardano-testnet.iohkdev.io" Failed to start all required subscriptions
cardano-node.1-35-2      | [62f086c7:cardano.node.DnsSubscription:Warning:58] [2023-04-05 14:40:35.89 UTC] Domain: "relays-new.cardano-testnet.iohkdev.io" Failed to start all required subscriptions
cardano-node.1-35-2      | [62f086c7:cardano.node.DnsSubscription:Warning:58] [2023-04-05 14:40:35.89 UTC] Domain: "relays-new.cardano-testnet.iohkdev.io" Failed to start all required subscriptions
cardano-node.1-35-2      | [62f086c7:cardano.node.DnsSubscription:Warning:58] [2023-04-05 14:40:35.89 UTC] Domain: "relays-new.cardano-testnet.iohkdev.io" Failed to start all required subscriptions
cardano-node.1-35-2      | [62f086c7:cardano.node.DnsSubscription:Warning:58] [2023-04-05 14:40:35.89 UTC] Domain: "relays-new.cardano-testnet.iohkdev.io" Failed to start all required subscriptions
cardano-node.1-35-2      | [62f086c7:cardano.node.DnsSubscription:Warning:58] [2023-04-05 14:40:35.89 UTC] Domain: "relays-new.cardano-testnet.iohkdev.io" Failed to start all required subscriptions

I start my container with NETWORK=testnet docker compose --file node-compose.yml up am I not supposed to use NETWORK=testnet anymore? This link says there are preview & pre-prod testnets but when I use that instead of testnet I get an error.
What could be going wrong here? What has changed?

**Tags:** cardano-node, node, linux

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2023-04-05. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

The legacy Cardano testnet has been decommissioned, you need to use `preview` or `preprod`.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: I ended up upgrading my node from 1.35.2 to 1.35.7 & using preprod.  

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