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STRATO 16.3.1 Release Notes
Release Date: February 2026
🎯 Highlights
STRATO 16.3.1 expands asset support, improves user experience, and delivers critical infrastructure enhancements:
New Assets:
- Rocket Pool ETH (rETH) - Bridge Rocket Pool's liquid staking token to STRATO, trade in dedicated wstETH pool, and use as lending collateral, expanding liquid staking options
User Experience & Safety:
- Liquidation Warnings - Proactive banner and notifications alert users when positions approach liquidation thresholds, helping prevent unexpected liquidations
- Rewards APR Display - Rewards activities now show estimated APR, making it easier to understand potential returns
- Simplified Navigation - All navigation items now displayed directly in the sidebar without a "More" menu for faster access
Pool Management:
- Pool Pause & Disable - Administrators can now pause or disable liquidity pools, providing better control during maintenance or security events
Infrastructure & Reliability:
- CDP Fee Calculation Fixes - Corrected fee calculations for CDP operations ensuring accurate cost tracking
- Oracle Improvements - Replaced LiveCoinWatch with DefiLlama for more reliable price feeds, added rETH support
- Session Management - Improved handling of expired authentication sessions
🚀 Major Features
💰 New Assets
Rocket Pool ETH (rETH)
Liquid Staking Token for Ethereum
rETH is now supported on STRATO as a bridgeable asset with its own dedicated liquidity pool. rETH is Rocket Pool's liquid staking token that represents staked ETH in the Rocket Pool network, automatically accruing staking rewards over time.
What is rETH?
- Liquid staking - Stake ETH and receive rETH, a tradable token representing your staked position
- ETH-backed - Fully backed by staked ETH in the Rocket Pool protocol
- Accruing value - rETH value increases over time as staking rewards accumulate
- Decentralized - Built on Rocket Pool's decentralized staking infrastructure
- Liquid - Can be traded, transferred, and used as collateral while earning staking rewards
Features:
- Bridge support - Bridge rETH from Ethereum to receive rETHST on STRATO
- Swap pool - New rETHST-wstETHST liquidity pool for efficient trading between liquid staking tokens
- Oracle pricing - Real-time price feeds for accurate valuation
- Trading - Swap between rETHST and other assets
- Liquidity provision - Provide liquidity to the rETHST-wstETHST pool to earn trading fees
- Collateral use - Use rETHST as collateral for lending pool borrowing
How to Get Started:
- Bridge In - Go to Deposit page and bridge rETH from Ethereum
- Trade - Go to Swap page to trade rETHST for wstETHST or other tokens
- Add Liquidity - Go to Advanced → Swap Pools to provide liquidity to the rETHST-wstETHST pool
- Use as collateral - Deposit rETHST as collateral on the Borrow page for lending pool operations
Proactive Liquidation Warnings
Stay Ahead of Liquidation Risk
STRATO now proactively warns users when their borrowing positions approach liquidation thresholds, giving them time to take action before liquidation occurs.
Features:
- Banner alerts - Prominent banner displayed at the top of the dashboard when positions are at risk
- Notifications - Clear notifications with liquidation risk details
- Health factor tracking - Visual indicators show how close positions are to liquidation
- Action prompts - Direct links to repay or add collateral
- Dismissible - Users can dismiss warnings temporarily if they're aware of the risk
Benefits:
- Prevent unexpected liquidations - Get warned before it's too late
- Time to react - Take action to avoid liquidation penalties
- Better risk awareness - Understand your position health at a glance
Where to See:
- Dashboard page displays banner when positions are at risk
- Borrow page shows liquidation notifications
Rewards APR Display
Understand Your Earning Potential
The Rewards page now displays estimated APR (Annual Percentage Rate) for reward activities, helping you understand the earning potential of different actions on the platform.
Features:
- APR column - New column in the rewards activity table showing estimated APR
- Activity-specific rates - Different APR estimates for deposits, swaps, liquidity provision, etc.
- Clear earnings view - Better visibility into which activities provide the most rewards
Benefits:
- Compare opportunities - See which activities offer the best rewards
- Plan strategy - Make informed decisions about where to allocate assets
- Track performance - Understand actual vs estimated returns
Navigation: Go to Rewards page to view APR estimates for reward activities
Pool Pause & Disable
Enhanced Pool Management
Administrators now have the ability to pause or disable liquidity pools, providing better control during maintenance, upgrades, or security events.
Features:
- Pause pools - Temporarily suspend swaps while allowing liquidity removal
- Disable pools - Fully disable a pool from the system
- Admin controls - Easy-to-use toggles in the admin interface
- User notifications - Clear messaging when attempting to use paused/disabled pools
Use Cases:
- Maintenance - Pause pools during contract upgrades
- Security - Disable pools if issues are detected
- Deprecation - Disable old or unused pools
Navigation: Go to More → Admin to manage pool pause/disable states
Simplified Sidebar Navigation
Faster Access to All Features
All navigation items are now displayed directly in the sidebar, eliminating the "More" dropdown menu for quicker access to all platform features.
Changes:
- Activity Feed - Now directly accessible in sidebar
- Rewards - Moved to main sidebar
- Admin - Directly accessible (for admin users)
- All features visible - No hidden menus, everything at a glance
Benefits:
- Faster navigation - One click to reach any feature
- Better discoverability - New users see all available features
- Improved UX - More intuitive navigation structure
🎨 UI & Experience
Activity Feed Improvements
Better Activity Display
Multiple improvements to the Activity Feed make it easier to understand your transaction history.
Improvements:
- Vault deposit clarity - Bot executor internal transfers excluded from activity feed for cleaner vault deposit entries
- Better formatting - Improved card layouts and information hierarchy
- More context - Additional details for various activity types
Redirect After Login
Return to Where You Left Off
After logging in, STRATO now redirects you back to the page you were trying to access instead of sending you to the homepage.
Benefits:
- Seamless experience - No need to navigate back to where you were
- Better workflow - Continue what you were doing without interruption
- Saves time - One less click after authentication
🔧 Fixes & Improvements
CDP Improvements
- Fee calculation fix - Corrected CDP stability fee calculations to ensure accurate fee accrual and display
- Fee transparency - Better fee tracking and reporting for CDP positions
Oracle Enhancements
- DefiLlama integration - Replaced unreliable LiveCoinWatch with DefiLlama for more robust price feeds
- rETH price feeds - Added price oracle sources for rETH (Rocket Pool staked ETH) supporting the new rETHST asset
- KAG source management - Disabled unreliable KAG silver price sources
- Weekend fallback - Disabled XAG (silver) weekend proxy fallback to prevent stale data
- Error handling - Skip logging insufficient-source errors for assets with submit=false configuration
- Slack notifications - Oracle errors now trigger Slack notifications in addition to error flag files
UI Fixes
- Asset price history chart - Fixed inaccuracies in price history charts on asset detail pages
- Dark mode toggle - Fixed "Create Pool" isStable toggle not visible in dark mode
- Withdrawal history - Bridge withdrawals now automatically refresh the withdrawal history list
- Vault earnings display - Fixed vault all-time earnings display when value is close to zero
Session Management
- Expired session handling - Local session now properly cleared when Keycloak session expires, preventing repeated refresh errors
- Better error recovery - Improved handling of authentication errors and session timeouts
API & Backend
- API error sanitization - Application API errors now properly sanitized before being sent to clients, preventing information leakage
- Rewards poller fix - Fixed issues in rewards poller service affecting reward point calculations
- Referral server fix - Corrected referral service processing issues
- Network field parsing - Fixed network field parsing in RawTransaction deserialization preventing transaction errors
Infrastructure
- DNS resolution fix - Replaced c-ares based DNS resolution with system resolver to fix DNS issues in curl operations
- Railgun updates - Continued development and improvements to Railgun privacy infrastructure
Notes
STRATO 16.3.1 significantly improves user safety and experience with proactive liquidation warnings that help users avoid unexpected liquidations. The addition of APR display in the rewards interface makes it easier to understand earning potential and make informed decisions about asset allocation.
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