Polymarket plans to November test the new CLOB and complete two migration rehearsals.
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Polymarket will open November new CLOB market maker testing, with two migration rehearsals planned
PANews September 29 reported that Polymarket Vice President Josh said on X that the team is fully developing a Rust-based full-stack central limit order book (CLOB CLOB), which currently CLOB is the root cause of most of the platform's current issues. According to the plan,October will complete the full order lifecycle in the test environment, including trading, settlement, on-chain interactions, the indexer, and engine notifications;November will mirror all production traffic to the new trading cluster and compare the results with the existing system, while opening testing access to market makers and finalizing the migration cutover plan, with two complete rehearsals to be completed before the official cutover. Josh also said that, if progress goes smoothly, the new system will subsequently be officially launched, and the migration is expected to require no changes or only minimal changes from market makers and developers.
Polymarket The team is developing a Rust-based full-stack central limit order book (CLOB）。
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plans October to complete the full order lifecycle in the test environment, including trading, settlement, on-chain interactions, the indexer, and engine notifications.
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plans November to mirror all production traffic to the new trading cluster and compare the results with the existing system.
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plans November to open testing access to market makers and complete two full migration rehearsals before the official cutover.
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Polymarket Vice President Josh said that, if progress goes smoothly, the new system will subsequently be officially launched.
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CLOB It is a central limit order book used to process orders and their subsequent workflows. The plan includes testing the new system, mirroring production traffic for comparison, inviting market makers to test it, and conducting two rehearsals before the official cutover.
Why it matters to readers
If the plan proceeds smoothly, the new system may improve order-book-related stability and the trading experience; however, it is currently still in the development, testing, and migration-preparation stage.
This is not a completed system upgrade, but a plan covering testing, comparison, and migration rehearsals.
Risks and unknowns
October It has not yet been confirmed whether the full order lifecycle testing was completed as planned.
November The results of the production traffic mirroring comparison have not yet been announced.
Feedback from market maker testing and the results of the two migration rehearsals have not yet been announced.
The official launch and migration timing still depend on subsequent progress.
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CLOB
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A market participant willing to buy and sell at prevailing market prices, providing trading opportunities for assets such as stocks, currencies, or commodities.
