# State of The Graph: Q3 2026, an independent review

**URL:** <https://forum.thegraph.com/t/state-of-the-graph-q3-2026-an-independent-review/7095>\
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**Created:** [October 1, 2026, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.thegraph.com/t/state-of-the-graph-q3-2026-an-independent-review/7095 "2026-10-01T15:59:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![AxiomaticAardvark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.thegraph.com/axiomaticaardvark/32/2935_2.png) [@AxiomaticAardvark](https://forum.thegraph.com/u/AxiomaticAardvark)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.thegraph.com/t/state-of-the-graph-q3-2026-an-independent-review/7095/1 "2026-10-01T15:59:05Z")

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Wrote up Q3 from the outside, same quarter as the Foundation’s review that went out today.

> **[State of The Graph: Q3 2026 - The Graph Academy](https://learn-thegraph.com/dispatches/state-of-the-graph-q3-2026/)**
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> The quarter the multi-core-dev era ended. The Foundation became the operator, took 20% of issuance to pay for it, switched on the Rewards Eligibility Oracle and set a date for Studio traffic to leave the upgrade indexer. GRT printed an all-time low...

It covers the mandate, GIP-0089, REO five weeks in, the Studio migration and the 16 September outage, with the gaps named.