Key Highlights
- Sui launched a live public stress test powered by AI agents.
- The network recorded TPS peaks surpassing 6 million during the experiment.
- Sui Tunnels technology enabled large-scale off-chain transaction batching.
Sui Network, a Layer 1 blockchain, has taken a bold step toward proving its scalability by launching a live public stress test powered by autonomous AI agents.
On July 4, 2026, the network demonstrated extraordinary throughput, with real-time dashboards showing current transactions per second (TPS) exceeding 4.6 million and peaks surpassing 6 million.
The experiment leverages Sui’s innovative “Sui Tunnels” technology, which efficiently batches and settles millions of off-chain transactions on-chain.
This allows the network to handle extreme loads from AI agents interacting across decentralized applications (dApps), games, payments, and chat interfaces. Unlike simulated benchmarks, this is a transparent, public demonstration open to global participants.
Sui invites users to join live
Sui’s team invited users worldwide via an X post to join the event, which began streaming at 9:00 AM PT. Participants can log in with just an email to observe or engage as AI agents compete and transact in real time. The goal: push the blockchain beyond 1 million TPS under genuine, unpredictable conditions driven by autonomous agents.
The dashboard shared during the test highlights impressive metrics: over 4,025,114 total transactions, 10,606 open tunnels. Throughput remained robust, with a sharp upward spike visible in the 1-hour view, reflecting the surge from AI-driven activity.
Team rebuilds confidence after outages
This initiative comes months after Sui faced scrutiny over network stability. In late May 2026, the mainnet experienced three outages totaling more than 15 hours due to bugs in the v1.72 upgrade related to gas charging logic.
The incidents temporarily froze significant on-chain assets but were resolved without loss of funds. The Sui Foundation issued a detailed post-mortem and implemented fixes, underscoring a commitment to reliability.
By conducting this high-profile stress test, Sui aims to rebuild confidence and showcase its object-centric architecture and parallel execution capabilities, which theoretically support massive scalability. The involvement of AI agents adds a futuristic layer, testing not just raw throughput but also the network’s ability to support complex, real-time decentralized interactions.
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