feat: deprecate 16 chains

paulbalaji · claude · paulbalaji · commit de3a6a3b7871 · 2026-04-06T15:33:54.000+01:00
Add availability deprecated tag to: story, merlin, degenchain, dogechain,
tangle, harmony, superpositionmainnet, arbitrumnova, polygonzkevm, aurora,
fantom, b3, bsquared, scroll, zeronetwork, moonbeam.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) &lt;noreply@anthropic.com&gt;
diff --git a/.changeset/deprecate-chains-batch.md b/.changeset/deprecate-chains-batch.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@hyperlane-xyz/registry': minor
+---
+
+Mark 16 chains as deprecated: story, merlin, degenchain, dogechain, tangle, harmony, superpositionmainnet, arbitrumnova, polygonzkevm, aurora, fantom, b3, bsquared, scroll, zeronetwork, moonbeam.
diff --git a/chains/arbitrumnova/metadata.yaml b/chains/arbitrumnova/metadata.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 # yaml-language-server: $schema=../schema.json
+availability:
+  reasons: [deprecated]
+  status: disabled
 blockExplorers:
   - apiUrl: https://arbitrum-nova.blockscout.com/api
     family: blockscout
diff --git a/chains/aurora/metadata.yaml b/chains/aurora/metadata.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+availability:
+  reasons: [deprecated]
+  status: disabled
 blockExplorers:
   - apiUrl: https://explorer.mainnet.aurora.dev/api
     family: blockscout
diff --git a/chains/b3/metadata.yaml b/chains/b3/metadata.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+availability:
+  reasons: [deprecated]
+  status: disabled
 blockExplorers:
   - apiUrl: https://explorer.b3.fun/api
     family: blockscout
diff --git a/chains/bsquared/metadata.yaml b/chains/bsquared/metadata.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+availability:
+  reasons: [deprecated]
+  status: disabled
 blockExplorers:
   - apiUrl: https://explorer.bsquared.network/api
     family: etherscan
diff --git a/chains/degenchain/metadata.yaml b/chains/degenchain/metadata.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+availability:
+  reasons: [deprecated]
+  status: disabled
 blockExplorers:
   - apiUrl: https://explorer.degen.tips/api/eth-rpc
     family: blockscout
diff --git a/chains/dogechain/metadata.yaml b/chains/dogechain/metadata.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+availability:
+  reasons: [deprecated]
+  status: disabled
 blockExplorers:
   - apiUrl: https://explorer.dogechain.dog/api
     family: blockscout
diff --git a/chains/fantom/metadata.yaml b/chains/fantom/metadata.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 # yaml-language-server: $schema=../schema.json
+availability:
+  reasons: [deprecated]
+  status: disabled
 blockExplorers:
   - apiUrl: https://api.ftmscan.com/api
     family: etherscan
diff --git a/chains/harmony/metadata.yaml b/chains/harmony/metadata.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 # yaml-language-server: $schema=../schema.json
+availability:
+  reasons: [deprecated]
+  status: disabled
 blockExplorers:
   - apiUrl: https://explorer.harmony.one/api
     family: blockscout
diff --git a/chains/merlin/metadata.yaml b/chains/merlin/metadata.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+availability:
+  reasons: [deprecated]
+  status: disabled
 blockExplorers:
   - apiUrl: https://scan.merlinchain.io/api
     family: other
diff --git a/chains/moonbeam/metadata.yaml b/chains/moonbeam/metadata.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 # yaml-language-server: $schema=../schema.json
+availability:
+  reasons: [deprecated]
+  status: disabled
 blockExplorers:
   - apiKey: DDAT4TGIUSSV8MR489UJ21R34WGA1MM2GG
     apiUrl: https://api-moonbeam.moonscan.io/api
diff --git a/chains/polygonzkevm/metadata.yaml b/chains/polygonzkevm/metadata.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 # yaml-language-server: $schema=../schema.json
+availability:
+  reasons: [deprecated]
+  status: disabled
 blockExplorers:
   - apiKey: GP69JEAP2W7YFJT9ZJTEPGQT6Y6KMW44ZN
     apiUrl: https://api.etherscan.io/v2/api?chainid=1101
diff --git a/chains/scroll/metadata.yaml b/chains/scroll/metadata.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 # yaml-language-server: $schema=../schema.json
+availability:
+  reasons: [deprecated]
+  status: disabled
 blockExplorers:
   - apiKey: GP69JEAP2W7YFJT9ZJTEPGQT6Y6KMW44ZN
     apiUrl: https://api.etherscan.io/v2/api?chainid=534352
diff --git a/chains/story/metadata.yaml b/chains/story/metadata.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 # yaml-language-server: $schema=../schema.json
+availability:
+  reasons: [deprecated]
+  status: disabled
 blockExplorers:
   - apiUrl: https://www.storyscan.xyz/api
     family: blockscout
diff --git a/chains/superpositionmainnet/metadata.yaml b/chains/superpositionmainnet/metadata.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 # yaml-language-server: $schema=../schema.json
+availability:
+  reasons: [deprecated]
+  status: disabled
 blockExplorers:
   - apiUrl: https://explorer.superposition.so/api
     family: blockscout
diff --git a/chains/tangle/metadata.yaml b/chains/tangle/metadata.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+availability:
+  reasons: [deprecated]
+  status: disabled
 blockExplorers:
   - apiUrl: https://explorer.tangle.tools/api
     family: blockscout
diff --git a/chains/zeronetwork/metadata.yaml b/chains/zeronetwork/metadata.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 # yaml-language-server: $schema=../schema.json
+availability:
+  reasons: [deprecated]
+  status: disabled
 blockExplorers:
   - apiUrl: https://zero-network.calderaexplorer.xyz/verification/contract_verification
     family: etherscan

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 +---
 +'@hyperlane-xyz/registry': minor
 +---
++
 +Mark 16 chains as deprecated: story, merlin, degenchain, dogechain, tangle, harmony, superpositionmainnet, arbitrumnova, polygonzkevm, aurora, fantom, b3, bsquared, scroll, zeronetwork, moonbeam.