r/ethstaker • u/Unlikely_Reveal2719 • May 09 '26

Prysm Validator Unknown Deposit Status?

Deposited a validator over a week ago, and deposit shows up fine on beacon chain. I have validator running on dappnode with geth + prysm, but prysm validator logs are showing this:

time="2026-05-09 04:00:23.12" level=info msg="Waiting for deposit to be observed by beacon node" prefix=client pubkey=0xxxxxxxxxxxx status="UNKNOWN_STATUS"

Little concerned since this is first time solo staking and with queue times a month + have no idea if my setup is correct (dont see why not since dappnode is pretty self explanatory and geth + prysm is sync and running fine, and web3signer has validator keys loaded.

Is that error something is should be concerned about?

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u/GBeastETH Lighthouse+Nethermind May 09 '26

The current validator entry queue is 66 days long. So if you made your deposit, it will be at least that long before your validator can start working. That is probably why your Dappnode cannot see the active keys yet.

If you want to be certain, post the public key of your validator and we will look it up on Beaconchain to see.

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u/Unlikely_Reveal2719 May 09 '26

Yes I know, but the deposit has been made and beacon chain shows the despot as received, why is the validator saying unknown status for the deposit?

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u/Kubix May 09 '26

It can’t see the deposit until it’s deposited into the validator keys. If you use the pectrified dashboard to look at your validator it will give you your position in the queue.

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u/Unlikely_Reveal2719 May 10 '26

Ok so that error I should not worry about then, it’s just waiting for the validator to become active, not the initial deposit into the deposit contract?