Relay Vaults are being retired: the withdrawal page closes December 31, 2026
Deadline: 31 December 2026 (74 days left) After 31 Dec 2026: no UI, but redeem(shares, receiver, owner) on the vault contract still works. Checked against the official sources below on 18 October 2026.
Relay is winding down Relay Vaults (ERC-4626 WETH vaults on Ethereum and Arbitrum that issue WETH-REL shares). New deposits are not supported. The withdrawal UI stays available until 31 December 2026; after that you can still withdraw by calling the vault contracts directly. Withdrawals have no cooldown or pause, but are capped by the liquidity currently available.
1. The official route
Use Relay's vault withdrawal page before 31 December 2026.
On-chain alternative (any time): Ethereum vault 0x57b68c4ea221ee8da6eb14ebdfccee5177567771, Arbitrum vault 0xc7273772b87860097373d91b3880fd4cc61fba2d. Read balanceOf(you), then call redeem(shares, you, you) to receive WETH.
For native ETH, approve the RelayPoolNativeGateway for your shares and call its redeem(vault, shares, receiver, minAssetsOut).
2. Things that catch people out
Withdrawals are limited to the yield pool's maxWithdraw(vault). If liquidity is short, withdraw what's available and retry later; remaining shares stay redeemable.
Do not deposit into the vaults; the contracts still accept deposits.
Questions people ask
Can I withdraw from Relay Vaults after December 31, 2026?
Yes. Only the UI closes. You can call redeem or withdraw on the ERC-4626 vault contract directly.
Is Relay shutting down?
No. Only the Vaults product is retired; the Relay bridge continues.
3. Moving funds onward
This page's fast-exit box also uses Relay (the bridge, which keeps running). It isn't needed to withdraw from the vaults.