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+# CircuitBreaker
+
+An emergency-pause layer for Lido protocol contracts.
+
+| Network | Address                                                                                                                       |
+|---------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| Mainnet | [`0x6019CB557978296BA3C08a7B73225C0975DFB2F7`](https://etherscan.io/address/0x6019CB557978296BA3C08a7B73225C0975DFB2F7)        |
+| Hoodi   | [`0x44a5789dFeDa59cD176Ab5709ec2F4829dE4d555`](https://hoodi.etherscan.io/address/0x44a5789dFeDa59cD176Ab5709ec2F4829dE4d555)  |
+
+## What is CircuitBreaker?
+
+CircuitBreaker is a single, permanent contract that lets DAO-designated pauser committees instantly pause registered Lido contracts for a bounded duration without waiting for a governance vote. It is the successor to [GateSeal](/contracts/gate-seal): instead of single-use, expiring instances that must be redeployed every year, CircuitBreaker is reset on each use and operates indefinitely.
+
+- [Source code](https://github.com/lidofinance/circuit-breaker/blob/main/src/CircuitBreaker.sol)
+- [Repository](https://github.com/lidofinance/circuit-breaker)
+- [LIP-34: Programmable panic layer](https://github.com/lidofinance/lido-improvement-proposals/blob/develop/LIPS/lip-34.md)
+- [Research forum proposal](https://research.lido.fi/t/circuitbreaker-programmable-panic-layer/11400/1)
+
+## Why use a CircuitBreaker?
+
+Putting critical Lido components on hold via a DAO vote can take many days. CircuitBreaker provides a way to temporarily pause these contracts immediately while the DAO investigates, deliberates, and executes a decision.
+
+It is operated by committees, multisig accounts authorized to pull the brake in an emergency. Granting a committee unilateral pause authority is non-trivial, so CircuitBreaker has a number of safeguards:
+
+- **Single-use per pausable**: a successful pause unregisters the committee from that pausable contract. To pause the same contract again, the pauser must be re-assigned by a full DAO vote. A misbehaving committee can pause only its assigned contracts and only once.
+- **Bounded pause duration**: the pause has a limited duration controlled by the DAO, i.e. the pauser does not choose the duration when triggering the pause.
+- **Pause only**: CircuitBreaker holds only the pause role on its registered pausables. The contract cannot resume the pausables, doesn't manage funds, doesn't have a proxy.
+- **Liveness via heartbeats**: each pauser maintains its own heartbeat. If the heartbeat expires, the pauser can neither pause nor self-prolong authority. This means that unresponsive committees lose authority automatically.
+- **Immutable admin**: the admin address is set at construction and cannot be changed, eliminating ownership-transfer exploits.
+
+### Roles
+
+- **`ADMIN`** — immutable address, the DAO Agent. Configures the registry and controls the pause duration and heartbeat interval.
+- **Pauser** — a multisig committee assigned to one or more pausables. Can pause any pausable it is registered for, and must periodically call `heartbeat()` to remain authorized.
+
+### Immutable bounds and current values
+
+CircuitBreaker is deployed with immutable bounds:
+
+- `MIN_PAUSE_DURATION` / `MAX_PAUSE_DURATION` — inclusive lower/upper bounds for `pauseDuration`.
+- `MIN_HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL` / `MAX_HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL` — inclusive lower/upper bounds for `heartbeatInterval`.
+
+Within these bounds, the admin can adjust `pauseDuration` and `heartbeatInterval` at any time without redeployment. Changes to `heartbeatInterval` apply only to **subsequent** heartbeats, i.e. already-stored expiries are not retroactively updated.
+
+The deployed parameter sets are:
+
+| Parameter                  | Mainnet              | Hoodi                |
+|----------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
+| `MIN_PAUSE_DURATION`       | 5 days (432,000 s)   | 60 s                 |
+| `MAX_PAUSE_DURATION`       | 60 days (5,184,000 s)| 30 days (2,592,000 s)|
+| `MIN_HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL`   | 30 days (2,592,000 s)| 60 s                 |
+| `MAX_HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL`   | 3 years (94,608,000 s)| 3 years (94,608,000 s)|
+| Initial `pauseDuration`    | 21 days (1,814,400 s)| 1 hour (3,600 s)     |
+| Initial `heartbeatInterval`| 1 year (31,536,000 s)| 1 year (31,536,000 s)|
+
+The mainnet 21-day initial pause duration is sized to cover the worst-case governance timeline: two consecutive Aragon votes (≈10 days), a minimum Dual Governance timelock (4 days), and a 7-day buffer for analysis and coordination. Hoodi uses relaxed bounds appropriate for testnet drills.
+
+### Heartbeat mechanism
+
+Each pauser has its own heartbeat expiry timestamp. The pauser is considered *live* while their expiry timestamp is in the future. While live, the pauser can pause any of its assigned contracts and can extend its expiry by sending a heartbeat. Once the expiry passes, the pauser is no longer considered live and can neither pause nor extend expiry.
+
+A heartbeat is a drill transaction that updates the caller's heartbeat. An expired pauser cannot revive itself, so the pauser must renew their heartbeat before it expires.
+
+The expiry is also updated on registration and pause:
+
+- When the DAO assigns a pauser to a pausable, that pauser's expiry is updated, regardless of its previous value.
+- When a pauser is unassigned from its last remaining pausable (either by the DAO or by triggering a pause) its expiry is cleared.
+- A successful pause that leaves the caller with at least one other assigned pausable refreshes the caller's expiry the same way a heartbeat would.
+
+### Pause flow
+
+When a registered, live pauser triggers a pause on one of its assigned pausables, CircuitBreaker:
+
+1. Unregisters the pauser from that pausable.
+2. Pauses the pausable for the preconfigured pause duration. The pausable is expected to follow the [`PausableUntil`](https://github.com/lidofinance/core/blob/master/contracts/0.8.9/utils/PausableUntil.sol) pattern.
+3. Reads back the pausable's state to confirm the pause actually took effect, reverting if it did not.
+4. Updates the caller's heartbeat expiry as described above.
+
+A reentrancy guard prevents a malicious pausable from calling back into CircuitBreaker during this flow to trigger additional pauses.
+
+CircuitBreaker does not verify at registration time that a pausable implements the expected interface or that CircuitBreaker has been granted the pause role on it. These properties can also change later, for example through a proxy upgrade or a role revocation. The DAO is therefore responsible for ensuring the pause role is granted before assigning a pauser.
+
+## Covered pausables
+
+The set of pausables and their assigned pausers is maintained by the DAO. See the deployed-contracts pages for the current registry on each network:
+
+- [Mainnet deployments](/deployed-contracts/) #TODO
+- [Hoodi deployments — CircuitBreaker](/deployed-contracts/hoodi#circuit-breaker)
+
+## View Methods
+
+### ADMIN()
+
+Returns the immutable admin address.
+
+```solidity
+function ADMIN() external view returns (address);
+```
+
+### MIN_PAUSE_DURATION() / MAX_PAUSE_DURATION()
+
+Inclusive lower and upper bounds, in seconds, for `pauseDuration`. Set at deployment, immutable thereafter.
+
+```solidity
+function MIN_PAUSE_DURATION() external view returns (uint256);
+function MAX_PAUSE_DURATION() external view returns (uint256);
+```
+
+### MIN_HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL() / MAX_HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL()
+
+Inclusive lower and upper bounds, in seconds, for `heartbeatInterval`. Set at deployment, immutable thereafter.
+
+```solidity
+function MIN_HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL() external view returns (uint256);
+function MAX_HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL() external view returns (uint256);
+```
+
+### pauseDuration()
+
+Current pause duration, in seconds, applied to a pausable on a successful trigger.
+
+```solidity
+function pauseDuration() external view returns (uint256);
+```
+
+### heartbeatInterval()
+
+Current heartbeat interval, in seconds. The window after a heartbeat during which the pauser remains authorized.
+
+```solidity
+function heartbeatInterval() external view returns (uint256);
+```
+
+### heartbeatExpiry()
+
+Returns the timestamp after which the given pauser is no longer authorized to heartbeat or pause.
+
+```solidity
+function heartbeatExpiry(address pauser) external view returns (uint256);
+```
+
+#### Parameters
+
+| Name     | Type      | Description                |
+|----------|-----------|----------------------------|
+| `pauser` | `address` | Pauser address to look up. |
+
+### getPauser()
+
+Returns the pauser currently registered for a pausable, or the zero address if none.
+
+```solidity
+function getPauser(address _pausable) external view returns (address);
+```
+
+#### Parameters
+
+| Name        | Type      | Description                 |
+|-------------|-----------|-----------------------------|
+| `_pausable` | `address` | Pausable contract address.  |
+
+### getPausables()
+
+Returns all pausable addresses currently registered.
+
+```solidity
+function getPausables() external view returns (address[] memory);
+```
+
+### getPausableCount()
+
+Returns the number of pausables assigned to a pauser.
+
+```solidity
+function getPausableCount(address _pauser) external view returns (uint256);
+```
+
+#### Parameters
+
+| Name      | Type      | Description       |
+|-----------|-----------|-------------------|
+| `_pauser` | `address` | Pauser address.   |
+
+### isPauserLive()
+
+Returns whether the pauser's heartbeat has not expired.
+
+```solidity
+function isPauserLive(address _pauser) external view returns (bool);
+```
+
+#### Parameters
+
+| Name      | Type      | Description       |
+|-----------|-----------|-------------------|
+| `_pauser` | `address` | Pauser address.   |
+
+Returns `true` when `block.timestamp < heartbeatExpiry[_pauser]`.
+
+## Write Methods
+
+### Admin methods
+
+The following methods can be called only by `ADMIN`. They revert with `SenderNotAdmin` otherwise.
+
+#### setPauseDuration()
+
+Sets the pause duration applied on subsequent triggers. The new value takes effect immediately for any pauses called afterward.
+
+```solidity
+function setPauseDuration(uint256 _newPauseDuration) external;
+```
+
+#### Parameters
+
+| Name                | Type      | Description                                |
+|---------------------|-----------|--------------------------------------------|
+| `_newPauseDuration` | `uint256` | New pause duration, in seconds.            |
+
+:::note
+Reverts if any of the following is true:
+
+- caller is not `ADMIN` (`SenderNotAdmin`)
+- `_newPauseDuration < MIN_PAUSE_DURATION` (`PauseDurationBelowMin`)
+- `_newPauseDuration > MAX_PAUSE_DURATION` (`PauseDurationAboveMax`)
+:::
+
+Emits `PauseDurationUpdated(previousPauseDuration, newPauseDuration)`.
+
+#### setHeartbeatInterval()
+
+Sets the heartbeat interval pausers must maintain to remain authorized. The new value applies only to subsequent heartbeats and registrations; already-stored `heartbeatExpiry` values are not changed retroactively.
+
+```solidity
+function setHeartbeatInterval(uint256 _newHeartbeatInterval) external;
+```
+
+#### Parameters
+
+| Name                    | Type      | Description                          |
+|-------------------------|-----------|--------------------------------------|
+| `_newHeartbeatInterval` | `uint256` | New heartbeat interval, in seconds.  |
+
+:::note
+Reverts if any of the following is true:
+
+- caller is not `ADMIN` (`SenderNotAdmin`)
+- `_newHeartbeatInterval < MIN_HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL` (`HeartbeatIntervalBelowMin`)
+- `_newHeartbeatInterval > MAX_HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL` (`HeartbeatIntervalAboveMax`)
+:::
+
+Emits `HeartbeatIntervalUpdated(previousHeartbeatInterval, newHeartbeatInterval)`.
+
+#### registerPauser()
+
+Registers, replaces, or unregisters a pauser for a pausable.
+
+- The previous pauser, if any, is overwritten. If they are left with zero remaining pausables, their `heartbeatExpiry` is cleared to `0`.
+- The new pauser's `heartbeatExpiry` is set to `block.timestamp + heartbeatInterval` (extending or initializing it).
+- Passing `address(0)` as `_newPauser` unregisters the pausable's current pauser.
+
+```solidity
+function registerPauser(address _pausable, address _newPauser) external;
+```
+
+#### Parameters
+
+| Name         | Type      | Description                                                          |
+|--------------|-----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| `_pausable`  | `address` | Pausable contract address.                                           |
+| `_newPauser` | `address` | New pauser address. Zero unregisters the current pauser, if any.     |
+
+:::note
+- Reverts if caller is not `ADMIN` (`SenderNotAdmin`).
+- Does **not** verify that CircuitBreaker holds the pause role on `_pausable`, or that `_pausable` implements `IPausable`. The DAO is responsible for ensuring these invariants when assigning pausers.
+:::
+
+Emits `HeartbeatUpdated` for the previous pauser (if their expiry was cleared) and for the new pauser.
+
+### Pauser methods
+
+#### heartbeat()
+
+Records a liveness proof, extending the caller's `heartbeatExpiry` to `block.timestamp + heartbeatInterval`.
+
+```solidity
+function heartbeat() external;
+```
+
+:::note
+Reverts if any of the following is true:
+
+- caller is not registered as a pauser for any pausable (`SenderNotPauser`)
+- caller's heartbeat has already expired (`HeartbeatExpired`) — a lapsed pauser cannot self-renew; the DAO must explicitly re-register them
+:::
+
+Emits `HeartbeatUpdated(pauser, newHeartbeatExpiry)`.
+
+#### pause()
+
+Pauses a registered pausable for the current `pauseDuration`. Single-use: the caller is unregistered from this pausable on success.
+
+```solidity
+function pause(address _pausable) external;
+```
+
+The target must implement the minimal `IPausable` interface that CircuitBreaker calls into:
+
+```solidity
+interface IPausable {
+    function isPaused() external view returns (bool);
+    function pauseFor(uint256 _duration) external;
+}
+```
+
+#### Parameters
+
+| Name        | Type      | Description                       |
+|-------------|-----------|-----------------------------------|
+| `_pausable` | `address` | Pausable contract to pause.       |
+
+The execution flow is:
+
+1. Verify `msg.sender` is the registered pauser of `_pausable` and is live.
+2. Unregister `msg.sender` from `_pausable`.
+3. Call `IPausable(_pausable).pauseFor(pauseDuration)`.
+4. Verify `IPausable(_pausable).isPaused()` is `true`.
+5. Update the caller's `heartbeatExpiry`: extended to `block.timestamp + heartbeatInterval` if any other pausables are still assigned to them, or cleared to `0` otherwise.
+
+:::note
+Reverts if any of the following is true:
+
+- caller is not the registered pauser of `_pausable` (`SenderNotPauser`)
+- caller's heartbeat has expired (`HeartbeatExpired`)
+- `pauseFor()` succeeded but the target does not report itself paused (`PauseFailed`)
+- the call reentered (`ReentrantCall`)
+:::
+
+Emits `PauseTriggered(pausable, pauser, pauseDuration)` and `HeartbeatUpdated(pauser, newHeartbeatExpiry)`.
+
+## Events
+
+```solidity
+event CircuitBreakerInitialized(
+    address indexed admin,
+    uint256 minPauseDuration,
+    uint256 maxPauseDuration,
+    uint256 minHeartbeatInterval,
+    uint256 maxHeartbeatInterval
+);
+```
+
+Emitted once at construction with the immutable admin and bounds.
+
+```solidity
+event PauseDurationUpdated(uint256 previousPauseDuration, uint256 newPauseDuration);
+```
+
+Emitted on `setPauseDuration` and once at construction for the initial value.
+
+```solidity
+event HeartbeatIntervalUpdated(uint256 previousHeartbeatInterval, uint256 newHeartbeatInterval);
+```
+
+Emitted on `setHeartbeatInterval` and once at construction for the initial value.
+
+```solidity
+event HeartbeatUpdated(address indexed pauser, uint256 newHeartbeatExpiry);
+```
+
+Emitted whenever a pauser's heartbeat expiry changes — on `heartbeat()`, `pause()`, and `registerPauser()`.
+
+```solidity
+event PauseTriggered(address indexed pausable, address indexed pauser, uint256 pauseDuration);
+```
+
+Emitted on a successful `pause()`.
diff --git a/docs/contracts/gate-seal.md b/docs/contracts/gate-seal.md
index f1188be00..88ef02e7d 100644
--- a/docs/contracts/gate-seal.md
+++ b/docs/contracts/gate-seal.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # GateSeal
 
+:::warning
+GateSeals are proposed to be deprecated and replaced by [CircuitBreaker](/contracts/circuit-breaker) ([LIP-34](https://github.com/lidofinance/lido-improvement-proposals/blob/develop/LIPS/lip-34.md)).
+:::
+
 A one-time panic button for pausable contracts.
 
 | Active GateSeal                                                | Address                                                                                                                 | Expiration date (UTC) |
diff --git a/docs/deployed-contracts/index.md b/docs/deployed-contracts/index.md
index 791e933de..eb23c49d0 100644
--- a/docs/deployed-contracts/index.md
+++ b/docs/deployed-contracts/index.md
@@ -121,6 +121,28 @@ This page lists production contract addresses on mainnets, including Ethereum an
   - Ethereum Ecosystem Sub Committee [`0xBF048f2111497B6Df5E062811f5fC422804D4baE`](https://etherscan.io/address/0xBF048f2111497B6Df5E062811f5fC422804D4baE)
 - Time Constraints: [`0x2a30F5aC03187674553024296bed35Aa49749DDa`](https://etherscan.io/address/0x2a30F5aC03187674553024296bed35Aa49749DDa)
 
+## 🔌 CircuitBreaker \[Proposed\] {#circuit-breaker}
+
+- CircuitBreaker: [`0x6019CB557978296BA3C08a7B73225C0975DFB2F7`](https://etherscan.io/address/0x6019CB557978296BA3C08a7B73225C0975DFB2F7)
+
+### Covered pausables and their pausers
+
+Each pausable contract below is proposed to be covered by the CircuitBreaker, with a designated pauser authorized to trigger a pause. Pauser assignments are pending DAO approval ([LIP-34](https://github.com/lidofinance/lido-improvement-proposals/blob/develop/LIPS/lip-34.md)); until then, the existing [GateSeals](#dao-contracts) remain the active emergency-pause mechanism. The proposed pausers are the same multisigs that currently operate the GateSeals: the **CircuitBreaker Committee** (listed as [GateSeal Committee](#emergency-brakes-multisigs) until the migration completes) for core protocol pausables, and the **CSM Committee** (listed as [Community Staking Module Committee](#committees)) for CSM pausables.
+
+| Pausable | Pauser |
+| --- | --- |
+| [Withdrawal Queue ERC721](https://etherscan.io/address/0x889edC2eDab5f40e902b864aD4d7AdE8E412F9B1) | [CircuitBreaker Committee](https://etherscan.io/address/0x8772E3a2D86B9347A2688f9bc1808A6d8917760C) |
+| [Validators Exit Bus Oracle](https://etherscan.io/address/0x0De4Ea0184c2ad0BacA7183356Aea5B8d5Bf5c6e) | [CircuitBreaker Committee](https://etherscan.io/address/0x8772E3a2D86B9347A2688f9bc1808A6d8917760C) |
+| [Triggerable Withdrawals Gateway](https://etherscan.io/address/0xDC00116a0D3E064427dA2600449cfD2566B3037B) | [CircuitBreaker Committee](https://etherscan.io/address/0x8772E3a2D86B9347A2688f9bc1808A6d8917760C) |
+| [Vault Hub](https://etherscan.io/address/0x1d201BE093d847f6446530Efb0E8Fb426d176709) | [CircuitBreaker Committee](https://etherscan.io/address/0x8772E3a2D86B9347A2688f9bc1808A6d8917760C) |
+| [Predeposit Guarantee](https://etherscan.io/address/0xF4bF42c6D6A0E38825785048124DBAD6c9eaaac3) | [CircuitBreaker Committee](https://etherscan.io/address/0x8772E3a2D86B9347A2688f9bc1808A6d8917760C) |
+| [CSModule](https://etherscan.io/address/0xdA7dE2ECdDfccC6c3AF10108Db212ACBBf9EA83F) | [CSM Committee](https://etherscan.io/address/0xC52fC3081123073078698F1EAc2f1Dc7Bd71880f) |
+| [CSAccounting](https://etherscan.io/address/0x4d72BFF1BeaC69925F8Bd12526a39BAAb069e5Da) | [CSM Committee](https://etherscan.io/address/0xC52fC3081123073078698F1EAc2f1Dc7Bd71880f) |
+| [CSFeeOracle](https://etherscan.io/address/0x4D4074628678Bd302921c20573EEa1ed38DdF7FB) | [CSM Committee](https://etherscan.io/address/0xC52fC3081123073078698F1EAc2f1Dc7Bd71880f) |
+| [CSVerifier](https://etherscan.io/address/0xdC5FE1782B6943f318E05230d688713a560063DC) | [CSM Committee](https://etherscan.io/address/0xC52fC3081123073078698F1EAc2f1Dc7Bd71880f) |
+| [CSEjector](https://etherscan.io/address/0xc72b58aa02E0e98cF8A4a0E9Dce75e763800802C) | [CSM Committee](https://etherscan.io/address/0xC52fC3081123073078698F1EAc2f1Dc7Bd71880f) |
+| [VettedGate (IdentifiedCommunityStakersGate)](https://etherscan.io/address/0xB314D4A76C457c93150d308787939063F4Cc67E0) | [CSM Committee](https://etherscan.io/address/0xC52fC3081123073078698F1EAc2f1Dc7Bd71880f) |
+
 ## 📊 Data Bus {#data-bus}
 
 - DataBus on Gnosis Chain: [`0x37De961D6bb5865867aDd416be07189D2Dd960e6`](https://gnosis.blockscout.com/address/0x37De961D6bb5865867aDd416be07189D2Dd960e6)
diff --git a/sidebars.js b/sidebars.js
index b50b76cbe..0546ee68a 100644
--- a/sidebars.js
+++ b/sidebars.js
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ module.exports = {
         'contracts/mev-boost-relays-allowed-list',
         'contracts/trp-vesting-escrow',
         'contracts/gate-seal',
+        'contracts/circuit-breaker',
         'contracts/insurance',
         'contracts/ossifiable-proxy'
       ],