diff --git a/api/version_vars.go b/api/version_vars.go
index 82a284c80c548bc3f89e22399ca31b1354c5a756..efc741400c327b282d35ce04cc85cecc64321307 100644
--- a/api/version_vars.go
+++ b/api/version_vars.go
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 // Code generated by go generate; DO NOT EDIT.
 // This file was generated by robots at
-// 2021-08-31 11:45:21.187922 -0500 CDT m=+0.035702296
+// 2021-09-10 11:27:30.981885 -0500 CDT m=+0.027430082
 package api
 
-const GITVERSION = `48e1227b Merge branch 'hotfix/NoHostCooldown' into 'release'`
+const GITVERSION = `a8a3a81c Merge branch 'lesure/offlineNodes' into 'XX-3484/StaleNodes'`
 const SEMVER = "2.8.0"
 const DEPENDENCIES = `module gitlab.com/elixxir/client
 
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.1.0
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.7.1
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/bloomfilter v0.0.0-20200930191214-10e9ac31b228
-	gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20210823164208-0e219b367d23
+	gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20210909001616-af1054396c3e
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20210803232056-ba3ff44cc618
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/ekv v0.1.5
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.3-0.20210803231939-7b924f78eaac
 	gitlab.com/xx_network/comms v0.0.4-0.20210813170223-ab758f0bbec5
-	gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto v0.0.5-0.20210803231814-b18476a2257c
-	gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.4-0.20210823190857-5d07df2f3a5f
+	gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto v0.0.5-0.20210909170042-07755821e8c5
+	gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.4-0.20210910162609-4a09fcbb9540
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210322153248-0c34fe9e7dc2
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210525063256-abc453219eb5
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20210105202744-fe13368bc0e1 // indirect
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fabd0f56fd1a0d94de0d97c40a81962a6daf2653..a6fa4baf36f8c2dfa2bf0db9a23f24e89ae80665 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.1.0
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.7.1
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/bloomfilter v0.0.0-20200930191214-10e9ac31b228
-	gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20210823164208-0e219b367d23
+	gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20210909001616-af1054396c3e
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20210803232056-ba3ff44cc618
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/ekv v0.1.5
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.3-0.20210803231939-7b924f78eaac
 	gitlab.com/xx_network/comms v0.0.4-0.20210813170223-ab758f0bbec5
-	gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto v0.0.5-0.20210803231814-b18476a2257c
-	gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.4-0.20210823190857-5d07df2f3a5f
+	gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto v0.0.5-0.20210909170042-07755821e8c5
+	gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.4-0.20210910162609-4a09fcbb9540
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210322153248-0c34fe9e7dc2
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210525063256-abc453219eb5
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20210105202744-fe13368bc0e1 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 13e906a9f6aae43758b96700122e89d52a2cdb02..e5cf6d3f5b67051dd4cd03284fc17cdfc81fa20e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -253,8 +253,8 @@ github.com/zeebo/pcg v1.0.0 h1:dt+dx+HvX8g7Un32rY9XWoYnd0NmKmrIzpHF7qiTDj0=
 github.com/zeebo/pcg v1.0.0/go.mod h1:09F0S9iiKrwn9rlI5yjLkmrug154/YRW6KnnXVDM/l4=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/bloomfilter v0.0.0-20200930191214-10e9ac31b228 h1:Gi6rj4mAlK0BJIk1HIzBVMjWNjIUfstrsXC2VqLYPcA=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/bloomfilter v0.0.0-20200930191214-10e9ac31b228/go.mod h1:H6jztdm0k+wEV2QGK/KYA+MY9nj9Zzatux/qIvDDv3k=
-gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20210823164208-0e219b367d23 h1:ZculIcPFJjVN+Z9mCe2fdZ5JG2LW/tu0yWnceOcJ/TU=
-gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20210823164208-0e219b367d23/go.mod h1:1fHnPjj5Sv2qfnQplu8+BKlehQy54vtgM7khp5axXMU=
+gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20210909001616-af1054396c3e h1:kBny225JQsj4goG8fytS+KSzKdO724e699Q8IhHpIMQ=
+gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20210909001616-af1054396c3e/go.mod h1:1fHnPjj5Sv2qfnQplu8+BKlehQy54vtgM7khp5axXMU=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.0-20200804182833-984246dea2c4/go.mod h1:ucm9SFKJo+K0N2GwRRpaNr+tKXMIOVWzmyUD0SbOu2c=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.3/go.mod h1:ZNgBOblhYToR4m8tj4cMvJ9UsJAUKq+p0gCp07WQmhA=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20210803232056-ba3ff44cc618 h1:Z1SI2a8mXP4Zf2xfhURT1Hbmtq3tufTdebNLgCdlufg=
@@ -272,7 +272,6 @@ gitlab.com/xx_network/comms v0.0.4-0.20210813170223-ab758f0bbec5 h1:XRtUaiMsXFvR
 gitlab.com/xx_network/comms v0.0.4-0.20210813170223-ab758f0bbec5/go.mod h1:U83t27tKemdPHAVXXRuGvMTncwVi5cbH/hEwm+RZpy4=
 gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto v0.0.3/go.mod h1:DF2HYvvCw9wkBybXcXAgQMzX+MiGbFPjwt3t17VRqRE=
 gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto v0.0.4/go.mod h1:+lcQEy+Th4eswFgQDwT0EXKp4AXrlubxalwQFH5O0Mk=
-gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto v0.0.5-0.20210803231814-b18476a2257c h1:pwP50UFdh68KPcP7VopsH34/d6rIuVDwXymgFXnCOjA=
 gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto v0.0.5-0.20210803231814-b18476a2257c/go.mod h1:e/5MGrKDQbCNJnskBeDscrolr2EK5iIatEgTQnEWmOg=
 gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto v0.0.5-0.20210909170042-07755821e8c5 h1:1K+FuxnlOTHI5H2OmoBokh/K9Pbmel8VBaCdP5RW9FU=
 gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto v0.0.5-0.20210909170042-07755821e8c5/go.mod h1:hLNL8YCSiEMof0wgZHuRmN5C98TYZiLaz/rLqUYTdII=
@@ -280,8 +279,8 @@ gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.0-20200803231956-9b192c57ea7c/go.mod h1:wt
 gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.0-20200804183002-f99f7a7284da/go.mod h1:OK9xevzWCaPO7b1wiluVJGk7R5ZsuC7pHY5hteZFQug=
 gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.2/go.mod h1:cs0QlFpdMDI6lAo61lDRH2JZz+3aVkHy+QogOB6F/qc=
 gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.4-0.20210803222745-e898d5e546e9/go.mod h1:9imZHvYwNFobxueSvVtHneZLk9wTK7HQTzxPm+zhFhE=
-gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.4-0.20210823190857-5d07df2f3a5f h1:xw/Mfl8UQXn+P3njaSKv1B6hX+Qe8LIfY7x4Q/Zjgm8=
-gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.4-0.20210823190857-5d07df2f3a5f/go.mod h1:9imZHvYwNFobxueSvVtHneZLk9wTK7HQTzxPm+zhFhE=
+gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.4-0.20210910162609-4a09fcbb9540 h1:Qc/slUkAm8ap87W4x20vkHbLgwa/LJ/MVhHhbrt5WKI=
+gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.4-0.20210910162609-4a09fcbb9540/go.mod h1:9imZHvYwNFobxueSvVtHneZLk9wTK7HQTzxPm+zhFhE=
 gitlab.com/xx_network/ring v0.0.3-0.20210527191221-ce3f170aabd5 h1:FY+4Rh1Q2rgLyv10aKJjhWApuKRCR/054XhreudfAvw=
 gitlab.com/xx_network/ring v0.0.3-0.20210527191221-ce3f170aabd5/go.mod h1:aLzpP2TiZTQut/PVHR40EJAomzugDdHXetbieRClXIM=
 go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.2/go.mod h1:IbVyRI1SCnLcuJnV2u8VeU0CEYM7e686BmAb1XKL+uU=