Hydra 15th of Aug update

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+title: Hydra Team Update
+slug: 2024-08-15-hydra
+authors: [noonio]
+tags: [hydra]
+hide_table_of_contents: false
+---
+
+### High-level summary
+
+We fixed a bug when keeping a Head alive during the Conway hardfork on
+preview, by adding some code to handle the cost calculations. We also released
+0.18.0 featuring incremental decommits. We continued on with some items
+supporting Hydra Doom and general maintenance of our code to be compatibile
+with our upstream dependencies. Next, we'll be looking to release our new
+homepage, and carry on with network testing, and general upgrades to our
+ledger and dependencies.
+
+
+### What did the team achieve?
+
+* Fixed bug to allow Head closing on Conway [#1545](https://github.com/cardano-scaling/hydra/issues/1545)
+* Fixed bug around transactions during a decommit [#1540](https://github.com/cardano-scaling/hydra/pull/1540)
+* Released [0.18.0](https://github.com/cardano-scaling/hydra/releases/tag/0.18.0)!
+* Working on a [new landing page](https://hydra.family/head-protocol/unstable/)
+* TLS support for the API server [#1555](https://github.com/cardano-scaling/hydra/pull/1555)
+* Use some types from upstream to make maintenance easier [#1563](https://github.com/cardano-scaling/hydra/pull/1563)
+
+
+### What's next?
+
+* Publish new landing page to our homepage: <https://hydra.family/>
+* Get pumba testing our network resiliance [#1532](https://github.com/cardano-scaling/hydra/issues/1532)
+* PlutusV2 -> PlutusV3 upgrade investigations [#1523](https://github.com/cardano-scaling/hydra/pull/1523)
+* Switch ledger to Conway [#1178](https://github.com/cardano-scaling/hydra/issues/1178)
+* Support Hydra demo at Rare Evo.