PIP-130: Paloma Mainnet Upgrade to Paloma v2.4.9 to upgrade to Cosmos v0.50.13

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Proposal: PIP-130: Paloma Mainnet Upgrade to Paloma v2.4.9 to upgrade to Cosmos v0.50.13

Status: Proposed

Author(s): @birdlady

Type: Software Upgrade

Discussions-to: Governance - Paloma

Created: 03/01/2025

Simple Summary

This is a software upgrade proposal for Paloma to v2.4.9 Paloma’s MAINNEST tumbler network. This release includes the upgrade to Cosmos v0.50.13

Abstract

Cosmos released a new SDK version v0.50.13. This Paloma upgrade, upgrades to the latest version which will address chain halts and chain panics as well as suspicious CosmWasm behaviors.

Motivation

This upgrade addresses possible risk of chain halts and non-determinsm.

Specification Overview

The specification for this release includes the upgrade to Cosmos v0.50.13.

Technical Specification

Paloma

Paloma v2.4.9 upgrades include the following:
Release PR https://github.com/palomachain/paloma/releases/tag/v2.4.9

Prior to upgrade

  1. An upgrade proposal that must be submitted by anyone running a node on the network. This proposal should have the correct block height.
  2. Please use the following tool to calculate the approximate Block Height: Huginn - PalomaChain Release Window Planner
  3. This upgrade proposal is an expedited proposal and requires 1000 GRAIN or 1000000000ugrain for deposit for voting.
  4. IMPORTANT: The upgrade height is the block height where the chain halts and requires the upgrade. Allow at least one (1) day AFTER voting end time and upgrade-height for 2/3 of the network to have downloaded the new binary and prepped for the switch over to avoid/minimize downtime of the Paloma chain.
  5. The Target block height for chain halt for this proposal is tentative 33845819 or approximately 03/17/2025 9:00 UTC See (Block height: 33845819)

Proposal Vote Command for CLI

palomad tx gov submit-proposal ./pip-130.json \
--gas auto \
--node=https://rpc-1.paloma.nodes.guru/ \
--chain-id tumbler \
--from <Your Paloma Address>

pip-130.json

{
    "messages": [
     {
      "@type": "/cosmos.upgrade.v1beta1.MsgSoftwareUpgrade",
      "authority": "paloma10d07y265gmmuvt4z0w9aw880jnsr700jz87xyk",
      "plan": {
       "name": "v2.4.9",
       "height": "[3](https://paloma.explorers.guru/block/33845819)3845819",
       "info": "",
       "upgraded_client_state": null
      }
     }
    ],
    "metadata": "Qmds5pDVFeczUGik2KWSsD2XwrHx4r2WnEH6Hq71dLtKNu",
    "deposit": "10000000ugrain",
    "title": "PIP-130: Paloma  Mainnet Upgrade to Paloma v2.4.9 to  upgrade to Cosmos v0.50.13",
    "summary": "This Paloma v2.4.9 release includes the upgrade to the latest Cosmos SDK.", 
    "expedited": false
}

pip-130_metadata.json

{
 "title": "Paloma  Mainnet Upgrade to Paloma v2.4.9 to  upgrade to Cosmos v0.50.13",
 "authors": [
  "BoweryKing"
 ],
 "summary": "PIP-130: Paloma  Mainnet Upgrade to Paloma v2.4.9 to  upgrade to Cosmos v0.50.13.",
 "details": "\"'{\\\"binaries\\\":{\\\"linux/amd64\\\":\\\"https://github.com/palomachain/paloma/releases/download/v2.4.9/paloma_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz\\\"}}'\"",
 "proposal_forum_url": "",
 "vote_option_context": "Vote YES to support running this binary to upgrade the Paloma Mainnest Network"
}

How to Vote on Proposal 187 with CLI

palomad tx gov vote 187 yes \
--chain-id tumbler \
--from <Your Paloma Address> \
--node <Your node> \
-y

How to Vote on Proposal 186 with Paloma LightNodes

# Mac & Linux
sh ~/Downloads/setup.sh vote-proposal 187 yes

# **Windows**
docker run --rm --pull=always -ti -v $env:USERPROFILE\\paloma-lightnode:/root/lightnode palomachain/lightnode-client:v2 vote-proposal 187 yes

How to check if 2/3 of the network is online after the vote is complete

curl -s localhost:26657/consensus_state | jq -r ".result.round_state.height_vote_set[0].prevotes_bit_array"

—> needs to return ≥ ~0.67 for the chain to start up again

To see which validators are online with the new binary, use GitHub - blockpane/pvtop: top-like tui for watching validator pre-votes on Tendermint chains

About Paloma

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