PIP-143: Paloma upgrade of jailing parameters for cross-chain attestation to fix valset updates and logic call failures

Governance
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Proposal: Paloma upgrade of jailing parameters for cross-chain attestation to fix valset updates and logic call failures

Status: Proposed

Author(s): @BoweryKing

Type: Software Upgrade

Discussions-to: Governance - Paloma

Created: 06/20/2025

Simple Summary

With the loss of 10 validators, Paloma upgrades the jailout timeout to enable validators to return quickly, reducing timeouts from 12 hours to 2 hours for attestation and logic calls.

Abstract

With the loss of 10 validators, Paloma upgrades the jailout timeout to enable validators to return quickly, reducing timeouts from 12 hours to 2 hours for attestation and logic calls.

Motivation

Recover attesting messages, as we always compare against 2/3s of the active valset.

Specification Overview

Technical Specification

Proposal Vote Command for CLI

palomad tx gov submit-proposal ./pip-143.json \
--gas auto \
--node=<Your Paloma node> \
--chain-id tumbler \
--from <Your Paloma Address>

pip-143.json

{
 "messages": [
  {
   "@type": "/palomachain.paloma.valset.MsgUpdateParams",
   "authority": "paloma10d07y265gmmuvt4z0w9aw880jnsr700jz87xyk",
   "params": {
    "missed_attestation_jail_duration": "3600s",
    "missed_bridge_claim_jail_duration": "3600s"
   },
   "metadata": {
    "creator": "paloma10d07y265gmmuvt4z0w9aw880jnsr700jz87xyk",
    "signers": ["paloma10d07y265gmmuvt4z0w9aw880jnsr700jz87xyk"]
   }
  }
 ],
 "metadata": "ipfs://CID",
 "deposit": "1000000000ugraiin",
 "title": "Update jail params",
 "summary": "Update jail parameters to reduce to 1 hour",
 "expedited": true
}

pip-143_metadata.json

{
 "title": "PIP-143: Paloma  upgrade of jailing parameters for cross-chain attestation to fix valset updates and logic call failures",
 "authors": [
  "BoweryKing"
 ],
 "summary": "PIP-143: Paloma  upgrade of jailing parameters for cross-chain attestation to fix valset updates and logic call failures",
 "details": "PIP-143: Paloma  upgrade of jailing parameters for cross-chain attestation to fix valset updates and logic call failures",
 "proposal_forum_url": "https://forum.palomachain.com/c/governance/6",
 "vote_option_context": "Vote YES to reduce the jail timeout"
}

How to Vote on Proposal 207 with CLI

palomad tx gov vote 207 yes \
--chain-id tumbler \
--from <Your Paloma Address> \
--node <Your node> \
-y

How to Vote on Proposal 207 with Paloma LightNodes

# Mac & Linux
sh ~/Downloads/setup.sh vote-proposal 207 yes

# **Windows**
docker run --rm --pull=always -ti -v $env:USERPROFILE\\paloma-lightnode:/root/lightnode palomachain/lightnode-client:v2 vote-proposal 207 yes

Rationale

With the loss of 10 validators, Paloma upgrades the jailout timeout to enable validators to return quickly reducing timeouts from 12 hours to 2 hours for attestation and logic calls.

About Paloma

Paloma wants to be the fastest relay chain in the world with the most decentralized network of validators that can attest to any transaction with the fastest possible execution. Paloma aims to make it easy for developers to control smart contracts on any Solana, Ethereum L1, L2, and L3 chain.

To learn more about Paloma, please visit https://palomachain.com

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