Gaia v14 Software Upgrade Checklist

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Cosmos Hub Upgrade to Gaia

After Cutting Release Candidate

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1. Coordinate with Hypha to test release candidate [Marius, Hypha]
2. Create proposal text draft [Milan, Brian, Hypha]
3. Post proposal text draft on forum [Milan, Hypha]
4. Upgrade release and replicated security testnets (note: on Wednesdays) [Hypha]
5. Review proposal feedback of affected features if necessary [Milan, Brian, Jehan, Marius]
6. Discuss crypto equivocation feature review from AiB [Simon]

Before Proposal Submission (TODO sync on a call)

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1. Cut final release [Marius]
2. Predict block height for target date [Hypha]
3. Update/proofread proposal text [Brian, Marius, Hypha]
4. Transfer deposit amount (i.e., 250 ATOMs) to submitter wallet [Milan, Jehan]
5. Create upgrade docs (with disclaimer upgrade prop still being voted on) [Milan]
6. Coordinate with marketing/comms to prep communication channels/posts [Milan, Brian]

Voting Period

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1. Estimate threshold of validators that are aware of proposal and have voted or confirmed their vote [Milan, Brian]
2. Coordinate with marketing/comms to update on voting progress (and any change in upgrade time) [Milan, Brian, Syed, Rob]

Proposal Passed

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1. Determine "on-call" team: available on Discord in #cosmos-hub-validators-verified during upgrade [Marius]
2. Coordinate with marketing/comms on who will be available, increase regular upgrade time updates and validator outreach [Milan, Brian]
3. Prep Gaia docs: docs/getting-started/quickstart.md, docs/hub-tutorials/join-mainnet.md, docs/migration/ docs: Updates for Gaia v14 (aka v14.1.0) #2839 [Milan]
4. Prep chain-registry update: Update for Gaia v14.1.0 release chain-registry#3375 [Milan]
5. Prep cosmos mainnet repo update: docs: Updates for Gaia v14 (aka v14.1.0) mainnet#175 [Milan]
6. Prep internal statesync node for upgrade (confirm cosmovisor configured) [Matija]
7. Reach out to main dependency teams -- Comet, IBC, SDK -- for assistance during the upgrade (#gaia-release-warroom on Slack) [Marius]
8. Add Cryptographic Eq. docs to Gaia (Validator concerns) docs: Gaia v14 upgrade hermes update #2854 [Milan]
9. Add Cryptographic Eq. docs to ICS repo (technical overview)

During Upgrade (note: on Wednesdays at 15:00 UTC)

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1. Available on Discord in #cosmos-hub-validators-verified [Marius]
2. Available on Twitter / Slack / Telegram [Marius]
3. Create new Upgrade Log and monitor upgrade status on PingPub [Milan]

Post Upgrade

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1. Merge PRs for Gaia docs & chain-registry update [Milan]
2. FAQ: collect issues on upgrade from discord [Milan]
3. Hold validator feedback session [Milan, Brian]