This is a joint post from Nomadic Labs, TriliTech, and Functori.
A new Etherlink kernel upgrade proposal, Etherlink 7.1 has just been submitted to Etherlink’s Fast governance mechanism.
This is a security kernel upgrade proposal.
Should the governance vote be successful today, Etherlink 7.1 will activate on mainnet on Sunday, 30 August 2026.
Thank you for your continued support for Etherlink.
CTA: Please upvote Etherlink 7.1
The kernel upgrade proposal 7.1 has already been injected in the current proposal period.
Proposal period vote: fast governance period 636, spanning between L1 levels #14,693,089 (August 28, 04:51 CEST) and #14,697,888 (August 28, 12:51 CEST).
Promotion period vote: fast governance period 637, spanning between L1 levels #14,697,889 (August 28, 12:51 CEST) and #14,702,688 (August 28, 20:51 CEST).
Remember that Etherlink fast governance periods last ~8 hours, which means bakers would need to vote up to two times within the next 12 hours to participate in both votes.
Bakers can cast their votes in a few clicks with Etherlink’s governance explorer UI, or using TezGov. We provide further voting instructions to vote with Octez CLI below.
Don’t hesitate to reach out if you need our help to make sure you can cast your votes in time.
Annex: voting instructions
Bakers can cast their votes in a few clicks with Etherlink’s governance explorer UI, or using TezGov. It is also possible to vote using Octez CLI, with the following commands:
Proposal Period (fast governance period 636)
The Proposal period vote will start at L1 level levels #14,693,089 (August 28, 04:51 CEST) and will run until #14,697,888 (August 28, 12:51 CEST).
You can upvote the Etherlink 7.1 kernel upgrade proposal using the following Octez CLI command:
octez-client call KT19oUVQPnVLuUBYXrBVd46WJnNAMpqkKSwo from <MY_VOTER> \
--entrypoint "upvote_proposal" \
--arg "0x00db5a8b279b9915f7ffef420347b5d9667ac4e73a9c766b7ef71513f748f52c67
Promotion Period (fast governance period 637)
If the Proposal period is successful, the Promotion period would span between L1 levels #14,697,889 (August 28, 12:51 CEST) and #14,702,688 (August 28, 20:51 CEST).
You can vote for the Etherlink 7.1 kernel upgrade proposal using the following Octez CLI command:
octez-client call KT19oUVQPnVLuUBYXrBVd46WJnNAMpqkKSwo from <MY_VOTER> \
--entrypoint "vote" --arg '"yea"'
See this documentation entry for further instructions on how to participate in Etherlink’s governance, and don’t hesitate to reach out if you need our assistance to cast your votes.
