Runtime Upgrade v1.3.3

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Paseo Testnet Runtime Upgrade Checklist

According to Polkadot fellowship, we need to upgrade for https://github.com/polkadot-fellows/runtimes/releases/tag/v1.3.3

Preparation Tasks

• Upgrade Proposal Review: Confirm that the core team agreed on the upcoming Runtime Upgrade.
• Impact Analysis Completed: Which would be the impact of this Runtime Upgrade?.
• PR Creation:: Run the script to backport the changes from the Polkadot Fellowship Runtime and solve all conflicts.
• Benchmarking: Run benchmarks according to Paseo hardware specs and upload them as a different PR targeting the previous PR mentioned.
• Chopsticks testing: Fork Paseo relay-chain and its system chains and commit the targeted runtime upgrade.
  • Epoch and Era changes: Make chopticks to produce the necessary amount of changes to change the Era and assure blocks are still produced.
  • XCM transfers: Make a teleport to the Paseo assethub and PAS reserved transfer to any available parachain.
• Try-Runtime: Run try-runtime and mke sure that no state inconsistences are reported.
• Polkadot Fellowship contact: In case of any issues detected during testing, contact any Polkadot Fellowship member to address the concern. If no issues this can just be checked.
• Runtime upgrade on test instance: Commit the Runtime upgrade on the Paseo test instance and leave it running for a whole day.

Execution

• DB Backup: Ask any infrastructure provider to produce a backup of the network before commiting the upgrade.
• Notify Stakeholders: Distribute the communication plan through all relevant channels.
• Schedule Upgrade Window: Decide on and communicate the upgrade window to all stakeholders. Use always CET Timezone for scheduling or communicating deadlines.
• Final Pre-Upgrade Check: Conduct a last-minute check to ensure all systems and stakeholders are ready.
• Commit Upgrade: Initiate the runtime upgrade process according to the planned procedure. Use always CET Timezone for scheduling or communicating deadlines.
• Monitor Deployment: Closely monitor the network for any immediate issues during the upgrade.