Guardian/pause-keeper distinct from upgrader

Sky Lending (formerly MakerDAO)'s assessment for RD-F-034 — scored green on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.

Evidence summary #

Protego (MCD_PROTEGO 0x5C9c3cb...) enables permissionless Emergency Drop Spell creation to cancel queued DSPause plans during 48h window. Emergency spells handle parameter pauses via Mom contracts — distinct from upgrade authority. ESM disabled May 2025. Distinct roles exist between upgrade and emergency-pause mechanisms.

Sources #

Governance
https://vote.makerdao.com/executive/template-executive-vote-mkr-to-sky-upgrade-phase-one-adding-protego-to-the-chainlog-spark-proxy-spell-may-15-2025retrieved 2026-04-28
GitHub
https://github.com/makerdao/protegoretrieved 2026-04-28

Methodology #

Determine whether a pauser/guardian role exists and is held by an address distinct from the upgrader address.

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rubric_version v1.7.0 protocol sky-lending factor RD-F-034 score green collected_at 2026-04-28 00:43:18