Timelock duration on upgrades

Stake DAO's assessment for RD-F-032 — scored red on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.

Evidence summary #

Timelock delay is 28,800 seconds (8 hours). Confirmed via on-chain constructor argument: hex 0x7080 = 28,800. Factor threshold: <24h = red. 8 hours < 24 hours = red. Data cache value of 86,400s was incorrect.

Sources #

Etherscan
Stake DAO Timelock Contract — EtherscanConstructor arg [1] delay_ = 0x7080 = 28800 seconds; MINIMUM_DELAY = 0x1708 (5896s); confirmed via #code tabretrieved 2026-05-16
Internal
00-data-cache.json anomaly noteData cache recorded 86400s which is incorrect; Etherscan source is authoritativeretrieved 2026-05-16

Methodology #

Read the timelock delay (in hours) between a queued upgrade proposal and its executable state.

See the full factor methodology and distribution across all protocols →

rubric_version v1.7.0 protocol stake-dao factor RD-F-032 score red collected_at 2026-05-16 12:29:20