**Motion 234 upgrading Kusama Runtime to v2026 is up for vote**



Update priority: **Medium** (timely upgrade recommended) due to changes: Fixes logging of target names with dashes ([#7281](https://github.com/paritytech/substrate/pull/7281)), No longer actively open legacy substreams ([#7076](https://github.com/paritytech/substrate/pull/7076)), Make queryStorage and storagePairs unsafe RPC functions ([#7342](https://github.com/paritytech/substrate/pull/7342)).


Release notes and hash can be found [here](https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot/releases/tag/v0.8.26). All council members please vote at your earliest convenience.

- There is a vote to upgrade the Kusama Runtime to v2026.
- The upgrade is recommended because it fixes some issues.
- Council members need to vote on this.
- The release notes and hash can be found at a specific link.
- The upgrade is important but not urgent.

#92 Upgrade of Kusama Runtime to v2026