Activation Epoch
The activation epoch for the improvements is set to 1483, which should happen on Wednesday, August 21st ~16:30 UTC.
Action Required
It is mandatory for all nodes to be updated to version 1.7.13-patch2 to ensure continued stability and performance of the network and to avoid the risk to have any validator nodes jailed.
Governance
Given the nature of the release → Critical Upgrade (as it contains some vulnerabilities that needs updates) as proposed on Agora, there is no need for a governance call.
The Governance call for Vega Release passed with 94.45% YES.
Important links
Mainnet Config: https://github.com/multiversx/mx-chain-mainnet-config/releases/tag/v1.7.13.0-patch2
Github Link to Vega - v1.7.13-patch2: https://github.com/multiversx/mx-chain-go/releases/tag/v1.7.13-patch2
Staking v4 documentation: https://docs.multiversx.com/validators/staking-v4
Release Agora Post: https://agora.multiversx.com/t/staking-phase-4-mip-8/263/54