# Change max\_proposal\_period parameter to 260
**URL:** https://forum.namada.net/t/change-max-proposal-period-parameter-to-260/1643
**Category:** Proposal 🗳️
**Created:** [4 April 2025 16:04 UTC](https://forum.namada.net/t/change-max-proposal-period-parameter-to-260/1643 "2025-04-04T16:04:28Z")
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### Author:  [@Gavin](https://forum.namada.net/u/Gavin)
#### Post date: [4 April 2025 16:04 UTC](https://forum.namada.net/t/change-max-proposal-period-parameter-to-260/1643/1 "2025-04-04T16:04:28Z")
## Proposal
This is a proposal to change `max_proposal_period` parameter to `260`.
The Rust code used to make the wasm is here: [https://github.com/Luminara-Hub/govproposals/blob/main/testnet\_max\_proposal\_period.rs](https://github.com/Luminara-Hub/govproposals/blob/main/testnet_max_proposal_period.rs)
@brentstone has reviewed this code, @spork.Knowable has tested it locally. Now we are testing the parameter change on the Housefire testnet: [https://explorer75.org/namada-housefire/proposals/23](https://explorer75.org/namada-housefire/proposals/23)
## Context
At the beginning of this week, I started [a discussion post](https://forum.namada.net/t/discuss-increasing-max-proposal-period-to-260/1637) about updating the max\_proposal\_period parameter to 260.
Luminara committed to making a PGF proposal for the latest [Donor Drop allocations](https://forum.namada.net/t/web3privacy-now-donor-drop-allocations/1633) that waits a 60-day grace period before executing and distributing the allocations, but `max_proposal_period` is 84 epochs (21 days), and 260 (65 days) are needed. We (Knowable) would like to increase `max_proposal_period` to `260`–not just to fulfill Luminara’s commitment, but for the betterment of Namada at large.
## History
When Knowable [proposed the mainnet parameters](https://forum.namada.net/t/mainnet-parameter-discussions-knowables-proposal/753), we chose 84 epochs (21 days) because that’s the longest we could imagine the community needing for a governance proposal. We hadn’t anticipated that there could be novel ways of using enactment delays to distribute PGF.
The benefit of increasing this parameter is that we could make a commitment in an up-front governance proposal, while having more control over delaying the proposal execution timing.
## Potential issue
Someone could make a governance proposal with a very long voting period
- this seems unlikely–at least until it’s worth 2000 NAM to advertise something using a governance proposal
- a future solution could be a new `max_proposal_voting_period` parameter to complement the existing `min_proposal_voting_period`, and then we could constrain the voting period without constraining the enactment delay
There have been no concerns from the folks in the Validator Circle, 🟡 the replies on the forum post, and in messages with @brentstone and @cwgoes from Heliax.
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### Author:  [@cwgoes](https://forum.namada.net/u/cwgoes)
#### Post date: [7 April 2025 12:21 UTC](https://forum.namada.net/t/change-max-proposal-period-parameter-to-260/1643/2 "2025-04-07T12:21:08Z")
I thought a bit about potential concerns or attacks and don’t see any major ones here. Let’s do it!
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### Author:  [@Gavin](https://forum.namada.net/u/Gavin)
#### Post date: [7 April 2025 15:47 UTC](https://forum.namada.net/t/change-max-proposal-period-parameter-to-260/1643/3 "2025-04-07T15:47:07Z")
Updates:
1. `max_proposal_period` was successfully changed to `260` on Housefire testnet via [testProp23](https://explorer75.org/namada-housefire/proposals/23). [testnet json is here](https://github.com/Luminara-Hub/govproposals/blob/main/testnet_max_proposal_period.json); [Rust code is here](https://github.com/Luminara-Hub/govproposals/blob/main/testnet_max_proposal_period.rs)
2. [testProp24](https://explorer75.org/namada-housefire/proposals/24) was successfully launched on Housefire testnet, which includes a 240-epoch grace period
We are preparing to launch this proposal on mainnet 🚀
We will use this json file: [https://github.com/Luminara-Hub/govproposals/blob/main/mainnet\_max\_proposal\_period.json](https://github.com/Luminara-Hub/govproposals/blob/main/mainnet_max_proposal_period.json)
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### Author:  [@Gavin](https://forum.namada.net/u/Gavin)
#### Post date: [7 April 2025 18:08 UTC](https://forum.namada.net/t/change-max-proposal-period-parameter-to-260/1643/4 "2025-04-07T18:08:58Z")
[Prop15](https://explorer75.org/namada/proposals/15) has launched, voting to begin in just over 5 hours from now when Epoch 501 begins.
Voting for validators will last until the end of Epoch 512, so in total will have 72 hours to vote đź—ł
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### Author:  [@ChainflowPOS](https://forum.namada.net/u/ChainflowPOS)
#### Post date: [8 April 2025 14:11 UTC](https://forum.namada.net/t/change-max-proposal-period-parameter-to-260/1643/5 "2025-04-08T14:11:41Z")
All for extending the proposal period, but I do think we should soon implement a longer voting period minimum. It currently feels like the windows are too short, considering the validators can only vote within the first 2/3rds of time for the proposals.
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### Author:  [@Gavin](https://forum.namada.net/u/Gavin)
#### Post date: [8 April 2025 14:30 UTC](https://forum.namada.net/t/change-max-proposal-period-parameter-to-260/1643/6 "2025-04-08T14:30:14Z")
agree! there’s a social commitment to increasing the minimum to 7.25 days in the Phase 5 proposal, which would be just about 5 days voting min for validators
> [@Mainnet parameter discussions: Knowable's proposal](https://forum.namada.net/t/mainnet-parameter-discussions-knowables-proposal/753/98):
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> Thanks @brentstone! I think I can say that we (Knowable) are ready to proceed with these parameters. Noting that: max\_proposal\_code\_size (cc @Rigorous) turns out to be what we intended, being denominated in bytes in the code (but good catch, Rigorous! the docstring had mistakenly noted kb). Governance voting period would only be 3 day minimum voting at launch, which we think that should later increase to 7.25 days at the same time that transfers are enabled. Governance grace period would be 0…
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### Author:  [@Gavin](https://forum.namada.net/u/Gavin)
#### Post date: [13 April 2025 03:43 UTC](https://forum.namada.net/t/change-max-proposal-period-parameter-to-260/1643/7 "2025-04-13T03:43:00Z")
[Prop15](https://explorer75.org/namada/proposals/15) has passed 🎉
Thanks to Namada voters 🙌
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### Author:  [@Gavin](https://forum.namada.net/u/Gavin)
#### Post date: [15 April 2025 04:43 UTC](https://forum.namada.net/t/change-max-proposal-period-parameter-to-260/1643/8 "2025-04-15T04:43:13Z")
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