## Please reject

Preimage is wrong will let this one timeout and resubmit a correct one after `v1.2` runtime release gets posted.

## Please reject

 
This referendum is meant for enabling async-backing on kusama, more information about what is async backing and what this parameter changes will do can be found here [async backing](https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/learn-async-backing)

Currently on kusama, all async backing logic has been enabled since [v1.1.0](https://github.com/polkadot-fellows/runtimes/releases/tag/v1.1.0) runtime was enacted, but it is running in sync mode, parachains can produce block only at 12s rate.

After this referendum parachains can decide to produce blocks at 6s rate, by following this guide https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/maintain-guides-async-backing, but that is not mandatory, they will still run at 12s rate without any changes needed on their side.

## Testing done

Async backing has been running on Rococo since December 2023 and on Westend since February 2023 with all system parachains migrated to produce blocks at 6s rate.

Our final checklist enablement can be found here: https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/issues/3226

## Dependencies

Some critical fixes for async backing are in the upcoming `v1.2` runtime release, so this referendum should be enacted **AFTER** v1.2 runtime release has been enacted.

## Known issues

No critical issues are known at this moment, however since the async backing subsystems in sync mode has been enabled a few issues that have arosed, this referendum **won't change** anything regarding that.

- There are still around 3-5% validators in the active set that are not upgrade, so when it is their turn to 
  back they won't back anything, and if 2 out of 3 nodes are in the same backing group the group won't be 
  able to back the candidates it is assigned to. **Action** Un-upgraded validators please upgrade to 
  something higher than 1.8 node version.
- New validators entering the active set will get 0 backing point the first session they enter, **Action** No action needed it has [been fixed with](https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/pull/3722) and will be included in 1.2 runtime release.
- Validators were accidentally changing they network-key(PeerId) at restart/upgradge which made them to not be properly discovered by the network for 36h and get 0 backing rewards. **Action** Double-check your validators doesn't do that, the network key is persistent next to the `db` so make sure it gets persisted across restarts, [more details](https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/pull/3722)


- **Problem Statement:** Implementing async backing on Kusama to allow parachains to produce blocks at a faster rate.
- **Significance:** Enhancing the efficiency of parachains on Kusama by potentially enabling them to produce blocks at a 6s rate.
- **Proposed Solution:** Enabling async backing on Kusama after the v1.2 runtime release, allowing parachains to choose to produce blocks at a faster rate.
- **Expected Outcomes:** Improved performance for parachains on Kusama with the potential to produce blocks at a faster rate, enhancing overall network efficiency.

#368 [Please reject] Enable async backing on kusama

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