Dear community,
I'm submitting this proposal to cancel a "deferred" slash for era 7126 which would be applied in era 7154.&nbsp; The issue resulting in the slash was deemed to be<a href="https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/issues/5778"> bug related</a> and the technical details are still being investigated.&nbsp; Historically, deferred slashes due to bugs were cancelled.
The issue, in my simple interpretation is as follows:
<ul>
<li>There was downtime due to hardware issues</li>
<li>Before the downtime one of my nodes was due to issue a "pre-vote"</li>
<li>When the node was online again, time passed and the prevote was no longer necessary.</li>
<li>The node may have used the local (not sync'd) finalized block as reference and proceeded to issue the pre-vote</li>
<li>Because the pre-vote already issued it resulted in an equivocation which is a slashable offence</li>
<li>Ideally, the node should have determined that time passed and the pre-vote wasn't necessary anymore</li>
</ul>
Given the circumstances and if my interpretation is correct this can happen to any operator who may restart their nodes with a pre-vote "in queue" given a delay in finalized blocks.
The issue was reported immediately but because of the bug, the "slash" was reported some 24 later. Time was also lost while trying to get a technical verdict on whether this was a bug or operator related. Given these delays, it is unlikely to receive a cancellation of the deferral on time. I would however engage the community for a deferral in solidarity.
I have already <a href="https://kusama.subscan.io/extrinsic/0x1721218fbc11aef01268df4b8cdae452a90287f4e0f300eeee8a0e9a9fffa1c4">compensated</a> the slashed parties (rounding up) and I am working on another payout for those affected by any offline time.
Kind Regards, Will | Paradox

Cancel enactment of a deferred slash.

Can be called by the `T::AdminOrigin`.

Parameters: era and indices of the slashes for that era to kill.

- **Problem Statement:** Request to cancel a "deferred" slash for era 7126 due to a bug-related issue, impacting node operators.
- **Significance:** Node operators faced slashes due to technical issues, leading to financial losses and operational disruptions.
- **Proposed Solution:** Seeking community support to cancel the deferred slash and address the bug-related issue.
- **Expected Outcomes:** Mitigation of financial losses for affected node operators and improved system stability.

#459 Cancel Deferred Slash 7126 - Due to application bug

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