**Motion 38** is up for vote: the motion upgrades the runtime to v26.   Upgrade priority: Medium 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)))

Hash and release notes can be found [here](https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot/releases/tag/v0.8.26). 

 Schedule the currently externally-proposed majority-carries referendum to be tabled
 immediately. If there is no externally-proposed referendum currently, or if there is one
 but it is not a majority-carries referendum then it fails.

 The dispatch of this call must be `FastTrackOrigin`.

 - `proposal_hash`: The hash of the current external proposal.
 - `voting_period`: The period that is allowed for voting on this proposal. Increased to
   `FastTrackVotingPeriod` if too low.
 - `delay`: The number of block after voting has ended in approval and this should be
   enacted. This doesn't have a minimum amount.

 Emits `Started`.

 Weight: `O(1)`

- There is a motion called Motion 38 that is being voted on.
- The motion is about upgrading something called the runtime to v26.
- The upgrade is important because it fixes some problems and makes some functions safer.
- You can find more information about the upgrade and what it does by clicking on the links provided.
- The upgrade is called v0.8.26.

#8 Runtime upgrade to v26