Cardano’s on-chain governance process faces a key deadline as the “Update CC 2026” action approaches expiration on September 1 at 21:44:51 UTC. According to Intersect, the member-based organization for the Cardano ecosystem, DRep support has reached 66.3%, just 0.7 percentage points short of the required 67%. However, stake pool operator participation remains at only 39%, far below the 51% threshold needed to approve the action.
Intersect has identified SPO participation as critical to the outcome and has urged operators to review the proposal and cast votes, regardless of whether they choose Yes, No, or Abstain. If the action fails, existing Constitutional Committee members could see their terms expire under the governance process. As a result, the committee could fall below its required minimum of five members, restricting future governance actions.
A committee below five members would prevent several governance actions from being ratified within Cardano’s framework, including Treasury Withdrawal, Parameter Update, Constitution Update, and Hard Fork Initiation proposals. Intersect also warned that the situation could affect progress toward the Dijkstra and Leios upgrades. The Dijkstra era includes activation of Ouroboros Linear Leios in its first phase, while a later phase introduces Ouroboros Peras, which requires an intra-era hard fork. Maintaining the required committee structure remains important for those protocol developments.
Although DRep participation has moved close to its threshold, SPOs still face a voting gap of 12 percentage points. The contrasting participation levels make SPO involvement decisive for the action’s final outcome and for Cardano’s ability to advance planned governance and technical upgrades.
