# \[PSA\] Gov V1 funds will be automatically refunded next runtime upgrade

**URL:** <https://forum.polkadot.network/t/psa-gov-v1-funds-will-be-automatically-refunded-next-runtime-upgrade/3270>\
**Category:** Governance\
**Created:** [July 2, 2023, 9:27am UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/psa-gov-v1-funds-will-be-automatically-refunded-next-runtime-upgrade/3270 "2023-07-02T09:27:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![liamaharon](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.polkadot.network/liamaharon/32/1401_2.png) [@liamaharon](https://forum.polkadot.network/u/liamaharon)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2023, 9:27am UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/psa-gov-v1-funds-will-be-automatically-refunded-next-runtime-upgrade/3270/1 "2023-07-02T09:27:50Z")

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Hello governance friends, PSA that migrations are targeted for the next Polkadot & Kusama runtime which will unlock/unreserve Gov V1 funds for all accounts (see PR [migration: unlock/unreserve Gov v1 balances and prepare storage removal by liamaharon · Pull Request #7314 · paritytech/polkadot · GitHub](https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot/pull/7314)).

There have been some OpenGov proposals to manually refund some accounts:

- [https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/49](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/49)
- [https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/25](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/25)

these are unnecessary and I ask that ecosystem participants instead wait for the next runtime upgrade to receive their Gov V1 funds.

Ideally these unlock/unreserves would have been enacted in the same runtime upgrade that Gov V1 was removed. Devs have taken this as a learning experience and will take more care to reduce the chances of similar occurrences in the future 🙏.

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**Author:** ![PJS](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.polkadot.network/pjs/32/6419_2.png) [@PJS](https://forum.polkadot.network/u/PJS)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2023, 11:00pm UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/psa-gov-v1-funds-will-be-automatically-refunded-next-runtime-upgrade/3270/2 "2023-09-04T23:00:47Z")

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Hi there, any update on this? I noticed it was merged around 3 weeks back. Thanks for helping resolve this problem.

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**Author:** ![liamaharon](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.polkadot.network/liamaharon/32/1401_2.png) [@liamaharon](https://forum.polkadot.network/u/liamaharon)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 2:54am UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/psa-gov-v1-funds-will-be-automatically-refunded-next-runtime-upgrade/3270/3 "2023-09-05T02:54:07Z")

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The migrations unlocking the funds will execute next runtime upgrade, you can track progress for that here: [Release 1.0 runtimes · Issue #20 · polkadot-fellows/runtimes · GitHub](https://github.com/polkadot-fellows/runtimes/issues/20)

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**Author:** ![higgy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/838e76/32.png) [@higgy](https://forum.polkadot.network/u/higgy)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 11:24pm UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/psa-gov-v1-funds-will-be-automatically-refunded-next-runtime-upgrade/3270/4 "2023-09-29T23:24:24Z")

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Looks like unlocks for gov v1 are enabled now with the merging of [migration: unlock/unreserve Gov v1 balances, remove Gov V1 pallets from polkadot runtime, and remove Gov V1 pallet key/values from storage by liamaharon · Pull Request #7314 · paritytech/polkadot · GitHub](https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot/pull/7314) and [https://github.com/polkadot-fellows/runtimes/pull/28](https://github.com/polkadot-fellows/runtimes/pull/28) .

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**Author:** ![liamaharon](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.polkadot.network/liamaharon/32/1401_2.png) [@liamaharon](https://forum.polkadot.network/u/liamaharon)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 9:01am UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/psa-gov-v1-funds-will-be-automatically-refunded-next-runtime-upgrade/3270/5 "2023-10-14T09:01:14Z")

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Yes, the code is merged and funds will be released next runtime upgrade. You can track progress for the next runtime upgrade here [Release 1.0 runtimes · Issue #20 · polkadot-fellows/runtimes · GitHub](https://github.com/polkadot-fellows/runtimes/issues/20)