Audit-to-deploy gap

Stake DAO's assessment for RD-F-006 — scored green on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.

Evidence summary #

vlSDT: audit sign-off 2026-03-26, deployment 2026-04-15 = 20 days gap. Well within ≤60-day green threshold. No evidence of >180-day gaps for other recent modules. ChainSecurity 2022-10 liquid lockers audit covered already-deployed contracts (post-hoc coverage, gap not applicable in same direction).

Sources #

Audit
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/stake-dao/audits/main/vlsdt/2026_03_26_trust_security_vlsdt.pdfretrieved 2026-05-16
Tx
vlSDT Deploy Transaction TimestampvlSDT deploy tx 2026-04-15 (block 24885681)retrieved 2026-05-16

Methodology #

Measure the number of days between the audit report sign-off date and the mainnet deploy of the audited bytecode.

See the full factor methodology and distribution across all protocols →

rubric_version v1.7.0 protocol stake-dao factor RD-F-006 score green collected_at 2026-05-16 12:29:20