Deprecated contract paused but pause reversible by live admin

Wormhole's assessment for RD-F-167 — scored gray on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.

Evidence summary #

Admin retains reversible pause over deprecated surface | Multiple chains deprecated (Terra, Oasis, Aurora, Acala, Karura, Xpla). On deprecated chains, the Core Bridge proxy remains deployed and admin authority (guardian VAA) technically still applies — guardians could resume or modify the deprecated chain contracts. No evidence the deprecated contracts are fully immutable or surrendered. | Wormhole network updates blog; Profile §6 note on deprecations | **yellow**

Sources #

Curator note
Extracted from 02-governance-admin.md — RD-F-167; no URL citedretrieved 2026-04-28

Methodology #

Determine whether a deprecated-and-paused contract's pause state is revertible by a currently-live admin role.

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rubric_version v1.7.0 protocol wormhole factor RD-F-167 score gray collected_at 2026-04-28 01:38:43