Feat: Polkadot v1.7 to v1.8 upgrade

[Aideepakchaudhary]

Description

This PR is upgrading Runtime's and Node's dependencies from Polkadot-SDK release v1.7.0 to v1.8.0

Notes

Relevant upgrade's notes and comments.

• Added ApiVersion type in pallet_contract config.
• Breaking changes
  • 3395: benchmarking-cli pallet subcommand: refactor --list and add --all option
  • 3079: Implement transaction_unstable_broadcast and transaction_unstable_stop
  • 3244: Make the benchmark pallet command only require a Hasher
  • 3384: [pallet_contracts] stabilize call_v2, instantiate_v2, lock_dependency and unlock_dependency
  • 3052: Fixes a scenario where a nomination pool's TotalValueLocked is out of sync due to staking's implicit withdraw
  • 3060: Add retry mechanics to pallet-scheduler
  • 3154: Contracts: Stabilize caller_is_root API
  • 3184: Contracts: Remove no longer enforced limits from the Schedule
  • 3230: rpc server remove prometheus metrics substrate_rpc_requests_started/finished and refactor WS ping/pongs.
• Kindly refer to the official Polkadot release report for further details: Polkadot v1.8.0

Process

• Bump workspace dependencies
• Fix issues
• Bump spec_ver for both testnet and mainnet Runtime.
• Bump node version if there were changes in the node.

Codebase Upgrade Acceptance Criteria

• cargo check passes
• cargo test passes
• cargo build on -- release profile correctly builds
• try-runtime and runtime-benchmarks features compile
• Single node spinned up from binary works and generates blocks
• Zombienet network with 2 peers spawned with block-production config file generates blocks.

Runtime & Node Upgrade Acceptance Criteria

• Runtime upgrade works on Zombienet

• Node upgrade works on Zombienet

• Runtime upgrade works on Chopsticks

  • Testnet
  • Mainnet

• Try-runtime passes with no pending migrations

  • Testnet
  • Mainnet

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[ayushmishra2005]

@Aideepakchaudhary pallet::getter has been deprecated and removed in Polkadot v1.8.0. Would it be possible to remove it from all storages and pallets in our codebase?

Please see this paritytech/polkadot-sdk#3371 for example.

cc @aie0

[Aideepakchaudhary]

@Aideepakchaudhary pallet::getter has been deprecated and removed in Polkadot v1.8.0. Would it be possible to remove it from all storages and pallets in our codebase?
Please see this paritytech/polkadot-sdk#3371 for example.

Hi @ayushmishra2005 , we'll integrate these changes in the stable branch: #456