Acknowledged. I’m not suggesting it’s trivial, just that it’s an exception to the v2 deployment where tLabs is willing and able to contribute if helpful. I understand from @mhluongo Thesis has available resources to collaborate with tLabs on this in the near-term.
My expectation is that non beta staker nodes will spin down when rewards stop. The beta staker set will remained permissioned indefinitely and move to DAO provided delegations or, equivalently, a DAO-controlled whitelist.
Most beta stake operators do not receive inflation rewards but instead receive direct payment from the DAO via TIP-67, Parts [1] and [2]. The ~3 operators who are not currently receiving direct payment, should be added to the payment list.