Finalize Proposal

Lock a proposal’s results after its voting period ends.

Description

finalize-proposal is permissionless — anyone can call it after the voting epoch has passed. It sets proposal.finalized = true, permanently locking the vote tallies. No further votes or overrides can be recorded after finalization.

Usage


svmgov finalize-proposal --proposal-id "ABC123..."

Arguments

Argument	Type	Required	Description
`--proposal-id`	String	Yes	Proposal PDA address (base58)

Global Arguments

Option	Short	Description
`--keypair <PATH>`	`-k`	Path to keypair JSON (payer for fees)
`--rpc-url <URL>`	`-r`	Custom RPC URL

Requirements

Proposal must have voting == true (was activated)
Proposal must not be finalized already
Current epoch must be >= proposal.end_epoch

Examples


# With config
svmgov finalize-proposal --proposal-id "AbCdEf..."
 
# With explicit RPC
svmgov finalize-proposal \
  --proposal-id "AbCdEf..." \
  --rpc-url https://api.mainnet-beta.solana.com

Reading the Result

After finalization, use svmgov proposal <ID> to view the final vote counts:


svmgov proposal "AbCdEf..."

Output shows:

Total For, Against, Abstain lamports
Whether the proposal passed (interpretation is off-chain)
Final vote count

The svmgov program records vote outcomes but does not enforce any action as a result. Proposal outcomes are interpreted by the community and governance participants.

View Proposal — View final results
List Proposals — Browse all finalized proposals