Activate a Proposal

Moves a proposal from Draft to Active so it can be voted on. Only needed for proposals created with draft: true; the common path (create_proposal with draft: false) skips this and starts Active.

The signer must hold the Initiate permission, and the proposal must currently be Draft. This is the one proposal instruction with no trailing program account.

Program method — activate_proposal

Signs with payer + signer, then sends.

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
payer	Keypair	yes	—	Pays the fee; co-signs.
settings	#to_s	yes	—	The settings account address.
signer	#to_s · Keypair	yes	—	An Initiate-holding member; must sign.
transaction_index	Integer	yes	—	Index of the proposal's transaction.

Plus the shared sign: / execute: controls and Solace::Transaction return — see Conventions.

program.activate_proposal(
  payer:             creator,
  settings:          identity.settings_address,
  signer:            creator,
  transaction_index: 1
)

Composer — SquadsSmartAccountsActivateProposalComposer

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
settings	#to_s	yes	—	The settings account address.
signer	#to_s · Keypair	yes	—	An Initiate-holding member; must sign.
proposal	#to_s	yes	—	The Proposal PDA to activate.

proposal, = program.get_proposal_address(
  settings_address:  identity.settings_address,
  transaction_index: 1
)

composer = Solace::Composers::SquadsSmartAccountsActivateProposalComposer.new(
  settings: identity.settings_address,
  signer:   creator.address,
  proposal:
)

tx = Solace::TransactionComposer.new(connection:)
                                .add_instruction(composer)
                                .set_fee_payer(creator)
                                .compose_transaction

tx.sign(creator)
connection.send_transaction(tx.serialize)

Low-level instruction (advanced)

• Discriminator: [90, 186, 203, 234, 70, 185, 191, 21]
• Encodes (data): the discriminator only — activateProposal takes no arguments.

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
settings_index	Integer	yes	—	Index of the settings account.
signer_index	Integer	yes	—	Index of the activating signer.
proposal_index	Integer	yes	—	Index of the Proposal PDA.
program_index	Integer	yes	—	Index of the Squads program (the invoked program).

Note: the three accounts are settings, signer, proposal — there is no trailing program account in the account-metas list (unlike the other proposal instructions); the program is only the invoked program.