Cardano Governance Actions

Governance Actions Insights visualizes the seven Cardano governance action types as flowcharts. Each chart shows the lifecycle from submission through ratification to enactment, who votes (DReps, SPOs, Constitutional Committee) and the thresholds. Most actions require approval from at least two of the three bodies, some require all three. For definitions and full thresholds, see the Developer Portal: Governance Actions.

Pick a category (General, Info Actions, Protocol Parameter Changes, Critical Parameter Changes), then choose a chart. Follow the nodes: orange boxes show the deposit and the voting thresholds, purple boxes explain how the votes are counted. You can download the diagram or share the URL, the address bar keeps the category, the parameter filter and the open chart. For the formal basis, see Appendix I: Guardrails of the Cardano Constitution.

Critical Parameter Changes follow Appendix I, section 2.1, of the Constitution. Parameters critical to the operation of the blockchain also need SPO approval, so all three bodies vote. Parameters critical to the governance system need the DReps and the Constitutional Committee, like routine Protocol Parameter Changes. For both, at least 90 days should normally pass between the off-chain proposal and the on-chain action. The DRep threshold follows the parameter group: 67% for network, economic and technical parameters, 75% for governance parameters.