Decode limitation

A specific reason the archive cannot fully translate encoded proposal data.

In plain language

Examples include a missing preimage, unavailable historical interface or opaque program payload.

Why it matters

It shows exactly where interpretation stops.

Real Vara examples

ReferendumGovernanceExecutionDirect addresses
#1 Approved opaque whitelisted-call dispatch with no recorded execution

This untitled referendum approved dispatching a very large whitelisted call, but the surviving archive does not contain its preimage or a later execution result.

ApprovedNot executed6
#65 Schedule a GRANDPA-signer request published as a fellowship promotion

Although its public title described promoting GSOBOL and Alexander Volkov to rank 6, the decoded on-chain call scheduled a GRANDPA-signer request rather than directly calling fellowshipCollective.promoteMember.

ExecutedDispatch succeeded40

Related terms

Preimage · Unknown · Gear message