---
title: "Returns a governance proposal."
method: GET
path: "/consensus/proposals/{proposal_id}"
---

# Returns a governance proposal.

`GET /consensus/proposals/{proposal_id}`

## Path parameters

- `proposal_id` integer, required

## Response `200`

A JSON object containing a governance proposal.

- Proposal — A governance proposal.
  - `id` integer, required — The unique identifier of the proposal.
  - `submitter` string, required — The staking address of the proposal submitter.
  - `state` 'active' | 'passed' | 'failed' | 'rejected', required — The state of the proposal.
  - `deposit` string, bigint, required
  - `title` string — The (optional) title of the proposal.
  - `description` string — The (optional) description of the proposal.
  - `handler` string — The name of the upgrade handler.
  - `target` ProposalTarget — The target protocol versions for this upgrade proposal.
    - `consensus_protocol` string
    - `runtime_host_protocol` string
    - `runtime_committee_protocol` string
  - `epoch` integer — The epoch at which the proposed upgrade will happen.
  - `cancels` integer — The proposal to cancel, if this proposal proposes cancelling an existing proposal.
  - `parameters_change_module` string — The name of the module whose parameters are to be changed by this 'parameters_change' proposal.
  - `parameters_change` string — The parameters change proposal body. This spec does not encode the many possible types; instead, see [the Go API](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/oasisprotocol/oasis-core/go) of oasis-core. This object will conform to one of the `ConsensusParameterChanges` types, depending on the `parameters_change_module`.
  - `created_at` integer, required — The epoch at which this proposal was created.
  - `closes_at` integer, required — The epoch at which voting for this proposal will close.
  - `invalid_votes` string, bigint, required

## Other responses

- `400` — A human-readable error message.
- `404` — An empty response indicating that the requested resource was not found.
- `500` — A human-readable error message.

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