What impact does "disabling" a party have?
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WallaceKellyOP
Jul 2025In Canton Console, you can do something like this…
participant.parties.disable(alice)
…if alice::abcd1234efg567... is not a stakeholder on any unarchived contract 1.
After the party is disabled, if someone on another node tries to create a new contract with alice::abcd1234efg567... as a stakeholder, that contract creation will fail, correct?
I assume the answer is “yes, the contract creation will fail.” But I’d like to double-check and document.
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WallaceKelly
Oct 2025I just tested and confirmed:
- Disabled
bob(on participant 1) - Disabled
charlie(on participant 2) - Failed to create a contract as
alice(on participant 1) withboborcharlieas observers.
{
"code": "UNKNOWN_INFORMEES",
"cause": "The participant is not connected to any synchronizer
where the given informees are known.",
:
"context": {
"participant": "app-user",
"unknownInformees": "Set(charlie::12207...1f1f2)",
:
}
This was on version 3.3.
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WallaceKelly
Oct 2025By the way, the docs currently say:
Disabling a party is not currently supported
and is considered a dangerous operation.
Also, if the parties are “external parties,” then participant.parties.disable(...) will not work.