Spending Limits Reference

Overview

Spending Limits allow designated members to spend tokens up to a specified amount without creating a proposal transaction. Useful for operational expenses, recurring payments, and delegated spending authority.

How Spending Limits Work

Members with spending limits can transfer tokens up to the limit amount
Limits reset based on the configured period (daily, weekly, monthly), or never for a one-time limit
No proposal or voting required for transactions within the limit
Limits are specific to a token mint and vault

Creating Spending Limits

Use Config Transactions to create and remove Spending Limits.

import * as multisig from "@sqds/multisig";

const ix = await multisig.instructions.configTransactionCreate({
  multisigPda,
  transactionIndex: newTransactionIndex,
  creator: member,
  actions: [{
    __kind: "AddSpendingLimit",
    createKey: spendingLimitCreateKey,
    vaultIndex: 0,
    mint: tokenMint,
    amount: 1_000_000_000, // Respects token decimals
    period: multisig.generated.Period.Day,
    members: [authorizedMember.publicKey],
    destinations: [], // Empty = any destination
  }],
});

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
`createKey`	`PublicKey`	Key to seed the SpendingLimit PDA
`vaultIndex`	`number`	Index of the vault
`mint`	`PublicKey`	Token mint for the spending limit
`amount`	`number \| BN`	Amount per period (respects decimals)
`period`	`Period`	Reset period (OneTime, Day, Week, Month)
`members`	`PublicKey[]`	Members who can use the limit
`destinations`	`PublicKey[]`	Allowed destinations (empty = any)

Period Options

Period	Reset Frequency
`Period.OneTime`	Never. The amount does not reset; once it is fully spent the limit cannot be used again
`Period.Day`	Every 24 hours
`Period.Week`	Every 7 days
`Period.Month`	Every 30 days

Amount Decimals

The amount respects the token’s decimals:

Token	Decimals	1 Token =
SOL	9	1_000_000_000
USDC	6	1_000_000
Custom	Varies	Check mint

Example: To set a 100 USDC daily limit:

amount: 100 * 1_000_000 // 100_000_000

Removing Spending Limits

const ix = await multisig.instructions.configTransactionCreate({
  multisigPda,
  transactionIndex: newTransactionIndex,
  creator: member,
  actions: [{
    __kind: "RemoveSpendingLimit",
    spendingLimit: spendingLimitPda,
  }],
});

Member Removal Note

Spending limit members are tracked separately from multisig members. If a member is removed from the multisig, spending limits that include that member will remain and the removed member can still use them. Delete and recreate the spending limit to update the member list.

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Overview

How Spending Limits Work

Creating Spending Limits

Parameters

Period Options

Amount Decimals

Removing Spending Limits

Member Removal Note

See Also

​Overview

​How Spending Limits Work

​Creating Spending Limits

​Parameters

​Period Options

​Amount Decimals

​Removing Spending Limits

​Member Removal Note

​See Also

Overview

How Spending Limits Work

Creating Spending Limits

Parameters

Period Options

Amount Decimals

Removing Spending Limits

Member Removal Note

See Also