Remove Validator

This page shows how to remove validators from a cluster on SSV Network with the SSV SDK.

Removing a validator updates the cluster configuration and stops the validator from participating in the cluster.

Prerequisites

Before using this example, make sure you have:

• The cluster owner address
• The cluster operator IDs
• The validator public keys to remove
• The SDK initialized with a walletClient

Remove Validator

Use sdk.clusters.removeValidators to remove one or more validators from a cluster identified by its cluster ID.

import { createClusterId } from '@ssv-labs/ssv-sdk/utils'

try {
    const ownerAddress = "0xA4831B989972605A62141a667578d742927Cbef9✎"
    const operatorIds = [1, 2, 3, 4✎]
    const clusterId = createClusterId(ownerAddress, operatorIds)

    const tx = await sdk.clusters.removeValidators({
      args: {
        id: clusterId,
        publicKeys: [
          "0x9168d201b4c51f5a978298fd940a73319d00f7cacc11995960021d52d0bc0f141aa5872fb2aa23a124b8051d54c5c455✎", 
          "0xaeee799166f6019a1a97acad6bfd59b6aa20ebadb3b77ca819cb3f81f562c9a876eb5d542e51e43ba3a52d021f339023✎"
        ],
      },
    })

    const txnReceipt = await tx.wait()
    console.log('Transaction receipt:', txnReceipt);
} catch (error) {
    console.error('Failed to remove validators:', error);
}

After the transaction is confirmed, you can verify the updated cluster state in the SSV Explorer.