# Rocket Pool proposes closing the minipool queue before Saturn 1

> The proposal created a concrete path to close the irreversible minipool queue by December 8, 2025, or six weeks before Saturn 1, while defining exceptional conditions for reopening.

- URL: https://riadefi.com/on-chain/2025-11-21-rocket-pool-saturn1-minipool-queue-closure-rpip74/
- Type: Closure or deprecation
- Stage: Proposed
- Evidence: confirmed
- Materiality: material
- Event date: 2025-11-21
- Version: 1, published 2026-08-22 (first published 2026-08-22)
- Follow-up: 2025-12-06
- Advisor-relevant: yes
- Affects: Rocket Pool (protocol)

## What happened

Rocket Pool opened a vote on RPIP-74 to stop new entries into the legacy minipool queue before the Saturn 1 megapool launch.

## What changed

The proposal created a concrete path to close the irreversible minipool queue by December 8, 2025, or six weeks before Saturn 1, while defining exceptional conditions for reopening.

## What did not change

The queue remained open during the November event window, and no Saturn 1 launch or closure transaction was established. Existing queued minipools and rETH redemption mechanics were not directly changed by publication.

## Confirmed

- The proposed closure deadline was December 8, 2025, or six weeks before Saturn 1, whichever applied under the proposal.
- The stated objectives included reserving deposit-pool ETH for megapools and reducing pressure on the rETH discount.
- The proposal noted that minipool queue entries cannot be exited.
- The Snapshot vote extended into December.

## Still open

- The vote result, executed closure time, and any reopening conditions invoked.
- The number and value of minipools remaining in the queue at closure.
- The final Saturn 1 launch date and effect on rETH redemption liquidity and peg behavior.

## What it means for an advisor

- Review Rocket Pool's access, migration, and rETH-liquidity assumptions before the legacy queue closes.
- Identify any client or operator workflow dependent on new minipool admission.
- Verify the executed queue state and Saturn 1 readiness rather than treating the proposal as an operative closure.

## Sources

1. [Minipool Queue Closure pre-Saturn 1 Launch (RPIP-74)](https://snapshot.org/#/rocketpool-dao.eth/proposal/0x9d51f88c2820462691599abfb573417993c09d2cd5901fde7a8e3d68249ca7bc) · Rocket Pool Snapshot · 2025-11-21


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