💡 Add Support for Creating and Submitting Hard Fork Initiation Governance Actions

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Area

Proposal Pillar

Is there new design needed?

No

What?

Introduce full support in GovTool for Hard Fork Initiation governance actions, enabling users to create, preview, and submit this action type on-chain.

Required Fields (per CIP-1694):

• Title
• Abstract
• Motivation
• Rationale
• Previous Governance Action Hash
• Previous Governance Action ID
• Major
• Minor
• Reference Links

Why?

• Hard Fork Initiation is a key governance action defined in CIP-1694.
• Including this ensures GovTool covers the full governance lifecycle and supports all official action types.
• Enables DReps and technical stakeholders to propose protocol upgrades directly through the interface.

How?

• Extend proposal creation flow to include a Hard Fork Initiation option.
• Present the required form fields dynamically.
• Validate data types, especially:
  • Previous GA hash (hex format)
  • Major/Minor (must be integers)

(Optional) User Story with acceptance criteria

• “Hard Fork Initiation” action type is selectable in proposal creation.
• All specified fields are available and validated during submission.
• JSON metadata is generated correctly per CIP-1694.
• Proposal can be submitted on-chain and displayed in voting/outcomes views.