# Dispatch (/docs/guides/evm/precompiles/dispatch)

The generic Dispatch precompile at
`0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000006` accepts a SCALE-encoded runtime
call. It preserves the runtime call validator, mapped signed origin, and
pallet authorization checks. This generic interface depends on the runtime's
SCALE call format; use typed precompiles when available.

Dispatch unconditionally rejects `STATICCALL`, including static frames
inherited from a parent contract, with `cannot dispatch in static frame`.
Static rejection happens before decoding or runtime dispatch, so a static
frame cannot mutate native state through this precompile.

Before decoding or computing dispatch info, every input byte, including zero
bytes, costs the EVM configuration's `gas_transaction_non_zero_data`. This
linear tariff also covers traversal of the decoded call tree. It is based on
an existing EVM gas constant, not reference-hardware benchmark measurements.
The processing charge remains spent if decoding, call validation, or later
dispatch fails.

Input length must not exceed the runtime's normal-block byte limit. Oversized
input is rejected by a constant-time length check before decoding. The
existing SCALE depth limit remains in effect (8 by default).

Dispatch weight must fit the gas remaining after input processing. If it does
not, Dispatch consumes the remaining gas of the current precompile frame and
returns `OutOfGas`. The parent contract may handle this failed subcall; it is
not terminated with a fatal error. Successful dispatch additionally charges
its runtime execution weight as before.