# Hooks

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Documentation about Pallet hooks
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* [**OnInitialize**](https://paritytech.github.io/polkadot-sdk/master/frame_support/traits/trait.Hooks.html#method.on_initialize) hooks are only executed when a code change is detected.
* [`OnRuntimeUpgrade`](hooks::OnRuntimeUpgrade) hooks are mandatorily executed at the very beginning of the block body, before any extrinsics are processed.
* [`Inherents`](https://paritytech.github.io/polkadot-sdk/master/sp_inherents/index.html) are always executed before any other other signed or unsigned extrinsics.
* [`OnIdle`](hooks::OnIdle) hooks are executed after extrinsics if there is weight remaining in the block.
* [`OnFinalize`](hooks::OnFinalize) hooks are mandatorily executed after [`OnIdle`](hooks::OnIdle).


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