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Submit a decision on an approval

POST
/v1/approvals/{approvalId}/complete
curl --request POST \
--url https://example.com/v1/approvals/2489E9AD-2EE2-8E00-8EC9-32D5F69181C0/complete \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{ "decision": "approve", "rationale": "example", "value": "example" }'

Records the decision (HitlBinding.submitReview). When the approval carries a waitTokenId and the decision is approve or reject, also completes the waitpoint so the suspended run resumes.

approvalId
required
string format: uuid

ApprovalId — opaque branded string (a UUID).

Idempotency-Key
string
>= 1 characters

Caller-supplied idempotency key. Retries with the same key return the original response byte-identical (per docs/API-ROUTE-CONVENTIONS.md §3.1).

Media typeapplication/json
object
decision
required
string
Allowed values: approve reject escalate withdraw
rationale
string
value

Payload passed to the run waitpoint (RunBinding.completeToken) when the approval is linked to a suspended run and the decision is approve or reject.

Decision recorded.

Media typeapplication/json
object
kind
required
string
Allowed values: terminal escalated
approval
required
object
id
required
string format: uuid
tenantId
required
string format: uuid
projectId
string format: uuid
subjectKind
required
string
subjectRef
required
object
key
additional properties
any
requiredRole
required

Reviewer role class. Hierarchy: standard < senior < admin.

string
Allowed values: standard senior admin
status
required
string
Allowed values: pending assigned in_review approved rejected escalated expired withdrawn
assignedTo
string format: uuid
batchKey
string
title
string
description
string
context
object
key
additional properties
any
provenanceRef
object
runId
required
string format: uuid
provenanceId
string format: uuid
waitTokenId
string
createdAt
required
string format: date-time
updatedAt
required
string format: date-time
decidedAt
string format: date-time
expiresAt
string format: date-time
decision
required
object
id
required
string
approvalId
required
string format: uuid
reviewerId
required
string format: uuid
decision
required
string
Allowed values: approve reject escalate withdraw
rationale
string
reviewerRoleAtDecision
required

Reviewer role class. Hierarchy: standard < senior < admin.

string
Allowed values: standard senior admin
decidedAt
required
string format: date-time
nextApproval

Present only when kind === "escalated".

object
id
required
string format: uuid
tenantId
required
string format: uuid
projectId
string format: uuid
subjectKind
required
string
subjectRef
required
object
key
additional properties
any
requiredRole
required

Reviewer role class. Hierarchy: standard < senior < admin.

string
Allowed values: standard senior admin
status
required
string
Allowed values: pending assigned in_review approved rejected escalated expired withdrawn
assignedTo
string format: uuid
batchKey
string
title
string
description
string
context
object
key
additional properties
any
provenanceRef
object
runId
required
string format: uuid
provenanceId
string format: uuid
waitTokenId
string
createdAt
required
string format: date-time
updatedAt
required
string format: date-time
decidedAt
string format: date-time
expiresAt
string format: date-time
waitpointResolved
required

True when the approval had a waitTokenId + terminal accept/reject and the run waitpoint was completed as part of this call.

boolean
Example
{
"kind": "terminal",
"approval": {
"requiredRole": "standard",
"status": "pending"
},
"decision": {
"decision": "approve",
"reviewerRoleAtDecision": "standard"
},
"nextApproval": {
"requiredRole": "standard",
"status": "pending"
}
}

Malformed request body.

Media typeapplication/json
object
error
required
object
code
required

Stable machine-readable discriminant. Values match domain error codes (see docs/API-ROUTE-CONVENTIONS.md §4.3).

string
message
required
string
details

Optional, kind-specific.

object
key
additional properties
any
requestId
required

Server-assigned request id; also echoed via X-Request-Id header.

string
Examplegenerated
{
"error": {
"code": "example",
"message": "example",
"details": {},
"requestId": "example"
}
}

Missing / malformed / expired / revoked bearer token.

Media typeapplication/json
object
error
required
object
code
required

Stable machine-readable discriminant. Values match domain error codes (see docs/API-ROUTE-CONVENTIONS.md §4.3).

string
message
required
string
details

Optional, kind-specific.

object
key
additional properties
any
requestId
required

Server-assigned request id; also echoed via X-Request-Id header.

string
Examplegenerated
{
"error": {
"code": "example",
"message": "example",
"details": {},
"requestId": "example"
}
}

Reviewer role too low, or no reviewer row for this user.

Media typeapplication/json
object
error
required
object
code
required

Stable machine-readable discriminant. Values match domain error codes (see docs/API-ROUTE-CONVENTIONS.md §4.3).

string
message
required
string
details

Optional, kind-specific.

object
key
additional properties
any
requestId
required

Server-assigned request id; also echoed via X-Request-Id header.

string
Examplegenerated
{
"error": {
"code": "example",
"message": "example",
"details": {},
"requestId": "example"
}
}

No approval visible to the caller with that id.

Media typeapplication/json
object
error
required
object
code
required

Stable machine-readable discriminant. Values match domain error codes (see docs/API-ROUTE-CONVENTIONS.md §4.3).

string
message
required
string
details

Optional, kind-specific.

object
key
additional properties
any
requestId
required

Server-assigned request id; also echoed via X-Request-Id header.

string
Examplegenerated
{
"error": {
"code": "example",
"message": "example",
"details": {},
"requestId": "example"
}
}

Idempotency-Key was reused with a different body, or resource-state conflict.

Media typeapplication/json
object
error
required
object
code
required

Stable machine-readable discriminant. Values match domain error codes (see docs/API-ROUTE-CONVENTIONS.md §4.3).

string
message
required
string
details

Optional, kind-specific.

object
key
additional properties
any
requestId
required

Server-assigned request id; also echoed via X-Request-Id header.

string
Examplegenerated
{
"error": {
"code": "example",
"message": "example",
"details": {},
"requestId": "example"
}
}

Server error (unmapped domain code or framework crash).

Media typeapplication/json
object
error
required
object
code
required

Stable machine-readable discriminant. Values match domain error codes (see docs/API-ROUTE-CONVENTIONS.md §4.3).

string
message
required
string
details

Optional, kind-specific.

object
key
additional properties
any
requestId
required

Server-assigned request id; also echoed via X-Request-Id header.

string
Examplegenerated
{
"error": {
"code": "example",
"message": "example",
"details": {},
"requestId": "example"
}
}