# Fetch a single approval

GET

/v1/approvals/{approvalId}

```sh
curl --request GET \
  --url https://example.com/v1/approvals/2489E9AD-2EE2-8E00-8EC9-32D5F69181C0 \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'
```

Requires a reviewer, or (with authorization on) a person who is the tenant’s admin, as the list does; the tenant’s admin reads an approval of any tier. Returns 404 for ids that exist but require a higher role than the caller (avoids cross-tier existence leaks — see API-ROUTE-CONVENTIONS.md §2.4), or that are in a project the caller may not read. A decided approval carries its `decision`: what the reviewer decided, why, and who (`decidedBy`, `user:<userId>`).

## Authorizations

- **[bearerAuth](https://docs.kindgi.com/v0.1.9/reference/api.md#bearerauth)**

## Parameters

### Path Parameters

**approvalId**

required

string format: uuid

ApprovalId — opaque branded string (a UUID).

## Responses

### 200

Approval.

application/json

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Allowed values: pending assigned in_review approved rejected escalated expired withdrawn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**

The reviewer’s decision, once one is recorded. Absent while the approval is open, and when it ended without one (it expired, a timeout escalated it, or its run’s end withdrew it).

object

**decision**

required

string

Allowed values: approve reject escalate withdraw

**decidedBy**

Who decided, as an actor: `user:<userId>`, the reviewer’s user. The run’s journal and provenance name the decider the same way. The Kindgi runtime always records it; a deployment whose HITL binding doesn’t leaves it out.

string

**reviewerId**

required

string format: uuid

**reviewerRoleAtDecision**

required

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

string

Allowed values: standard senior admin

**decidedAt**

required

string format: date-time

**rationale**

string

**sessionProvider**

The provider of the session the reviewer decided with: `site:<id>` for a site’s sign-in, an identity provider’s id for a single sign-on session. Absent for an API key, and on decisions an older runtime recorded.

string

**deciderName**

The reviewer’s display name when they decided: a person renamed since still shows as they were. Absent on decisions an older runtime recorded.

string

**requestedBy**

Who asked for it, when recorded: `user:<id>`, `service_account:<id>` or `system:<what>`.

string

**separateApprover**

Whether the person who asked may not approve it (four eyes). A runtime that knows it always sends it, `false` included.

boolean

**withdrawnBecause**

Why it was withdrawn, when its run’s end withdrew it (a reviewer’s withdrawal has its `decision` instead).

string

Allowed values: run-cancelled run-ended

**escalatedFrom**

The approval this one was escalated from.

string format: uuid

**escalatedTo**

The approval this one was escalated to.

string format: uuid

##### Example

```json
{
  "requiredRole": "standard",
  "status": "pending",
  "decision": {
    "decision": "approve",
    "reviewerRoleAtDecision": "standard"
  },
  "withdrawnBecause": "run-cancelled"
}
```

### 401

Missing / malformed / expired / revoked bearer token.

application/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

```json
{
  "error": {
    "code": "example",
    "message": "example",
    "details": {},
    "requestId": "example"
  }
}
```

### 403

The caller isn’t a reviewer or the tenant’s admin.

application/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

```json
{
  "error": {
    "code": "example",
    "message": "example",
    "details": {},
    "requestId": "example"
  }
}
```

### 404

No approval with that id — or the caller cannot see it.

application/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

```json
{
  "error": {
    "code": "example",
    "message": "example",
    "details": {},
    "requestId": "example"
  }
}
```

## See also

- [`POST /v1/approvals/{approvalId}/complete`: Submit a decision on an approval](https://docs.kindgi.com/v0.1.9/reference/api/operations/approvalscomplete.md)
- [`POST /v1/approvals/{approvalId}/audit-bundle`: Export a signed audit bundle for a decided approval](https://docs.kindgi.com/v0.1.9/reference/api/operations/approvalsauditbundle.md)
- [Every error code](https://docs.kindgi.com/v0.1.9/reference/errors.md)