# requestApproval

mutation · in the family [Gated floor actions](/reference/gated-floor-actions/)

## What it does

Ask a manager to approve something above your limit — a discount, a return, a void.

MINT an ApprovalRequest: ONE transaction — the doc + the (target, action) fingerprint marker (a LIVE-unexpired holder refuses CONFLICT/REFERENCED naming it). requiredTier derives from the canned grants; expiresAt = now + 900s (a touch past it refuses CONFLICT/EXPIRED and lazily expires the request). On approval the REQUESTER retries the identical gated call — the retry consumes the approval by fingerprint (single-use). Requires the unrestricted capability.

## What happens

Files the approval request; the retry of the blocked act consumes the approval once granted.

## Who may call it

Capability area: **Gated floor actions** — Voids, returns and the requests that need an approval.

- Owner
- Manager
- Associate Manager
- Sales Associate
- Cashier
- An API key whose scope allows `api:requestApproval`

## Arguments

| Name | Type | Required | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `input` | [RequestApprovalInput](/types/RequestApprovalInput/) `RequestApprovalInput!` | yes | No further notes. |

## Returns

[ApprovalRequest](/types/ApprovalRequest/) `ApprovalRequest!` — An ApprovalRequest — the real-time, human-approver, in-session authorization of ONE POS action exceeding the requester's authority (DISTINCT from the async ChangeRequest). The blocked action stays blocked until resolved; short TTL (expiresAt — a touch past it refuses CONFLICT/EXPIRED and lazily expires the request). The request binds a fingerprint (action, targetId\[, valueMinor]) + the requester: on approval, RETRYING the identical gated call finds + consumes the approval by fingerprint (single-use — the marker releases in the retry's own transaction). Never self-approve (AUTHZ/SELF_APPROVAL); an under-ranked approver is AUTHZ/INSUFFICIENT.

## Example request

```graphql
mutation ExampleRequestApproval($input: RequestApprovalInput!) {
  requestApproval(input: $input) {
    id
    sysId
    type
    caption
    status
    parentId
    rootId
    createdAt
    updatedAt
    revisionNum
    revision
    action
    targetType
    targetId
    valueMinor
    requestedBy
    requiredTier
    reason
    expiresAt
    decidedBy
    decidedAt
    decisionReason
  }
}
```

Variables:

```json
{
  "input": {
    "action": "<action>",
    "targetId": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-446adfd50000",
    "valueMinor": 1,
    "reason": "Correcting a miscount."
  }
}
```

Send it with the envelope naming the version: `"extensions": {"at": {"version": {"name":"genesis","number":0}}}`.

## Example response

```json
{
  "data": {
    "requestApproval": {
      "id": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-37386ae00000",
      "sysId": "AR-EXMP-0000-000F",
      "type": "ApprovalRequest",
      "caption": "Blue jeans",
      "status": "pending",
      "parentId": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-065235280000",
      "rootId": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-a093dd800000",
      "createdAt": "2027-01-31T00:00:00.000Z",
      "updatedAt": "2027-01-31T00:00:00.000Z",
      "revisionNum": 1,
      "revision": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-b7960e180000",
      "action": "<action>",
      "targetType": "<target type>",
      "targetId": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-446adfd50000",
      "valueMinor": 1,
      "requestedBy": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-dae980de0000",
      "requiredTier": "owner",
      "reason": "Correcting a miscount.",
      "expiresAt": "2027-01-31T00:00:00.000Z",
      "decidedBy": "01900000-0000-7000-8000-d4d316ba0000",
      "decidedAt": "2027-01-31T00:00:00.000Z",
      "decisionReason": "<decision reason>"
    }
  },
  "extensions": {
    "at": {
      "callId": "01EXAMPLE-CALL-ID",
      "version": {
        "requested": {
          "name": "genesis",
          "number": 0
        },
        "serviced": {
          "name": "genesis",
          "number": 0
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```

## Errors this call can answer

- `VALIDATION/INVALID` — Something in the request is not valid. ([VALIDATION](/errors/VALIDATION/))
- `AUTHN/REQUIRED` — Sign in to do this. ([AUTHN](/errors/AUTHN/))
- `AUTHZ/FORBIDDEN` — Your role does not allow this action. ([AUTHZ](/errors/AUTHZ/))
- `RATE_LIMIT/THROTTLED` — Too many requests in a short time. ([RATE_LIMIT](/errors/RATE_LIMIT/))
- `NOT_FOUND/*` — That record could not be found. ([NOT_FOUND](/errors/NOT_FOUND/))
- `CONFLICT/*` — The record’s state, or a change made in the meantime, does not allow this; the codes are on the CONFLICT page. ([CONFLICT](/errors/CONFLICT/))
- `VALIDATION/VERSION_REQUIRED` — The request did not say which app version it came from. ([VALIDATION](/errors/VALIDATION/))

## Used in

- [Approve what the till may not do alone](/use-cases/approve-what-the-till-may-not-do-alone/)