# The state of a held API call

`GET /api/v1/api-calls/decisions/{decisionId}` · operationId `getApiDecision`

For developers: your server sends this request with a server key; it is not a button in the dashboard. To see the same information without code, open **Control › Approvals › Waiting** in the dashboard.

Poll this while a call is held (decision review). review.status is pending while waiting, then approved (the next decide with approvedDecisionId is allowed once, within 15 minutes; redeemed turns true when it is used) or rejected. decision stays the original answer (review); approval shows in review, not in decision. An unknown, expired or other Site’s decisionId is 404.

## Authentication

Send `Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SERVER_KEY` (siteServerKey: Site server key in Authorization: Bearer <key> (the scheme is case-insensitive and required; a bare key is 401). Shown once on creation or rotation. Publishable keys cannot authenticate). Keep the server key in server-only configuration; never send it to a browser.

## Parameters

- `decisionId` (path, string, required)

## Responses

- **200**: Success · body `ChannelDecisionState`
- **400**: bad_request: the request is invalid; message says what to fix and field names the request field · body `Error`
- **401**: unauthorized (missing or invalid server key, missing Bearer scheme) · body `Error`
- **403**: forbidden: the call came from a browser page or another Site; call from your server with this Site’s server key · body `Error`
- **404**: not_found: nothing with this ID on this Site (or it is past retention), or an unknown path · body `Error`
- **429**: rate_limited: wait for Retry-After · body `Error` · headers `Retry-After`
- **500**: internal_error: fail the protected action; do not retry automatically · body `Error`
- **503**: service_unavailable: temporarily unavailable; only verify retries · body `Error`

### Success body fields

- `decisionId` (string, required)
- `actionId` (string, required): The tool name (MCP) or METHOD /route (API) the decision is for.
- `decision` ("allow" | "review" | "deny", required): The answer decide gave; a hold is review.
- `review` (object | null, required): null when the decision was not a hold.
- `review.status` ("pending" | "approved" | "rejected" | "cancelled", required): pending while waiting for the dashboard or your step-up; approved or rejected once settled.
- `review.expiresAt` (integer | null, required): Unix epoch ms: the hold, or an approval, lapses after this.
- `review.redeemed` (boolean, required): true once an approval was used by a decide call with approvedDecisionId.

Failures are not verdicts. Error bodies follow the `Error` schema: `code` is one of `bad_request`, `unauthorized`, `session_reinit_required`, `forbidden`, `not_found`, `conflict`, `identity_required`, `payload_too_large`, `rate_limited`, `internal_error`, `service_unavailable`, `request_failed`, `approval_invalid`, `approval_used`, `approval_expired`, `approval_mismatch`, `step_up_not_held`, `step_up_mismatch`, `step_up_settled`, `step_up_expired`, `step_up_superseded`, `agent_tokens_disabled`, `tool_not_approved`, `tool_not_read_only`. [Errors and retries](/docs/errors) explains each code and what to do.

## Example

```sh tab=curl
curl -sS -X GET 'https://app.trytelltale.dev/api/v1/api-calls/decisions/decision_PASTE_DECISION_ID' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELLTALE_SERVER_KEY"
```

```js tab=fetch
const response = await fetch("https://app.trytelltale.dev/api/v1/api-calls/decisions/decision_PASTE_DECISION_ID", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    Authorization: 'Bearer ' + process.env.TELLTALE_SERVER_KEY
  },
  signal: AbortSignal.timeout(5000)
});
const result = await response.json();
```

Machine-readable contract: [openapi.json](https://app.trytelltale.dev/openapi.json). Request builder: the [API explorer](/docs/api-explorer) shows every operation as curl; it sends requests only on a local dashboard.