Reviewapproval-rules
DELETE/approval-rules/{rule_id}
Delete an approval rule.
delete_approval_rule
approval_rule:manage
A token needs theapproval_rule:managescope: Define, change and delete approval rules, and set the approval policyGranted bywrite_api.Every operation this scope unlocksAudited · mutation
x-gitmoap-audit: {"kind":"audited","arg":"mutation"}
Merge requests no longer have to satisfy it. Deleting an enforced rule also deletes the rules beneath that strengthen it, and needs an Owner; any other rule, Maintainers and above.
Parameters
Path
- rule_idApprovalRuleId (string · uuid)Approval rule ID
Responses
204Rule deleted
No body.
400Invalid rule idapplication/json
Error codes
- BAD_REQUESTThe request is malformed: a parameter or a body field is not a well-formed value of its type
errorErrorBody
- The ErrorBody schema
- codestringThe coarse category, tied to the status:
NOT_FOUND,CONFLICT,INSUFFICIENT_SCOPE. Every error has one; the API reference's error catalogue lists them all. - messagestringWhat went wrong, for a person. Written to be read, not parsed: match on
reasonorcode. - fieldstring or nulloptionalOn a
400that refused one field's value, the field, as its JSON path:email,items[0].name. Put the message under that input. Absent on every other error. - reasonstring or nulloptionalThe specific code, when the error has one:
LAST_ORGANIZATION_OWNER,BRANCH_PROTECTED. The message starts with it too. Match on this when it is present, and oncodeotherwise. - required_scopestring or nulloptionalThe scope the access token was missing, on
INSUFFICIENT_SCOPE. - violationsanyoptionalPresent on the structured-validation errors (
PROVIDER_VALIDATION_FAILEDper-node,PIPELINE_VALIDATION_FAILEDDAG): a JSON array of the offending elements, so a caller can fix every one in a single round-trip. Absent (omitted) on every other error.
400 exampleSynthesized example
{
"error": {
"code": "code-28e8",
"message": "Pin a page's payload to the build that rendered it"
}
}
401Authentication requiredapplication/json
Error codes
- UNAUTHORIZEDNo credential was sent, or the one sent is invalid, expired or revoked
errorErrorBody
- The ErrorBody schema
- codestringThe coarse category, tied to the status:
NOT_FOUND,CONFLICT,INSUFFICIENT_SCOPE. Every error has one; the API reference's error catalogue lists them all. - messagestringWhat went wrong, for a person. Written to be read, not parsed: match on
reasonorcode. - fieldstring or nulloptionalOn a
400that refused one field's value, the field, as its JSON path:email,items[0].name. Put the message under that input. Absent on every other error. - reasonstring or nulloptionalThe specific code, when the error has one:
LAST_ORGANIZATION_OWNER,BRANCH_PROTECTED. The message starts with it too. Match on this when it is present, and oncodeotherwise. - required_scopestring or nulloptionalThe scope the access token was missing, on
INSUFFICIENT_SCOPE. - violationsanyoptionalPresent on the structured-validation errors (
PROVIDER_VALIDATION_FAILEDper-node,PIPELINE_VALIDATION_FAILEDDAG): a JSON array of the offending elements, so a caller can fix every one in a single round-trip. Absent (omitted) on every other error.
401 exampleSynthesized example
{
"error": {
"code": "code-489a",
"message": "Pin a page's payload to the build that rendered it"
}
}
403The caller cannot manage the rule's group or repository, or cannot enforce itapplication/json
Error codes
- FORBIDDENYou are signed in but may not do this here;
reasonnames the permission or the rule that refused it - INSUFFICIENT_SCOPEThe access token lacks the scope this operation needs;
required_scopenames it - PERMISSION_REQUIREDYou need a permission you do not hold here; the message names it
errorErrorBody
- The ErrorBody schema
- codestringThe coarse category, tied to the status:
NOT_FOUND,CONFLICT,INSUFFICIENT_SCOPE. Every error has one; the API reference's error catalogue lists them all. - messagestringWhat went wrong, for a person. Written to be read, not parsed: match on
reasonorcode. - fieldstring or nulloptionalOn a
400that refused one field's value, the field, as its JSON path:email,items[0].name. Put the message under that input. Absent on every other error. - reasonstring or nulloptionalThe specific code, when the error has one:
LAST_ORGANIZATION_OWNER,BRANCH_PROTECTED. The message starts with it too. Match on this when it is present, and oncodeotherwise. - required_scopestring or nulloptionalThe scope the access token was missing, on
INSUFFICIENT_SCOPE. - violationsanyoptionalPresent on the structured-validation errors (
PROVIDER_VALIDATION_FAILEDper-node,PIPELINE_VALIDATION_FAILEDDAG): a JSON array of the offending elements, so a caller can fix every one in a single round-trip. Absent (omitted) on every other error.
403 exampleSynthesized example
{
"error": {
"code": "code-775b",
"message": "Draw the region map from operation density"
}
}
404Approval rule not foundapplication/json
Error codes
- NOT_FOUNDThe resource does not exist — or exists and you cannot see it: a private resource you have no access to answers exactly as an absent one does
errorErrorBody
- The ErrorBody schema
- codestringThe coarse category, tied to the status:
NOT_FOUND,CONFLICT,INSUFFICIENT_SCOPE. Every error has one; the API reference's error catalogue lists them all. - messagestringWhat went wrong, for a person. Written to be read, not parsed: match on
reasonorcode. - fieldstring or nulloptionalOn a
400that refused one field's value, the field, as its JSON path:email,items[0].name. Put the message under that input. Absent on every other error. - reasonstring or nulloptionalThe specific code, when the error has one:
LAST_ORGANIZATION_OWNER,BRANCH_PROTECTED. The message starts with it too. Match on this when it is present, and oncodeotherwise. - required_scopestring or nulloptionalThe scope the access token was missing, on
INSUFFICIENT_SCOPE. - violationsanyoptionalPresent on the structured-validation errors (
PROVIDER_VALIDATION_FAILEDper-node,PIPELINE_VALIDATION_FAILEDDAG): a JSON array of the offending elements, so a caller can fix every one in a single round-trip. Absent (omitted) on every other error.
404 exampleSynthesized example
{
"error": {
"code": "code-db78",
"message": "Inline scalar newtypes but keep their brand"
}
}
409The request conflicts with the resource's current state; `reason` says howapplication/json
Error codes
- CONFLICTThe request conflicts with the resource's current state;
reasonsays how - LEGAL_ACCEPTANCE_REQUIREDAccept the current Terms of Service before changing anything; reading stays open
errorErrorBody
- The ErrorBody schema
- codestringThe coarse category, tied to the status:
NOT_FOUND,CONFLICT,INSUFFICIENT_SCOPE. Every error has one; the API reference's error catalogue lists them all. - messagestringWhat went wrong, for a person. Written to be read, not parsed: match on
reasonorcode. - fieldstring or nulloptionalOn a
400that refused one field's value, the field, as its JSON path:email,items[0].name. Put the message under that input. Absent on every other error. - reasonstring or nulloptionalThe specific code, when the error has one:
LAST_ORGANIZATION_OWNER,BRANCH_PROTECTED. The message starts with it too. Match on this when it is present, and oncodeotherwise. - required_scopestring or nulloptionalThe scope the access token was missing, on
INSUFFICIENT_SCOPE. - violationsanyoptionalPresent on the structured-validation errors (
PROVIDER_VALIDATION_FAILEDper-node,PIPELINE_VALIDATION_FAILEDDAG): a JSON array of the offending elements, so a caller can fix every one in a single round-trip. Absent (omitted) on every other error.
409 exampleSynthesized example
{
"error": {
"code": "code-a36f",
"message": "Stream pipeline status into the run header"
}
}
CLI
gitmoap approval-rules delete-approval-rule
- --rule-ididApproval rule ID