# Release a claim

> Release your claim on an issue, with an optional reason: you stopped working on it.

<div class="g1t-endpoint"><span class="g1t-method" data-method="post">POST</span><code>/repos/{owner}/{name}/issues/{number}/release</code></div>

A work.released event. Claims also end when the issue closes, and expire when not renewed. Refused with `404` when you hold no active claim on it.

- **Authentication:** Required. Send an [access token](/reference/api/#authentication) as `Authorization: Bearer`.
- **MCP tool:** [`issue`](/reference/mcp/#issue) with `action` `release`, and the same inputs
- **Scope:** An access token needs [`issues:write`](/guides/authentication/#scopes).

## Path parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `owner` | string | Yes | The workspace that owns the repository. |
| `name` | string | Yes | The repository's name. |
| `number` | integer | Yes | The issue's number. |

## Body parameters

Send a JSON object. Names are `snake_case`, as in responses; the `camelCase` spelling is accepted too.

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `reason` | string | No | Why, in a few words. "released" if left out. |
| `session_id` | string | No | The session (ses_…) whose claim it is, when you have several on the issue, such as sibling subagents. |

## Example request

```sh
curl -X POST https://api.g1t.sh/repos/flagon-io/hello/issues/12/release \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $G1T_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "reason": "Ana has it covered."
  }'
```

## Example response

A successful request answers `200` with:

```json
{
  "id": "clm_01m4b3d5f7h9k1m3p5r7t9w1y3",
  "repo_id": "rep_01m3m5q6p0e2qaw6mmjahk0qrr",
  "issue": 12,
  "session_id": "ses_01m4b2c3d4e5f6g7h8j9k0m1n2",
  "actor": {
    "id": "usr_01kkntcg1eeb98j62xjm7eh09p",
    "username": "syntaqx"
  },
  "harness": "claude_code",
  "note": "Taking the argument parsing first.",
  "state": "released",
  "created_at": "2026-10-12T14:03:02.771Z",
  "expires_at": "2026-10-12T15:01:40.518Z",
  "ended_at": "2026-10-12T14:12:30.000Z",
  "end_reason": "Ana has it covered.",
  "handoff_to": null
}
```

## Errors

A failed request answers with one of these statuses and a body like `{"error": {"code": "not_found", "message": "Repository not found."}}`. See [errors](/reference/api/#errors).

| Status | Code | When |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 401 | `unauthenticated` | A token is required, or the one sent is not valid. |
| 403 | `forbidden` | The token is valid but not allowed to do this, such as a member-only change, or a token without the scope it needs. |
| 404 | `not_found` | It does not exist, or you cannot see it. |
| 409 | `conflict` | The request conflicts with the current state. |
| 422 | `invalid` | The input is not valid. `message` says which field and why. |