# Approve a workflow run

> Let a run of a pull request from outside start: it waits as action_required, by the repository's approval policy (get_fork_pr_approval), until someone with the Write role approves it.

<div class="g1t-endpoint"><span class="g1t-method" data-method="post">POST</span><code>/repos/{owner}/{name}/actions/runs/{id}/approve</code></div>

A workflow job's own token cannot approve. Returns the run.

- **Authentication:** Required. Send an [access token](/reference/api/#authentication) as `Authorization: Bearer`.
- **MCP tool:** [`workflow`](/reference/mcp/#workflow) with `action` `approve_run`, and the same inputs
- **Scope:** An access token needs [`workflows: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. |
| `id` | string | Yes | The run's id, run_…. |

## Example request

```sh
curl -X POST https://api.g1t.sh/repos/flagon-io/g1t/actions/runs/run_01kq9a2c4e6g8j0m2p4r6t8v0x/approve \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $G1T_TOKEN"
```

## Example response

A successful request answers `200` with:

```json
{
  "id": "run_01kq9a2c4e6g8j0m2p4r6t8v0x",
  "workflow_id": "wfl_01kpw2c5d8e1f4g7h0j3k6m9np",
  "path": ".g1t/workflows/ci.yml",
  "name": "CI",
  "title": "Fix a typo in the README",
  "number": 41,
  "attempt": 1,
  "event": "pull_request",
  "ref": "refs/pull/88/merge",
  "sha": "4c1e7a9b2d5f8e0a3c6b9d2f5a8c1e4b7d0f3a6c",
  "pull": 88,
  "status": "queued",
  "conclusion": null,
  "error": null,
  "actor": "octo-fan",
  "created_at": "2026-10-08T08:02:11.004Z",
  "started_at": null,
  "finished_at": 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 an agent token outside its repository. |
| 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. |