Release an item
const url = 'https://casework.example.test/v1/work-items/2489E9AD-2EE2-8E00-8EC9-32D5F69181C0/release';const options = { method: 'POST', headers: { 'Registry-Casework-Profile': 'example', 'If-Match': 'example', 'Idempotency-Key': 'example', Authorization: 'Bearer <token>' }};
try { const response = await fetch(url, options); const data = await response.json(); console.log(data);} catch (error) { console.error(error);}curl --request POST \ --url https://casework.example.test/v1/work-items/2489E9AD-2EE2-8E00-8EC9-32D5F69181C0/release \ --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \ --header 'Idempotency-Key: example' \ --header 'If-Match: example' \ --header 'Registry-Casework-Profile: example'Staff release only an item they currently hold. A human Supervisor may force-release a held item for a queue served by a team they currently supervise, regardless of its holder. The source-backed form requires Registry-Source-Profile and a successful current source read; the hosted form omits that header. If-Match, Idempotency-Key, current visibility, queue authority, and any live source-attempt fence are checked before the mutation. Success clears the holder and assignment, returns the item to open, and records the previous holder in protected lifecycle history. Supervisor authority does not grant hosted decision authority.
Authorizations
Section titled “Authorizations”Parameters
Section titled “Parameters”Path Parameters
Section titled “Path Parameters”Casework item UUID.
Header Parameters
Section titled “Header Parameters”Optional W3C trace context continued in the response.
Explicit Casework access profile. It never selects BReg authority.
Explicit source profile used for the caller-scoped BReg read or action.
Quoted positive signed 64-bit Casework item revision.
Caller-selected ASCII graphic key bound to this exact mutation. For hosted work, an exact retry after payload expiry and before the accountability retention deadline returns idempotency.expired; a changed request remains idempotency.key-reused. After that deadline the record is forgotten and the key may be reused.
Responses
Section titled “Responses”Success
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For running or verification-pending clocks, the earliest unapplied reminder and earliest unapplied reassignment, ordered by time, effect kind, and identifier. Omitted when no firing instant can be promised, including while paused. These are pinned authored instants, not scheduler retry times.
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Human-facing source reference disclosed by the source to the current caller. Present only for source-backed items whose request policy explicitly names a reference field and whose current caller read discloses that field.
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Example
{ "attempt": { "state": "pending" }, "item": { "assignment": { "staffingDiagnostic": "no_cover_available" }, "clockOccurrences": [ { "nextEffect": { "kind": "reminder" }, "state": "running", "upcomingEffects": [ { "kind": "reminder" } ] } ], "liveAttempt": { "state": "pending" }, "occurrenceKind": "review", "state": "open" }}Headers
Section titled “Headers”W3C trace context for the request and response.
Problem response: request.invalid
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Example
{ "code": "request.invalid", "detail": "The Casework request is invalid.", "status": 400, "title": "Invalid request", "type": "https://id.registrystack.org/problems/registry-casework/request/invalid"}Headers
Section titled “Headers”W3C trace context for the request and response.
Problem response: authentication.refused
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Example
{ "code": "authentication.refused", "detail": "The bearer credential is missing, invalid, or expired. Sign in again.", "status": 401, "title": "Authentication refused", "type": "https://id.registrystack.org/problems/registry-casework/authentication/refused"}Headers
Section titled “Headers”Bearer authentication challenge.
W3C trace context for the request and response.
Problem response: profile.not-authorized, profile.not-human
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Example
{ "code": "profile.not-authorized", "detail": "The selected Casework profile does not authorize this request.", "status": 403, "title": "Profile not authorized", "type": "https://id.registrystack.org/problems/registry-casework/profile/not-authorized"}Headers
Section titled “Headers”W3C trace context for the request and response.
Problem response: work-item.not-visible
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Example
{ "code": "work-item.not-visible", "detail": "The registry did not show you this request, so Casework cannot show you the item.", "status": 404, "title": "Work item not visible", "type": "https://id.registrystack.org/problems/registry-casework/work-item/not-visible"}Headers
Section titled “Headers”W3C trace context for the request and response.
Problem response: request.method-not-allowed
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Example
{ "code": "request.method-not-allowed", "detail": "This route does not accept that HTTP method.", "status": 405, "title": "Method not allowed", "type": "https://id.registrystack.org/problems/registry-casework/request/method-not-allowed"}Headers
Section titled “Headers”W3C trace context for the request and response.
Problem response: idempotency.key-reused, work-item.not-holder
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Example
{ "code": "idempotency.key-reused", "detail": "This idempotency key was used for a different request.", "status": 409, "title": "Idempotency key reused", "type": "https://id.registrystack.org/problems/registry-casework/idempotency/key-reused"}Headers
Section titled “Headers”W3C trace context for the request and response.
Problem response: idempotency.expired
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Example
{ "code": "idempotency.expired", "detail": "The stored response for this idempotency key has expired. Reconcile the original operation before choosing a new key.", "status": 410, "title": "Idempotency window expired", "type": "https://id.registrystack.org/problems/registry-casework/idempotency/expired"}Headers
Section titled “Headers”W3C trace context for the request and response.
Problem response: precondition.failed
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Example
{ "code": "precondition.failed", "detail": "The item or directory changed since you loaded it. Reload and try again.", "status": 412, "title": "Precondition failed", "type": "https://id.registrystack.org/problems/registry-casework/precondition/failed"}Headers
Section titled “Headers”W3C trace context for the request and response.
Problem response: request.body-too-large
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Example
{ "code": "request.body-too-large", "detail": "The request body exceeds the one MiB limit.", "status": 413, "title": "Request body too large", "type": "https://id.registrystack.org/problems/registry-casework/request/body-too-large"}Headers
Section titled “Headers”W3C trace context for the request and response.
Problem response: precondition.required
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Example
{ "code": "precondition.required", "detail": "This mutation requires the revision that you loaded.", "status": 428, "title": "Precondition required", "type": "https://id.registrystack.org/problems/registry-casework/precondition/required"}Headers
Section titled “Headers”W3C trace context for the request and response.
Problem response: runtime.failure
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Example
{ "code": "runtime.failure", "detail": "Casework could not complete the request.", "status": 500, "title": "Casework runtime failure", "type": "https://id.registrystack.org/problems/registry-casework/runtime/failure"}Headers
Section titled “Headers”W3C trace context for the request and response.
Problem response: service.unavailable, work-item.source-unavailable
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Example
{ "code": "service.unavailable", "detail": "Casework storage is unavailable. Try again after the service recovers.", "status": 503, "title": "Casework service unavailable", "type": "https://id.registrystack.org/problems/registry-casework/service/unavailable"}Headers
Section titled “Headers”Seconds before retrying the unavailable dependency.
W3C trace context for the request and response.