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# messagingctl messages settle command reference

> Generated syntax and options for messagingctl messages settle.

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Settle a message whose outcome is unknown, with --apply.

## Contract status

This page is generated from the public Clap command tree for Registry Stack source version `0.40.0` and catalog SHA-256 `42b4f89103fb6b0fc57282f99a8d8ab8fc777b3c745d6243720ff4a99ba1f57f`. Hidden implementation commands are omitted.

## Usage

```text
messagingctl messages settle [OPTIONS] --runtime-config <ABSOLUTE_FILE> --outcome <OUTCOME> <MESSAGE_ID>
```

## Arguments

| Argument | Always required | Default | Values | Environment | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `<MESSAGE_ID>` | Yes | n/a | n/a | n/a | The message id the runtime returned on acceptance |

## Options

| Option | Always required | Default | Values | Environment | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `--runtime-config <ABSOLUTE_FILE>` | Yes | n/a | n/a | n/a | Absolute path to the runtime configuration file |
| `--apply` | No | n/a | n/a | n/a | Change the message. Without it, only report what would change |
| `--outcome <OUTCOME>` | Yes | n/a | `sent`, `not-sent` | n/a | Whether the provider took the message: sent makes it submitted, not-sent queues it again under a new generation |
| `--format <FORMAT>` | No | `human` | `human`, `json` | n/a | Emit the selected command's report in this format |
| `-h, --help` | No | n/a | n/a | n/a | Print help |

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