Approve an approver change

POST

approval-issuers

changes

{id}

approve

cURL

# Sign the step up authorization on your own machine first:
#   npx tsx scripts/sign-policy-change-step-up.ts --private-key-file step-up.private.pem \
#     --key-id checker-step-up-1 --pending-policy-change-id ba7c5827-5844-4069-94fc-9b438ef08f78 --action approve > step-up.json
curl -X POST https://parmana-api-real.vercel.app/approval-issuers/changes/ba7c5827-5844-4069-94fc-9b438ef08f78/approve \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $PARMANA_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data "{\"stepUpAuthorization\": $(cat step-up.json)}"

import { ParmanaClient, signPolicyChangeStepUp } from "@parmana/sdk";
import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";

const client = new ParmanaClient({
  endpoint: "https://parmana-api-real.vercel.app",
  apiKey: process.env.PARMANA_API_KEY!,
});

const stepUp = signPolicyChangeStepUp({
  pendingPolicyChangeId: "ba7c5827-5844-4069-94fc-9b438ef08f78",
  action: "approve",
  privateKeyPem: readFileSync("step-up.private.pem", "utf8"),
  keyId: "checker-step-up-1",
});

const change = await client.approveApproverChange(
  "ba7c5827-5844-4069-94fc-9b438ef08f78",
  stepUp,
);

console.log(change.status);

import os
from pathlib import Path

from parmana import ParmanaClient
from parmana.crypto import sign_policy_change_step_up

client = ParmanaClient(
    endpoint="https://parmana-api-real.vercel.app",
    api_key=os.environ["PARMANA_API_KEY"],
)

step_up = sign_policy_change_step_up(
    pending_policy_change_id="ba7c5827-5844-4069-94fc-9b438ef08f78",
    action="approve",
    private_key_pem=Path("step-up.private.pem").read_text(),
    key_id="checker-step-up-1",
)

change = client.approve_approver_change("ba7c5827-5844-4069-94fc-9b438ef08f78", step_up)

print(change.status)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    stepUpAuthorization: {
      payload: {
        version: 1,
        nonce: '0b6081da-cd57-4519-ae36-71eb1bb62432',
        pendingPolicyChangeId: 'ba7c5827-5844-4069-94fc-9b438ef08f78',
        action: 'approve',
        authorizedAt: '2026-09-28T19:05:59.733Z',
        expiresAt: '2026-09-28T19:07:59.733Z'
      },
      signature: 'Nv94Q62/g4IQ0zFxDqF621Stz+JBy/4KOvLJ9+RfJO8xMw6hw06X4gzdDNEh2DxJt9xmL7VTF9TxDd9s9qmkCg==',
      keyId: 'human-checker-step-up-key',
      algorithm: 'ed25519'
    }
  })
};

fetch('https://parmana-sandbox.vercel.app/approval-issuers/changes/{id}/approve', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://parmana-sandbox.vercel.app/approval-issuers/changes/{id}/approve",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'stepUpAuthorization' => [
        'payload' => [
                'version' => 1,
                'nonce' => '0b6081da-cd57-4519-ae36-71eb1bb62432',
                'pendingPolicyChangeId' => 'ba7c5827-5844-4069-94fc-9b438ef08f78',
                'action' => 'approve',
                'authorizedAt' => '2026-09-28T19:05:59.733Z',
                'expiresAt' => '2026-09-28T19:07:59.733Z'
        ],
        'signature' => 'Nv94Q62/g4IQ0zFxDqF621Stz+JBy/4KOvLJ9+RfJO8xMw6hw06X4gzdDNEh2DxJt9xmL7VTF9TxDd9s9qmkCg==',
        'keyId' => 'human-checker-step-up-key',
        'algorithm' => 'ed25519'
    ]
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://parmana-sandbox.vercel.app/approval-issuers/changes/{id}/approve"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"stepUpAuthorization\": {\n    \"payload\": {\n      \"version\": 1,\n      \"nonce\": \"0b6081da-cd57-4519-ae36-71eb1bb62432\",\n      \"pendingPolicyChangeId\": \"ba7c5827-5844-4069-94fc-9b438ef08f78\",\n      \"action\": \"approve\",\n      \"authorizedAt\": \"2026-09-28T19:05:59.733Z\",\n      \"expiresAt\": \"2026-09-28T19:07:59.733Z\"\n    },\n    \"signature\": \"Nv94Q62/g4IQ0zFxDqF621Stz+JBy/4KOvLJ9+RfJO8xMw6hw06X4gzdDNEh2DxJt9xmL7VTF9TxDd9s9qmkCg==\",\n    \"keyId\": \"human-checker-step-up-key\",\n    \"algorithm\": \"ed25519\"\n  }\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://parmana-sandbox.vercel.app/approval-issuers/changes/{id}/approve")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"stepUpAuthorization\": {\n    \"payload\": {\n      \"version\": 1,\n      \"nonce\": \"0b6081da-cd57-4519-ae36-71eb1bb62432\",\n      \"pendingPolicyChangeId\": \"ba7c5827-5844-4069-94fc-9b438ef08f78\",\n      \"action\": \"approve\",\n      \"authorizedAt\": \"2026-09-28T19:05:59.733Z\",\n      \"expiresAt\": \"2026-09-28T19:07:59.733Z\"\n    },\n    \"signature\": \"Nv94Q62/g4IQ0zFxDqF621Stz+JBy/4KOvLJ9+RfJO8xMw6hw06X4gzdDNEh2DxJt9xmL7VTF9TxDd9s9qmkCg==\",\n    \"keyId\": \"human-checker-step-up-key\",\n    \"algorithm\": \"ed25519\"\n  }\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://parmana-sandbox.vercel.app/approval-issuers/changes/{id}/approve")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"stepUpAuthorization\": {\n    \"payload\": {\n      \"version\": 1,\n      \"nonce\": \"0b6081da-cd57-4519-ae36-71eb1bb62432\",\n      \"pendingPolicyChangeId\": \"ba7c5827-5844-4069-94fc-9b438ef08f78\",\n      \"action\": \"approve\",\n      \"authorizedAt\": \"2026-09-28T19:05:59.733Z\",\n      \"expiresAt\": \"2026-09-28T19:07:59.733Z\"\n    },\n    \"signature\": \"Nv94Q62/g4IQ0zFxDqF621Stz+JBy/4KOvLJ9+RfJO8xMw6hw06X4gzdDNEh2DxJt9xmL7VTF9TxDd9s9qmkCg==\",\n    \"keyId\": \"human-checker-step-up-key\",\n    \"algorithm\": \"ed25519\"\n  }\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "changeId": "ba7c5827-5844-4069-94fc-9b438ef08f78",
  "action": "add",
  "approverId": "manager-priya",
  "keyId": "manager-priya-key-1",
  "publicKeyPem": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMCowBQYDK2VwAyEAEDuWHf+bbRY7J/Mr0RVmAKYHH5CDijTWhdnISXWLD6Y=\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\n",
  "reason": "Priya approves refunds for the West region from October.",
  "proposedBy": "human-maker",
  "proposedAt": "2026-09-28T19:05:59.726Z",
  "status": "APPROVED",
  "resolvedBy": "human-checker",
  "resolvedAt": "2026-09-28T19:05:59.738Z"
}

Authorizations

Authorization

string

header

default:2VfYWCzt_cBAPK-8uufX6ordfY2JuQhFPsohuEumKME

required

Caller API key issued by scripts/generate-api-key.ts. Sent as Authorization: Bearer . Verified against a stored SHA-256 hash in constant time by packages/api/src/auth/StaticKeyAuthenticator.ts. Required on every route not listed as exempt in this document's top-level description. See /api-reference/authentication.

Path Parameters

string

required

The changeId from the proposal.

Body

application/json

Request body for POST /policies/pending-changes/{id}/approve.

stepUpAuthorization

Policy Change Step-Up Authorization · object

required

Signed envelope proving a checker's explicit, fresh intent to approve or reject one specific Pending Policy Change (Policy Governance, Layer 4). Produced by PolicyChangeStepUpAuthorizationSigner (@parmana/crypto) using the checker's own step-up private key, never the bearer API key. Verified server-side against: the checker's registered stepUpPublicKey, payload.pendingPolicyChangeId matching the URL's {id}, payload.action matching the endpoint (approve vs reject), payload.expiresAt not yet passed, and payload.nonce not previously seen (single-use, replay-rejected on a second attempt with the same envelope).

Show child attributes

Example:

{
  "payload": {
    "version": 1,
    "nonce": "343ee454-92c6-4ef9-9cfe-e98329e51f53",
    "pendingPolicyChangeId": "6f4e4020-adf5-4449-938d-27aab58f66b7",
    "action": "approve",
    "authorizedAt": "2026-09-15T03:47:51.939Z",
    "expiresAt": "2026-09-15T03:49:51.939Z"
  },
  "signature": "keOXnzUk8KcGrQTkpXC4Ki8ps3GTvMANwqq96b+toxba07gjkcmpyL/vaPZ7+pPZ1HAOJOOy3rj5XfhcwOTnAw==",
  "keyId": "human-checker-step-up-key",
  "algorithm": "ed25519"
}

Response

Approved and applied.

Response of POST /approval-issuers/changes (201) and of approve and reject (200). A bare Approver Change, no wrapper.

changeId

string

required

Unique id of the change, a UUID. The step up authorization for approve or reject names it in payload.pendingPolicyChangeId.

action

enum<string>

required

add trusts a new key; revoke stops trusting a key added this way, and every approval it ever signed.

Available options:

add,

revoke

approverId

string

required

The approver, as named in the payload.issuer.approverId of the approvals they sign.

Pattern: ^[A-Za-z0-9._-]{1,128}$

keyId

string

required

The approver's key, as named in payload.issuer.keyId. A key id is used once: a revoked key id cannot be added again.

Pattern: ^[A-Za-z0-9._-]{1,128}$

reason

string

required

Why, from the proposer.

Maximum string length: 2000

proposedBy

string

required

The proposer's caller id. Always a human credential.

proposedAt

string<date-time>

required

status

enum<string>

required

PENDING_APPROVAL until a second person approves or rejects it; then APPROVED or REJECTED, once.

Available options:

PENDING_APPROVAL,

APPROVED,

REJECTED

publicKeyPem

string

The approver's Ed25519 public key, PEM (SPKI), as the server stored it. Present on add, absent on revoke.

resolvedBy

string

Who approved or rejected it. Never the proposer.

resolvedAt

string<date-time>

rejectionReason

string

Present when REJECTED.

cURL

# Sign the step up authorization on your own machine first:
#   npx tsx scripts/sign-policy-change-step-up.ts --private-key-file step-up.private.pem \
#     --key-id checker-step-up-1 --pending-policy-change-id ba7c5827-5844-4069-94fc-9b438ef08f78 --action approve > step-up.json
curl -X POST https://parmana-api-real.vercel.app/approval-issuers/changes/ba7c5827-5844-4069-94fc-9b438ef08f78/approve \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $PARMANA_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data "{\"stepUpAuthorization\": $(cat step-up.json)}"

import { ParmanaClient, signPolicyChangeStepUp } from "@parmana/sdk";
import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";

const client = new ParmanaClient({
  endpoint: "https://parmana-api-real.vercel.app",
  apiKey: process.env.PARMANA_API_KEY!,
});

const stepUp = signPolicyChangeStepUp({
  pendingPolicyChangeId: "ba7c5827-5844-4069-94fc-9b438ef08f78",
  action: "approve",
  privateKeyPem: readFileSync("step-up.private.pem", "utf8"),
  keyId: "checker-step-up-1",
});

const change = await client.approveApproverChange(
  "ba7c5827-5844-4069-94fc-9b438ef08f78",
  stepUp,
);

console.log(change.status);

import os
from pathlib import Path

from parmana import ParmanaClient
from parmana.crypto import sign_policy_change_step_up

client = ParmanaClient(
    endpoint="https://parmana-api-real.vercel.app",
    api_key=os.environ["PARMANA_API_KEY"],
)

step_up = sign_policy_change_step_up(
    pending_policy_change_id="ba7c5827-5844-4069-94fc-9b438ef08f78",
    action="approve",
    private_key_pem=Path("step-up.private.pem").read_text(),
    key_id="checker-step-up-1",
)

change = client.approve_approver_change("ba7c5827-5844-4069-94fc-9b438ef08f78", step_up)

print(change.status)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    stepUpAuthorization: {
      payload: {
        version: 1,
        nonce: '0b6081da-cd57-4519-ae36-71eb1bb62432',
        pendingPolicyChangeId: 'ba7c5827-5844-4069-94fc-9b438ef08f78',
        action: 'approve',
        authorizedAt: '2026-09-28T19:05:59.733Z',
        expiresAt: '2026-09-28T19:07:59.733Z'
      },
      signature: 'Nv94Q62/g4IQ0zFxDqF621Stz+JBy/4KOvLJ9+RfJO8xMw6hw06X4gzdDNEh2DxJt9xmL7VTF9TxDd9s9qmkCg==',
      keyId: 'human-checker-step-up-key',
      algorithm: 'ed25519'
    }
  })
};

fetch('https://parmana-sandbox.vercel.app/approval-issuers/changes/{id}/approve', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://parmana-sandbox.vercel.app/approval-issuers/changes/{id}/approve",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'stepUpAuthorization' => [
        'payload' => [
                'version' => 1,
                'nonce' => '0b6081da-cd57-4519-ae36-71eb1bb62432',
                'pendingPolicyChangeId' => 'ba7c5827-5844-4069-94fc-9b438ef08f78',
                'action' => 'approve',
                'authorizedAt' => '2026-09-28T19:05:59.733Z',
                'expiresAt' => '2026-09-28T19:07:59.733Z'
        ],
        'signature' => 'Nv94Q62/g4IQ0zFxDqF621Stz+JBy/4KOvLJ9+RfJO8xMw6hw06X4gzdDNEh2DxJt9xmL7VTF9TxDd9s9qmkCg==',
        'keyId' => 'human-checker-step-up-key',
        'algorithm' => 'ed25519'
    ]
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://parmana-sandbox.vercel.app/approval-issuers/changes/{id}/approve"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"stepUpAuthorization\": {\n    \"payload\": {\n      \"version\": 1,\n      \"nonce\": \"0b6081da-cd57-4519-ae36-71eb1bb62432\",\n      \"pendingPolicyChangeId\": \"ba7c5827-5844-4069-94fc-9b438ef08f78\",\n      \"action\": \"approve\",\n      \"authorizedAt\": \"2026-09-28T19:05:59.733Z\",\n      \"expiresAt\": \"2026-09-28T19:07:59.733Z\"\n    },\n    \"signature\": \"Nv94Q62/g4IQ0zFxDqF621Stz+JBy/4KOvLJ9+RfJO8xMw6hw06X4gzdDNEh2DxJt9xmL7VTF9TxDd9s9qmkCg==\",\n    \"keyId\": \"human-checker-step-up-key\",\n    \"algorithm\": \"ed25519\"\n  }\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://parmana-sandbox.vercel.app/approval-issuers/changes/{id}/approve")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"stepUpAuthorization\": {\n    \"payload\": {\n      \"version\": 1,\n      \"nonce\": \"0b6081da-cd57-4519-ae36-71eb1bb62432\",\n      \"pendingPolicyChangeId\": \"ba7c5827-5844-4069-94fc-9b438ef08f78\",\n      \"action\": \"approve\",\n      \"authorizedAt\": \"2026-09-28T19:05:59.733Z\",\n      \"expiresAt\": \"2026-09-28T19:07:59.733Z\"\n    },\n    \"signature\": \"Nv94Q62/g4IQ0zFxDqF621Stz+JBy/4KOvLJ9+RfJO8xMw6hw06X4gzdDNEh2DxJt9xmL7VTF9TxDd9s9qmkCg==\",\n    \"keyId\": \"human-checker-step-up-key\",\n    \"algorithm\": \"ed25519\"\n  }\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://parmana-sandbox.vercel.app/approval-issuers/changes/{id}/approve")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"stepUpAuthorization\": {\n    \"payload\": {\n      \"version\": 1,\n      \"nonce\": \"0b6081da-cd57-4519-ae36-71eb1bb62432\",\n      \"pendingPolicyChangeId\": \"ba7c5827-5844-4069-94fc-9b438ef08f78\",\n      \"action\": \"approve\",\n      \"authorizedAt\": \"2026-09-28T19:05:59.733Z\",\n      \"expiresAt\": \"2026-09-28T19:07:59.733Z\"\n    },\n    \"signature\": \"Nv94Q62/g4IQ0zFxDqF621Stz+JBy/4KOvLJ9+RfJO8xMw6hw06X4gzdDNEh2DxJt9xmL7VTF9TxDd9s9qmkCg==\",\n    \"keyId\": \"human-checker-step-up-key\",\n    \"algorithm\": \"ed25519\"\n  }\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "changeId": "ba7c5827-5844-4069-94fc-9b438ef08f78",
  "action": "add",
  "approverId": "manager-priya",
  "keyId": "manager-priya-key-1",
  "publicKeyPem": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMCowBQYDK2VwAyEAEDuWHf+bbRY7J/Mr0RVmAKYHH5CDijTWhdnISXWLD6Y=\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\n",
  "reason": "Priya approves refunds for the West region from October.",
  "proposedBy": "human-maker",
  "proposedAt": "2026-09-28T19:05:59.726Z",
  "status": "APPROVED",
  "resolvedBy": "human-checker",
  "resolvedAt": "2026-09-28T19:05:59.738Z"
}

REST API guide

Execution

Transactions

Verification

Receipts

Trust Records

Replay

Policies

Policy Governance

Approvers

External Connectors

Business Signal Sources

Authority Grants

Sandbox

Refusal Records

Execution Intents

Audit

System

Handbook

Approve an approver change

Authorizations

Path Parameters

Body

Response