Update a merge review
Platform module
PATCH/merge-reviews/{id}mergeReviews.update
A fuzzy duplicate awaiting review. Fuzzy matches never merge automatically. Updates the fields sent; omitted fields are unchanged. Requires `If-Match` with the current `ETag`: a stale tag returns 412 and a missing tag returns 428.
- Requires the capability data.classification.write.
- OAuth scopes: data.
- Send If-Match with the ETag you read. A stale tag returns 412; a missing tag returns 428.
- Error statuses: 400, 401, 404, 412, 422, 428, 429. Errors are RFC 9457 problem details.
Path and query parameters
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the merge review. |
Request body: MergeReviewUpdate
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| decision | string | null | No | Reviewer decision. A Title Case value from the lifecycle's database enum.Constraints: pattern ^[A-Z0-9][A-Za-z0-9&'/.()-]*( [A-Za-z0-9&'/.()-]+)*$ |
{
"decision": "Merge"
}Response 200: MergeReview
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the merge review. |
| org_id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the owning organization, derived from the parent row and never accepted from the caller. |
| created_at | string (date-time) | Yes | When the row was created. |
| created_by | string (uuid) | null | Yes | Identifier of the person who created the row; null when a seed, platform or system process created it. |
| updated_at | string (date-time) | Yes | When the row was last updated. |
| updated_by | string (uuid) | null | Yes | Identifier of the person who last updated the row; null when a seed, platform or system process updated it. |
| similarity | number | Yes | Similarity score, 0.85 or higher. |
| decision | string | null | Yes | Reviewer decision. A Title Case value from the lifecycle's database enum.Constraints: pattern ^[A-Z0-9][A-Za-z0-9&'/.()-]*( [A-Za-z0-9&'/.()-]+)*$ |
| import_row_result_id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the import row that matched. |
| candidate_table | string | Yes | Table of the existing row.Constraints: pattern ^[a-z][a-z0-9_]*$ |
| candidate_id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the existing row it may duplicate. |
| decided_by | string (uuid) | null | Yes | Identifier of the person who decided, set from the session. |
| decided_at | string (date-time) | null | Yes | When they decided, set by the database. |
{
"id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"org_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"created_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z",
"created_by": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"updated_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z",
"updated_by": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"similarity": 0.91,
"decision": "Merge",
"import_row_result_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"candidate_table": "records",
"candidate_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"decided_by": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"decided_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z"
}Code samples
curl -X PATCH "$XOS_BASE_URL/merge-reviews/0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $XOS_API_KEY" \
-H 'If-Match: W/"etag-from-your-last-read"' \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"decision":"Merge"}'const { data, etag } = await xos.mergeReviews.update("0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f", {
"decision": "Merge"
}, { ifMatch: etag });response = xos.merge_reviews.update("0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f", {"decision": "Merge"}, if_match=etag)xos merge-reviews update 0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f --data '{"decision":"Merge"}' --if-match auto