Decline ownership
Platform module
POST/ownership-transfers/{id}/declineownershipTransfers.decline
The member the org was offered to declines (app.decline_ownership_transfer). Requires `Idempotency-Key`; a replay returns the original response. A rule that refuses the request returns 422 with `refusal` and `reason`.
- Requires the capability org.members.read.
- OAuth scopes: org.
- Send an Idempotency-Key header. A replay with the same key returns the original response.
- Error statuses: 400, 401, 404, 409, 422, 429. Errors are RFC 9457 problem details.
Path and query parameters
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the ownership transfer. |
Response 200: OwnershipTransfer
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the ownership transfer. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| from_person_id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the Owner who offered the org. |
| to_person_id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the member the org is offered to. |
| previous_owner_outcome | "admin" | "leave" | Yes | What happens to the Owner who offered on acceptance. |
| offered_at | string (date-time) | Yes | When the offer was made. |
| expires_at | string (date-time) | Yes | When an unanswered offer lapses, 7 days after it was made. |
| accepted_at | string (date-time) | null | Yes | When the member accepted and became an Owner. |
| declined_at | string (date-time) | null | Yes | When the member declined. |
| canceled_at | string (date-time) | null | Yes | When an Owner withdrew the offer. |
| canceled_by | string (uuid) | null | Yes | Identifier of the Owner who withdrew it. |
| expired_at | string (date-time) | null | Yes | When the lifecycle job lapsed the unanswered offer. |
{
"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",
"from_person_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"to_person_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"previous_owner_outcome": "admin",
"offered_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z",
"expires_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z",
"accepted_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z",
"declined_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z",
"canceled_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z",
"canceled_by": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"expired_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z"
}Code samples
curl -X POST "$XOS_BASE_URL/ownership-transfers/0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f/decline" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $XOS_API_KEY" \
-H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)"const { data } = await xos.ownershipTransfers.decline("0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f");response = xos.ownership_transfers.decline("0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f")xos ownership-transfers decline 0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f