Drafts

Approve recovery from rewritten default-branch history

POST
/drafts/{draft_id}/recover

When the Draft has status action_required and reason history_rewritten, review affected files with listDraftFiles and filter=history, then approve with the Draft's history_recovery revisions. Approval saves the recovery without changing Git and returns the Draft; the next generation rebuilds it from the rewritten default branch. The previous Draft branch stays available, and overlapping code comes back as conflicts to resolve. A rewritten Draft branch alone needs no approval.

AuthorizationBearer <token>

Organization API key from the console (ak_...), or an OAuth access token with user:org:read, the organization selected during consent, and the capability required by the operation.

In: header

Path Parameters

draft_id*string

Unique identifier for a Draft.

Match^drf_[a-z0-9]{16}$

Request Body

application/json

TypeScript Definitions

Use the request body type in TypeScript.

Response Body

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

curl -X POST "https://example.com/drafts/drf_3q7m1v8k2p5d9h4c/recover" \  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \  -d '{    "expected_default_sha": "89abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef",    "expected_head_sha": "0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567"  }'
{  "id": "drf_3q7m1v8k2p5d9h4c",  "object": "draft",  "target_id": "tgt_5m8q2v7k1p9d4h6c",  "project_id": "prj_4k8m2v7q1p9d5h6c",  "status": "working",  "version_next": "1.1.0",  "version_source": "automatic",  "readiness": null,  "checks": [],  "changes": {    "changelog": "Add shipment tracking.",    "breaking_count": 0,    "version_previous": "1.0.0"  },  "head_sha": "0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567",  "pull_request": {    "url": "https://github.com/parcel-example/parcel-client/pull/12",    "number": 12  },  "generation_id": "gen_7h2p5d9c3m8w1k6q",  "release_id": null,  "conflicts": {    "total": 1,    "decided": 1  },  "customized_files": 2,  "history_recovery": null,  "created_at": "2026-09-23T08:00:00Z",  "updated_at": "2026-09-23T08:45:00Z",  "request_id": "req_3k8m1v6q9p2d7h4c"}