---
title: "Approve a pending approval association"
method: PATCH
path: "/scaAssociations"
tags: ["SCA association management"]
---

# Approve a pending approval association

`PATCH /scaAssociations`

Approves a previously created association that is in a pending state.

## Headers

- `WWW-Authenticate` string, required

## Request body

- ApproveAssociationRequest
  - `entityId` string, required — The unique identifier of the entity.
  - `entityType` 'accountHolder' | 'legalEntity' | 'paymentInstrument', required
  - `scaDeviceIds` string[], required — List of device ids associated to the entity that will be approved.
  - `status` 'pendingApproval' | 'active', required

## Response `200`

OK - Successful approval

- ApproveAssociationResponse
  - `scaAssociations` Association[], required — The list of associations.
    - `entityId` string, required — The unique identifier of the entity.
    - `entityType` 'accountHolder' | 'legalEntity' | 'paymentInstrument', required
    - `scaDeviceId` string, required — The unique identifier for the SCA device.
    - `status` 'pendingApproval' | 'active', required

## Other responses

- `401` — Unauthorized - Authentication required.
- `403` — Forbidden - Insufficient permissions to process the request.
- `500` — Internal Server Error - The server could not process the request.

## Changes

- **2026-05-01** (v2) `a4fab1c7333b` — 1 warning, 1 info
  - added the new `legalEntity` enum value to the `scaAssociations/items/entityType` response property for the response status `200`
  - added the new `legalEntity` enum value to the request property `entityType`
- **2025-11-19** (v2) `4cd18d5551af` — 1 info
  - for the `header` request parameter `WWW-Authenticate`, the maxLength was increased from `10000` to `20000`
- **2025-10-09** (v2) `8108f1dda177` — 5 breaking, 1 warning
  - the request property `entityId` became required
  - the request property `entityType` became required
  - the request property `scaDeviceIds` became required
  - the request property `status` became required
  - …2 more
- **2025-10-06** (v2) `7c2bc8ccb9bf` — 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/adyen/apis/balanceplatformservice/changes/scaAssociations/patch.md)

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